Myth by Robert A. Segal

Author:Robert A. Segal [Segal, Robert A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0192803476
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004-01-15T07:00:00+00:00

8. Hunting the Calydon Boar, Laconian Greek cup from Cerveteri, 6th century BC

The communal nature of actual hunting, and of ritualized hunting thereafter, functioned to assuage anxiety over one’s own aggression and one’s own mortality, and at the same time to cement a bond among participants. The functions were psychological and sociological, not agricultural.

The myth of Adonis would present an ironic case for Burkert. Not only is Adonis’ hunting solitary rather than communal, but Adonis is scarcely a real hunter, let alone one racked by anxiety. For him, hunting is more a sport than a life-and-death encounter. Therefore hunting can hardly abet him either psychologically or socially. Yet his saga can still function as a warning to others, as will be proposed in Chapter 8.

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