Friday, January 29, 2010

To herder for women, serve and protect like family and the paradigms revealed

Upon his triumph Odysseys shoots an arrow through the throat of Antinous. The other suitors assume it’s an accident up till forth Odysseus reveals himself to them, Surprised the suitors realise that there is no way out. Philoetius has locked the front door and the herder the doors in the female’s quarters. Eurymachus tries to calm Odysseus pointing to Antinous as the only bad person amongst them. When Odysseus says he will be killing them all Eurymachus charges him falling to one of Odysseus arrows. Amphinomus is the next to fall being speared by Telemachus.
Before we proceeded with the story, I want you to notice what the above interaction signifies:

Antinous falls to Odysseus arrow before the paradigm of the new Hero is exposed. Eurymachus tries to save the suitors but cornered attacks and instantly dies. He is the first to fall amongst the suitors to the revealed Odysseus and subsequently Amphinomus falls to the progeny of the new paradigm of virtue, embodying the virtuous of the same paradigm.
The pig herder locks and protects the women and Philoetius the good servant the front doors. The women are protected by herding pigs, or policing males who act as they did on Circes Island, and good servants seen as family protect the main gates and defenses as if protecting their own family. The family type alliance goes along with the idea of marrying cultures and turning them into family and allies. This is the basis of the idea of marrying children to reinforce or found an alliance. With the males of his own people Odysseus adopts them as family, circumcising them like Abraham did from their slavery. Here circumcision refers to cutting the slaves and servants from their bond to a lord and making them free equals in a family structure

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