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The Hero and The Heel
In the past half year alone we’ve witnessed two populist heroes, one of them mighty, felled by their history of sexually abusing women. The mighty one was the late Cesar Chavez; the lesser one, Graham Platner. Chavez was revered as … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Culture, How I Learned The Facts of Life, Human rights, political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, The god problem, War on women
Tagged Achilles, Achilles' heel, Cesar Chavez, fatal flaws, GOAT, Graham Platner, Greek heroes, Greek mythology, Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, John Flaxman, Nereids, River Styx, Thetis
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Madmen, monsters, gods and hero
Reading Edith Hamilton‘s Mythology is an exercise of one’s horror muscles. In ancient mythology, awful things happen to moderately good people, except there are no purely good people. Greek mythology has plenty of heroes, each one of whom makes a … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, The Facts of Life, voting and voting rights, War
Tagged ancient Athens, ancient Thebes, Bronze Age, deus ex machina, Edith Hamilton, Greek mythology, MhZ, Netflix, Theseus, Theseus of Athens
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