even the Greeks didn't go double generational incest and intestine gnawing.
I mean, not at the same time, but Zeus had sex with his mother, sisters, and daughters at various times, and Prometheus gets his liver gnawed on by an eagle, so it sounds pretty Greek to me!
Since he simultanously famously came up with the first Byronic Satan who's had fans ever since, he only partly succeeded.
Hahaha, trufax.
I read Paradise Lost back in college, but not since then, so my memories are extremely hazy. Thank you for the refresher and Voltairean commentary!
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Date: 2024-12-07 04:25 am (UTC)I mean, not at the same time, but Zeus had sex with his mother, sisters, and daughters at various times, and Prometheus gets his liver gnawed on by an eagle, so it sounds pretty Greek to me!
Since he simultanously famously came up with the first Byronic Satan who's had fans ever since, he only partly succeeded.
Hahaha, trufax.
I read Paradise Lost back in college, but not since then, so my memories are extremely hazy. Thank you for the refresher and Voltairean commentary!