From: "James Wynn" 
Subject: Re: (urth) Arete questions
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 14:27:42 -0600

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Andrew Bollen ponders the brain splitting puzzles in SoA and SotM. In so =
doing he pondered:
"In the end, Hegisistratus certainly believes he has failed to deliver =
on his promise to Artemis; his attempts to fix the race so Latro would =
win have failed, and now the goddess will come for him."
  Crush responds:
  I have yet to get my fingers around the narrative and motives in the =
books. I'm even seriously considering Marc's theories about Ares and =
Achilles although I currently and still find them both unwieldy. I think =
I understand why Latro is like Ares and Acchilles, and I don't see why =
to favor these over the other paralells (Heracles, Theseus, Jason, =
Peleus, etc.)=20

  But to the point, there is one small issue that Andrew brings up that =
I think I understand. Latro kept his bargan with Artemis -- he raced. =
Hegisistratus' job was to **remind** Latro that he was to win. He failed =
to do that, so Latro won the favor of both Artemis and Hera, but =
Hegisistratus was "a dead man".

  Does this seem bizarre and arbitrary? It should. Consider that =
according to Robert Graves' model Gaia and Trivigante (the moon) are the =
same entity -- which Latro recognizes when he says that he feels at =
times that he is watching a play where the same actor puts on one mask =
and then another to no disconcertion among the audience. Consider that =
according to Graves, the full moon is the Virgin and the New Moon is the =
chthonic crone. Yet Kore (trans. "the Maiden") is both at once. While it =
is obvious to me that Wolfe is drawing from Graves, the problem is =
compounded with the question "what is Wolfe himself driving at here"? =
Every time I think I have my fingers around it, it slips away again.



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Andrew Bollen ponders the brain =
splitting puzzles=20
in SoA and SotM. In so doing he pondered:

"In the end, Hegisistratus certainly =
believes he=20
has failed to deliver on his promise to Artemis; his attempts to fix the =
race so=20
Latro would win have failed, and now the goddess will come for=20
him."

  
Crush responds:
  
I have yet to get my fingers around =
the narrative=20
  and motives in the books. I'm even seriously considering Marc's =
theories about=20
  Ares and Achilles although I currently and still find them both =
unwieldy. I=20
  think I understand why Latro is like Ares and Acchilles, and I don't =
see why=20
  to favor these over the other paralells (Heracles, Theseus, Jason, =
Peleus,=20
  etc.) 
  
 
  
But to the point, there is one =
small issue=20
  that Andrew brings up that I think I understand. Latro kept his bargan with Artemis -- he raced. =
Hegisistratus' job was=20
  to **remind** Latro that he was to win. He failed to do that, so Latro =
won the=20
  favor of both Artemis and Hera, but Hegisistratus was "a dead=20
  man".
  
 
  
Does this seem bizarre and arbitrary? =
It should.=20
  Consider that according to Robert Graves' model Gaia =
and Trivigante (the=20
  moon) are the same entity -- which Latro recognizes when he says=20
  that he feels at times that he is watching a play where the same =
actor=20
  puts on one mask and then another to no disconcertion among the =
audience.=20
  Consider that according to Graves, the full moon is the Virgin and the =
New=20
  Moon is the chthonic crone. Yet Kore (trans. "the Maiden") is both at =
once.=20
  While it is obvious to me that Wolfe is drawing from Graves, the =
problem is=20
  compounded with the question "what is Wolfe himself driving at here"? =
Every=20
  time I think I have my fingers around it, it slips away =
again.
  
 
  
 

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