#pallas

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pallas cat princeling with mice entourage

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Freakish Friday #70

On the Grid: 1. Pallas - The Blinding Darkness 2. Motörhead - Kiss of Death 3. North Sea Echoes - How to Cast a Shadow 4. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Infest the Rats' Nest 5. Marillion - marillion.com 6. Metallica - Garage Inc. 7. Rhapsody - Legendary Tales 8. Pallas - The Dreams of Men 9. Riverside - Out of Myself

Also heard this week: Peter Gabriel - [all released "Bright-side" songs from] o\i Killing Joke - Turn to Red The Mars Volta - Tremulant EP Metallica - Load Metallica - ReLoad Janelle Monáe - Metropolis: The Chase Suite The Night Eternal - The Night Eternal Queensrÿche - Queensrÿche (EP) Rhapsody - Emerald Sword Bruce Springsteen - Magic

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I have already spoken about Pallas being the ideal Aeneas/Augustus in this post, but he could also be interpreted as a representation of the potential Rome lost in its early years.

He is already presented in the Aeneid as someone who lost his potential to death— he is depicted as a great leader in battle, throwing himself into the line of fire to inspire his soldiers and confronting Aeneas when the Arcadians fled at the sight of his ships, and would therefore be someone capable of succeeding Evander, yet he never got to further demonstrate this capability and fulfill his potential as a leader as he dies young. His death has also deprived Rome of potential— Pallantium is deprived by it of the potential it could’ve had under his rule as he died way too early for his kingdom to come under it. One must remember that Pallantium is essentially proto-Rome, so to deprive Pallantium of potential would also be depriving Rome of potential as Rome would not be able to develop with it.

Pallas’ family, furthermore, seems to be an allusion to one of Rome’s foundation myths— namely the origins of his Sabine mother to the rape of the Sabines, which took place on the very hill Pallas lived on. Evander and Pallas’ mother, however, seemed to have had a loving relationship in a proper marriage, with Evander referring to her as “most honorable of women” in book 11 of the Aeneid. Rome could’ve been founded on proper marriages akin to those of Evander and Pallas’ mother, yet it had not been, and this is made even more ironic by the fact that Evander’s mother, Carmentis, was a protector of mothers and children, both which were put in danger for the sake of Rome due to the rape of the Sabines and the war in Latium. She was also associated with childbirth and midwifery, both which are associated with the earliest stages of life, so it is only adequate that her son should watch over Rome in its earliest stages of life. Her grandson, however, could not continue on their legacy as he is dead. There was therefore nobody to further guide Rome to its full potential following Evander’s death.

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A quick sketch of Pallas and Athena cuddling after a friendly spar before Pallas's death

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pallas. to me

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I took with me the beautiful things, and I made something new.