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Blanche
Nearly bedtime in Andalucia. It was Orestes. And I think the Elektra legend is in The Oresteia, by Sophocles.
Yep, them Attic guys were really into black humor.
Hope you like the Ariadne poem. Might repost the story that came from it as well.
el Tel
posted by
ariel70
on October 7, 2006 at 2:22 PM
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I love the Greek myths, Ariel, Ariadne getting dumped by her feckless,
faithless and damned ungrateful lover, after she'd saved his ass and all, that must have made her a trite bit bitter. But the loose end of wondering whatever happened to poor old Ariadne after he dropped her off on that island, makes for good literature.
The Greeks were no shrinking violets when it came to passions, the full gamut: Oedipus killing his Dad and marrying his Mom (yick, hardly bears thinking on), then plucking out his eyes in anguish and remorse.
The Aenead and the Iliad, Odysseus trying for ten long years to find his way home to his faithful wife, Penelope, who is being pestered day and night with suitors for her husband's lands, and she befuddles them unweaving her tapestry to buy herself time.
And I am having a memory loss..remind me which Greek killed his mother in vengeance for killing his father with her lover. His sister was Elektra, wasn't it? After he killed his mother, he was driven insane by the avenging Erinye, the Furies, who demand retribution for matricide, until Athena intervened and restored his sanity.
I could go on, Persephone, etc. Love those Greeks. (and great poem).
posted by
Blanche.
on October 7, 2006 at 12:10 PM
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Mikea18
Thank you very much.
One of my greatest pleasures is inspiring another to think, and to put those thoughts in writing. I haven't read you yet, 'cos I'm not in here much lately ( for a variety of reasons ) but I shall make a point of doing so. See what you're up to in there, see LOL
el Tel
posted by
ariel70
on October 7, 2006 at 12:00 PM
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very powerful
and it made me go back to read the one before it. I liked both. The best part is it leaves stories running through my mind. I like being made to think.
Mike
posted by
mikea18
on October 7, 2006 at 11:32 AM
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Troosha and tonyzonit
Thank you both!
I do like a good punchline! I've written a lot of things from the very last paragraph to the beginning. I mean, I think of an ending ( or more likely it comes to me in my sleep ), and I write the story or poem on to it.
Always was a bit peculiar! LOL
el Tel
posted by
ariel70
on October 6, 2006 at 12:23 PM
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Yeah, they stole my thunder!
I was gonna say the same thing. That had all the force of being hit by a double-decker bus unexpectedly. (Well, you wouldn't allow it to happen expectedly, would you?)!
posted by
Antonionioni
on October 6, 2006 at 12:11 PM
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The entire poem captured my attention
but, yup, that ending was a clincher! Well done!
posted by
Troosha
on October 6, 2006 at 11:34 AM
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Ariala otra ves
Duh! " do" of course! LOL
posted by
ariel70
on October 6, 2006 at 11:32 AM
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Ariala
Thank you very much. High praise, indeed!
I fo like a good punchline!
posted by
ariel70
on October 6, 2006 at 11:31 AM
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Wow, that ending was something else...well done, Ariel
posted by
Ariala
on October 6, 2006 at 11:14 AM
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