:C Well, I hope you did do well on your midterms no matter how you felt. And we have blue books too, I kinda hate how we need to pay fifty cents/half a meal point for eight sheets of binder paper.
Whaa? I kinda regret not going to the strike/rally thing now. People were pulling fire alarms and stuff here though. I didn't pass by Sproul, so I didn't actually see much besides some people with signs marching around in a circle.
Lol, the price isn't too bad. Thanks. It's the women's studies I'm worried about though, which is coming up on Thursday.
Wow. Nothing that exciting here. XD
I think that version might be hard to find on the internet, since it's specifically in a book about pre-Hellenic myths and there's no original source left... And as was pointed out to me Greek rape=/= nonconsensual sex.
[ I'm fairly certain I'll be doing the Rape of Persephone. Albeit without rape. Because I hate stories where the chick gets raped and falls in True Love with her rapist. Luckily it seems the original tale had no mention of rape, yippee. ]
In Latin, the verb "rapiere" means 'to seize', the 'Rape of Persephone', instead of meaning literal assault/the modern definition, is rather the seizure of Persephone in that she is taken away.
It sorta is? I think I'd enjoy it more if I didn't have this midterm coming up though, lol. And if I didn't have an inferiority complex with the rest of the class. XD OMG, I know. I just want to toss the book and demand the author what their logic behind it was!
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Whaa? I kinda regret not going to the strike/rally thing now. People were pulling fire alarms and stuff here though. I didn't pass by Sproul, so I didn't actually see much besides some people with signs marching around in a circle.
Rape story without rape? I should go look it up.
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Wow. Nothing that exciting here. XD
I think that version might be hard to find on the internet, since it's specifically in a book about pre-Hellenic myths and there's no original source left... And as was pointed out to me Greek rape=/= nonconsensual sex.
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Aw. Speakers trumps angry people and picket lines.
Wikipedia gave a short synopsis. And I read the other person's comment on rape and seizing.
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Lol.
I'm pretty sure wikipedia's summary involves Hades. This pre-Hellenic version is entirely devoid of him and only has Demeter and Persephone.
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In Latin, the verb "rapiere" means 'to seize', the 'Rape of Persephone', instead of meaning literal assault/the modern definition, is rather the seizure of Persephone in that she is taken away.
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(Hooray, my Latin class was good for something~)
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Retelling a myth, etc. sounds like it would be fun! Yeah, I also hate those stories. I mean, does no one know what psychological trauma is?
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It sorta is? I think I'd enjoy it more if I didn't have this midterm coming up though, lol. And if I didn't have an inferiority complex with the rest of the class. XD OMG, I know. I just want to toss the book and demand the author what their logic behind it was!
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