tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post216191457663915955..comments2024-02-14T13:04:30.499-05:00Comments on Good To Begin Well, Better To End Well: On Aegeus as PoseidonAmalia Dillinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-26411000202027454692012-05-23T08:06:44.722-04:002012-05-23T08:06:44.722-04:00You note an important point - the appearance of Th...You note an important point - the appearance of Themis herself would be a sign of something momentous being set or spoken. My particular interest is Ovid's rendering of myth in his Metamorphoses - for Themis in that poem: <br /><br />http://etext.virginia.edu/latin/ovid/trans/MetindexQRSTUVXZ.htm#Themis<br /><br />Thanks.Tom Matrullohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-73365683833008418522012-05-22T10:28:35.432-04:002012-05-22T10:28:35.432-04:00Yes -- Heracles does have a similar story of dual ...Yes -- Heracles does have a similar story of dual paternity, except that in his story, it's clear that Alcmene had two separate encounters with two separate people (both with the appearance of her husband) in the same night. With Theseus, they're trying to make it out as one encounter, at least in this book -- and their argument feels awfully forced, to me.<br /><br />Regarding Aegeus andAmalia Dillinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005039978668326144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-49401176296970556762012-05-22T09:50:21.243-04:002012-05-22T09:50:21.243-04:00Interesting post. I believe a similar story of a d...Interesting post. I believe a similar story of a double paternity is found in the Heracles story, in which Alcmene is impregnated the same night by both Zeus and her human husband. I'd welcome your thoughts about the encounter of Aegeus and Themis - why it is Themis, rather than the oracle, or Apollo.Tom Matrullohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460789537848811061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-10307420633460875502011-03-15T23:48:48.384-04:002011-03-15T23:48:48.384-04:00It could definitely be an inconsistency-- or a cas...It could definitely be an inconsistency-- or a case of modern day scholars looking for connections where there aren't really any in order to MAKE IT WORK. I expect it's more likely we've lost a missing piece of the story of Theseus' conception over the years which leaves us with the disjointed account of who really fathered him, and academics grasping to make the connection Amalia Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11051028267220078996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458380.post-81332690526686134472011-02-28T14:22:01.159-05:002011-02-28T14:22:01.159-05:00I've learned so much about the different myths...I've learned so much about the different myths from reading your posts. I hope you continue sharing. Could it be the Aegeus/Poseidon debate starts from an inconsistency between storytellers before the myths were written down?BK Mattinglyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13758638245846622284noreply@blogger.com