(urth) Father Inire as Dionysus

[David Stockhoff]

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.