intellectualammo Posted August 9, 2013 Report Share Posted August 9, 2013 Have any of you taken a survey of all the many references to Greek mythology that is in Rand's fiction? I have some. I actually think of Anthem and Atlas Shrugged as elaborate recontextualizations of Greek mythology. For example, from AS: They said Atlantis was a place where hero-spirits lived in a happiness unknown to the rest of the earth. A place which only the spirits of heroes could enter, and they reached it without dying, because they carried the secret of life within them. I wanted to start a thread on all the various ways in which Rand uses Greek mythology in her fictional works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted August 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Lesser know reference to Greek gods and Apollo from We The Living: "The tutors, and the servants, and the guests looked at Leo as they looked at the statue of Apollo in the Admiral' s study, with the same reverent hopelessness they felt for the white marble of a distant age." P.121-22. Kira: "His body was white as marble and as hard and straight; the body of a god" "She climbed to the pedestals of statues in the parks to kiss the cold lips of Greek gods Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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