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The Egyptian myth sequence emphasizes jealousy, trickery, duels, poisoning, and palace intrigue rather than open war as the path to kingship.
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Cleverness
The Egyptian myth sequence emphasizes jealousy, trickery, duels, poisoning, and palace intrigue rather than open war as the path to kingship.
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"Okay? So, it's Osiris who gives us civilization. Now, here's a brother named Set. And Set is very jealous of the fact that Osiris..."
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"Okay? After Osiris is reassembled, he impregnates Isis. They have a son named Horus. Horus eventually grows up and he's angered by the fact..."
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"Eventually, Set decides to poison Horus. But before he can do so, Horus first poisons him. And Horus becomes king. And he gives Egypt..."
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"...from the Egyptian mythology. The main virtue that wins out is cleverness. Okay. Deception. Trickery. And you can say this is because for the..."
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"...very clever. He pretends he's stupid, but he has very precise cleverness, OK? All right, so that's what Shakespeare does. He takes a traditional..."
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"...is most prominent in Mesopotamia is bravery or strength. Okay. Not cleverness. There's no trickery going on. It's just pure power. Pure bravery. Okay...."
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Mesopotamia turns geography into mythology: where Egypt imagines divine generosity and pyramidal immortality, the land between two uncooperative rivers learns struggle, creative destruction, and the more fragile immortality of being remembered by the people...
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