Throughout the bloody night, torch signals were exchanged among the hills.The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony, page 66. As i have been reading this book i have been playing with the idea that the gods are not exactly entities but rather a way for humans to explain there feelings. I seem to recall this being discussed in class but i am not positive when. If the gods are indeed merely human feelings given a face then the second half of the third chapter is most definitely the feeling of lust. In fact sex is the main topic of this chapter ranging form rape to sacrificing yourself for a loved one. This feeling is shared by both gods and humans in some cases the gods literally forestall a humans death for love something that is unheard of. In addition to the gods loving humans this chapter tells us that it was the hero's that defined love by resisting the social norms and actually sharing love with their companions both female and male.
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