CLST 2090 Chapter : 11 Artemis Myth
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Artemis: born at the same time of apollo, parents are zeus and leto, goddess of the wild (nature, nature is ruthless, cruel, and terrifying, wilderness is filled with death, older animals are caught and killed. Same has to do with plant life- oak tree drops thousands of actors, and 99% never have a chance. Facing overwhelming odds with certainty of inhalation: real nature is filled with horrifying violence, artemis is one of the most ruthless and merciless of all of the greek gods, bacteria and viruses are a part of nature. So there is ugliness and horror along with beauty in nature. In nature violence isn"t connected to morality, its random and merciless. It"s the careless who die in nature, not the sinners. She never participates in sexuality at any time, and some young girls are specifically devoted to. Finally aphrodite had enough and decided to destroy him.
