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  "title": "Apologia on the valley below",
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        "title": "IX. i. fingers ( of a goat ) burned ( by her shady bed ) of nettles",
        "content_html": "<p>ADEIMANTOS: ( we are awoken by-from-under sleep )</p>\n<p>o its alright, ma. hineni, hinen —</p>\n<p>ϊ , , , Ι , , , ? ( or ) ? , , , . , , , ϊ</p>\n<p>we try to pick your brain ( from yawning )-</p>\n<p>( by )-( to pink alert ) we aim to warm your heart,</p>\n<p>SOKRATES: that( whatever - it )even(-indeed )you( plural ),</p>\n<p>ὅτι μὲν ὑμεῖς,</p>\n<p>OUTIS: there( where )( hither and thither )</p>\n<p>( he sets out )( he starts )( start there, you )</p>\n<p>( he comes and goes )( come and go there )</p>\n<p>( present, you, return )( they are )( he is )</p>\n<p>our many( men )even( indeed )( they )killed</p>\n<p>( i - we killed )( to-by-for )( the )sharp( keen - acute -</p>\n<p>pointed )( the-)(-he-)copper-bronze( weapon )( coin ),</p>\n<p>ἔνθ᾽ ἡμέων πολλοὺς μὲν ἀπέκτανον ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ,</p>\n<p>ADEIMANTOS: o why would we, with nobody, start there,</p>\n<p>where we ( alleged ) murdered many men</p>\n<p>into- and for- and by-man-made metals,</p>\n<p>that seems the worst idea. unless uh-oh</p>\n<p>would even we ( just a little ) belong to them?</p>\n<p>( man-killers? )</p>\n<p>SOKRATES: O( we would be )Athenian( city )men,</p>\n<p>( O )( we would be )( men )( of the Politeia ),</p>\n<p>ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι,</p>\n<p>OUTIS: but( they )lead up( take inland )( the )living( men )</p>\n<p>( i - we carry by the sea )( conduct )( lift up )</p>\n<p>( lead up )( as sacrifice )( the living men ),</p>\n<p>( to )work at( make, do, perform )( to-by-for )them</p>\n<p>( to-by-for )force( constraint, necessity, compulsion )</p>\n<p>( violence, punishment )( by lash or leash on throat ),</p>\n<p>τοὺς δ᾽ ἄναγον ζωούς, σφίσιν ἐργάζεσθαι ἀνάγκῃ.</p>\n<p>ADEIMANTOS: by sacrificial anima of course.</p>\n<p>by violence make uneasy with myself,</p>\n<p>their punishment make our comportment worse,</p>\n<p>hung star, starker than midnight versus horse.</p>\n<p>( its all of a piece ) we come and go by you</p>\n<p>( to find reassurance ) a torch</p>\n<p>SOKRATES: ( you have )suffered( paschein )</p>\n<p>( have had done to you )( paid the penalty )( been ill )</p>\n<p>( by )from(-under )( his )my( him-)accusers</p>\n<p>( prosecutors )( betrayers )( my public-speakers down-</p>\n<p>against ),</p>\n<p>πεπόνθατε ὑπὸ τῶν ἐμῶν κατηγόρων,</p>\n<p>OUTIS: never( self )theless( to-by-for )me Zeus himself</p>\n<p>in(-to )my phrenes( heart, mind, breast, midriff )</p>\n<p>thus( in this way )made( created )( wrote )( poetried )</p>\n<p>( the )perception( noema, thought, purpose, design ),</p>\n<p>αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ Ζεὺς αὐτὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ὧδε νόημα</p>\n<p>ποίησ᾽—</p>\n<p>ADEIMANTOS: o heart, that we desire to see the world.</p>\n<p>even my mere-cautious-me desires to see</p>\n<p>at least ( just a little ) more, whole earth, of what</p>\n<p>else can you show to me, by us, of what</p>\n<p>SOKRATES: ( i - we )( havent seen )( do )nt know,</p>\n<p>οὐκ οἶδα:</p>\n<p>OUTIS: as( we wished we )should( have )die(-d )</p>\n<p>and( indeed )met( pursued )( encountered )</p>\n<p>my( of himself - itself )destiny in Egypt,</p>\n<p>( as they would owe to die )( indeed )( to ply )</p>\n<p>( to wield )( to practice )( to apply )( to govern )</p>\n<p>( to administer )( to haunt )( to frequent )</p>\n<p>( to encounter )( to cope with )( to face )</p>\n<p>( the destiny )( of himself )( in the Nile river )</p>\n<p>( in the mythical king )( in Aiguptos )</p>\n<p>( of the vulture - goat )( backwards - below ),</p>\n<p>ὡς ὄφελον θανέειν καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν</p>\n<p>(275) αὐτοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ:</p>\n<p>ADEIMANTOS: ooh his Egyptian scuff ( shivers ) tempts me enough.</p>\n<p>( a lot more prepositions this time, ριγητ? )</p>\n<p>( and more galactic gender acrobatics ) ( interstellar jelly )</p>\n<p>but my oligen me speaks thus, handcuffs</p>\n<p>( about things better left alone ),</p>\n<p>SOKRATES: but( we-)i(-being )then( therefore )</p>\n<p>and( indeed )himself</p>\n<p>( by )from( under )himself</p>\n<p>forgot( lost thought of )my slight( me ),</p>\n<p>ἐγὼ δ᾽ οὖν καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὀλίγου ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπελαθόμην,</p>\n<p>OUTIS: for yet now( more )misery</p>\n<p>( woe, evil, destruction, mischief, bane )</p>\n<p>received( to welcome )( entertain )( admit )</p>\n<p>( allow )( give ear to )me,</p>\n<p>ἔτι γάρ νύ με πῆμ᾽ ὑπέδεκτο—</p>\n<p>ADEIMANTOS: ( but we go poking ) vulnerable earth,</p>\n<p>and when nobody sets the woken scene,</p>\n<p>it sounds hospitable, his thinking-dream,</p>\n<p>he least of sorrows, sings green shelterly. al-</p>\n<p>though my other me seems not that into it,</p>\n<p>yet using as receptacles excuse</p>\n<p>that alls according to the big mans plan</p>\n<p>and slips the noose over his horns,</p>\n<p>SOKRATES: in this way persuasive</p>\n<p>( plausible )( specious )( credible )</p>\n<p>( producing illusion )( true to nature )</p>\n<p>( creduous )( obedient )( docile )</p>\n<p>( we - i - they )were speaking</p>\n<p>( the lament )( song of mourning )( elegy ),</p>\n<p>οὕτω πιθανῶς ἔλεγον.</p>\n<p>OUTIS: neverthe( self )less away( apart-from )( sprung - from )( my she-)head</p>\n<p>( i - we )put( the )well-made( she-)helm</p>\n<p>( the she-)( shameless - unabashed )( dog-skin )</p>\n<p>and( indeed )( the )shield( a goats - hair - sackcloth )</p>\n<p>( to-by-for )( my dyad-man-)(-arms-)shoulders,</p>\n<p>αὐτίκ᾽ ἀπὸ κρατὸς κυνέην εὔτυκτον ἔθηκα</p>\n<p>καὶ σάκος ὤμοιϊν,</p>\n<p>ADEIMANTOS: so we separate herself from me</p>\n<p>( and hurt myself ) his lease, my deed, but my least</p>\n<p>he says her constellation is well-made. and neverthe( self )-</p>\n<p>less now, that we would be broken and lame,</p>\n<p>would we be shielded by this goat-less-thing,</p>\n<p>to-by-for its shame, no one, his human frame,</p>\n<p>SOKRATES: and( yet )further( indeed )( to-by-for )( you )</p>\n<p>( o she-true )( o he-true )( unconcealed )</p>\n<p>( the )true( neuter-it )( unconcealed )at least</p>\n<p>as( the )word(-song )( to )speak</p>\n<p>no one( nobody )( they )have spoken,</p>\n<p>καίτοι ἀληθές γε ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν εἰρήκασιν.</p>\n<p>OUTIS: but( the )tree( shoot )( stem )( trunk )</p>\n<p>( oar )( mast )( beam )( plank )( shaft )( spear )</p>\n<p>( i - we - they )threw out( out - out -)outward</p>\n<p>( cast out of )( my )hand,</p>\n<p>( cast out, you )( throw out, you )( send forth )( let fall ),</p>\n<p>δόρυ δ᾽ ἔκβαλον ἔκτοσε χειρός:</p>\n<p>ADEIMANTOS: and our ( fingers burned ) as though by nettles.</p>\n<p>and sometimes sacrifice sounds almost good,</p>\n<p>or maybe therapeutic by my hoof,</p>\n<p>or maybe itch a bunch of hearty greens,</p>\n<p>( he muses as hes led up to the mount )</p>\n<p>( as maybe we just want to put grief down )</p>\n<p>( . . . )</p>\n<p>and better burning me than herself maim,</p>\n<p>( . . . )</p>\n<p>( for which hes ready ) ( for which we trans-</p>\n<p>substantiate, to kill: to green, the flame )</p>\n<p>//</p>\n<p>from hymn to Apollo</p>\n<p>Apologia</p>\n<p>Odyssey XIV</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://coldscars.smol.pub/fingers_burned\">fingers burned</a></p>\n",
        "date_published": "2026-10-14T18:54:44+08:00",
        "url": "https://thevalleybelow.id/2026/10/14/ix-i-fingers-of-a.html",
        "tags": ["Element","Verses/Curses","Horses","Ceremony","Crone","Flora","Goats","Dogs","Dialogue","Apologia"]
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