Erysichthon thought himself much better than the gods, so the gods punished him by inflicting hunger upon him. I was surprised by this method of punishment, I never would have expected it to be so painful for him. I was amazed at all he did just to keep the hunger away, even selling his own mother. There were some parts in this reading that I didn't get towards the ending.
"[Ceres comes over to Erysichthon with a silver tray holding a plate, a large fork and knife, and a rosebud in a vase. She sets it down on the deck.] ... [Erysichthon goes to the tray takes off his shoe, places his own foot on the plate, and raises the knife and fork.]" (40)
I don't understand what was meant by this, why did Erysichthon want to eat his own foot? Does that mean it would stop the hunger?
I guess it was to demonstrate that only by destroying himself he would finally be able to stop the hunger, which means that it would never stop. Or maybe he would even sacrifice himself, or a part of himself in order to stop the hunger.
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