Oh the humanity!

I find myself lacking any motivation to blog this week, and that seemed like a perfect way to segway into my next thought, on how "human" everything in the metomorphoses is. After the lecture in class on Daphne and Apollo, I found myself recalling the story of Athena and Arachne.
One of the things that really jumped out at me while reading this story, is the fault of pride that Arachne continues to show, she never once thought to hold her tongue in front of the goddesss and this leads to her eventual demise. While at the same time Ovid's writing really gives you a sense of how jealous Athena is of Arachne's skill. You see that Athena believes that Arachne's weaving is superior to hers, but rather than admit it, she turns transforms Arachne into a spider.

I could see,I think,  one of the common threads through these stories in Metomorphoses, is how utterly human these gods and heroes are. They all carry distinct faults that show up in each story they are in. They all lie, cheat, steal, love, and hate in much the same fashion as we all do throughout our lives. Cupids Anger at Apollo and his revenge, Apollo's lust for Daphne, Daphne's disdain of Apollo, Arachne's pride, and Athena's jealousy. In each of  These gods resides the epitome of human emotion/the human condition, which is so very relatable to each and every one of us.