An analysis of Lamia.

As a further note, this poem would influence Richard Dawkin's book title "Unweaving the Rainbow." And would also influence Edgar Allen Poe to write his Sonnet on Science.
And for those of you who are squeamish about the topic of rape being thrown around so lightly, that's unfortunately a part of Greek and Roman culture, and a part of their religion. And Keats was trying to make an authentic episode for Metamorphoses, which I think he accomplished. But, this is why I prefer Christianity, as the Ten Commandments seem more palpable to a rational creature.
But, let's meditate on the fact that in Ovid's days, rape was acceptable in the circumstance that the rape was perpetrated by someone of a higher class. And let's understand that Hume's moral argument is woefully inadequate for that reason, and that's one of the reasons we need God's Law.

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