"To have her surrender her virginity without regrets, Apollo chose one of his most secret forms: the wolf"- pg. 152. It was this that led Apollo to having a child with this female companion. Such creates a new beginning, which was the main topic of my most recent class. First is a seperation from the peace of that beginning, then comes the initiation which brings the character to the middle of their life (and with it a great deal of pain), and finally there's the transformation, in which the person is no longer who he or she was in the beginning.
Going back to Calasso, I was surprised at how racy Greek myth can be. Apollo becoming a wolf and raping a woman is just one example. It's rather interesting how Greek culture contrasts our modern one. Then, men having sex with young boys and animals (who, to their credit, were gods) was a walk in the park. We've taken a great deal from Greek culture... though thankfully, we have also left some things in the past.
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