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Successionrelishes playing the name game.
Dig even deeper into the shows naming patterns and youll find a further layer of nomenclatural richness.
The clarifying gust provided by Argestes turns out to be more of a tornado.
You and Kendall are thinking of killing your dad?
Well, thats a little Greek tragedy, responds Lawrence, whose partner adds, Yeah, Oedipus.
First of all, Logans children have, to this point, failed in any attempts at corporate patricide.
Secondly, their efforts arenotunwitting.
Betrayal is the modus operandiof the Roys, as indeed everyone in their orbit knows.
It is in and around Rhea that many of the Greek and Roman references inSuccessions second season converge.
Her visit prompts longtime Roy family advisor Frank Vernon to confide to Logan, She could be our Coriolanus.
(Which would surely be his response to this piece, too.)
While Rhea emerges as a Coriolanus figure, the other mythical reference in this character is more direct.
Rhea is the name of one of the Greek gods known as the Titans.
And it leads viewers to wonder: HasSuccessionsRhea, like her mythical forerunner, outmaneuvered the Cronus-like Logan?
Does she have the smarts to align with other powerful players, as the Titan Rhea did?
Im sure you find us all rather, you know, big, vulgar, and boisterous.
(actual quote: They make a wasteland and call it peace).
Bad news for Ewan, though: Calgacus and his Caledonians are summarily crushed.
And this brings us back to the youngest Roy child, whose name is simply Roman.
However, the name Roman is not enough for this Roy.
Across the show, Logan routinely uses another name for his youngest: Romulus.
DoSuccessions nods to Romulus and his tale point us toward similar developments in the empire of Waystar Royco?
After all, it isonlyLogan who calls his son Romulus.
Are Logans well-placed drops of this name signs of the coronation that is ultimately to come?
