
Saturn Devouring His Son, by Goya © http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/goya/
Cannibalism in Greek mythology represents the most deplorable behavior or the ultimate mad response to an insane situation.
Medea was a horrible mother because she killed her children, but at least she didn't kill them secretly and then serve them to their father at a "reconciliation" feast.
Read about 9 Cannibals form Myth and Legend.
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