CLA 220 Lecture 54: Greek Mythology Notes Part 24
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They are wild animals but they are subservient. It is a symbolic statement for his precocious sexuality he dies from it death suggests the love between an older woman and younger boy/man is bound to fail. Apollo is the god of young men serves as their mentor and accompanies them on their way to adulthood. Adonis and aphrodite fail because it serves no purpose and besides hello aphrodite is already married to hephaestus. Mangling of pentheus and orpheus are not symbolically equivalent . After pulling off horn of a bull they make their final charge and kill. Orpheus, bull is symbol of uncontrollable sexual desire which is why the maenads who are in heat over orpheus which is why they use the horn the important weapon that destroys him. Head of orpheus = lyre = music this head finds a new life by floating through waters of eternity and travels on and on around the.
