Symposium with Hermes II

WHY DID APOLLO KEEP CATTLES?

He can’t eat meat anyway, so did he see them more as companions?

O honorable friend, our ancestors began domesticating animals around 10,000 years ago. Today, we keep some for food and others for companionship. But when did this distinction begin?

Where does the line between food and pet lie, and where do we, humans, place ourselves on this spectrum?