Demeter!
Three Cheers for the healthy harvest!
Bless this grain, and let's bake some bread to break!
Sweet Persephone, I miss you all winter long!
and, erm...
Dionysus...
Sweet vines, man.
I always thought dolphins were cool.
How about some, uh, grape juice?
Alright, alright, I know, it wasn't grape juice that he was the god of, it was wine. It's a perennial headache to try to teach this god to immature Freshmen. So the point of studying him was not to simply praise wine all the live-long day, but to impress upon the students the dictum:
Moderation in all things.
Even the Greeks knew that it's not good to have too much of a good thing.
HW:
- Read MYTH Ch. 3: How The World and Mankind Were Created
- Complete Adv. Clause Practice 01
- Valentine's Day Reminder: Membean Ends Sunday, 2/14. Get some sessions!
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