"We are now in a position to hazard a conjecture as to the meaning of the tradition that Virbius, the first of the divine Kings of the Wood at Aricia, had been killed in the character of Hippolytus by horses." (The Golden Bough, 552)

Today was the first day of group presentations. Groups 1,2 and 3 were all entertaining, and appropriately so, since the trope of games cropped up in all of their performances. Group 4 will have an interesting challenge when our time comes, as it always does.

Individual presentations begin next week, I will be in the first batch to go. My paper is most likely going to be an examination of the Orphean myth, likely giving particular emphasis on a modern film adaptation of it, Baz Lurhmann's Moulin Rouge(which is one of Kari's favorite movies--perhaps a petty motivation). I shall see what I can do, in any case.