Anghraine

More seriously, all of Ovid’s maidens devoted to Diana are making me think of The Canterbury Tales and Emily’s prayer to Diana:
(Chaste goddess, well you know that I
Desire to be a maiden all my life,
Never would I wish to be beloved or wife.
I am, thou knowest, yet of thy company,
A maid, and love hunting and venery,
And walking in the wild woods,
And not to be a wife and be with child.
I would not wish to know company of man.)

It usually ends badly, though :(

Tagged: #honestly i am not persuaded by the happy ending of the knight's tale either #in a weird way camilla in the aeneid comes out the best #in that at least she gets to live her best life and then get avenged by diana #hmmm #kind of wondering if there's any significance to wostow -> thow woost

“All right, boys, let’s find out how much a man’s weapons
Outweigh a girl’s. Leave this to me. I don’t care
If Diana herself protects this boar with her arrows.
I’m taking this animal down, Diana or not!” (8.444-7)

*five minutes later*

Cause of death: boar.

Tagged: #i do appreciate that ovid smacks down misogynistic hubris at pretty much every opportunity #i mean... all hubris. but there is a special flavor to this kind

I’m back to Ovid and reading about Niobe, and it’s like … okay, Apollo and Diana’s vengeance is really, literally, overkill, but also, Niobe was stupid as shit.

Tagged: #haha latona only has two kids who are OLYMPIAN GODS which is practically like not having any kids amirite #latona is like: -and then she said i'm chILDLESS and how am i being INSULTED THIS WAY and- #apollo: mom. it's okay. we'll kill a bunch of people and it'll make you feel better #diana: yeah. what he said. #latona: oh okay then