"Kore saw herself in Hades' pupil. She recognized, in the eye observing itself, the eye of an invisible other.....For it was in that eye, as he carried her off, that Kore saw herself reflected. It was then that this girl within the eye became the pupil for us all." Calloso 210
Images and reflections. Persephone sees herself in Hades eye and realizes it's the reflection of herself. The way I see (pun intended!) it, the reflection of the eye is a perpetual cycle.
This is also related to "In the Patterns of Initiation" in From Primitives to Zen, #154 Plato on Initiation, it states,
"It looks as if those also who established rites of initiation for us were no fools, but that there is a hidden meaning in their teaching when it says that whoever arrives unitiated in Hades will lie in mud, but the purified and initiated when he arrives there will dwell with gods."Or is the underworld of Hades a labyrinth where all who dwell there run around in circles searching for a spiritual place that doesn't exist. As for the "purified and initiated...will dwell with gods," this relates to our discussion in class about Baptism. One of the rituals of my family was to have the newborn child be baptized within a week after their birth. The purpose was to cleanse their soul of any impurities they brought forth from their previous lives. The other purpose for Baptism too was if the newborn child should die, they would be of pure body and soul and their spirit would lie next to God in Heaven instead of Hell with the Devil. Superstitions I guess.
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Lord Raglan's Hero Pattern
1. Hero's mother is a royal virgin;
2. His father is a king, and
3. Often a near relative of his mother, but
4. The circumstances of his conception are unusual, and
5. He is also reputed to be the son of a god.
6. At birth an attempt is made, usually by his father or his maternal grand father to kill him, but
7. he is spirited away, and
8. Reared by foster -parents in a far country.
9. We are told nothing of his childhood, but
10. On reaching manhood he returns or goes to his future Kingdom.
11. After a victory over the king and/or a giant, dragon, or wild beast,
12. He marries a princess, often the daughter of his predecessor and
13. And becomes king.
14. For a time he reigns uneventfully and
15. Prescribes laws, but
16. Later he loses favor with the gods and/or his subjects, and
17. Is driven from the throne and city, after which
18. He meets with a mysterious death,
19. Often at the top of a hill,
20. His children, if any do not succeed him.
21. His body is not buried, but nevertheless
22. He has one or more holy sepulchres.
Oedipus follows 10 of the hero points according to Yvonne Sample who posted this info for CLAS230 Classical Mythology at Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois found on her website.
2. His father is a king, and
3. Often a near relative of his mother, but
4. The circumstances of his conception are unusual, and
5. He is also reputed to be the son of a god.
6. At birth an attempt is made, usually by his father or his maternal grand father to kill him, but
7. he is spirited away, and
8. Reared by foster -parents in a far country.
9. We are told nothing of his childhood, but
10. On reaching manhood he returns or goes to his future Kingdom.
11. After a victory over the king and/or a giant, dragon, or wild beast,
12. He marries a princess, often the daughter of his predecessor and
13. And becomes king.
14. For a time he reigns uneventfully and
15. Prescribes laws, but
16. Later he loses favor with the gods and/or his subjects, and
17. Is driven from the throne and city, after which
18. He meets with a mysterious death,
19. Often at the top of a hill,
20. His children, if any do not succeed him.
21. His body is not buried, but nevertheless
22. He has one or more holy sepulchres.
Oedipus follows 10 of the hero points according to Yvonne Sample who posted this info for CLAS230 Classical Mythology at Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois found on her website.
Although Oedipus believes he is the son of the King of Corinth, Oedipus really is the son of the King of Thebes.
His father receives an oracle that his son will kill him. In order to stop this from happening Oedipus' parents give him up.
He is given to the King and Queen of Corinth and is raised by them as their own.
He goes to Thebes, where he was born and where he gains rule, in order to escape his oracle.
He victors over the king (without knowing it) and over the Sphinx by solving the riddle of mankind.
By solving the riddle of the Sphinx, the people of Thebes hand the thrown over to Oedipus.
When the city of Thebes learns it was Oedipus who murdered their former King and is ultimately the one causing the plague, they disown him as their ruler.
Oedipus is exiled from Thebes in order to stop the plague.
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