Sauron vs. Huan = Thetis vs. Peleus? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Iarwain · 07-23-2003, 06:53 PM

I was reading Plato's The Republic last night, and Socrates was rambling about how certain aspects of Athenian mythology were not suitable for the young mind. He gave several examples, but one caught my attention specifically. I read in the footnotes that Thetis was a nymph that refused to wed Peleus until he proved himself by wrestling her as she shifts shapes and becomes various forms. Socrates continues by talking about how the suggestion of the gods changing shape is blasphemy (to some degree) because of their divinity. But anyway, this particular story caught me by its extraordinary similarity to Huan's fight with the shape shifting Sauron, though the curcumstances were a bit different. Well, I just thought I'd share that, so that others can muse on it.

Ever wandering,
Iarwain

07-23-2003, 06:53 PM	#1
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	Sauron vs. Huan = Thetis vs. Peleus? I was reading Plato's The Republic last night, and Socrates was rambling about how certain aspects of Athenian mythology were not suitable for the young mind. He gave several examples, but one caught my attention specifically. I read in the footnotes that Thetis was a nymph that refused to wed Peleus until he proved himself by wrestling her as she shifts shapes and becomes various forms. Socrates continues by talking about how the suggestion of the gods changing shape is blasphemy (to some degree) because of their divinity. But anyway, this particular story caught me by its extraordinary similarity to Huan's fight with the shape shifting Sauron, though the curcumstances were a bit different. Well, I just thought I'd share that, so that others can muse on it. Ever wandering, Iarwain __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"