(urth) Father Inire as Dionysus

[James Wynn]

On 10/26/2011 9:08 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> On 10/26/2011 10:00 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> 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. [...] But Sev does not seek vengeance on Hethor for 
>>> killing his lover/friend. You'd think that would be the main 
>>> reference point.

I think the important point of Patroclus in the story is that he dons 
the mantle of Achilles for a while and is then slain. In that sense, he 
plays the role played by Mordred and other usurpers in mythology. Who 
killed Dux Caesidius?

J.