GRGR(4) - Slothrop Orpheus

[David Morris]

From: s~Z
>Here are the parallels as outlined by Kathryn Hume in _Pynchon's
>Mythography_:
>
[snip]
>(4) Orpheus' mother dismembered him while in the throes of
>. Nalline Slothrop is described
>'before her first martini' immediately prior to a detailed
>description of Tyrone's scattering.
>

I've not heard the version where Orpheus's mother, Calliope, chief Muse,
dismembered him, though there are a number of versions.  Generally its
thought to have been a group of women in the throes of "dionysian
intoxication" or out of jealousy because Orpheus only resorted to boys,
shunning women, after his loss of Eurydice.