"Such fables contain a deeper philosophy of the relation of the life of man to the life of nature—a sad philosophy which gave birth to a tragic practice."
This came from chapter 2,"Artemis and Hippolytus", from the ebook of Sir James George Frazer.
This myth to me was saying that there will always be a circle of life, there is nothing that we can do to change that. Obviously others have tried to change this "morality" issue that we live, but has not changed thus far. In this myth, Hippolytus, dies at a young and handsome age for a love of a goddess that does not last. Huh...funny how life repeats itself...not just for those of a god or a goddess, but for those that love at last, then die and don't get to experience the pleasures of the love you had.
As an old saying goes, "Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all."
Amberly McDonald
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