Sunday, September 25, 2005
UI's Celtic Mythology - Ronan
Ronan, king of Leinster, was, in the tangled relations of his second marriage, the Irish equivalent of the great Greek hero Theseus. Just like Theseus' second wife Phaedra, the king's second wife Eochaid loved Ronan's son more than her husband. When the stepson showed his horror of her passion, Eochaid told her husband that the young man had attepmted to rape her. Ronan ordered his son's execution and died of remorse when he later learned the truth. Eochaid ended her own life with poison.
Damn. Talk about a tragic story...
Damn. Talk about a tragic story...
# posted by United Irelander @ 12:00 AM 
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