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(5 pp) What we will look at in this discussion is
the importance of the Swordbelt of Pallas in the
Aenid by Vergil to see if we can trace the mythic
intent from the physical description of the
swordbelt of Pallas found in The Doloneia:
Pallas was wearing "distinctive armor, and a
sword belt with 50 Danaids, who murdered their
husbands on their wedding night."
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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belt with 50 Danaids, who murdered their husbands on their wedding night." Bibliography lists 4 sources. BBwillyAR.doc THE NEREIDS OF THE SWORDBELT Introduction All fifty of
the Nereids were sister sea-nymphs, named after the ancient sea god Nereus. According to Barringer (1995), their importance crossed through literature, art, and religion, and their images appear throughout
the ancient world. Citing examples from language, anthropology, history, and religious studies, Barringer suggests a new role for these women that apparently had the status of demi-goddesses.
Their role was to assist people in major life transitions. What we will look at in this discussion is the importance of the Swordbelt of Pallas in the Aenid by
Vergil to see if we can trace the mythic intent from the physical description of the swordbelt of Pallas found in The Doloneia: Pallas was wearing "distinctive armor
and a sword belt with 50 Danaids, who murdered their husbands on their wedding night." Supposition This may be a radical thought because it would appear that the two groups
of fifty are differently named. Yet in the Greek cosmology, there appear to be only one group of fifty women, the daughters of Nereus, if in fact their
task was to help an individual in major life transitions, it would be logical to put such an image, on a sword belt, particularly for the young son of Evander,
the leader of Rome. Putting fifty of anything on to a wide metal band, would involve time, labor, and expense. It would be work of a skilled artisan,
certainly one who would be old enough to know the craft and also the stories, that would be applicable to the son of a king. The story, the value
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