From: CeiSerith@...
Message: 17995
Date: 2003-01-23
But of course he is the first to die -- He represents the first
to die and the first victim of the first sin.
I don't believe he is the victim of the first "sin." Rather, he is the victim of the first sacrifice. There was certainly a touch of hesitation about sacrifice in Greece and in late Vedism/Hinduism (to the point where Hinduism spiritualized the act completely), but I don't get the feeling that it was a "sin." After all, if the gods want you to do it, how can it be a sin?
David Fickett-Wilbar