GRGR(9) - Slothrop Meets Grigori

[David Morris]

>From: "Terrance F. Flaherty"
>
>David Morris wrote:
[snip]
> >
> > The she in Pointsman's-Minotaur equation is "Venus/Ariadne."
> >
> > They are linked as synonymous.  Ariadne is a stand-in for Venus.  "... a
> > mandate from the submontane Venus ... Venus and Ariadne!" (p. 88)  
>Ariadne
> > was the Bait for Thesius to go after the Minotaur, her half-brother.  
>But
> > after killing the Minotaur and making off to a remote Island w/ Ariadne,
> > Thesius abandons/imprisons her on a remote Island.  She is discovered by
> > Venus who promises her a new lover, Bacchus.
>
>OK, And Bacchus is one of Slothrop's roles? Can we nail this
>down?
>
>I can make a good argument for Heracles.
>
>TF
>

I saw your Octopus/Hydra post and I think it fits well.  The many 
headed/legged creatures and their regenerative powers, the crab, and the 
hero all groove.  Only the girl is missing, but why not?  It's interesting 
that Heracles is not "given credit" for this feat:
from:

http://www.clubi.ie/lestat/ofgodsh.html#Labourslink
"Having defeated the Hydra,Hercules dipped his arrows in the poison of the 
monster,but on returning to Eurystheus was told that the slaying of the 
Hydra did not count as one of the Labours,since Iolaos had rendered 
assistance."

Perhaps the "she" in this reading would be Iolaos, Heracles nephew.  We all 
know what those Greeks did with younger boys...  Nahh!

David Morris

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