
Conversations: But How Many Bears Is It? Sharks, Whales, and Sea Monsters in Greek Mythology w/ Ryan Denson
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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Shark Attacks, Is It a Shark Attack?
There is a very interesting story that plutarch reports that one of the the base, ifh the initiates of the lucinian mysteries, was attacked by acitus and had his lower half devoured. Ah, imagin they'd have to put it back together and everything. And then on top of that though sharks don't have skeletons to be preserved. They only have jaws, so they would never find a shark skeleton to forma rent opinion. But there are instances where it does seem that they're referring to shark attacks with the word citus as well. That certainly makes sense, cause they would just think of like, we're getting attacked in the water. It's acitus
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