Getting Carried Away
Purgatory 9
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“There is no such thing as ‘mere’ image.” (Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae)
Ganyamede was a hot young prince and Jupiter wanted him to serve as cupbearer to the gods. It seemed he’d be perfect for that forever job. As Ovid tells it, Jupiter transmuted into an eagle and flew towards Ganyamede’s bizarre beauty. Abduction. Very possible to get plucked at any time by a god, a bird, a god larping as a bird, a stream of dreams—-to the stars and/or the underworld, and stars can feel like underworlds….