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"Priapus - he just stands out."
You do realise that according to myth, he was a minor fertility creature depicted as a caricature of the human form and grotesquely misshapen who used to sneak up on sleeping nymphs in an attempt to satisfy his urges, only to have the braying of a loud donkey give the game away.  |
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"Priapus - he just stands out.
You do realise that according to myth, he was a minor fertility creature depicted as a caricature of the human form and grotesquely misshapen who used to sneak up on sleeping nymphs in an attempt to satisfy his urges, only to have the braying of a loud donkey give the game away. "
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"Pandora as curiosity has always gotten the better of me and I live forever in hope. "
Only Hope stayed in the box as Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Pride, and Lust all escaped when Pandora opened the box  |
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"Aphrodite the godess off love and beauty
She also gave Paris the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Sparta, wife of Menelaus. Paris took Helen to Troy, and caused the Trojan War. So a little mischievous and spicy too "
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By *avinaTVTV/TS
over a year ago
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Okay, so not Xena, then. 
The mythological figure I relate to is Tyr. He put his hand in the mouth of the wolf Fenrir, to lull him into a false sense of security while the gods chained him, knowing that Fenrir would bite off his hand when he realised he'd been tricked.
I admire his nobility and his selflessness. |
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"Pandora as curiosity has always gotten the better of me and I live forever in hope.
Only Hope stayed in the box as Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Pride, and Lust all escaped when Pandora opened the box "
It's a Greek myth not a Christian one.
I think the Greek gods and worshipers were OK with the "deadly sins" as the endulged in them a fair bit |
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"Pandora as curiosity has always gotten the better of me and I live forever in hope.
Only Hope stayed in the box as Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Pride, and Lust all escaped when Pandora opened the box
It's a Greek myth not a Christian one.
I think the Greek gods and worshipers were OK with the "deadly sins" as the endulged in them a fair bit"
I am not really getting the inference to be honest. I was just sharing what is known about panfora's box, have not thought of it beyond that |
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"Pandora as curiosity has always gotten the better of me and I live forever in hope.
Only Hope stayed in the box as Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Pride, and Lust all escaped when Pandora opened the box
It's a Greek myth not a Christian one.
I think the Greek gods and worshipers were OK with the "deadly sins" as the endulged in them a fair bit"
The Greeks didn't view the divine as representative of good to aspire for. Perhaps over simplifying (I do know this stuff, but I'm shit posting on a swinging forum, you get what you get) they viewed divinity as more of a function of gaining power and honour (this might be a non ideal translation of the word but... meh. I'm not cracking out the fucking lexicon here), which all creatures engaged in as a zero sum game (in all aspects of life from the Olympics to everyday squabbles).
Particularly in the vein of heroes and the quasi divine, you see that heroism isn't so much about valour, but about what's remarkable/famous. So Ikarus - he flew too close to the sun and his wax-bound wings melted. He survives as a hero because he did something extraordinary. Even though it was extraordinarily *stupid* |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
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"Pandora as curiosity has always gotten the better of me and I live forever in hope.
Only Hope stayed in the box as Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Pride, and Lust all escaped when Pandora opened the box
It's a Greek myth not a Christian one.
I think the Greek gods and worshipers were OK with the "deadly sins" as the endulged in them a fair bit"
The be fair some of the 7 deadly sins are included in what escaped from the box. Greed and envy being among them.
All forms of horrible things, misery and evil, even some unspecified. |
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"Pandora as curiosity has always gotten the better of me and I live forever in hope.
Only Hope stayed in the box as Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Pride, and Lust all escaped when Pandora opened the box
It's a Greek myth not a Christian one.
I think the Greek gods and worshipers were OK with the "deadly sins" as the endulged in them a fair bit
The be fair some of the 7 deadly sins are included in what escaped from the box. Greed and envy being among them.
All forms of horrible things, misery and evil, even some unspecified. "
The entire thing is a bad thing.
Hope is also viewed as a bad thing, because it leaves us clinging on to what's impossible to attain.
Vague rule of thumb - where there's potential ambiguity to play on like this, it's probably fair to do so in Greek myth  |
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"Pandora as curiosity has always gotten the better of me and I live forever in hope.
Only Hope stayed in the box as Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Pride, and Lust all escaped when Pandora opened the box
It's a Greek myth not a Christian one.
I think the Greek gods and worshipers were OK with the "deadly sins" as the endulged in them a fair bit
The be fair some of the 7 deadly sins are included in what escaped from the box. Greed and envy being among them.
All forms of horrible things, misery and evil, even some unspecified. "
But they were not "deadly sins" to the Greeks. Just things that made us more godlike and the gods more human. That's my slant on it anyway. |
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"Pandora as curiosity has always gotten the better of me and I live forever in hope.
Only Hope stayed in the box as Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Envy, Sloth, Pride, and Lust all escaped when Pandora opened the box
It's a Greek myth not a Christian one.
I think the Greek gods and worshipers were OK with the "deadly sins" as the endulged in them a fair bit
The be fair some of the 7 deadly sins are included in what escaped from the box. Greed and envy being among them.
All forms of horrible things, misery and evil, even some unspecified.
The entire thing is a bad thing.
Hope is also viewed as a bad thing, because it leaves us clinging on to what's impossible to attain.
Vague rule of thumb - where there's potential ambiguity to play on like this, it's probably fair to do so in Greek myth "
Hope is the biggest bitch of the batch. |
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