What to do about being Damascus’ Alpha Male?
PrevNode LinkJosefus: In any case, following the publication of the scroll it seems I have become the most coveted male in Damascus — the Alpha Male so-to-speak. And all the single girls want me. And I don’t know what to do? Perhaps I should talk to the king about that.
Athena: And what can he do?
Josefus: I don't know… order all the girls to stop lusting me.
Athena: Well let me tell you something— if I learned anything from the Greek mythology it is that Aphrodite always gets her way, regardless of how much the authorities try to withhold her. A decree from the king will likely only make all the girls crave you even more.
Josefus: Yes, I guess you are right. But what can I do?
Athena: Well, one thing is to take it the right way. The Stoic way. They want you — just live with it and even try to enjoy it.
Josefus: Interesting. I didn’t think of it.
Athena: And the second thing you have to do is to marry one or more girls you like.
Josefus: More than one? You know how they say that bigamy is having one wife too many.
Athena: Well, monogamy is the same thing.
[ Josefus laughs. ]
Josefus: I guess I should marry someone. Maybe Phoebe if she’s willing to convert to Judaism. She should be enough of a competition for the other girls to ward them off.