Trees of Life, life as men
Life is dependent on the subject that covers it. It can be from the gods or by men. The life of is: happy, light, free from morality, from the pain and tragedy. Achilles, who in his heart he thought he was a god, after weeping plaited with wise old Priam, for the presence of pain (perceived by the death of Patroclus), he realizes that he simply ... a man. Not a god. In fact, they do not know of the pain, do not live in pain. They are always happy, while men conquer unhappiness. The gods know the happiness, but no disasters. And then when they interface with particularly embarrassing circumstances their reaction is light, ironic, we can say, nowadays, modern. It 's the case of Aphrodite, enthusiastically indulges in the arms of Ares, when Hephaestus, the husband can no longer ... to speak with his heart. But despite the laughable cobwebs asked in vain around the bed of Hephaestus, that fact shall not have any real trouble (If not for the transfer to a distant site where be helped by the authorities thanks to a warm bath and after anointing with precious scented oils immortal). All under the ironic smile of Apollo and Hermes (which confirms that famous song would have approved of being in the place of Ares). This means that for the life of the gods is not affected, in any way by any tragedy.
The same distraction of Aphrodite transferred to men, however, involves the explosion of passions, grudges, violent reactions, which can often lead to conflict unprecedented. As has happened to the beautiful Helen, drawn to Paris, despite the presence of Menelaus (her husband). Distraction that led to the Trojan War, with thousands of deaths in the Peloponnese.
In its own way also the famous "excluded" of Pirandello was a little a little Penelope Aphrodite ...
Perhaps, over time, the thinking of men (their lives), will tend increasingly to approach, so asymptotic to the thinking of the gods. And, at least, this trend will lead to the coincidence of the two distinct ways.
It 'true that the distance between these two different visions of life (from gods and men) is much more marked in the Islamic world that the Christianized Western world. For the different cultures (The word tolerance is virtually unknown among certain peoples) and the different way of looking ... women. All
to highlight, with Homer, with Pericles and Pirandello, social function, for better or for worse, the emancipation of women. Women from whom all men depend.
we like it or not we want to admit ...
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