02.05.07
The Essays: Tenth Post (Hercules)
Bacon’s essay on adversity is strange. He makes one very odd reference that threw me off for the rest of the essay (which only comprised a page or so total). The reference was about Hercules traveling in a pitcher to rescue Prometheus, which is not part of the myth. At least, it’s not part of any classical telling of the story. It’s a weird later addition. It just seemed a really strange thing to mention. I was weirded out by it!