Change of Plans

(I lied about my abstinence from blogging.)

To keep myself on task, I think it’s appropriate that I blog, because otherwise I’ll stare at my computer screen without thinking about what I need to write. I made an executive decision to change the topic of my paper for language. As fun as it would be to write about the fear of God, I can’t really make it into an exciting paper without using biblical references—and the Bible is where all the fun is for me. So I scrapped the aforementioned quote from Agamemnon.

Now, I’ve chosen Iliad, V. 335-342:

The son of great-souled Tydeus thrust with his sharp spear and leapt upon [Aphrodite], and wounded the surface of her delicate hand, and forthwith through the ambrosial raiment that the Graces themselves had wrought for her the spear pierced the flesh upon the wrist above the palm; and forth flowed the immortal blood of the goddess, the ichor, such as floweth in the blessed gods; for they eat not bread neither drink flaming wine, wherefore they are bloodless, and are called immortals.

HOMER

The major point of interest is the last line. It seems ironic to me that the gods are deathless because they have no blood; but when a man has no blood, he’s simply dead. More on this later.

Toodles.