Father Inire as Dionysus

Jeff Wilson · 26 Oct 2011, 14:00 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at clueland.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:00:37 -0500
Subject: (urth) Father Inire as Dionysus
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On 10/26/2011 8:53 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> On 10/26/2011 9:48 AM, James Wynn wrote:
>> On 10/25/2011 9:01 AM, Lee Berman wrote:
>>> I don't get this. What resemblance does Hethor have to the Trojan
>>> Hector who
>>> was a brave and noble prince and warror?
>>> I don't think WOlfe would pick this name just for the heck of it.
>>
>> I'm not prepared to show that Wolfe has woven elements of the Illiad
>> into the life of Severian, but it would be very much like Wolfe to do
>> that. And Hector, and as the nemesis of the sword wielding Achilles
>> and slayer of his alter-ego, would be a fine reference to Severian's
>> Hethor.
>
> How does he slay Sev's alter ego? I don't recall Hether successfully
> killing anyone.

His slug does in several of the sorcerors at least. Which would be 
somewhat apt, since Hector thinks he is killing Achilles but does in 
Patroclus instead.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at clueland.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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