
Conversations: A Journey Aboard the Argo, the Many Myths of the Argonautika w/ Helen Lovatt
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean
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The Double Causation in Epic
There's definitely a sort of double causation that happens in Epic where it's both fate and the actions of the people. It's like love is Aphrodite, Aphrodite inflicts love, but also your love is real because Aphrodite has inflicted your love. So it's like, yeah, it's fate. It's always going to happen, but also it's real. Like cause there is no alternative. You can't form it explicitly on your own, like she has to do it in a way thatYeah. Well, I think that's how I kind of describe the god is both the personification of the psychological phenomenon and the anthropomorphic character that has plans and
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