RE: The Shaming Of The True.
December 19, 2019 at 3:04 pm
(This post was last modified: December 19, 2019 at 3:18 pm by Brian37.)
(December 18, 2019 at 5:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(December 18, 2019 at 3:45 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Antiquity was chalk full of patriarchy, not just Shakespeare's time.
One other mythology I find equally disturbing is that of the ancient Greek "Cassandra". Apollo was fond of her,(in that mythology), made a pass at her which she rejected. He ends up cursing her with the gift of prophecy, but with the caveat nobody would believe her. Typical power and control story. Not only that, another minor character "Ajax" rapes her in all this.
And I will NOT mention that ABBA wrote a song about Cassandra.
Actually, in most versions of the story, Apollo offered her the gift of prophecy in return for a shag. She agreed, got the gift, and then reneged on her part of the deal. The curse to not be believed was a punishment not for refusing to fuck Apollo, but for breaking her word.
And Ajax got what was coming to him, so it all evened out in the end.
Boru
Yes which is why Ajax was still considered a hero after raping her.
It still does not change that Apollo who was the god in power used his position to bully her. She agreed like a rape victim agrees to survive. That is not the same as mutual consent.
Think about what you are saying Boru, Apollo in the old mythology, didn't give her the gift of prophecy because he was altruistic. He wanted to get laid. He gave it to her as a punishment., because she wouldn't fuck him. On top of allowing Ajax to rape her. That is not an "agreement" on her part, anymore than a bank robbery hostage opening the vault is an agreement.
