Soldier: Hegesistratus the Lame Lycanthrope

aramini1 at cox.net · 01 Apr 2006, 21:50 · from 2006-April.txt.gz

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From: aramini1 at cox.net (aramini1 at cox.net)
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 16:50:48 -0500
Subject: (urth) Soldier: Hegesistratus the Lame Lycanthrope
Message-ID: <20060401215050.RZSM17437.fed1rmmtao12.cox.net@[172.18.180.8]>

> 
> From: "Chris" <rasputin_ at hotmail.com>
> > 
> Well, one thing that I supposed was possible was that Ares might have been 
> possessing Latro (the way he was wont to do in the Iliad) at the time when 
> Latro received his injury. And perhaps that injury prevented him from 
> leaving, or recognizing who he was.

I rather like this idea - Ares gets stuck in his head because of the injury.  Hmm.  

The only other cogent solution I can think of is that, since Ahura Mazda is the God of good, and Pleistorus is rumored to be ahura mazda, then perhaps latro is a trial run for the theoanthropos: God tests out a human life cycle, and changes in the process from the old, violent God to the compassionate one of Christianity.  I wish there were some indication for exactly how long Pleistorus has been missing.  If it is only a year or two, then clearly he was simply possessing Latro.  If it was closer to twenty, he could have incarnated himself as a human in Rome, which will eventually create the Pax Romana - the entire world must be at peace for Christ to be born, as it purportedly was.

Marc

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