tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post2086275058780490888..comments2024-03-27T09:04:12.454-07:00Comments on Baring the Aegis: PBP: Mēria: the portion of the GodsElani Temperancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05611003885755154591noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2382184804747180588.post-26620463795583994892014-05-24T11:22:41.086-07:002014-05-24T11:22:41.086-07:00I find remarkable the idea of ancient Hellenes tha...I find remarkable the idea of ancient Hellenes that if humans have anything good, it comes only as a by-product of quarrels between gods.<br />So we possess meat and fire (and possibly our very lives) due to the rivalry between Zeus and Prometheus. And, though this story is less clear, we seem to have agriculture because Zeus decided to marry off Persephone without her mother's knowledge (which was of course the only way Persephone could ever get married). We also have olives because of the contest between Athena and Poseidon. And we got rid of a number of monsters because Hera hated illegitimate sons of Zeus.Maya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10877457709995369246noreply@blogger.com