Saturday, March 19, 2016
Some notes on Odyssey
I think the Iliad and Odyssey are epics on human evolution.
First, we get kleos in Iliad, and then we get both kleos and nostos in Odyssey.
It's a bible to direct human progress. Oblios from these heroes will benefit
the human in some way. That said, we can see Achilles''s kleos is obtained
relatively easily, decided by his fate, in a modern word, by his gene; whereas
Odysseus's kleos is decided not only by his gene, but also by his determination
for nostos. He could have given up his will at any moment during his Odyssey on
the sea, but he fought till the end, of course also helped by the Gods. This is
how human species grow up on the Earth. We still believe today, the heroes are
those stand out from ordinary people and finish a great deed before their
death, and it's not only up to their nature, but also their nurture, where hard
work and determination matter.
Stevens Creek Trail Mar 2016
Fremontodendron (Flannel bush)
Fremontodendron (Flannel bush)
Cercis occidentalis (Western redbud)
SF botanical garden Mar 2016
Malus x purpurea lemoinei (Lemoine crab)
Limnanthes Douglashii (Meadowfoam)
Greyia radlkoferi (Natal bottlebrush)
Greyia sutherlandii
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