This week we read about the belief systems of Greece and Rome. We read stuff from Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Lecretius, and Seneca (I know--fun).
Lit. question #4 asked us to write a short conversation between either Odysseus and Athena or Odysseus and Penelope in which they talk about either Sophism, Cynicism, or Skeptism (we read the entire Odyssey earlier this year). Here I had some fun.
Odysseus: Athena, I need your help on a small issue I’ve been considering lately. I’ve heard of a certain Cynic philosophy that leads to true happiness, and seeing as my life hasn’t been too great lately…
Athena: And what would your wife say about this?
Odysseus: Right…well, that’s what I was sort of hoping you could help me out with.
Athena: No. Let me guess: You’re planning on staying away from your wife and son who have been waiting for you all these years, and you just want to become some sort of hermit looking for virtue.
Odysseus: Hey, Antisthenes says we have no obligations to society, state, or family.
Athena: Yep, I never liked Antisthenes. Listen, you are the King of Ithaca. I will NOT have you turning into an old man eating bread and water mumbling on and on about “virtue” like some wacko! I’ll see to Antisthenes right away, and if you want to be one of his followers, you’d better be quick about ‘cause he’s not gonna be around for much longer. So there!
(*awkward silence*)
Athena: …And your decision?
Odysseus: Um, yeah! Come to think of it, maybe skeptism is the better choice.
Athena: Odysseus!?
Odysseus: I…take that back.
Yeah, I gave Athena some attitude...
-gab
2 comments:
Hehe...much more interesting than Aristotle I'm sure:)
I can sympathize with you: we do TOG, too. (By the way, I'm glad to know that someone besides our family shortened Tapestry of Grace to TOG.) :)
I love your Athena!
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