DPP: Mythology

[useyourlove.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty fond of all the Greek (and later Roman) references that are woven throughout BSG. For some reason, I love when people incorporate the mythologies into their fics. What's your favorite thing for people to work into fics? What's your favorite bit of mythology related to pilots (see my icon for mine! The whole Arrow of Apollo thing is just priceless.)

I also like when the actual historical mythology comes up in BSG discussions and meta, and it tends to illuminate things in different ways. What pieces of mythology have you come across that make you rethink some of your assumptions? What make you see the story in a different way?

We've pretty much been talking about this all week, haven't we?? ;-)

Comments

[n-e-star.livejournal.com]

The first mythical connection I made was Apollo/Starbuck with Apollo/Daphne - doomed to love the one person that will always run from them.

Apollo loved her, and longed to obtain her; and he who gives oracles to all the world was not wise enough to look into his own fortunes. He saw her hair flung loose over her shoulders, and said, "If so charming, in disorder, what would it be if arranged?" He saw her eyes bright as stars; he saw her lips, and was not satisfied with only seeing them. He admired her hands and arms, naked to the shoulder, and whatever was hidden from view he imagined more beautiful still. He followed her; she fled, swifter than the wind, and delayed not a moment at his entreaties.
~ Bullfinch

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Beautiful quotation! I was also inspired by that myth, and wrote a little ficlet set around "Sometimes a Great Notion" :)

Daphne (http://rachelindeed.livejournal.com/9014.html). The god Apollo loved a huntress, the Scriptures said, who fled from him in terror.

[n-e-star.livejournal.com]

My first time writing for BSG was because of this myth - Whom the Gods Would Destroy (http://palis-delon.livejournal.com/527.html)

[useyourlove.livejournal.com]

That quote is perfect, and I'm ashamed to admit that I'd never even heard of this myth before. Both of these fics sound amazing.