Jul 15
How Theoi presents the tale of Cura:
How scholars present the tale of Cura:
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Stark difference, clearly. Theoi emends Cura to Kore, and on those grounds assumes that Cura becomes queen of the dead. The academics believe that Cura is simply the personification of the latin word for care and, though they also add emendations, they leave Cura’s ending as it is written in the original.
I’d love for this myth to get more popularity as it is written! Care herself creating humans is super cute, and it’s a rare fully positive Zeus depiction