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Why is it always about Orpheus turning back foolishly and never about Eurydice following him out of the Underworld, likely knowing she was doomed. That Orpheus went all this way, singing the story of their love, hopeful that he will return her to the surface and finally build their life together— but they will not. She knows her Orpheus will turn back. And yet she still follows him, all the way to the top, because the simple pleasure of seeing his back again is enough for her. Isn’t that a foolish thing to do for love?

#xan writes#orpheus#eurydice#greek mythology#hadestown#writing#tagamemnon
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Hera's moments in the Iliad that have been underrated:

  • Seducing Zeus: She puts on the belt of Aphrodite and seduces Zeus to distract him from the battle.
  • She helps Diomedes: Hera strengthens him in battle, making him capable of fighting even gods.
  • Scolding Artemis: In one scene ,she grabs Artemis's bow, hits her with it, and mocks her as if she were a small child.
  • She allies with Athena: The two often work together, for example, when they go to help the Achaeans. (Ares in the background is clearly not happy with this)

Hera in general in the epic was cunning and smart to influence the circumstances to her advantage. Her character in general was more than arguing with Zeus on a daily basis 😅

#hera#zeus#athena#artemis#ares#real about hera being more than her arguments with zeus
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Proclus on Hera and Zeus

This is a piece of a larger post on Platonic thinking (in particular, from Proclus) regarding Hera and Zeus.

"[According to Proclus], in the Hellenic theology Hera is 'the source of all the Titanic division [diairesis] perceived in souls according to allotment [moiras, i.e., destiny],' (In Tim. III, 249). What he means in effect is that Zeus has more to do with what souls have in common, and Hera more with that in which they differ. Hence their relationship expresses the conflict in the functions they perform in their joint work of ensouling the cosmos. He alludes to the Titans here because they are also responsible for conflict in the cosmos, conflict Proclus understands as necessary because it brings new planes of reality into manifestation. That’s what Hera does, too.
Hera has in a sense taken upon herself the tougher job, and this is why she is portrayed the way she is in the myths. She deals with the things that draw souls apart, and often into conflict; but this is necessary, because things have to be in conflict sometimes if they are to fully express themselves according to their peculiar destiny and find their niche in the world. She drives the process of manifestation forward." - Edward P. Butler
#NOMMING ON THIS#zeus x hera#hellenic polytheism
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One thing we don’t talk often enough about Tethys is that she wasn’t asked by Hera to hide Callisto’s constellation (that was an Ovidian retelling), she did it out of her own volition and anger as Hera’s foster mother:

Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 177 (trans. Grant) (Roman mythographer C2nd A.D.) :

"Jove [Zeus] put her [Kallisto (Callisto)] among the number of stars as a constellation called Septentrio [i.e. Ursa Major], which does not move from its place, nor does it set. For Tethys, wife of Oceanus and foster mother of Juno [Hera], forbids its setting in Oceanus. This, then, is the greater Septentrio, about whom it is written in Cretan verses : ‘Thou, too, born of the transformed Lyacaonian Nympha, who, stolen from the chill Arcadian height, was forbidden by Tethys ever to dip herself in the Oceanus because once she dared to be concubine to her foster child.’"

Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2. 1 :

"Great Bear. . . . This constellation, as many have stated, does not set, and those who desire some reason for this fact say that Tethys, wife of Oceanus, refuses to receive her when the other stars come there to their setting, because Tethys was the nurse of Juno [Hera], in whose bed Callisto was concubine.'"

This myth, while incredibly unfair to Callisto (and would probably make more sense if Callisto was one of Zeus’ more willing lovers but old myths can be victim-blamey) is main proof of Tethys’ claim of motherhood towards Hera. That Hera’s fondness for Tethys goes both ways, that Tethys, not Rhea or Oceanus who could be seen as more powerful, finds offense in having her son in law’s concubine being set in the sky and forbids to receive it, does whatever is possible within her power sphere to make her opinion known.

#not unlike demeter when she defied zeus for her daughter…#but of course that’s more validated in modern times + callisto is still a victim#its also interesting because some of tethys’ daughters end up as artemis’ companions#did they try to weigh in their thoughts to their mother? were they sympathetic or angry at callisto for lying?#either way#dynamics#hera#tethys#greek mythology
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