Father Inire as Dionysus

David Stockhoff · 24 Oct 2011, 18:02 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:02:38 -0400
Subject: (urth) Father Inire as Dionysus
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On 10/24/2011 1:42 PM, Ant?nio Pedro Marques wrote:
> David Stockhoff wrote (24-10-2011 18:25):
>> On 10/24/2011 1:16 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
>>> I believe it is the Old Autarch who tells Severian that Thecla was 
>>> chosen
>>> for her loyalty to Vodalus as a means to bind his followers more 
>>> tightly
>>> to him. I tend to think Vodalus as an expendable pawn of higher powers
>>> (easily replaced by Agia with the help of...Hethor) who doesn't 
>>> really know
>>> that the true importance of his dinner choices (and all else that he 
>>> does)
>>> relates to Severian as a nascent New Sun
>>
>> Here's a thought.
>>
>> Old Autarch + Inire vs Vodalus + Inire
>>
>> New Autarch + Inire vs Agia and Hethor
>>
>> (1) The Vodalarii no longer need Inire's personal attention now that 
>> Sev is
>> here
>>
>> (2) Hethor is a lesser Inire, as Agia is a lesser Vodalus.
>
> Why isn't Hethor the same individual as Inire?

None of this is meant to suggest that he is not.

However, I don't think he is and have made several comments to that 
effect over a few days.

Never mind that it would make Inire either very busy or very numerous. 
or both.

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