I would love to see the Judgment of Tiresias have more depth.
Perhaps, instead of striking to ordinary snakes he had come upon two Gods who were simply in the form of snakes, and as punishment/reward? they turned him into a woman either to learn or at his request depending.
Possibly they overheard him complaining how easy women had life, or bragging over how something along the way that were better and these gods wanted to show him how wrong he was.
Then 8 years later he has learned his lesson/regrets his choice and has been searching for the gods for several years before he finds them, and begs them to turn him back, even at the risk of his future offspring.
Mars and Venus
It would be interesting to see why mars and Venus ended up in bed together.
Maybe the gods are forced to do things because that is what the humans believe, in this case life imitates art. So because the humans believe Venus and mars are together they are forced to be? or perhaps an act of passion on earth caused a war and Venus and mars' actions simply reflect that? or lastly it was all a misunderstanding?
Perseus and Andromeda
Oh, gender-bend/role-reversal or maybe Andromeda refuses help and beats the kraken herself?
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| Tiresias Striking The Snakes by Johann Ulrich Krauss Wikimedia Commons |
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