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Re: Re: This is the best version of the story of the Sirens that I have read.
I think of his agony, straining at the ropes. The tears, trying somehow to reach the source of the call.Pleading threatening cursing praying....
posted by
Kabu
on August 13, 2012 at 8:34 PM
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Re:annicita
Thank you! The story just developed so well, and I wasn't sure how to end it till "It's a Greek thing" occurred to me. Fun ending!
posted by
2902
on August 12, 2012 at 11:53 AM
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Re: the last line
It's a more modern phrase than Homer would have used, certainly, but it struck me as a cool way to end it.
posted by
2902
on August 12, 2012 at 11:49 AM
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Re: This is the best version of the story of the Sirens that I have read.
As for what Ulysses heard and saw while tied up, I didn't go there. I felt it had more impact if it was left unspecified. Finding words and images adequate for it would havebeen almost impossible. I say "almost" cautiously because as soon as you say something is impossible, someone else goes ahead and does it.
posted by
2902
on August 12, 2012 at 11:47 AM
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Re: forte
You may be right. The mast was probably the place to be - one of those bittersweet experiences you feel you might like to have again, but aren't sure. It must have been delirious, ecstatic, at the time! It took a certain kind of man.
posted by
2902
on August 12, 2012 at 11:41 AM
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lmao....good job
posted by
Annicita
on August 12, 2012 at 10:33 AM
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Wonderful I'M with Kabu - it's the most fun version I have read too! Love the last line,lol!
posted by
adnohr
on August 12, 2012 at 7:47 AM
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This is the best version of the story of the Sirens that I have read.
Can you continue with the torment of Ulysse as he listens to that deadly call?
posted by
Kabu
on August 12, 2012 at 7:36 AM
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I think you have found your forte Bob you know the subject and can excel at that.
I would have listened to the singing it it is handy to be tone deaf at times,
posted by
C_C_T
on August 12, 2012 at 12:45 AM
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