What this project is about.
This one is from Book 12.
How long it took to read this (aloud): 4 mins 18s
What it’s “about”: They sit around bullshitting after the battle.Nestor tells them of a beautiful young woman, Caenis who is minding her own business when Nepture rapes her. She asks to be turned into a man – and is.
Words I didn’t know: None
Quotable quotes:
Their captains washed down meat with draughts of wine,
Nor zither, flute, nor singing kept them cheerful,
They filled the night with talk, with glorious fables
Showing how bravery was the better part of man.
They talked of war and the respective merits
Of enemies, themselves and their best friends,
Repeating all the dangers they went through,
How bravely they surmounted each disaster,
How they rose to each occasion as it came.
AND
The old man said, “Old age and Time make vague
So many things I wish I could remember,
Yet much remains, and of what happened, either
In peace or war, the fate of Caeneus haunts me.
AND
Neptune had given her a mannish figure,
And to make sure that no one entered her,
He made her flesh impervious to sword.
Glad of her gift, she took up male gymnastics,
And as young Caeneus roamed through Thessaly.
How it lands to my eco-sensibility: xx
Obvious allusions, ways it was used (that I am aware of already) : xx
What I know I didn’t ‘get’: xx
To my knowledge, who’s used it why/how (RACC): xx
Further research questions: xx
Anything else: xx
In Greek mythology, Caeneus (Ancient Greek: Καινεύς, romanized: Kaineús) was a Lapith hero, ruler of Thessaly, and the father of the Argonaut Coronus. Caeneus was born a girl, Caenis (Ancient Greek: Καινίς, romanized: Kainís), the daughter of Elatus, but after Poseidon had sex with Caenis, she was transformed by him into an invulnerable man. Caeneus participated in the Centauromachy, where he met his demise at the hands of the Centaurs by being pounded into the ground while still alive.
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