«But in Hesiod's message it is clear that these Five Ages of
Man are one long passage of continuous degeneration, tracing
the lives of men as descending from a state of primitive
innocence to evil, with a single exception for the Age of Heroes.
Some scholars have noted that Hesiod interweaved the
mythical and the realistic, creating a combined story based on
an ancient tale that could be referred to and learned from. But
perhaps in justifying the timing of this translation it was
thought that the changing cycle of the constellations of:
Taurus to Aries, Aries to Pisces, and Pisces to Aquarius (with
their respective intervals in thousands of years) are a clear
interpretation of the management of the elements. So the
animals of the Aquarian age will consequently be Silicon
beings without antler-based symbolism and with the quality of
harnessing water as a source of inexhaustible energy. Of
course I am basing my proposal on the idea of this myth.»
Opera et dies, with scholia of Tzetzes. Found In: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Opera
et dies, with scholia of Tzetzes
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