The Beast in Me

            The Oxford Classical Dictionary sets forth Greek myth(s) outlining the way of the Centaurs - a tribe of beasts with human endowments above, and horse accoutrements below - conflicted by interactions with ordinary men, while grappling with their own propensity for uncontrolled lust, sporadic violence and alcoholic greed. Modern day political machinations bear striking, parallax resemblance and ill-fated bellicosity to those complex creatures of yore, as members of both parties furiously thrash about in the quicksand of  cultural and political, self-serving dominance.

The Pleasure Principle

Aphrodite thus born of no mother, yet having sprang forth from the foam created by Ourano's genitals, embraced her destiny as "the greatest beauty human eye can imagine" and remained steadfast in her phallic devotion to that part of a man's body. It is strange folly then, for men to profess circumvention abilities and resistance prowess as they run, not walk, from female bliss fated subjugation.#medusaclimax

Eggs and Omelets

What to make of vainglorious mortal women who beleieved that they were more beautiful than gods, yet dispossessed of the good sense to allay their pompous conceits? Medusa was beautiful enough to attract and make love to Poseidon, but soon paid a terrible price for her indiscretions near Athena's temple - cursed with a gaze that turned the hapless onlooker into stone! The better course, then, might be to suffer the negotiable flattery showered happily by enraptured men, and gods, skilled in the fine arts of "language, speech, fraud and ambigutiy...". #medusaclimax

That's What Friends are For

The ancient Greeks placed great importance on friendship, especially the special ties that bound together their most intimate circle of friends, as defined by those whom could be assured of being called upon in any emergency and thus, display heartfelt and meaningful solidarity and support. Such calculations seem not to hold much sway or bear any semblance to friendships of today; so defined and circumscribed by tenuous whim and capricious folly unsustainable in reality.

It takes two...

The Roman poet  Catullus believed in and therefore sought in love" not sexual transport, but deep human union, which would last a lifetime". A marriage thus formed by twin embryonic underpinnings of passion and goodwill most deservedly would certainly transcend the boudaries of time, space and mortality.

One Flew Over...

Greek theorists, thinkers and citizens were well aware of the effects wrought by self-destructive drinking and habitual drunkenness. Wine was recognized as a bane to those who drank  it excessively - especially since wine was believed to reveal one's true character; but also had the propensity to alter it as well. Plato wrote about men "...who welcome any excuse to drink, whatever wine is available." Substitute the word "tequilla" or "beer" for "wine" and Plato's got me figured out B.C. #medusaclimax

She's got the Look....

Medusa - the only one of the Gorgon sisters not immortal - was terrifying, yet beautiful enough that, even those who were forewarned not to gaze upon her visage, fell victim and were turned to stone. In Greek lore she became a symbol of female rage and thence cast in mythology as the "most horrible woman in the world". Now re-imagined, Medusa represents the natural patchwork mosaic of art, beauty and philosophy, and is hence liberated from the victimization shackles forged by Poseidon and Athena's metalwork slight. #medusaclimax