I was reading up on Hypatia of Alexandria and came across this story which I had to shareβ¦
>Damascius states that Hypatia remained a lifelong virgin and that, when one of the men who came to her lectures tried to court her, she tried to sooth his lust by playing the lyre. When he refused to abandon his pursuit, she rejected him outright, displaying her bloody menstrual rags and declaring, βThis is what you really love, my young man, but you do not love beauty for its own sake.β Damascius further relates that the young man was so traumatized that he abandoned his desires for her immediately.
Now thatβs gutsy!
The Wikipedia article already contains two mentions of The Good Place, so yβall have been busy.
I've never been able to understand the strange courting situation we're given at the start of the Odyssey, and I've wondered if it would have made more sense to ancient audiences than modern ones.
With the absence of Odysseus, a number of "young" suitors are trying to court Penelope, Odysseus's wife. She obviously is trying to put them off, weaving a burial shroud for her father every day and unweaving it every night so as never to finish.
This would make some sense if marrying penelope would automatically bestow the kingship on them, but the text seems to indicate this is not the case. Further, while Telemachus would not necessarily become king automatically, based on the text, he does have the right to his father's home, possessions, and food, and so the suitors would not get this by marrying Penelope.
When Telemachus calls a meeting to complain about the suitors, they seem very sure that they're being reasonable. That it's actually Penelope's fault for not hurrying up and picking one of them. They urge Telemachus to throw her out of his house so she'll return to her father's home and get a new dowry.
So we've got young men who would neither become king nor gain Odysseus house and property by marrying Penelope pursuing her enthusiastically. It seems all they would get out of it would be whatever dowry her old father could provide.
Can you help me sort out what the thinking was here?
Faendal had six, Sven ate nine.
Iβm just so sick of how fake these bitches are especially when Iβve met a bunch in real life and have been close with a couple and theyβre NOTHING like their online personas. I can only imagine guys are disappointed when their quirky darling is actually basic and boring in person. Thereβs marketing then thereβs actual cat fishing, like come the fuck on! Fuck I wanna name and shame so damn bad.
There are some BAD social climbers too, always having βteaβ with providers who are better than they are (photos, website, reputation, rates) in different cities to try and ride their coattails. Itβs so transparent.
I know this business is bitchy but I never met such all-around shitty people in my life before as I have in this business.
Yeah I went on twitter for 10 seconds and got pissed off. Now Iβm going to spin class to spin out the anger. Thanks for letting me vent yall
That is all, back to the Trojan War
Hello everyone! I was doing some quests for the Imperial Cult in Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind and after doing an errand for Synnolian he gave my character a book as a gift. It was the Four Suitors of Benitah and it details the exploits of Oin, his wizard friend and a girl he was in love with.
When Synnolian gave my character the book he said "I learned a great deal from this book, but I know it's lessons by heart. I'd like you to have my old copy, and I hope it brings you the same satisfaction it brought me." This is interesting because the book mentions that Oin is a Gardner, and he trades his herbs away to his wizard friend in order to learn spells to enhance various properties of himself like intellect, agility, strength, and his ability to withstand pain.
The book ends, and Oin gets the girl, but what makes this so interesting is that his wizard friend is obviously an alchemist, because he's acquiring large quantities of herbs. A trade shared by my mentor in the Imperial Cult, Synnolian.
Was Synnolian trying to allude to the fact that if Oin was an alchemist and knew what to do with his herbs he could have solved his own problems and maybe more? I feel like there's something that Synnolian was trying to point out to us, the players, that I didn't pick up on. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
