#the fifth circle IS john's circle though i will take applications for his inclusion in the 9th circle from boe

[dapurinthos]

staring at natale conti’s claim that a later greek mythology tradition spoke of akherôn being the offspring of hêlios and gaia (or demeter and i am not getting into the whole gaia/demeter doubling regarding their titles and roles, etc, since it’s a lot and it also includes rhea and would be rude not to have her here) and i don’t have his source for this and can’t find a digital edition of the english translation of his mythologicae where he said it. at least this review of the english translation says the latin is easy???? and i know exactly what part i’m looking for.

yes my brain is going brrrr on how john is dominicus, is the sun. also the concept of gaia’s children being tossed down and imprisoned in tartarus beyond the okeanos river and how even the sun does not pass the river.

and this bit from the theogony:

And there [at the ends of the earth] dwells the goddess loathed by the deathless gods, terrible Styx, eldest daughter of back-flowing Okeanos. She lives apart from the gods in her glorious house vaulted over with great rocks and propped up to heaven all round with silver pillars.

#nona the ninth spoilers #sort of #akherôn is also conflated with the river styx at times as being the border to the underworld #both also appear in dante's inferno #where the styx is said to be a fouled river which tallies with our fouled river #in the fifth circle (wrath) which has the city of dis and where alecto and the other furies dwell #but that's a whole other thing #the fifth circle IS john's circle though i will take applications for his inclusion in the 9th circle from boe #even though the 5th circle is for false prophets as well as the wrathful #but that's wandering in to an entirely different mythological direction #i love this book. i think i love this book best of the locked tomb.