Classical literature and mythology portrays sexual passion as:
a. easily resisted by rational people
b. an experience of the highest delight
c. the cause of many tragedies
d. visited upon mortals by the jealous Fates
2007-02-13 12:52:44 · 4 answers · asked by Cindy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
C. Ovid, Homer, Virgil and a host of other clasical writers replayed that theme time and time again. Look at the Trojan war, The Odyssey, the Illiad, Metamorphoses,The Aeneid you'll find exactly how that passion, time and again became the downfall of great men and even entire civilizations.
2007-02-14 01:25:37 · answer #1 · answered by gotherunereadings 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C, definitely
Just read a couple of Ovid's Metamorphoses
2007-02-13 20:58:04 · answer #2 · answered by Robin J. Sky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, all of the above, really.
2007-02-13 21:03:34 · answer #3 · answered by Bastet's kitten 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
b and c
2007-02-14 01:57:20 · answer #4 · answered by raxivar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋