Page 209 can be
summed up with the following statement:
Kore was looking at a narcissus.
What is a Narcissus? Calasso describes it as a flower named after a man of intense beauty. He was so beautiful that he fell in love with his reflection in a pond. Unable to lose sight of his own beauty, he died of starvation. The flower represents this story.
Kore was looking at a reflection of a reflection of a man who lost himself by looking at a reflection
Who is Kore? She is the daughter of Zeus and the goddess of springtime. And, as Calosso points out, Kore means "pupil".
The Pupil was looking at a reflection of a reflection of a man who lost himself by looking at a reflection
Kore is a girl whom Hades was intent on abducting (same old story).
The Pupil lost herself while looking at a reflection of a reflection of a man who lost himself by looking at a reflection
Kore lost herself by looking into the eyes of Hades.
The Pupil lost herself when her pupil saw its own reflection in the pupil that reflected her looking at a reflection of a reflection of a man who lost himself by looking at a reflection
What is a Narcissus? Calasso describes it as a flower named after a man of intense beauty. He was so beautiful that he fell in love with his reflection in a pond. Unable to lose sight of his own beauty, he died of starvation. The flower represents this story.
Kore was looking at a reflection of a reflection of a man who lost himself by looking at a reflection
Who is Kore? She is the daughter of Zeus and the goddess of springtime. And, as Calosso points out, Kore means "pupil".
The Pupil was looking at a reflection of a reflection of a man who lost himself by looking at a reflection
Kore is a girl whom Hades was intent on abducting (same old story).
The Pupil lost herself while looking at a reflection of a reflection of a man who lost himself by looking at a reflection
Kore lost herself by looking into the eyes of Hades.
The Pupil lost herself when her pupil saw its own reflection in the pupil that reflected her looking at a reflection of a reflection of a man who lost himself by looking at a reflection
This page emanates
mythological poetry. It brings ideas around full circle and displays mythology
within mythology. It goes to a higher philosophical level than other pages (if
only by the mention of Socrates). But the question remains: what did Kore see
in the pupil of Hades?
I believe she saw
two things.
For one, she
observed a dizzying picture of infinity. Much like the repeating image on the
Land O’Lakes butter packaging, Kore found herself in an infinite zoom loop. A
deer in the headlights, she was rendered helpless and immobile—easily snatched
up by her abductor.
But another thing
she saw may put a different spin on the “kidnapping”. Perhaps, and just a
perhaps, she looked and saw herself in the eyes of Hades—reflected to render
the perspective of the one filled with desire—and she realized she wanted to be
carried off to feel the gaze of passionate covet again. The craving of Hades
seduced her so that she went with him willingly—an attempted abduction becoming
an eloping.
A reflection gives
the exact opposite perspective.
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