CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Anthropomorphism, Sole Power, Philomela
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Council of the god (jupiter as narrator: lycaon) Jupiter and io (mercury as narrator: pan and sphynx) [passage] i swear by the dark stream (styx), all has been tried, rightly the knife is used lest the disease spread. (in the face of the crime jupiter wants to keep the world safe for the lesser divinities. Lycaon plots his devilry. ) the gods outraged. (compared to the human reaction to the murder of caesar). Nor dost though rejoi(cid:272)e i(cid:374) su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t"s loyalty less tha(cid:374) jo(cid:448)e i(cid:374) his (jupiter compared to augustus, and the emperor is addressed directly by the poet, as though the emperor were listening to the performance). [passage] jove again with speech the silence broke/ how he sinned and what the price/ a tale of infamy/ god in human guise (tradition scene of god in human form to help or understand or undermine).
