On The Feast Of The Transfiguration
The man who studies ancient Greek and Roman mythology will find transfigurations relatively common events. Zeus is transfigured before Semele. Demeter’s transfiguration confirms her divinity and originates her cult. Athena is transfigured throughout the Odyssey. Of course, when Greek gods were transfigured, they typically either disappeared immediately thereafter, or else the transfiguration destroyed the spectators. […]