Humanities Is So Much Better Than Math

"Man is the measure of all things" ~Protagoras~

So today we went over book one and I found out some pretty interesting things that I didn't really know.

  • People back then, feared ghosts because a ghost was someone that wasn't properly buried. 
  • Also Hades wasn't hell, it was just a place that people go when their dead. 
  • All of the Gods were metaphores for things...
    • Thetis is a metaphor for the inner conflict
    • Athena is a metaphor for wisdom
  • Also Zeus is an abusive wife-beater
  • At the end of the book when Zeus got mad and told Hera to shut up and she was sad. Her son was comforting her and offered her wine.
Then in book six
  • When Hector returned home he saw
    • Mom
    • Brother
    • Wife
    • Son
  • When Hector went home Hectors mom offered HIM wine. 
  • Hector is actually fighting for something real.
  • His brother is a lover not a fighter
I love the fact that the gods are no better then the humans!

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