In the beginning our heads were larger than they are now, twice as big. We had four legs, not two, and an equal amount of arms. On our big heads either side had a pair of eyes, a nose, a mouth and in the middle perched ears: two on each side. Like two modern heads were somehow melted together from the back of the skull until the conch of the ears were a hair's breath apart. Bodies were more rounded and when arms and legs were splayed outwards; great speeds could be reached by cartwheeling across the vast plains of earth. Most bodies had a male side and a female side, but not all. Some were double male, some double female. Only mixed gender bodies could reproduce when a child was desired. But all were satisfied and content in their happy pairing.
Zeus pondered these wondrous creatures with a mixture of awe and pride. But soon these sentiments festered and a deep envy filled his soul for these happy creatures and with furious bolts of lightening he lashed out and slashed each body in half; leaving them tottering lost and alone on two unsteady legs; condemning us to half blindly seek our lost other half.
Hr Plato: tak for det
Ingen kommentarer:
Send en kommentar