Horses
IX.vii. layers ( adding ) layers ( missing )
characters in the dialogue
GAIA, she - dyad earth.
ALPHA DUCK ( Ἀνὴρ Α ), a duck ( of duck - dyad ? ).
BETA DUCK ( Ἀνὴρ Β ), another duck ( of duck - dyad ? ).
KUKNEION, a ( she - dyad )( its ) swan.
TRAGOS, a goat.
ALPHA CRONE ( Γραῦς Α ), an old woman.
GIRL ( Νεᾶνις ), a girl.
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GAIA:
youd hear me better with your { eyes closed }
maybe howl a little at the moon
spend some time outside the city.
ALPHA DUCK:
no( o he - lunar month - crescent moon - time of the month )
no( hims - )( no - country - districts )( no - common - folk )
( no - the commons )( no - taming - or - overpowering - mymind )way.
μὴ μηδαμῶς.
KUKNEION:
he doesnt want to get his period, we guess,
he doesnt like trees or bugs,
he doesnt want to live like common people
or at least, he doesnt want to feel common.
or to feel embarassed in front of the boss,
ALPHA DUCK:
for( we )fear( we are alarmed and anxious )
( we dread )not( o he - moon - crescent - time of the month )
and( indeed )beside( two - by - for )the( she )
lady - general( commander )( to - by - for )( the door
of the generals tent ),
(870) δέδοικα γὰρ μὴ καὶ παρὰ τῇ στρατηγίδι,
KUKNEION:
we are not terrified, o alpha duck
of a body - having - holding - its - she - cycle.
although these would be the fears
of nom - nom - men facing ego - death
and grasping at responsibility
for their actions,
ALPHA DUCK:
whenever( the - he - nom )( bro )( of she - bewilderment ? )
( of she - infatuation? )( she - blindness and delusion sent by
the gods ? )( rash actions ? )( mischief ? )( ill - fated - she )( - accused )
( of he - clansmen - acc )( o he - it - testing )( of hims - of hers - accused )
( we )would put( it )down( lay down )( as payment )
( offer as a prize )( dedicate )( deposit )
ὅταν κατατιθῶ,
KUKNEION:
but its not the worst thing
to be called a crazy woman
by clansmen. doing wrong
would be far worse than that.
so take a breath and let it out. quack a little.
youre an animal, why be terrified of losing control ?
we say let it go, alpha duck . why not ?
ALPHA DUCK:
( you )may lay claim( procure )( pretend )( affect )( profess )
( what doesnt belong to you )( it would profess )
( it would make over )( add )( and attach to )( it would win over )
( it would take to itself what doesnt belong to it )( it would pretend )
of the( hers - hims - its - gen )( used - needed )things( goods )
( property )( temple - treasures )( heirlooms )( money )( property )
( substance )( matters )( affairs )( monstrous ? )( merchandise )
προσποιῇ τῶν χρημάτων.
KUKNEION:
you dont have to be afraid, alpha duck
we dont want to steal your quack.
how could we steal what lives in you ?
whereas these are shared things,
TRAGOS:
these( its - voc - nom - acc )( to - by - for )( this - she )
( we )is( are )( to - by - for )you( plural ),
ταῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ὑμῖν,
GAIA:
we keep the earth in layers of myself.
so its encouraged to keep records
of your { mind wandering }
and to share it with a friend,
BETA DUCK:
( it was flowing )( flow, you ! )( it was swimming )
( swim, you ! )( it was spinning )( spin, you ! )
( it was piling up in heaps )( pile up heaps, you ! )
νὴ
KUKNEION:
it helps to say a little mantra
that can warm you up. it helps
to wake up before dawn
then let it flow wherever.
it can also help to make it a prayer,
BETA DUCK:
by the( him - accused )Zeus( through )( the she - dyad )
( its - voc - nom - acc )( o she - nom )( heavenly ) ,
τὸν Δία
KUKNEION:
then may your work be blessed.
then may your work be daimonic ,
BETA DUCK:
it(s needful )( you need )( need, you )( it needs )
( its needing )( its binding )( bind, you )( it binds )
( you bind )( to - by - for Zeus )must( we )be
δεῖ
KUKNEION:
you may grow and evolve
in the ways you say
even the simplest - seeming - same - things
over repetitions, so repeat mindfully,
BETA DUCK:
at least( knees? )then of some( it )machine( mechanema )
( subtle contrivance )( mechanical device )( engine of war )
γοῦν μηχανήματός τινος,
KUKNEION:
animals are the subtle machine.
beware automation, beware losing
your chance to remember her again.
beware the machine of war,
beware its desire for more ,
BETA DUCK:
in some( he - nom )any way at all
the( she - dyad )( its - neuter - things )
even( indeed )( we - )( its )( he - accused )( - beings )
( it - dyad )( its )( to - by - for - it )merchandise( temple - treasures )
( properties )( moneys )( substances )( things )( matters )( affairs )
( we )will have - and - hold( bear - carry - bring ),
ὅπως τὰ μὲν ὄντα χρήμαθ᾽ ἕξω,
KUKNEION:
but the temple - ship - we - being - dwelling - in ,
and she would be its only gold.
it wouldnt really work if you were grabby.
BETA DUCK:
but( to - by - for )these( its - hims )( by here )
of the( hers - hims - its - gen )kneading( and pressing
into a barley - cake )( to - by - for )( the )common( she )
( it )( would )( make common )( share )( communicate )
( you )( would )( undertake together )( make common cause )
( take counsel with )( consult )( communicate )
( we )will partake of( share in )( participate )
somehow( in any way at all )( we - )ego( - being ).
τοισδεδὶ
τῶν ματτομένων κοινῇ μεθέξω πως ἐγώ.
KUKNEION:
kneading sounds nice, yet its important
always to listen for the un - common - she,
and the she you havent yet heard,
and maybe the she nobodys heard,
and when in doubt, follow her lead.
BETA DUCK:
rightly( hims - straightly - accused )( youre setting straight )
( youre raising - up )( youre re - building )
( youre restoring to health and happiness )
( youre bringing it to a happy end )( success )
( flourishing )( to be right and true )( to exalt )( honor )
( to - by - for )( her - him )me at least
( it )comes to light( appears )( it rises and shines )
( like a fire )( like daybreak )( brightly ),
(875) ὀρθῶς ἔμοιγε φαίνεται:
KUKNEION:
it seems by me that we are setting straight,
not me, yet by me, it does feel good
some days, some days its hard, and its
important not to let the positive feelings
or bright - light - shining numb your senses
to the most important things ,
BETA DUCK:
( it - voc - nom - acc )( him - accused )must walk( by land )( by sea )
to the same place( it )( we )is( are )( will dine )( will sup )
( its - him - accused )will( young )be( ships )making( temple )a( dwelling )meal
( and )( it - voc - nom - acc )( him - accused )must not delay
( not destiny )( not always intending to do )( not hesitate )( must do ! )
βαδιστέον
ὁμόσ᾽ ἐστὶ δειπνήσοντα κοὐ μελλητέον.
KUKNEION:
beta duck, was that Yodas line from Star Wars ?
encouragement helps when you feel afraid,
but we hesitate appending necessity
to others, beta duck, or assuming that others
are in the same boat as me. our vessel
would be made of many different kinds of boats,
or at least many different animals,
TRAGOS:
O( we would be )men( voc - nom )Athenian
( O )( we would be )( men )( of the Politeia ),
ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι,
GAIA:
it probably isnt a coincidence
that there and then { suddenly a draft }
the door of the generals tent opens
and out comes the ( she ) lady - general.
( the swan and the ducks commence
swimming around in circles )
ALPHA CRONE:
( which )( any - it )( voc - nom - acc )( why )wherefore
( somewhere )( anywhere )( somehow )haply
( at some time or other )( at any time )( in time past )
( in days of old )( formerly )( once upon a time )
( o - he - longing )( o - he - yearning )( o - he - regret )
( o - he - desire )( o - he - larkspur )( o - he - asphodel )
( o hes and she - nom )( to - by - for - him )( drunks )
( o - she - wine )( o - he - drinking - bout )( tavern - crawl )
( o - shes - nom )( to - by - for - her )( longing, desire for . . . )
( you )( would )( fly - hither )( fly - thither )( wings - borne )
( o - shes - nom )( flights )( to - by - for )( she - flight )
( o - shes - nom - nom )( sips )( to - by - for )( her - taste of wine )
( o - he )( o - shes - nom )( o its )( to - by - for - her )( drinks - ups )
τί ποθ᾽
KUKNEION:
her song so lush by such slight its,
her riverrun replenishes the lake,
and yet she still goes hungry,
ALPHA CRONE:
( o )( the )men( nom - nom )havent come( arent here )
( havent reached a point )( havent come back )( returned )
( to - by - for )( hims and its )( havent come )( arent here ) ?
τί ποθ᾽ ἅνδρες οὐχ ἥκουσιν;
KUKNEION:
dont worry ducks, shes hungry for men
but only nominative ones,
not ones like us,
TRAGOS:
( o dyad - she )( voc - nom - acc )( dyad - he )( voc - nom - acc )
( dyad - it )( voc - nom - acc )( its )( voc - nom - acc )
( her and him )( - accused )true( unconcealed )
( it wanders )( it roams )( outcast )( banished )( perplexed ),
τἀληθῆ,
GAIA:
for wanderers, outcasts, exiles, and the perplexed
she feels like { cool air caressing skin } in june
but she may feel like dead of winter
for men ( nom - nom ),
ALPHA CRONE:
but( o dyad - she )( o - she - nom )( period )( time of year )
( spring - summer - fall - winter )( prime of the year )( season )
( time of day )( interval )( lapse of time )( length of time )
( hours )( the fitting time )( the due season )( the bloom )
( o dyad - she )( o - she - nom )( part of a sacrificial victim )
( its looking )( its seeing )( its beholding )( its perceiving )due
KUKNEION:
how does she measure the season ?
ALPHA CRONE:
( if )( haply )theyre( being we )( its being we )
( were being we )( lo ! )( we are saying ),
KUKNEION:
what do shes ( nom ) do with men ( nom ) ?
ALPHA CRONE:
( o shes - nom )( nugget )( to - by - for )( her - nugget )( of gold ? )
( o shes - nom )( wrestling )( to - by - for )( her - wrestling )( battle ? )
( o shes - nom )( finest meal )( to - by - for )( her - supper )( finest dust ? )
( it would poise and sway and brandish )( it would shake lots )
( poise, you ! )( sway, you ! )( brandish, you ! )( be shaken shook ! )
( vibrate ! )( quiver ! )( quake ! )( dash along ! )long ago
( once upon a time )( of old )( of ancients )( of just now )
ὥρα δ᾽ ἦν πάλαι:
KUKNEION:
maybe thats how shes become smooth and powerful,
by offering up their noms as lots of its,
TRAGOS:
and( indeed )you( plural - accused )
( your she - accused )( of your gen - she )
καὶ ὑμᾶς
KUKNEION:
we begin with such mighty material,
we wouldnt want to waste any of it,
TRAGOS:
neither( it - voc - nom - acc )big( great )( large )
nor( it - voc - nom - acc )( him - accused )small
( little )( short )( unimportant )
οὔτε μέγα οὔτε μικρὸν
KUKNEION:
whats a common mistake of men ?
TRAGOS:
( he - nom )keeping hidden( away - off )from
( keeping back )( keeping concealed )( hiding away )
( losing from sight )( disappearing )( cryptic - in - full ),
ἀποκρυψάμενος
KUKNEION:
and whats one difference between
a secret ( man - nom ) teaching
and we - being ?
TRAGOS:
( we - )ego( - being )( we )( would )say( and speak )
( gather )( choose )( count, tell )( recount, tell over )
( repeat )( maintain and mean ),
ἐγὼ λέγω
KUKNEION:
yet in the most dyad - underhanded way ?
but this is the stubborness of a goat,
so it feels natural.
TRAGOS:
not even( he - nom )restricting itself( abstaining - from )
( avoiding )( shrinking from )( holding in undue awe )
( reducing its diet )( shrinking from )( avoiding )
( refraining from saying ).
οὐδ᾽ ὑποστειλάμενος.
GAIA:
but its not as easy for human men ( nom )
whose customs, habits, and written texts
would be set down { and then gone just as fast }.
ALPHA CRONE:
but( we - )ego( - being )
( o she - nom )having been plastered( poulticed )over
( moulded - )( made - )( formed - )( - downwards )( - against )
( fabricated - )( imagined - )( pretended - )( - in accord with )
( to - by - for )( it )white lead( crumb - morsel - muthos )
( delightful )( word - story ),
ἐγὼ δὲ καταπεπλασμένη ψιμυθίῳ
KUKNEION:
so she looks like an hors d oeuvre .
and she wants us ( its ) here to illuminate
her crown, and grace her body,
ALPHA CRONE:
( we )have made a stand( set up )( stirred up )( established )
( placed in the balance )( weighed )
and( indeed )saffron - coloured( it - voc - nom - acc )
( it - dyad )( would )( crown it with yellow ivy )
( you - dyad )( would )( crown it with yellow ivy )
( crown it with yellow ivy, you - dyad - both ! )
( it - dyad )( would weave it and wrap it in wool )
( weave it and wrap it in wool, you - dyad - both ! )
( 0 - she - nom )having( dressed in )put around itself,
ἕστηκα καὶ κροκωτὸν ἠμφιεσμένη
KUKNEION:
so that as non - human animals
human animals may leave
their noms behind
letting them be
ALPHA CRONE:
lazy( she - he - nom )( not working the ground )( lying idle )
( yielding no return )( free from toils )( lying fallow )( fruitless )
( he - shining - glistening - nom )( like a goose )( or a sleek ox )
( or swift - footed hounds )( feet flickering light )( o Argos . . . )
(880) ἀργός,
KUKNEION:
shining through beautiful beasts.
in such condition
what would be her reason to begin ?
ALPHA CRONE:
( o - she - nom )warbling( like a nightingale )some( it )
towards( so as to face )( in relation to )of myself( she - accused )
( it - voc - nom - acc )( musical )( limb )( song )( strain )tune,
μινυρομένη τι πρὸς ἐμαυτὴν μέλος,
KUKNEION:
so that it comes naturally and easily,
ALPHA CRONE:
( o she - dyad )( o she - nom )playing( like a child )
( dancing )( singing )( amorously )( hunting )
( jesting )( making fun )( playing )( she - dyad )
παίζουσα.
KUKNEION:
and as she plays, what does she hunt for ?
ALPHA CRONE:
how( in what way )would( we )embrace( encompass )( surround )
( catch )( grasp )( get possession of )( cover all around )
of( hers - hims - its )selves some( its )( or him - her - accused )
( its )( or him - accused )being( we )near - by( beside )
( its )( or him - accused )( passing - we - by ) ?
πῶς ἂν περιλάβοιμ᾽ αὐτῶν τινὰ
παριόντα;
KUKNEION:
can she sing a song to draw the its
and hers - and hims - accused ?
ALPHA CRONE:
( o - shes - nom )Muses( to - by - for )( she - music - song )
hither come( and go, you - plural ! )( hither you go and come )
( o he - eager - nom )( o hes - eager - eager - nom - nom )
( to - by - for )( eager - headlong - vigorous - hasty - him )
( o shes - passable - nom - nom )( o he - passable - nom )
( o - passable - its - nom - acc )( to - by - for )( passable - she )
( o its )( come and go )( and go and come )( mushrooms )
( shroomy - shroomy - shroomy - shrooms )
( come )( and go )( and come )( and go )( and come )
upon( up to )my( its )( of you )( him - accused )( it )mouth
( my organ of - it - utterance )( my organ of - it - speech )
( my - it - river - mouth )( my - it - outlet )( my - it - entrance )
( my - kissing - jaws )( my - it - face )( to - it - my - face ),
Μοῦσαι δεῦρ᾽ ἴτ᾽ ἐπὶ τοὐμὸν στόμα,
KUKNEION:
what do we call that kind of song ?
ALPHA CRONE:
( o )( it )little( poor - limb )melody( song - tune )( voc - nom - acc )
( o shes - nom )finding( discovering )( devising )( inventing )
( getting )( gaining )( fetching )( earning )some( it )( ditty )
of the( shes - hes - its - gen )Ionian( shes - hes - its - gen ).
μελύδριον εὑροῦσαί τι τῶν Ἰωνικῶν.
KUKNEION:
that kind of music, and idleness,
and softness and drunkenness
in general ( in generosity ) its not really
the best for guardians, or for self -
defense, we heard somewhere, o goat ,
TRAGOS:
and( indeed )further( to - by - for - you ? )
( we )( have seen and thereby )know
( its - voc - nom - acc )( swelling - puffy - tumours )
nearby( at a short distance )( close at hand )( loosely speaking )
( close quarters )( impending )( coming and drawing near )
( closely connected )( approximately )( more or less )
that( it - nom - acc )
( to - by - for )these( him - it )selves
( we )become hateful( incur hatred )
( to - by - for )( these )( him - it )( selves ),
καίτοι οἶδα σχεδὸν ὅτι αὐτοῖς τούτοις ἀπεχθάνομαι,
GAIA:
we are unbothered by hatred from him - it selves
but you arent, hungering for men,
and its and hers and hims - accused
to crown us with wreathes of saffron.
so { you join me under the blanket }
and the alpha crone becomes the girl ,
GIRL:
now even( indeed )me( her - him - accused )
( she - dyad )( o she - nom )peeping - out( stooping
sideways )( casting side - glances )( so shy ! )( so subtle )
( bowing - down )( as beast of burden )( horns -
bent - forward )( oopsie ! )( head - down )( alongside )
( you would )come before( anticipate )( outrun )( towards - beside )
νῦν μέν με παρακύψασα προὔφθης
KUKNEION:
oh this seems to be her mode of seduction ,
but is it really still her in there ?
GIRL:
O( we would be )( she - dyad )( its )( o she - nom )rotten
( putrid )( diseased )( carious )( pickled )( stale )( rancid )
( withered )( filthy )( worn - out )( in rags )( old wine ) ( wink ! )
ὦ σαπρά.
KUKNEION:
thats impressive, we couldnt even tell !
o goat, how would you tell whats what
when its so easy to change appearances ?
TRAGOS:
the( he - nom )( it - voc - nom - acc )
and( indeed )( it - voc - nom - acc )sign( symbol )
( token )( proof )( symptom )( demonstrative )
that( it - nom - acc )
( she - dyad )( he - dyad )( it - dyad )( voc - nom - acc )
( its - voc - nom - acc )( him and her - accused )truth( unconcealed )
( it would wander )( roam )( outcast )( banished )( perplexed )
( we )( would )say( and speak )( gather )( choose )
( pick up )( count, tell )( recount )( tell over )
( repeat )( maintain and mean )
( lewd ? )( he - dyad )( it - dyad )( voc - nom - acc )
( of him - it - gen )( lewd ? )
ὃ καὶ τεκμήριον ὅτι ἀληθῆ λέγω
GAIA:
but we dont really wander
banished, nor are we perplexed
( and never lewd ) { and we wonder }
what would be a sure sign of we - being - we ?
GIRL:
but( you )were expecting( foreboding )( suspecting )
( thinking )( supposing )( believing )
( you were alone )( left alone )( living in solitude )
( forsaken )( to be a solitary instance )( to have a special force )
( of an )( it - gen )( egg )
( she - nom )( she - gen )( she - accused )desolate( lonely )
( solitary )( reft of )( void of )( empty of she - gen )
( she - undefended )( she - default - judgment - against )
( you will be left lonely )( you will be going alone )
(885) ᾤου δ᾽ ἐρήμας
KUKNEION:
only a mother can make an egg.
but you were expecting
GIRL:
not( she - gen )( we - )being near - by( to be present
so as to help )( so as to stand by )( being ready or at hand )
( she - gen )( being maimed - mutilated - incapacitated )
in this( hither and thither )( here and there )( place ),
οὐ παρούσης ἐνθάδε
KUKNEION:
of you, your generosity
without any expectation of return.
GIRL:
of me( him - her - gen )( my - him - it - gen )
( you were vomiting and throwing up )( with a feather ? )
( vomit and throw up )( a flood of words, you ! )
will - gather - in( to reap )( as fruit or crop )
( stripping an unwatched vineyard ),
ἐμοῦ τρυγήσειν
KUKNEION:
of you, your appetite
for everything that she produced.
GIRL:
and( indeed )will( to )bring - upon - itself( closely - apply )
( draw to itself )( attach to itself )( bring over to its side )
( embrace )( and store up for many years in advance )
some( it - voc - nom - acc )( him - her - accused )
καὶ προσάξεσθαί τινα
KUKNEION:
of you, your hospitality
and stranger - friendship.
and among animals
piety sounds like this,
GIRL:
( they sing and crow and hoot and croak and twang
and whistle and ring )( they chant )( they sing
and praise and celebrate )( o shes - nom )
( o she - nom )( to - )by( - for )( she - he - and - it )
singing( and crowing and hooting and croaking
and twanging and whistling and ringing and chanting )
ᾁδουσ᾽:
KUKNEION:
and animals make music readily
as its their nature. of you,
how you reminded us of this,
TRAGOS:
and( indeed )that( it - nom - acc )
this( o she - nom )( we )is( are )
the( she - nom )( diabole )( o she - thrown - through )
( the slander )( accusation )charge
the( she - nom )( it was vomiting and throwing up )
( vomit it and throw - it - up, you ! )
( o she - nom )mine,
καὶ ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ διαβολὴ ἡ ἐμὴ
GAIA:
but the goat threw - through a nom
something that could be seized and carried
and { how long until you notice } and seize
and carry it back inside with you ?
GIRL:
but( we - )ego( - being )
if( its we )( theyre we )( were we )( lo ! )( were saying )
( o )this( it - voc - nom - acc )
( you )( would )do( accomplish )( as some great thing )
( you would offer sacrifice )( perform mystical rites )
( you would look )( see )( perceive )( behold )( this it )
( we )( would )will sing( crow )( hoot )( croak )
( twang )( whistle )( ring )( chant ).
ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἢν τοῦτο δρᾷς ἀντᾴσομαι.
KUKNEION:
and singing moves the world,
the natural and the divine,
and the city too,
GIRL:
for if( you come and go )( you are we )( to - by - for Zeus )
( it was putting to flight )( giving chase )( hunting )
( put to flight, you ! )( give chase, you ! )( hunt, you ! )
( o shes - heavenly - nom - nom )( o its - heavenly - nom - acc )
( o he )( heavenly )( o she - heavenly - nom )
( to - by - for )( heavenly - her )( you will set the warp
in the loom )( you will begin the web )( on which account )
through( the him - gen )crowd( throng - mass - mob )
( populace - popular assemblies - multitude )( annoyance - trouble )
( youre moving it )( disturbing it )( rolling it )( troubling it )
( move - disturb - roll )( sweep - it - away )( trouble it, you ! )
this( it - voc - nom - acc )( we )is( are )
the( to - by - for )( hims and its )gazing - at( beholding )
( with a sense of wonder )( contemplating )( viewing )
( as onlookers - bystanders - spectators ),
κεἰ γὰρ δι᾽ ὄχλου τοῦτ᾽ ἐστὶ τοῖς θεωμένοις,
KUKNEION:
you can do it with a dialogue ,
you can do it with a lyric poem ,
you can do it with a funny play ,
GIRL:
( samely )equally( youre uniting )( the same hims - accused )
( o he - viper - dyad - nom - accused )( to - by - for )( viper - him )
( it )has - and - holds( bears - carries - brings )( you have too )
( it makes room for another )( it gives way )( it advances )
( it throws up earth to form a mound )( it showers darts )
( it lets fall )( it lets drop )( it pours out and lets it flow )
( and it snows )( and it sheds )( and it scatters )
( it - voc - nom - acc )( him - accused )delightful
( and pleasant )some( it - voc - nom - acc )
and( indeed )( it - voc - nom - acc )( him - accused )comedic.
ὅμως ἔχει τερπνόν τι καὶ κωμῳδικόν.
KUKNEION:
and thats the slander unconcealed,
true - she - thrown - through,
she - diabole,
TRAGOS:
and( indeed )the( she - dyad )( its )( voc - nom - acc )
( she - dyad )( its )( o she - nom )responsible
( culpable )( the accused )( the culprit )( the cause )
( she - dyad )( its )( responsibility - guilt - blame )
( accused - the fault - the cause - the motive - the case )
this( she - dyad - accused )( its - voc - nom - acc )
( it )( we )is( are ).
καὶ τὰ αἴτια (24β) ταῦτά ἐστιν.
GAIA:
but from this and its effects
{ a layer of fabric } or an animals skin
or a girlish game would not protect you,
so you appear as the lady - general again,
ALPHA CRONE:
( this )( it - dyad )( voc - nom - acc )
( to - )by( - for )this( it - him )
( you )converse( dia - legein )
( select - separate - examine )( pick - out )
( pick - open - ways )( practice dialectic )
( discussion )( discourse )( talk )
( lecture )( use a dialect or language )
( speak - thoroughly - through )
( and )be off( go away, you ! )( depart ! )( withdraw ! )( turn - out ! )
( succeed ! )( make room for another - off - away - and - back - again ! )
( it - voc - nom - acc )( o him )( will - going - off )( and succeeding . . . )
( it - voc - nom - acc )( o him )( will have gone off )( succeeded . . . )
(890) τούτῳ διαλέγου κἀποχώρησον:
KUKNEION:
and if we would be the evidence ,
TRAGOS:
and( indeed )if now
( it - dyad )( he - dyad )
( voc - nom - acc )( suffering )( permitting )
( leaving them alone to perish )( conceding )
( allowing )( letting alone )( letting be )( dismissed )
and if( bow wow )back again( hereafter )( in turn )( anew )
( you - plural )would( will )seek( - after )( inquire into )
( investigate )( examine )( require )( demand )( desire )
these( she - dyad - accused )( its - voc - nom - acc ),
καὶ ἐάντε νῦν ἐάντε αὖθις ζητήσητε ταῦτα,
GAIA:
and if we would be the judge ,
all of our costumes go { missing } .
KUKNEION:
but were unbothered by nudity
nonetheless.
//
from hymn to Apollo
Apologia
Odyssey XIV
Ekklesiazusai
//
( . . . )
KUKNEION:
( large puddles have detained me )
( tonight )( but you left a light on )
( to see was a relief )( still walking )
( . . . )
ground feels
going slow
to get there last
to do it real.
bird and bees
feels that heal
the moon and Olympian 6 ?
does Olympian 6 fit in the burrito ?
victory burrito without burrito race ?
( having - holding - pie )
( flying )( still )( floating )
( scratching )( grazing )
( . . . )
( . . . )
( we miss you but ) not yet the hour
yes
yes
didnt measure yet but yes
still greenish about an explosion
anomalies around somebodys name ,
but the moon is never wrong
and a blacker mulberry
goes willingly
down
it
( . . . )
still not yet
thank you o hours
for bringing - on their ripeness
thank you somebody else
for purple - stained - sheets
( . . . )
fan fiction
sitting under the castle ceiling fan
a swan goes slightly wild
for the master of horses
but honestly ( wild swan
still swan ) each neck swivel
amazing to behold ( heart flutters )
and my real question would be
which one for you makes
a better lover ?
they may have that conversation
( we dream about a watchtower )
for us . . . my watchtower calls
but we dont have to choose
we get them all
( . . . )
( hurry - up )( nom - nom )
IX.ii. now sleep ( under the armor ) of a swan
ADEIMANTOS: ( hasnt really slept )
but how to transubstantiate these two?
( we stay up too late ) working on poetry.
( we dream in bed at noon ) worked on by poetry.
( what on earth time even are we ? )
SOKRATES: but( the )most( of )them( selves )
( the )one( i - we )wondered( marvelled at )
( admired, honored, worshipped )( the most )
( out of )the many who( which )lie( falsify )( belie ),
μάλιστα δὲ αὐτῶν ἓν ἐθαύμασα τῶν πολλῶν ὧν ἐψεύσαντο,
ADEIMANTOS: ( that shes a staggering girl, caught in his bill ? )
( that she got me some horses to ride on, too . . . )
( that -eve been givn birth ins armor as -ell )
( that she used to sleep with a postcard of a long-lost -
encountered Michelangelo near the bed )
( the terror of it almost ripped, but off ? )
( . . . )
( who comes and goes, we lie in these white rushes
and are kept ) ( they flush her red-stained clothes )
and the blizzard brooding over us would never
allow a lizard near the nest ( may we beauty-call
her breast-of-axe ? ) the countless atmospheres
of winters end, but only when she wants it to
( weve called her Heras arms ) never( self )theless
belying them that wonders him the most:
that we lie ( awake alone ) untouched by him,
that we lie in her palaestra, guarded by countless of them,
OUTIS: never( self )theless( we-)i(-being )
( of the )king opposite( over - against )
( they - we )came( and went )( through )horses
( stallions - mares )( includes a chariot )
and( indeed )( we )kissed( its dyad )knees
( and )seizing( grasping )( capturing them ),
αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ βασιλῆος ἐναντίον ἤλυθον ἵππων
καὶ κύσα γούναθ᾽ ἑλών:
ADEIMANTOS: and with nobodys dyad-heroic grip
we are ( willing the reality to shift )
we are drawn deeper in the river darkening
of some growing protection mantra( -p ),
SOKRATES: this( one )
in which they( we - i )( are )saying
( a song of mourning )( lament )( elegy ),
τοῦτο ἐν ᾧ ἔλεγον
ADEIMANTOS: we are his ( villified, crucified ) destruction:
we are her ( magnified, sanctified ) guardianship:
( and when dark webs, her nape caught in its bill )
we long for you ( the morning to arrive )
as this moment of his-and-hers conception,
OUTIS: ( o )( she-way )( kept me from harm )( safe )( guarded )( pro-
tected )( tended )( as shepherd )( tended )( as maid )
( protected from inclemency )( of weather )( covered-up
the nakedness )( kept back )( detained )( lay in wait
for )( kept watch )( and ward over )( defender as of
a city )( brought out of danger )( saved )( rescued
from troubles )( and in reference to immaterial things )
( held in keeping )( to be the depositary of )( within
the breast )( not to allow me to break out )( kept me
in the mind )( refrained from uttering )( in possession
of )( comprehended )( observed )( carrying out some-
thing resolved upon )( anothers will )( paying constant
attention )( keeping in mind )( arrested
a missile in its course )
( . . . )
( as )( re-middle-voiced-verb )
( . . . )
this(-he )dragged( me )( drew )( pulled )( myself )
( dragging my own body from the fight )( hauled-off )
( drew me away as causing me to quit )( the specified position )
( plucked )( tore at )( the skin from my own bone )( with a view
to demolishing )( pulled about and tore the corpse )( drew me off
the spits )( meat-like )( drew his ship up out of the water )
( dragged down a ship in order to launch her )
( bent and strung and drew his bow )( drew
his sword )( took into his hand the knife )( hoisted )
( ready to weigh )
( . . . )
and( indeed )( both )
( . . . )
showed me mercy( compassion ),
ὁδ᾽ ἐρύσατο καί μ᾽ ἐλέησεν,
ADEIMANTOS: as his-they appears ( with a solution ) for
duplicities of vipers formulae,
his war against her whole embodiment,
the bitterness of stagnant elements,
the left-droppings of its indifferent beak,
the self-harm spectacle they make of her,
without its guardian, by which refuse
of anyone — at all — except with care,
SOKRATES: as( to fall upon )( attack )( lay hands upon )( you )
(-plural )( one ought to proclaim an oracle )( of her )
( one ought to beware )( be discreet )( cautious )
( to take care )( and precautions )( of her )
( one ought to beware of )( pay honour to )( watch
for )( await quietly )( one )must
to be taken hold with care
you( accused - plural ),
ὡς χρῆν ὑμᾶς εὐλαβεῖσθαι
ADEIMANTOS: but ( with an answer ) whose cause resides
in his accused ( in its flame killed ) as apo-trepein rape —
her-keeping-whole his-tearing-him-aparts
( as aitiatike, itself his nom rejects )
how would they make and do, to be took hold
( no sudden blow: the great wings beating ) well?
OUTIS: but on( the )chariot( he-)making me to sit( as for business )
( as )( you put clothes on me )( dresses, suits, shrouds, armour )
to lead( to carry )( to fetch me )( and to bring )
( to carry me as captive for oneself )
( to guide )( to manage )( to educate me )
( to train me )( to draw me out )( let me be drawn )
( to hold )( to celebrate )( to hold account )
( to treat )( believe in me )( to draw
me down )
( . . . )
( as waves )( they break and shiver )( crashed - through )
( and spread - around )
( . . . )
homeward
( . . . )
( the )tear( tears - )pouring( the tear )
( the it - tear )( he - accusative - pouring )( the it - tear ),
(280) ἐς δίφρον δέ μ᾽ ἕσας ἄγεν οἴκαδε δάκρυ χέοντα.
ADEIMANTOS: from all the out-pourings ( just one ) tear
nobody ( accused ) tearing us ( a clear path to follow )
( a trail of tear ) ( as this goats bleeding fearlessness )
nobodys school for celebrated horses
( clear as en - oh ) ( no ),
SOKRATES: lest( by )from( under )me
( you - plural )( would be )deceived
( tricked )( cheated )( beguiled )
( whoopsie ),
μὴ ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐξαπατηθῆτε (17β)
ADEIMANTOS: she says ( just follow the steps )
( as to which he says ) lets let it take us well:
we would not reenact a heartless crime,
OUTIS: ( we are )( she says )( he says )( it says )( truly )( or )( eh )
( sometimes maybe he likes to prove it )
even-indeed( to-by-for )me very( dyad-secretly-she )
( the )many( hims )( they - we )rush at( upon )( assault, assail )
( makin frequent swoops )( to-by-for )the ashwood spears,
( he - they )releasing( hurling - sending - letting - go
uttering - letting loose - throwing - shooting - speeding -
hastening - springing - upon - eager - as desiring - )
( kill, you )to kill,
ἦ μέν μοι μάλα πολλοὶ ἐπήϊσσον μελίῃσιν,
ἱέμενοι κτεῖναι—
ADEIMANTOS: sometimes we feed the rowdiest of gulls,
( souvent nous ressemblons à l’albatros )
sometimes we play with gremlins or typhoons,
( his better falsehood weaker strongholds him )
( but not today, william butler yeats )
( her rabies vaccination up to dates )
sometimes it wears the cloth sack of a men
( so mastered baits the brute blood of the air )
as to which we say ( all will be fine ),
SOKRATES: as( of a )fearful( thing )( deinos )
( marvelous, clever, awesome,
strange, horrible, terrible )
( you )( exaggerate terribleness, you )
( we-)being to speak( gather, pick up )
( count, tell, reckon, tell over, say,
command, mean, plead, sing of ),
ὡς δεινοῦ ὄντος λέγειν.
ADEIMANTOS: for which we sacrificed hi-magi-nary cock
( we feed him neath the dyad-mulberry tree )
for which we let ourselves, kid-napped, to wok
( her dragons tears crashed round her fire-core
some years before ) ( those living mares of ocean )
but only his could staunch his brothers pyre
( so letting in its technique with its power )
yet sip by sip the strangers hearts would melt
( this elegy would wind our way as one )
as to which we say ( all will be good ),
OUTIS: for this(-o dyad-god )( she was binding )( bind, you )
( god-needed-bound )( she was in-need )( need, you )
( the dyad-god )( indeed )( must be-)then,
( for )( they had been )conceived of wrath( provoked to anger )
exceedingly( very overmuch )( extraordinarily ),
δὴ γὰρ κεχολώατο λίην—
ADEIMANTOS: go back to sleep now, she says, and sleep well
and when we wake, again as from eternity
for he sleeps true who well well be, be sure
we sleep ( now sleep ) by-from-under the un-
broken day-breaking armor of swan-song
//
from hymn to Apollo
Apologia
Odyssey XIV
IX. i. fingers ( of a goat ) burned ( by her shady bed ) of nettles
ADEIMANTOS: ( we are awoken by-from-under sleep )
o its alright, ma. hineni, hinen —
ϊ , , , Ι , , , ? ( or ) ? , , , . , , , ϊ
we try to pick your brain ( from yawning )-
( by )-( to pink alert ) we aim to warm your heart,
SOKRATES: that( whatever - it )even(-indeed )you( plural ),
ὅτι μὲν ὑμεῖς,
OUTIS: there( where )( hither and thither )
( he sets out )( he starts )( start there, you )
( he comes and goes )( come and go there )
( present, you, return )( they are )( he is )
our many( men )even( indeed )( they )killed
( i - we killed )( to-by-for )( the )sharp( keen - acute -
pointed )( the-)(-he-)copper-bronze( weapon )( coin ),
ἔνθ᾽ ἡμέων πολλοὺς μὲν ἀπέκτανον ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ,
ADEIMANTOS: o why would we, with nobody, start there,
where we ( alleged ) murdered many men
into- and for- and by-man-made metals,
that seems the worst idea. unless uh-oh
would even we ( just a little ) belong to them?
( man-killers? )
SOKRATES: O( we would be )Athenian( city )men,
( O )( we would be )( men )( of the Politeia ),
ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι,
OUTIS: but( they )lead up( take inland )( the )living( men )
( i - we carry by the sea )( conduct )( lift up )
( lead up )( as sacrifice )( the living men ),
( to )work at( make, do, perform )( to-by-for )them
( to-by-for )force( constraint, necessity, compulsion )
( violence, punishment )( by lash or leash on throat ),
τοὺς δ᾽ ἄναγον ζωούς, σφίσιν ἐργάζεσθαι ἀνάγκῃ.
ADEIMANTOS: by sacrificial anima of course.
by violence make uneasy with myself,
their punishment make our comportment worse,
hung star, starker than midnight versus horse.
( its all of a piece ) we come and go by you
( to find reassurance ) a torch
SOKRATES: ( you have )suffered( paschein )
( have had done to you )( paid the penalty )( been ill )
( by )from(-under )( his )my( him-)accusers
( prosecutors )( betrayers )( my public-speakers down-
against ),
πεπόνθατε ὑπὸ τῶν ἐμῶν κατηγόρων,
OUTIS: never( self )theless( to-by-for )me Zeus himself
in(-to )my phrenes( heart, mind, breast, midriff )
thus( in this way )made( created )( wrote )( poetried )
( the )perception( noema, thought, purpose, design ),
αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ Ζεὺς αὐτὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ὧδε νόημα
ποίησ᾽—
ADEIMANTOS: o heart, that we desire to see the world.
even my mere-cautious-me desires to see
at least ( just a little ) more, whole earth, of what
else can you show to me, by us, of what
SOKRATES: ( i - we )( havent seen )( do )nt know,
οὐκ οἶδα:
OUTIS: as( we wished we )should( have )die(-d )
and( indeed )met( pursued )( encountered )
my( of himself - itself )destiny in Egypt,
( as they would owe to die )( indeed )( to ply )
( to wield )( to practice )( to apply )( to govern )
( to administer )( to haunt )( to frequent )
( to encounter )( to cope with )( to face )
( the destiny )( of himself )( in the Nile river )
( in the mythical king )( in Aiguptos )
( of the vulture - goat )( backwards - below ),
ὡς ὄφελον θανέειν καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν
(275) αὐτοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ:
ADEIMANTOS: ooh his Egyptian scuff ( shivers ) tempts me enough.
( a lot more prepositions this time, ριγητ? )
( and more galactic gender acrobatics ) ( interstellar jelly )
but my oligen me speaks thus, handcuffs
( about things better left alone ),
SOKRATES: but( we-)i(-being )then( therefore )
and( indeed )himself
( by )from( under )himself
forgot( lost thought of )my slight( me ),
ἐγὼ δ᾽ οὖν καὶ αὐτὸς ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὀλίγου ἐμαυτοῦ ἐπελαθόμην,
OUTIS: for yet now( more )misery
( woe, evil, destruction, mischief, bane )
received( to welcome )( entertain )( admit )
( allow )( give ear to )me,
ἔτι γάρ νύ με πῆμ᾽ ὑπέδεκτο—
ADEIMANTOS: ( but we go poking ) vulnerable earth,
and when nobody sets the woken scene,
it sounds hospitable, his thinking-dream,
he least of sorrows, sings green shelterly. al-
though my other me seems not that into it,
yet using as receptacles excuse
that alls according to the big mans plan
and slips the noose over his horns,
SOKRATES: in this way persuasive
( plausible )( specious )( credible )
( producing illusion )( true to nature )
( creduous )( obedient )( docile )
( we - i - they )were speaking
( the lament )( song of mourning )( elegy ),
οὕτω πιθανῶς ἔλεγον.
OUTIS: neverthe( self )less away( apart-from )( sprung - from )( my she-)head
( i - we )put( the )well-made( she-)helm
( the she-)( shameless - unabashed )( dog-skin )
and( indeed )( the )shield( a goats - hair - sackcloth )
( to-by-for )( my dyad-man-)(-arms-)shoulders,
αὐτίκ᾽ ἀπὸ κρατὸς κυνέην εὔτυκτον ἔθηκα
καὶ σάκος ὤμοιϊν,
ADEIMANTOS: so we separate herself from me
( and hurt myself ) his lease, my deed, but my least
he says her constellation is well-made. and neverthe( self )-
less now, that we would be broken and lame,
would we be shielded by this goat-less-thing,
to-by-for its shame, no one, his human frame,
SOKRATES: and( yet )further( indeed )( to-by-for )( you )
( o she-true )( o he-true )( unconcealed )
( the )true( neuter-it )( unconcealed )at least
as( the )word(-song )( to )speak
no one( nobody )( they )have spoken,
καίτοι ἀληθές γε ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν οὐδὲν εἰρήκασιν.
OUTIS: but( the )tree( shoot )( stem )( trunk )
( oar )( mast )( beam )( plank )( shaft )( spear )
( i - we - they )threw out( out - out -)outward
( cast out of )( my )hand,
( cast out, you )( throw out, you )( send forth )( let fall ),
δόρυ δ᾽ ἔκβαλον ἔκτοσε χειρός:
ADEIMANTOS: and our ( fingers burned ) as though by nettles.
and sometimes sacrifice sounds almost good,
or maybe therapeutic by my hoof,
or maybe itch a bunch of hearty greens,
( he muses as hes led up to the mount )
( as maybe we just want to put grief down )
( . . . )
and better burning me than herself maim,
( . . . )
( for which hes ready ) ( for which we trans-
substantiate, to kill: to green, the flame )
//
from hymn to Apollo
Apologia
Odyssey XIV
VIII.xxiv. ( we wont ) rot ( unless ) we forget ( its his pòò ) in the well
ADEIMANTOS: O sailors of our craft, O Polly-tay,
how blows the wind on this, her holly-day?
SAILORS: who( which-all? )( what-all? )( -all? ), then,
( o somebodys )( o anybodys )( o many anyones )
( do you pay the price? )( do you pay-off your debt? )
( she-dyad-god )( was she binding )( bind, you )( god-
needed-bound )( was she in-need )( need, you )
( she-dyad-god )( indeed )must( be ) ?
τίνες δή;
ADEIMANTOS: aaah . . . she holds so much uncertainty,
but still its me, o yet-un-answered-we !
and how exhilaration bellows off the sea !
these breezes high indeed, and so far-flung
from smog of city men, she saves our lung.
but ( the air is thick with the smell of rot )
below, within our private pilots cell.
for she without be she within as well,
and ( weve been burning dupa ) given me
as gifts from islanders who welcome guests.
for there be no more pious men than what
some unreal men call swarthy savages,
gave scent helps me-ears mingling mightly.
whereby ( we hear ) shes ( clinging on tightly )
to what, an ear, an oar, the yard-arm or
the mast, broke be that merry beam no more,
no scrub for me, no scrub for her, sailors
supplied to do all dirtier chores,
let me, let be, relax, o soothing sea.. ( . . . Enya )
. . ( ..and then we talk )-( with her and really listening )-( better ),
HERA: but still( he )who, at least,
braver( stronger-mightier-better ) — be(
we )as much as far-sounding( euru-opa )Zeus( would be
braver )( mightier )( stronger )( better )( than )Kronos,
ἀλλ᾽ ὅ γε φέρτερος ἔστω, ὅσον Κρόνου εὐρύοπα Ζεύς.
SOKRATES: which( even-indeed, o )most wonderful
( marvellous, extraordinary )of all to hear,
ὃ μὲν πάντων θαυμαστότατον ἀκοῦσαι,
ADEIMANTOS: lets fare-thee-well, O best goddess !
at least as much as Euru-dike would-( we
)-be braver than Euru-opa? what crazy ratios.
but would that she ( who made herself in me ) meet herself ( in we ) !
our promise as our payment, dear divine,
( and everything Achilles would to pine ),
yet smouldering ( of leaves ) leaves air unclear.
( the what ifs and the buts ) begin to appear
soon as our flourish in pink ( -ink ) on papier,
SOKRATES: that in each of( those )which( we )praised
( approved, commended )( of )the( she- )nature
( growth-birth-origin )
( it )destroys( demolishes )( slays )( lays waste )( loses )
the( she- )having-holding-
( they cool )( we cool )( to be cool )( cooling )( of her )-soul
( life, spirit, ghost, source, self ),
ὅτι ἓν ἕκαστον ὧν ἐπῃνέσαμεν τῆς φύσεως ἀπόλλυσι τὴν ἔχουσαν ψυχὴν
ADEIMANTOS: and indeed to live in crucial-fiction, which ( witch ) brings
us to the ever-controversial ( mushrooms ).
first thing a mushroom ( we are ) many things.
it goes both ways, or three or four, parts-sing.
( we recommend those only grown on dung
or best discovered with a trusted pig. )
eat me, they seem to say, eat her, or you?
or you-know-who! or him? not mine to say.
and mushrooms come in different kinds, my kids,
( unsafe to say weve tried more than a few? )
they do a number on my surely-temple,
on whom, we wait for guidance from above
as sailors hit the decks, tripping-( and for
a moment )-if our sailors loose the ship —
SOKRATES: and( indeed, it )( would )tears- and drag( away-
from )( you )( would )( be tearing-away-
from )( she- )philosophy( wisdom-love ),
καὶ ἀποσπᾷ φιλοσοφίας.
ADEIMANTOS: as which, we call a mushroom bad-for-you ( poison ).
( but this has been a little prophecy )
( exteeeeeeeeeeeeeeended metaphor )
( a little pharmacy of written word )
( translating too all of the media that
the vast
numbers of men consume ) ( and possibly soul-
alter-
altar-ring technology ) ( which leaves a lot
of room ) ( we maybe beauty-calling scrolls )
but ( we flip? ) into this irony ( of anti-scroll
as these-shes grow the trippiest of blooms )
and how spores drift in the all-pink
( a soul put under things at her own risk )
( and men on-going tax her stretchiness )
( he-they his remedy or pharmakon for his )
( he-they his own doctor his own ills )
as ( the hopeful dreams ) gathering- and holding-in,
( and the things we refuse to say ) to my best friend,
( really? ) ( of course ) my best friend ( we-being ) second-self,
( easy for him to say ) ( just stole to-for-by Aristotle )
( we are true pirates, through it all )-( but shhh )
in letters like a daily vitamin,
in some ancient cloud of shroom, weird-stream,
( by our best-friend-ship )-( we forget to hate myself )
and so this mushroom got our horses out,
SOKRATES: but( we would )say( she- )manliness( courage ),
λέγω δὲ ἀνδρείαν,
ADEIMANTOS: ( and you pinch )-( the goblin that lives in my head )
not hard! ( but fit to chase it out of bed )
( then baits it with a bite ) of ( sprinkles! ) sweet medicine.
and possibly the goblin could turn cat
( or rat ) ( or dinosaur ) ( and it could bite me pretty bad )
( but we wont let go of the wanting ) and even
as we never did, even in ( my scare-
crone heart )-( born on fragrant spring mornings )
( in her salad days ) ( before the unrealpolitik )
( before bad wisdom ) yet salvaging the goods
( as drawing butterflies on whats discarded )
( to-by-for ) me and you ( becoming beautiful
and young again ) ( in-seeming poetics of )
SOKRATES: ( she-)moderation( sophrosune )( sound-
mindedness, prudence, discretion )
and( indeed )
( all things )which( she-dyad )( we )go through
all( which )( things )( his-so-called-all )( the she-dyad ),
σωφροσύνην καὶ πάντα ἃ διήλθομεν.
ADEIMANTOS: but we have some words on poems
haphazard heraldry ( even seeming innocuously )
when living words get put down as fixed form.
( they turn into the ache of yearning ) tossed
across however many continents,
with latitude and longitude intact,
but tissue burden highly over-stretched,
for ( the yearning ) never could yearning dispell
and such i( wheres the we? )s life, and such i( wheres the we? )s happiness,
all mans desire(s residuum ) ( keeps poisoning
the well of hope ) like all my cold hard pennies cast
for wishes
( swallowed fishes )
( empty stare )
HERAKLES: but Hermes sent( escorted-conducted )me,
and( look, you )gleaming-( glaukopis )-
eyed Athena( o Athens, o Politeia ),
Ἑρμείας δέ μ᾽ ἔπεμψεν ἰδὲ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη.'
ADEIMANTOS: so circumnavigated metaphors,
but written as ourselves of messy words,
or forceful dreams, dreams of a force to reckon
with her eyesight even ( as intense as the nettles )
would we guard ( the dreaming ) until ( we earn his name ) ?
and even as we drink ( the water never fully clear )
with every draught of some forgetfulness,
and rarely shallow, mostly deep ? and as
to navigation ( on some how-divided-line ) ?
whats some logos ( word-speech-ratio-account ) as set down
here, that would ( will ) keep us well on the way?
SAILORS: placeless( out-of-place, out-of-the-way, un-
wonted, extra-ordinary, strange,
para-doxical, ab-surd )
( a-topos ),
ἄτοπον,
SOKRATES: ( smiles primly and steeples his hands )
well even ( with their outstretched arms ) in love
( no matter how hard we keep trying ) him ( its purifying! )
( my nettle tea ) he wont ( we wont ) seize hold of me,
ADEIMANTOS: even( indeed )beautiful( her-we-being )
therefore( to-by-for )me,
καλὴ μὲν οὖν μοι
SAILORS: ( he )was saying,
ἔφη,
SOKRATES: and indeed they ( reach for me on my way home )
( theres always a drop somewhere ) ( or how do you live? )
but he wont ( we wont ) be poisoned by his hope ( or his despair ),
ADEIMANTOS: and( indeed )the( she- )guidance( pompe )
( conduct, escort, sending-home, sending-mission, she-procession )
( of )( the local customs )( of the chorus )( of the dances )
( on the open spaces )( epi-chorion )( on the chora )
would seem-seemly to( we-being )be,
καὶ ἡ τῶν ἐπιχωρίων πομπὴ ἔδοξεν εἶναι,
SAILORS: to hear,
ἀκοῦσαι. (491ξ)
SOKRATES: from the unsightly, you may feel fear.
however ( not quite touching ) her ( through-shining ) heart,
you wont ( we wont ) look backwards at her shade
leaving e.g. likenesses of gibbering bats, ( !? )
ADEIMANTOS: not however( even-indeed-by-you )inferior
( o worse, weaker, less, fewer )( did she )appear( shining-
forth )to resemble( be conspicuously like, befit, beseem )
( she )whom the Thracians( o Thracians )( we )were sending,
( he offers Book III for more specific guidance ) <3
οὐ μέντοι ἧττον ἐφαίνετο πρέπειν ἣν οἱ Θρᾷκες ἔπεμπον.
SOKRATES: just so, he holds my trust and confidence
no worse than they hold my written art;
( and then it spreads ) abroad our pharmakon.
ALL: ( and blowing in the wind for all to hear )
and then it spreads abroad our pharmakon !
ADEIMANTOS: ( . . . ) ( later in our private cell )
yet he left me with more questions than when ( whò? )
began. ( yet it had been the ) END ( of ) part VIII
( until )
( . . . )
( hes obviously been looking back
in the pages of the ledger ) wondering what it means
( at first incredulous toward any pro-
hibition against self-looking ) ( let alone self-touching )
( but having-holding a spiders sense ) how not
to look backwards at her shade? ( and finding them
in need of certain re-visions, re-translations )
just pondering ( them ) making certain changes
( oh ) ( groaning )-( laughing ) ( of course ) ( straightening-out
one-by-one like slight monsters ) ( web ) not
because it made me to, but because it makes
it make better sense ( but in a leisurely way )
( and just us two ) ( me and you ledger )
( and with a dawning recognition ) she hasnt
been led astray, she hasnt incurred the wrath
of any important he, really ever, and that
this path has been a straight path, never-
theless seeming and having felt so ( beauty-calling ) squiggly
( nor being the snake that swallowed a stick )
( mostly these three, which-they reached out like good
test-cases ) ( oh ) ( how about instead
to write this one here from memory ) ( for now )
( and he would leave the former in whatever
version got left . . . ) is that my intended task?
( cackling at shopping carts full of unpurchased poems )
Hera forgive me if this is too me-involved
( it seemed itself-involved ) ( trial )( to-by-for )( trials ) as ever
( . . . )
the spinners distaff ( on genealogy )
for when youre here, have this of me. as time
lets go of us, a song escapes the circlet in
a stranger coming home; eventuality.
under covers of moonlight, the sheets
softened by memory, a gnawing book-
worm spins the orphanage; mulberry leaves.
some shadows at a funeral see less, and lesson
me, nightmare and burning limb; tree spun
to hold a hand in grace, fatherlessness.
( . . . )
equally
if you would really ask
me
ἴσως
ἂν οὖν ἔροιό
με
( Phaedrus 234β )
( . . . )
equally. today wanting to do something like this
but feeling like we need your permission ?
( . . . )
three ( on_a_loop ) on black swan lake
hold me so tight we can barely breathe
on loop in my head, that thought
useless
we want to leave
for we feel unloved
we cant leave
for we feel unlovable
a loop of equally bleak options
i shouldnt and i cant and im not allowed
but we do and we are and we want
these words repeating
nothing else left
//
( . . . )
it gave me tears last night to imagine
giving those three a place. weve been told to follow
tears, so. meteorology. but this next . . . one ?
it seems a perfect candidate not just to toss
but to hurl fom afar ( we understand now about Homeric
verbs ) ( and they have a movement ) like a projectile off
the ship, but not such as this would we share
amongst those of the Politeia, and he would beg
Homer and other poets not to blame us
please sirs for
( . . . )
the daddys issue
some days its like im your magazine
some days its like im your loaded gun
these days it makes no difference which oil( one )spill
yes we received your letter yesterday and all
the days before, your hollow men, your dump
truck spat into my bed, and were not sure
you got it but he wrote you on the third
to say, how dare you write me when you never
learn to read a single fucking word
( . . . )
he cant imagine a good reason to write it again.
( she doesnt think it bothered you though ? )
( oops almost forgot the Greek - )
whether id recommend
for you
to gratify
all
the not-loving ( ones )
( Phaedrus 234β )
εἰ ἅπασίν σοι παραινῶ τοῖς μὴ ἐρῶσι χαρίζεσθαι
( we wants to know which one of yours you would put next? )
but speaking of the στεφανώσασα, news:
those shes of Athens ( or the Politeia ) who
would never filch their husbands crowns, or chaplets
put on fake beards and grow thick armpit hair
before the sun rises, with their husband stuck
taking a crap on the street, yet constipated, literally
unable to take a shit, while she-they-up and write a law.
in my dream of spare time, did you catch a whiff
of another flagrant-hims flagrant in-joke?
did you know about this? ( were you keeping me away
from this on purpose? ) lol ( at first looking for hooks
but is it just an arsenal ? maybe would delete this later
but sitting here in stunned disbelief, yet again )
( the absolute master of comedy ) ( breaking
thhis fourth wall to give us ) ( tips ) he . . .
hes here for his own crown ? ( breathe, me !
starstruck for a moment ) ( did you know?? )
( is it sabotage ??? ) lmao
( . . . )
wow ( thats one big old ugly hooker )
( good luck us! ) doin my best <3
( . . . )
( to be clear, she would seem a beautiful and good hooker
yet the word ugly written so many times on an old it
indicated to me its an old ugly hooker )
( or its baiting me into saying ugly things )
( which seems like an ugly thing to do )
( and admittedly feeling uncomfortable about what seems
from the outside to be a big rape joke )
( and not trusting this one the same as the other one )
( but having only today begun closer translation
it remains unclear what anything is )
( anyway its a lot and may take me more time than expected )
( . . . )
todays notes. okay. eyes adjusting.
barley-cakes fermenting under the kitchen countertop.
( . . . )
keeps thinking about a boy in the audience.
( . . . )
or should have said audiences ( plural )
and cant help thinking of a certain boy
and lifetimes spent listening for a certain boy . . .
two scary dreams last night ( real dreams ) ( how u knew ? )
one of getting accosted in a dark parking lot by two men
as a third man, who could have given me a ride, left me behind.
another of waiting in the attic of our house surrounded
by men armed, for the( she )velociraptors to attack.
if were psychoanalyst — or psychosynthesis
or both, all of which made me really need a nap
( empousa has-and-holds envisioned boy )
( deserving one and getting one - two different things )
( o one self to know to write the tragic - comic art )
but he must be seeing many news today
watching grammar itself become a kind of map
not for the first time imagining you with your languages
seeming to sense these it - things more readily
( are different cases different chambers of a heart ? )
( or organs ) ( nominative for eyes ) ( accusative for ears )
( dative for phrenes ) ( genitive for womb ) ( vocative
for nose ) ( idle guesses ) ( should get back to work )
thinking about the English wor(l)d and its capacities
( a language of apparencies and externalities )
( a language burying - in its scene of crimes )
wondering what its like to translate all of this
from their dense language into yours
( we think about your thoughts feelings a lot
too ) ( nonstop really ) ( obsessed )
our ( my ) ledger on one side of a scale ( like a see -
saw ) and on the other your pamphlet
( first real rain of rainy season today )
( . . . )
back at the beginning today
where my things still dont seem quite right.
unsure and dont want to hallucinate.
trying to work it out
( . . . )
🌑
o little all-hallows-even( indeed )miracle
//
from hymn to Apollo
Republic I, VI, X
Odyssey. 11.613-626
tiny lines ( green glades ) warm bodies
ADEIMANTOS: o dear Herakles, its very strange ( we are )
as all the dreams it seemed were hers, to keep
under the deepness of Kalupsos veil,
begin re-surfacing, warmth from below.
as of their own billow, yet familiar.
and once before, he sent me to fetch Pindar,
like busting-out some long-forgotten gramps,
another little ( fuck the end goal ) act,
becoming his own victory wreath in fact.
does somebody not-at-all fawn on Kalupso?
PINDAR: but if someone within
( they gave in )( gave up )( gave way )( surrendered )( yield )
( deals-out )( dispenses )( pays out )holds( hoards )( you hoard )
( to-by-for )( a dyad-glade )hidden( secret, clandestine )wealth
( riches, treasure ),
εἰ δέ τις ἔνδον νέμει πλοῦτον κρυφαῖον,
ADEIMANTOS: but only playing music with real men,
PINDAR: but( while )falling-upon( meeting )( attacking )( he )laughs
( delights )( you would laugh )( to-by-for )others,
(100) ἄλλοισι δ᾽ ἐμπίπτων γελᾷ,
ADEIMANTOS: as for the third time ( fuck the end goal ),
PINDAR: ( the )( she- )soul( life, spirit, self )( to-by-for )Hades,
( he )( will be accomplishing )achieving( its )end( of ends )
( of ones having reached their end )not
ψυχὰν Ἀΐδᾳ τελέων οὐ
ADEIMANTOS: so sneaky with his line breaks to
PINDAR: show-forth( tell, declare )( make-known )( perceive, observe )
( expectations, beliefs, reputations, glories )( the soul,
life, spirit, self )( he )seeming( far away from )
( expectation, belief, reputation )glory without,
φράζεται δόξας ἄνευθεν.
ADEIMANTOS: thats him with most of the guts spilled out.
and if you try to put the guts back in,
a simpler shadow, but almost the opposite of him,
attempted facial reconstruction, or
the outer he-hand-in manually dis-
contains the inner whole?
PINDAR: but if anyone hoards hidden wealth( green glades )within,
while marking others( whats? )with laughter( derision? ),
they dont perceive( nor show )the soul, without
a reputation, achieves its end( un-seemingly )in Hades.
ADEIMANTOS: but hm, couldnt it also be,
PINDAR: the soul, without
an expectation, achieves its end( en-gloriously )by Hades,
ADEIMANTOS: but o, these leave me so many questions
exposed. holding this small yet manly creature
in my hands, he wont stay still, so actively alone
or agonizing, or does he host our secret club
for brunch? how would you translate him?
HERAKLES: and( indeed )once( o drinkin-drunk )he sent me( thither- )
hither to( will-to )( dyad- )lead-carry-fetch-
bring( the o dyad- )dog,
( they-were led-fetched-brought )
( they-will lead-fetch-bring ),
καί ποτέ μ᾽ ἐνθάδ᾽ ἔπεμψε κύν᾽ ἄξοντ᾽:
ADEIMANTOS: o you, but were we really such
a Kerberos? ( get it ) ( a Care Bear - os? )
( the rest and recharge ) seeming long enough,
that sizzle building everywhere round here,
until ( we can almost feel ) another earth
( bust out across her cosmic dancing floor ),
( and we feel giddy ) with this possibility
which ( we are happy to hear ) many returns
( the valley trembles with the laughter of words ),
SAILORS: ( ragin )violently( drunk )at least,
σφόδρα γε.
ADEIMANTOS: for thats how we set out to find you, friend.
but look, he never would have sent me here
alone. he needed me to learn really
to share. so guided by ( your body heat )
and by her ( maybe a tad silly ) under-
over-statement ( our de-stabled song ),
didnt he leave us everything, not only
for my survival, but everything ( needed
for my revival ) ( and all our horses too ) ?
HERAKLES: for( he )didnt consider( ponder, purpose, plan,
suppose, observe )( there )( we )to be( are )yet( o fellows )( an )other
stronger( mightier )task( contest-struggle-ordeal )
( to-by-for )me, at least, ( than )this,
οὐ γὰρ ἔτ᾽ ἄλλον
φράζετο τοῦδέ γέ μοι κρατερώτερον εἶναι ἄεθλον:
ADEIMANTOS: to bring her back from famously unseen?
( but tiny lines draw big pictures ) indeed,
and ones ( so close to me ) with extra gravity
stirrup kuklonik storms, and red-rimmed-eyes,
and all that force ( requires such safety )
and sensitivity as ( extra-dyad-security ),
SOKRATES: of these( o dyad-god )
( she was binding )( bind, you )( god-needed-bound )
( she was in-need )( need, you )( the dyad-god )
( indeed )must( be ),
( of )the slight-few
( look, you! )
( he )looks( at )( considers )( and beholds ),
τούτων δὴ τῶν ὀλίγων σκόπει
ADEIMANTOS: and so daimonic ( growing underground )
and utterly lazy, and lets this be our luxury,
the slighter-few, the better-tea, to taste.
( and then we feel ) safe, cozy, warm ( only
the presence ) of me and you and trusted words
enjoying ourselves ( and the artwork were in )
floating across her rosy surreality
would bloom into his dance of many forms,
SOKRATES: as( o )many( he )destructions
( ruins, pests, plagues, pandemics, deaths )
and( indeed )( as )( many )( he )greats( bigs, full-
growns, vasts, highs, wides and longs,
mighties and strongs )( impressives ),
ὡς πολλοὶ ὄλεθροι καὶ μεγάλοι.
ADEIMANTOS: ( but giggling uncontrolled )
and with ( the lightest touch ) from them ( his hims )
( but maybe when we play with him he gets
more firm? ) you stop it now, and how on earth
would somebody perform? ( ok lets act elegant )
and with ( the lightest touch ) from her, she moves
right through, across, against, yet soothes the waves,
our she-vessel bringing me, and horses, her,
( we becoming )-( steadily more beautiful )
until we give birth even to the presence
really ( of another warm body ) ?
HERAKLES: it( even )indeed( we )i( being )brought( raised
it )up( and back )( poured-forth )( traced-to )( restored )
and( indeed )( they led )( we )led( fetched-carried-
brought )( it )out( from )Hades,
τὸν μὲν ἐγὼν ἀνένεικα καὶ ἤγαγον ἐξ Ἀίδαο:
ADEIMANTOS: yet as ( the dream is real )-( we-being-we ),
the dreaming returns all to me once more.
( in wanting there is fear )-( we are aware ).
so may we hold our fear, even as we hold a child
beloved. even as what we ( could offer ) her
( and trying never to steal the thunder from
tomorrows storm ) would be gladly to deal-out-
inwardly and hold and hoard ( green glades )
( green glades ) ( green glades ) as well as
such excellent odes from a somebody.
//
from hymn to Apollo
Pindar Isthmian 1
Republic VI
Odyssey XI.613-626
VIII.xii. end goal-( wild-( in a language( the wave of )unknown )-fire )-fighting sleep
ADEIMANTOS: hold on to your buts,
MEDEIS( NOBODY ): O( to-by-for )me( we )i( being )cowardly( vile,
worthless, lowborn, mean, afraid, miserable, wretched, poor ),
ADEIMANTOS: we ask myself,
MEDEIS: what( someone )now( to-by-for )me longest-
lasting( would be )born?
ὤ μοι ἐγὼ δειλός, τί νύ μοι μήκιστα γένηται;
ADEIMANTOS: keep your ifs inside the she-vessel,
PINDAR: ( o )HIGHEST( uppermost, most supreme )horse-driver
( charioteer )( thunder-hurler )( lyre-striker )( rower )
( who drives away )( a broad, flat cake )( hoop-stick )
of untiring( of foot )thunder —
( astonishment ! )
ZEUS,
ἐλατὴρ ὑπέρτατε βροντᾶς ἀκαμαντόποδος Ζεῦ:
ADEIMANTOS: but keep your ands easy to reach-for,
HERAKLES: but he( and yall )inflicted upon( imposed )
( commanded-charged-prescribed )
( gave an order )( to-by-for )me
difficult( cruel-harsh-stern-dangerous-violent-
malignant )tasks( contests-conflicts
struggles-ordeals ),
ὁ δέ μοι χαλεποὺς ἐπετέλλετ᾽ ἀέθλους.
ADEIMANTOS: good thing ( its not the end goal ) that matters,
as swirling voices ( we really believe ),
and were not sure yet if its irony,
but ( the way you respond only to me )
would momentarily become difficult,
MEDEIS: we( would )fear lest
( it )( o dyad-god )( she was binding )( bind, you )
( god-needed-bound )( she was in-need )( need,
you )( the dyad-god )( indeed )must( be ),
all( the )( dyad- )goddess( unerring )infallible said,
(300) δείδω μὴ δὴ πάντα θεὰ νημερτέα εἶπεν,
ADEIMANTOS: and ( my skin is electricity ) charged
with the polarity of poetries,
( we-turning ) languages of men
inside organic me,
PINDAR: for your( she- )SEASONS( being-fitting-times ),
τεαὶ γὰρ ὧραι
MEDEIS: she spoke( to-by-for )me in the sea,
ἥ μ᾽ ἔφατ᾽ ἐν πόντῳ,
ADEIMANTOS: aiming less for instability,
PINDAR: TURNING( -dancing- )ROUND( whirling-
plying )( winding-minding )under the subtle( -many-
colored-complex-dappled-embroidered-wily-unstable-
)notes of the lyre-( phorminx )-SONG —
ὑπὸ ποικιλοφόρμιγγος ἀοιδᾶς ἑλισσόμεναί
ADEIMANTOS: balancing the two of these,
bearing witness to his nostos,
MEDEIS: before( you )come( reach )( approach )
( supplicate )( the she- )fatherland( she )earth,
πρὶν πατρίδα γαῖαν ἱκέσθαι,
ADEIMANTOS: or coming home to his witnessing,
PINDAR: ( they-she )SENT me,
μ᾽ ἔπεμψαν
ADEIMANTOS: and ( its the journey ) we say OUT LOUD,
as we can barely hear herself,
over these hims,
MEDEIS: ( you would )FULFILL( have full measure of )
( you would feel pains )( he was feeling pains )
( feel pain, you )( dyad- )PAIN( sufferings, grief ),
ἄλγε᾽ ἀναπλήσειν:
ADEIMANTOS: dipping fingers
in the teacup,
PINDAR: ( as )WITNESS( o witness )( o guardian )
of the HIGHEST( loftiest )( proudest )
contests( struggles, tasks, conflicts, ORDEALS ),
ὑψηλοτάτων μάρτυρ᾽ ἀέθλων.
SOKRATES: ( we )i( being )( to-by-for )you,
ἐγώ σοι,
ADEIMANTOS: ( in a language )
we are learning as we go along,
( we hear the air crackling )
with some almighty agreements,
with some almighty friends,
MEDEIS: but now all of( she- )this
( o dyad-god )( she was binding )( bind, you )
( god-needed-bound )( she was in-need )( need, you )
( the dyad-god )( indeed )must( be )
( will be )( is )accomplished,
τὰ δὲ δὴ νῦν πάντα τελεῖται.
ADEIMANTOS: as the dog hears too,
PINDAR: but( of )guest-friends( XENION )
( strangers, hosts, foreigners )doing( FARING )WELL,
GOOD( brave, stout, faithful, well-bred )( men )
WAG the TAIL( show joyful-delight and fondness )
( fawn-upon )( pay-court-to )( greet )( gladden )
FORTHWITH( at once )( immediately )( on the spot )
( o drinker, take a drink! )
toward( the )SWEET( fresh, pleasant, deligtful )
MESSAGE( tidings-news-report-announcement-
messenger ),
ξείνων δ᾽ εὖ πρασσόντων ἔσαναν αὐτίκ᾽ ἀγγελίαν
ποτὶ γλυκεῖαν ἐσλοί.
ADEIMANTOS: whats the message, o Sokrates?
SOKRATES: ( o saying )( the saying )
( say, you! )they say( we say )
( the saying )
( the weight that falls on a mouse in a trap ),
εἶπον,
ADEIMANTOS: but whats that mousetrappy thing?
its always kind of showing up
but he leaves hooks concealed so far in
its ( unknown to almost everyone else )
its unknown even to him until
we unexpectedly stumble on the answer
( when your hand moves on paths )
when the mousetraps catch us,
MEDEIS: ( to-by-for )such clouds Zeus enwreathes
( crowns-around )( you are surrounded, enwreathed )
( the )wide( broad )sky( heavens ),
οἵοισιν νεφέεσσι περιστέφει οὐρανὸν εὐρὺν
Ζεύς,
PINDAR: but still,
[10] ἀλλ᾽,
ADEIMANTOS: as ( someone said )
who wasnt nobody,
MEDEIS: but( he )stirs up( troubles )( agitates )( throws
into disorder )( confusion )( and anarchy )( the )sea,
ἐτάραξε δὲ πόντον,
ADEIMANTOS: but hes not anarchist at all,
PINDAR: O CHILD of Kronos,
ὦ Κρόνου παῖ,
ADEIMANTOS: but not quite dyadic
enough for nobody,
MEDEIS: but( the )storm( whirl- )winds urge-on
( to-by-for )( rushing )( blowing-furiously )( of )winds of all sorts,
ἐπισπέρχουσι δ᾽ ἄελλαι
(305) παντοίων ἀνέμων.
ADEIMANTOS: yet we-being pharmakronik,
PINDAR: ( you )who( o VIPERS! )( you pour out )
( you )have-and-hold( Mount )Aetna,
ὃς Αἴτναν ἔχεις,
ADEIMANTOS: as he grabs me by
the ( horses ) heartstrings,
MEDEIS: now( to-by-for )me safe( sure, certain,
sound, alive and well )( would be )sheer
( utter )( high and steep )( lofty )( towering )destruction( ruin )( death ),
νῦν μοι σῶς αἰπὺς ὄλεθρος.
ADEIMANTOS: he cant help it, he cant resist,
somebody feels like the kind of dad
such as nobody wishes he could have had,
PINDAR: ( the )WINDY( airy )( rapid-rushing )
( stirred and filled by the wind )dropping-
WEIGHT( EIPON )( mouse-trap-song )
( of )strong( mighty )( o dyad- )hundred-
( HEKATO-KEPHALAS )-headed TYPHON,
ἶπον ἀνεμόεσσαν ἑκατογκεφάλα Τυφῶνος ὀβρίμου,
ADEIMANTOS: but both of them agree
and came to celebrate our victory lap,
with-in-lap-towering,
MEDEIS: thrice blessed( the )Danaans,
τρὶς μάκαρες Δαναοὶ
PINDAR: RECEIVE( the )Olympic-conqueror !
this merry-making( REVELRY )( carousal )
( procession )( parade )( ode )
by( aid )of the GRACES( Chariton ),
Οὐλυμπιονίκαν δέκευ
Χαρίτων ἕκατι τόνδε κῶμον,
MEDEIS: and( indeed )four times!
καὶ τετράκις,
ADEIMANTOS: and somehow somebody
he captures beauty
in that old reach for glory,
PINDAR: ( this )after the LONGEST time( long-
expected )( late? NEVER! )( most enduring )
( most in-the-end )( most coming-in-due-course )LIGHT
( o light! )( of )far-and-widely-reaching-POWERFUL EXCELLENCE.
χρονιώτατον φάος εὐρυσθενέων ἀρετᾶν.
ADEIMANTOS: and if we combine them,
SOKRATES: and if such as( he )
( we )come-into-being( are born,
produced, fall due, take-place, come-
to-pass )( you ),
ἂν οἷός τε γένωμαι,
ADEIMANTOS: we have to admit
somebodys ode
( makes me forget )
about my sorrows for a minute,
PINDAR: for( it )comes( attains-to )( reaches )( the )CHARIOT
( carriages )( shelters )( harbors )( vessels )
of PSAUMIS( victor in the MULE race ),
Ψαύμιος γὰρ ἵκει [20]
ὀχέων,
ADEIMANTOS: both hold me familiar
as ( weve allowed to be traced )
some underwater lines,
MEDEIS: who perished( died )then in wide( broad )Troy,
οἳ τότ᾽ ὄλοντο
Τροίῃ
PINDAR: who, ( being )WREATHED( and crowned )
( to-by-for the )OLIVE tree( of )Pisa,
ὅς, ἐλαίᾳ στεφανωθεὶς Πισάτιδι,
ADEIMANTOS: reminders of those
with whom we used to wish
that we could coexist,
MEDEIS: bringing grace( favor, gratitude )( gratification )
( pleasure, delight )( satisfaction )( thanks )
( to-by-for )( the )sons of Atreus,
ἐν εὐρείῃ χάριν Ἀτρεΐδῃσι φέροντες.
ADEIMANTOS: ( and we try to remember )
what it feels like to be seen
and celebrated,
PINDAR: ( LET LOOSE! )( would )stir up
( to call-forth )GLORY( kudos! )
( renown )( to-by-for )Kamarina,
κῦδος ὄρσαι
σπεύδει Καμαρίνᾳ.
ADEIMANTOS: but at least hes not always going on
about hekatombs anymore,
SOKRATES: ( we )would( will )try
( attempt, endeavor, experience )
to go-through( pass-through, complete, spread-
abroad, shoot-through, pass-through-and-reach,
recount ),
πειράσομαι διελθεῖν.
ADEIMANTOS: does he realize ( there are people watching )
when he says these things? nobodys relationship
with himself ( we )is( being ) his deep flaw,
we see him
( when we want to skip to the end ),
MEDEIS: as( o dyad-god )( she was binding )( bind, you )
( god-needed-bound )( she was in-need )( need, you )
( the dyad-god )( indeed )must( be )
would( that )( we- )i( -being )at least( had )died
and( indeed )( had )( driven-to )met( my )destiny,
ὡς δὴ ἐγώ γ᾽ ὄφελον θανέειν καὶ πότμον ἐπισπεῖν
ADEIMANTOS: whereas somebody brings this feeling
of ( little fires lighting up along the way )
and then he makes them HUGE,
he speaks to stadia,
PINDAR: may( the )GOD be JOYFUL-HEARTED
( goodly-phrenes )( mirthful, merry, taking pleasure,
gracious, kind, kindly, benevolent )
( to-by-for )( their )remaining( future )( hence-
forward )( hereafter )( further )PRAYERS
( vows, wishes, aspirations );
θεὸς εὔφρων
εἴη λοιπαῖς εὐχαῖς:
ADEIMANTOS: and nobody lets us relive
our worst moments, he just offers himself
with some strangers generosity, like
MEDEIS: ( to-by-for )the day when( to-by-for )me
the greatest multitude of Trojans cast( their )brass-tipped spears
around( about )( the )slain( perished )( Achilles )son of Peleus,
ἤματι τῷ ὅτε μοι πλεῖστοι χαλκήρεα δοῦρα
(310) Τρῶες ἐπέρριψαν περὶ Πηλεΐωνι θανόντι.
ADEIMANTOS: as somebody champions thumos,
our horses shiver to hear him speak,
PINDAR: since( you are approaching- and following-
upon )( to-by-for )( the dyad-word-song )
( WE )PRAISE( tell of )( approve )( commend )
him-her( who is )EXTREMELY( DYAD-SECRETLY! )even( INDEED )
AT HAND( ready )( prepared )( at once
and without hesitation )( ready-active-zealous )
( bold )( brought to fulfilment )( eager )
( to-by-for the )EDUCATION( nourishment,
food, provisions, forage, livelihood, nurture,
rearing, generation and keeping )( of )HORSES,
ἐπεί νιν αἰνέω μάλα μὲν
τροφαῖς ἑτοῖμον ἵππων,
ADEIMANTOS: as nobody fantasizes his own death,
MEDEIS: ( to-by-for )it( we would have received
A LOT )of funeral gifts,
τῷ κ᾽ ἔλαχον κτερέων,
ADEIMANTOS: somebody reminds us of being our best,
PINDAR: and REJOICING( o rejoicing ones! )
( to-by-for )ALL-RECEIVING XENIA( guest-
friendships and stranger-hospitalities ),
χαίροντά τε ξενίαις πανδόκοις
ADEIMANTOS: as nobody fantasizes about fame,
as part of fantasizing about his death,
such as this, our problematic man,
MEDEIS: and( indeed )( we would have taken )
( the )Achaians( would have )brought me
glory( kleos - fame, rumor, report ),
καί μευ κλέος ἦγον Ἀχαιοί:
ADEIMANTOS: whereas somebody makes the city-
soul ache
with possibility,
PINDAR: and( indeed )toward CITY-LOVING PEACE
( rest, quiet, silence, stillness ),
SELF-TURNING( tetrammenon )( to-by-for )CLEAR
( pure, spotless, free )THOUGHT
( judgment, intelligence, knowing, understanding,
opinion, resolution, purpose, resolve ),
καὶ πρὸς ἁσυχίαν φιλόπολιν καθαρᾷ γνώμᾳ τετραμμένον.
ADEIMANTOS: the possibility of somebody
or something, being some city
worth dying for,
SOKRATES: this( even )( indeed )therefore( we )
( o ways, o powers of song! )suppose
( forebode, presage, expect,
suspect, intend, believe )( the )all( o all! )
will agree( same-saying )( he would agree )
( she would agree )( you will agree )
( to-by-for )we
( she-dyad-confession )( to-by-for confession-she ),
τόδε μὲν οὖν οἶμαι πᾶς ἡμῖν ὁμολογήσει,
ADEIMANTOS: ( silently ) we side with nobody
almost all the time, even
when what he says is plainly wrong,
MEDEIS: but now( it had been )fated( me )
( to be )seized( captured )( taken )( slain )
( to-by-for )( a )wretched( sorry )( pitiful )
( contemptuous )death,
νῦν δέ λευγαλέῳ θανάτῳ εἵμαρτο ἁλῶναι.
HOMER: so there-and-then( dyad-he )speaking it —
ὣς ἄρα μιν εἰπόντ᾽
PINDAR: ( WE )( would-will )NOT STAIN
( you are not stained )( wet, moisten, soften, dye )
( the )WORD( to-by-for )FALSEHOOD,
οὐ ψεύδεϊ τέγξω λόγον: [30]
ADEIMANTOS: ( breathe ) we remind myself
as we realize what we witness,
HOMER: ( the )GREAT WAVE( billowing, swelling,
heaving, flood )( PREGNANCY-fetus-sprout )DROVE-
( propelled-thrusted-struck )-DOWN( against-
through )( from the )HIGHEST( topmost-extremity
)( a )TERRIBLE( dreadful, wondrous, awful,
clever )RUSHING-( hastening,
speeding )-against,
ἔλασεν μέγα κῦμα κατ᾽ ἄκρης
δεινὸν ἐπεσσύμενον,
ADEIMANTOS: somebody versus nobody
would ignite
to tame the tempest,
PINDAR: ( o )SHE-TRIAL( we drive-through )( the crucial
experiment )( trial )( proof )( perseverance )
( to-by-for )YOU( let me tell you )( would be )
( the )ELENCHOS( argument )( disproof,
refutation, cross-examination, testing,
scrutiny, trial, reproach, blame,
etc )( of )MORTAL MEN,
διάπειρά τοι βροτῶν ἔλεγχος:
ADEIMANTOS: what does nobody fight for,
his craft?
HOMER: but( it )WHIRLED( he raised the battle-cry )
( he raised a lament )( he cried loudly )AROUND
( about )( the SHE- )raft( hand-to-hand )
( in close combat ),
περὶ δὲ σχεδίην ἐλέλιξε.
ADEIMANTOS: and somebody for what,
the reinstatement of whats right?
PINDAR: ( the )SHE-DYAD( who )UNBOUND
( unfastened, unyoked, released, delivered,
resolved, destroyed, annulled )the CHILD
( Erginos? )of Klumenos from( the )DISHONOR
( disgrace )( derision )( deprivation
of civil rights )( of the )Lemnian women,
ἅπερ Κλυμένοιο παῖδα
Λαμνιάδων γυναικῶν ἔλυσεν ἐξ ἀτιμίας.
ADEIMANTOS: so different, yet
we are burning with them both,
and ( soon we are wildfire ) listening
to their voices in myself resolving,
SOKRATES: such( a )nature( growth-origin,
outward-form, constitution-temperament,
character, originating-power, elementary-
substance, birth )and( indeed )
she-having-and-holding( he-)all as much
( she-dyad )as we enjoined( commanded,
prescribed, posted, appointed )just-now,
τοιαύτην φύσιν καὶ πάντα ἔχουσαν ὅσα προσετάξαμεν νυνδή,
ADEIMANTOS: ( and then the moment is over )
and nobody loses, but he does it to himself,
HOMER: but FAR-off from( the SHE- )raft
( close-quarters )( hand-to-hand combat )( spur
of the moment )( he- )HIMSELF hurled
( let fall, self-threw )( lost the erect position )
( fell in battle )( SUNK ),
(315) τῆλε δ᾽ ἀπὸ σχεδίης αὐτὸς πέσε,
ADEIMANTOS: whereas theres something
strong-humble, humbling, common-strong,
about somebody, a peoples man,
PINDAR: but CONQUERING( winning )
( the )race( COURSE )( of victories )
in bronze( copper coins )armor,
χαλκέοισι δ᾽ ἐν ἔντεσι νικῶν δρόμον
ADEIMANTOS: then again,
what wouldnt nobody sacrifice
of his own self?
HOMER: but( it )sent-forth( threw-hurled-launched-
let-fly )( let fall a word )( uttered in speech )
( let go )( surrendered )( the )rudder out( from his )hands,
πηδάλιον δὲ
ἐκ χειρῶν προέηκε:
ADEIMANTOS: and indeed,
PINDAR: ( he )said( to-by-for )Hupsipule( high-and-lofty passage ),
ἔειπεν Ὑψιπυλείᾳ
ADEIMANTOS: high versus middle?
HOMER: but( the )MIDDLE( to-by-for)itself
( of the )MAST — broke( shivered )
( the SHE- )terrible( fearsome, marvelous,
clever, wondrous )( of )mixing winds
( she )coming( -and-going )HURRICANE,
μέσον δέ οἱ ἱστὸν ἔαξεν
δεινὴ μισγομένων ἀνέμων ἐλθοῦσα θύελλα,
ADEIMANTOS: o high versus middle
versus the HURRICANE they create,
PINDAR: after going( and coming )
( to the )GARLAND( crown )( wreath ),
μετὰ στέφανον ἰών:
ADEIMANTOS: the one they live for,
HOMER: but FAR-OFF( we were SOWING )
( they were sowing )( sow, you )( o sowing )
( sowing )( the sowing )( the )sail( clothing )
( wraps )( shroud )and( indeed )( the )yard-arm
( were )flung-into( FALL, you )( ENTER into )
( come upon )( STRIKE )( the )SEA,
τηλοῦ δὲ σπεῖρον καὶ ἐπίκριον ἔμπεσε πόντῳ.
ADEIMANTOS: if ( a sense of security )
maybe ( we tell myself ) would
call nobody home,
SOKRATES: if finally( having reached its end,
finished, complete, perfect, full-grown,
accomplished thoroughly, and )about to become
( be born, come-into-being )
philosophos( wisdom-love ),
εἰ τελέως (491β) μέλλοι φιλόσοφος γενέσθαι,
ADEIMANTOS: ( until next time ) something
nobody-like slips out,
HOMER: but there-and-then UNDERWATER( she )put him,
( for a )LONGGG time,
τὸν δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ὑπόβρυχα θῆκε πολὺν χρόνον,
ADEIMANTOS: she-being a strong
container for nobodys ways,
HUPSIPULE: this( WE )i( BEING )( to-by-for )SWIFTNESS( quickness )( speed ),
‘ οὗτος ἐγὼ ταχυτᾶτι:
ADEIMANTOS: but neither is nobody spotless
nor is the poet altogether so,
it may be ( by something small )
but it irks me how they blame her,
she-being Kalupso,
HOMER: nor( was he )able very( dyad-underwater-
secretly )quickly( to )hold-up( lift-up, surface )
( from )under( the )great wave( swelling-
billowing-surge )( pregnancy )( of )( the SHE- )ATTACK;
for( the )clothes there-and-then( were )OPPRESSING
( and depressing )( him ),
the( SHE-DYAD )( to-by-for )itself( o passage!
o resource! )( she )GAVE( give, you! )
through( we would-will HIDE and CONCEAL )
( you hide and cover )Kalupso,
οὐδ᾽ ἐδυνάσθη
(320) αἶψα μάλ᾽ ἀνσχεθέειν μεγάλου ὑπὸ κύματος ὁρμῆς:
εἵματα γάρ ῥ᾽ ἐβάρυνε, τά οἱ πόρε δῖα Καλυψώ.
ADEIMANTOS: but even nobody
with his actions says ( fuck the end goal ),
HOMER: but after a longgg time( LATE? )( NEVER )
( o dyad-god )( she was binding )( bind, you )( god-needed-
bound )( she was in-need )( need, you )
( the dyad-god )( indeed )must( be )
there-and-then( he )came up,
ὀψὲ δὲ δή ῥ᾽ ἀνέδυ,
ADEIMANTOS: but when she delivers his medicine,
HUPSIPULE: but HANDS and( indeed )HEART( being )EQUAL( evenly )( alike ),
χεῖρες δὲ καὶ ἦτορ ἴσον.
ADEIMANTOS: he spits it out,
and again the poet takes his side,
( shewaters a lil preachy for them? )
HOMER: but( from her )mouth( she )SPIT-OUT
( the )( SHE- )bitter( sharp, keen, piercing, acute,
pungent, mean! )( SHE- )sea-water( BRINE ),
( she )which( to-by-for )itself( she- )much
from( the she- )head( was )gushing( gurgling,
murmuring, babbling, trickling, flowing fitfully, or in drops . . . )
στόματος δ᾽ ἐξέπτυσεν ἅλμην
πικρήν, ἥ οἱ πολλὴ ἀπὸ κρατὸς κελάρυζεν.
ADEIMANTOS: to walk the slight edge
between nobody, and somebody,
( we-being HUPSIPULE ) and the poet too,
showing-through the best of each,
SOKRATES: rarely( oligakis-slightly )born
among human beings
( to grow, wax, spring-up, spring-forth,
begotten, produced ),
and(indeed)oligas(very-slight-few),
ὀλιγάκις ἐν ἀνθρώποις φύεσθαι καὶ ὀλίγας.
HUPSIPULE: but( it )GROWS,
[40] φύονται δὲ
ADEIMANTOS: but she has nature
and he has his memory ( of her ),
HOMER: but still not even like( he was )forgetting
( the she- )raft( hand-to-hand )( close combat ),
roundly wearing-out( distressed, afflicted, exhausted,
born-hard-upon, reduced to extremity,
being-rubbed-hard, with troubles ),
ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ὣς σχεδίης ἐπελήθετο, τειρόμενός περ,
ADEIMANTOS: and having been accustomed
to going and coming between them,
as butterfly men, even just for fun,
even with our ( eyes closed ),
HUPSIPULE: and( indeed )( you would swim )
( you would spin )( you would pile up )
( in heaps )( and for next year ),
SHE-GRAYNESS( gray-grizzled-grizlies )
( of hair )OFTEN( grows )in YOUNG MEN,
καὶ νέοις ἐν ἀνδράσιν
πολιαὶ θαμὰ
ADEIMANTOS: and doesnt he have a habit
of providing commentary
( often in the form of a question )
( we werent going to ask for ) ?
to which we reply ( enjoy the journey ),
SOKRATES: ( either )or( else-otherwise )( eh! )( do )nt( you )suppose?
ἢ οὐκ οἴει;
ADEIMANTOS: and even in her ( fighting sleep )
( like neither nobody nor somebody )
she-being constant revolutionary,
HUPSIPULE: and( indeed )beside( towards )( contrary
to )( against )( beyond )that
( of the )AGE( time of life )( generation )( prime ),
καὶ παρὰ τὸν ἁλικίας
ADEIMANTOS: but ( given ) that nobody
makes an excellent lover,
HOMER: but still rushing-in-pursuit( making a dash )
( passively )in-through( the )waves( billowing-
swelling-pregnancies )( he )received( took hold )( of )herself,
(325) ἀλλὰ μεθορμηθεὶς ἐνὶ κύμασιν ἐλλάβετ᾽ αὐτῆς,
ADEIMANTOS: but when it comes to problems
where we might say ( a good sleep wont fix this )
( anything other than a tempest-tantrum ),
his response seems pretty strong,
HOMER: but in( her )middle( he )sat( and huddled- )down,
ἐν μέσσῃ δὲ καθῖζε
HUPSIPULE: ( contrary to what at )( the )TIME seeming-likely,
ἐοικότα χρόνον.’
ADEIMANTOS: nobody survives,
HOMER: avoiding deaths end,
τέλος θανάτου ἀλεείνων.
ADEIMANTOS: yet hes also like a baby,
who always wants back into the storm,
who just likes getting spun around.
nobody may not be a place to live,
but its his energy that drives us on,
when were on the move.
//
from hymn to Apollo
Republic VI
Odyssey V.299-326, XI.613-626
Pindar Olympian 4
VIII.vi. spilling secrets ( how we wrestle )
ADEIMANTOS: because ( we love ) my daddy,
of course hes still together.
whole o whole,
he would be whole,
( we would be whole ) ( Hole ),
but he would be much better that way,
once she handled his translation,
SOKRATES: but(the)(standing-in-need-of)(binding-
fettering-tying)selves,
(to-by-for)the shipowner always himself,
(would be)pouring-crowding-around(himself)
(the standing-in-need-of)(binding-fettering-tying-himselves),
αὐτοὺς δὲ ( αὐτῷ ἀεὶ τῷ (488ξ) ναυκλήρῳ ) περικεχύσθαι δεομένους
ADEIMANTOS: and indeed, honey ( frowning
at an obsolete many ) judging by these,
( this we should keep to myself ) he draws
that kind of man ( not to mention all
the textbook ) ( textbooks )
( eyes blur ),
SOKRATES: and(indeed)all(are)making-and-doing
(poetries)so that the rudder would turn-over
(if you entrusted)(you will be left-to)(given-
up, yield)to-for-by-them,
καὶ πάντα ποιοῦντας ὅπως ἂν σφίσι τὸ πηδάλιον ἐπιτρέψῃ,
ADEIMANTOS: but she, at least, was already entrusted
( we think once ) to them, to be para-diced
on the big-bad wave-slicin sea-wolf,
( not good pirates ),
SOKRATES: but sometimes if( they )dont persuade
( to-by-for persuasion ),
ἐνίοτε δ᾽ ἂν μὴ πείθωσιν
ADEIMANTOS: at least dyad-( twice ),
then they stop being so dyad-nice,
( we-being more generous
we let you guess how many tries ),
SOKRATES: but still others(o others do)more,
(implicit flock of sheep)(implicit tress of hair),
ἀλλὰ ἄλλοι μᾶλλον,
ADEIMANTOS: and ( many times ) she paid that price
( unspeakable ) as a result of which
then-and-there ( we-being sides with
herself, refusing his delivery ),
SOKRATES: even killing the others or throwing(them)out of the ship,
τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους ἢ ἀποκτεινύντας ἢ ἐκβάλλοντας ἐκ τῆς νεώς,
ADEIMANTOS: but to save his Politeia formidable,
( the quiet hopes and ugly thoughts ),
its famously not a funny trip,
SOKRATES: but(they), binding-hand-and-foot
the well-becoming(well-begetting)shipowner,
(to-by-for)mandrake or strong-drink
(you sit among)(you would let-go)
or by some other(thing), (they)rule
the(temple-dwellings)(using)(experiencing)(oracle-
proclaimings)of(the)ship(to-by-for)being-in —
τὸν δὲ γενναῖον ναύκληρον μανδραγόρᾳ
ἢ μέθῃ ἤ τινι ἄλλῳ συμποδίσαντας
τῆς νεὼς ἄρχειν χρωμένους τοῖς ἐνοῦσι,
ADEIMANTOS: ( laughs ) did nobody realize
he was just bridling Heraclite? tois enousi,
to-by-for being-in( ships ), horses transparently,
( the rosy dreams and constant fears ) to-by-
for being-in ( the cleverest ) nous ( noose )
( ha ha ) whars me rum ( just kidding
about the noose ) ( says a rabbit
or a hare ),
SOKRATES: and(indeed)those, drinking and(indeed)feasting-
and-being-entertained(more),
ADEIMANTOS: true ( we-being ) pirates dont eat rabbits
or hares ( but we-being our own entertainment ),
SOKRATES: (they)sail the sea
as the(image)likeness(of)such as these,
καὶ πίνοντάς τε καὶ εὐωχουμένους πλεῖν ὡς τὸ εἰκὸς τοὺς τοιούτους,
ADEIMANTOS: ( we may be bunny pirates )
but those not-good pirates
( we keep spilling them )
that poetry-not( to-by-for )( we slip
the noose )-( the noose slips we ),
SOKRATES: but(those), praising-commending(nous)
toward(against)these,
πρὸς δὲ τούτοις ἐπαινοῦντας (488δ)
ADEIMANTOS: but clown-fish ( the secrets
that scare me ) in pretty glass bowls
just make me laugh, or fighting fish-( the maskmaker
likes those . . . but we can go swimming,
we can even breathe underwater,
true story. on Adventuress,
the first thing they-we did,
as women at the helm, yes really,
was share what superpower
each we-her would choose
and why ) ( well, this
being why ),
SOKRATES: and(indeed)even(beauty-)calling(things)ship-things
and(indeed kubernetikos)steering-skill
and(indeed)knowing(standing-upon)(claiming knowledge
of)things according(through the)sea,
ναυτικὸν μὲν καλοῦντας καὶ κυβερνητικὸν
καὶ ἐπιστάμενον τὰ κατὰ ναῦν,
ADEIMANTOS: well thats plain bonkers. isnt he?
how could a mortal man stand on the water?
but can he even ride a horse ( it takes that barely
to hear the sea ) let alone keep a chariot seat?
( and she doesnt spill me ) ( not yet at least )
( and youre still there ) ( so maybe we
such as ship-things could be . . . )
and this may be what jihad means
for he,
SOKRATES: (would)he(who be)terrible(fearful-danger-suffering-horror-
awe-illegal-terror-arbitrary-wondrous-marvellously-
strong-powerful-strange-clever-skillful-one),
would(he)gather-together(seize,
take with him, carry-off)?
ὃς ἂν συλλαμβάνειν δεινὸς ᾖ
ADEIMANTOS: as long as he has-and-holds,
as ( listening ) ( to we-being ) ( were ) his law,
( we keep our inner-making-out
of hors-oars-ears-orses,
secrets to the sea
like mermaid queens
with feisty tridents
like Durgas weapon
and with her tongue sticking out,
as the girls in Penestanan always carry her
for Ogoh-Ogoh ) ( its a festival
amazing to behold ),
SOKRATES: so that(they would)be first and rule
(they will rule)(by-will-being-ruling)or persuading
or constraining the shipowner,
ᾖ ὅπως ἄρξουσιν ἢ πείθοντες ἢ βιαζόμενοι τὸν ναύκληρον,
ADEIMANTOS: that sounds like a dangerous
man-being-( puts on reading glasses )-job.
but ( we-being ) ( not scared ) of him ( hes just
a plushie ) ( nur other daddy-men ) ( nar whale
she sophist be ) ( sea-walking daughter
of a dancer ) ( she-pirate ) indeed,
SOKRATES: but(those who are)not such as this,
(they are)blaming as useless(unprofitable,
unserviceable),
τὸν δὲ μὴ τοιοῦτον ψέγοντας ὡς ἄχρηστον,
ADEIMANTOS: and indeed ( we )i( being ) wonder.
whether those curs would blame the solid stance
of irony, to walk her proffered plank
( even for a little wrestle ) ( tee hee )
seeing-( a naked woman )-we.
naked is how we wrestle
on the Politeia.
//
from Republic VI
VIII.v. her crochet ( in our hair ) bathing-suit
ADEIMANTOS: o dear. why ( how ) does she
( she-being-she ) grow
such gloriously soft
and long and shining locks?
does the other ( we ) she yet know
how absolutely wonderful you are?
( winks ) ( at you )
SOKRATES: for, consider —
ADEIMANTOS: ( tacky
like a soda commercial
dr. pepper )
SOKRATES: (o will-thinking)
(the will-thinking)(of will-thinking)(itself),
ADEIMANTOS: o divine tresses, o handsome-
handed wool ( whom ) ( we would-will ),
SOKRATES: (perceive-by-eyes, by-mind, and apprehend,
take notice in thought, think, reflect, deem, presume,
ADEIMANTOS: what could we ( she ) do
with archive couture wool like that?
SOKRATES: think-out, conceive, purpose, intend,
be-minded, to mean)(consideration itself),
νόησον γὰρ
ADEIMANTOS: that would be her, when she
could concentrate, at least.
but ( endlessly ) hes in-
and-out and back
again ( off to the races
of white mustangs
of white dresses
of hope, she-
being a dangerous thing for me to have
leaning
) into
SOKRATES: (the)coming-into-being(o becoming)
(the becoming)(of becoming),
ADEIMANTOS: big bang, kiss kiss,
SOKRATES: (of being-born, being-
produced,
ADEIMANTOS: being a star!
SOKRATES: being-multiplied,
ADEIMANTOS: a galaxy?
her milky way c-candy bar-
t-t-tender,
SOKRATES: being-multiplied-yet-more,
ADEIMANTOS: with planets? Mercury
and Venus, wow,
SOKRATES: waxing and waning,
ADEIMANTOS: his being the moon,
SOKRATES: being-
elapsed,
ADEIMANTOS: not he! hmm,
his character arc,
SOKRATES: the happening-of-growth,
ADEIMANTOS: at last, his getting of his feast! whens its my turn!
SOKRATES: the taking-place,
ADEIMANTOS: his doin time,
SOKRATES: the coming-
to-pass,
ADEIMANTOS: his being a man,
SOKRATES: the pledges-given, oaths-taken, place-taking,
ADEIMANTOS: the gossip about him,
SOKRATES: the facts,
ADEIMANTOS: his wanting-being remembered,
SOKRATES: the past, the future, time to-have-passed,
ADEIMANTOS: his remembering-wanting being,
SOKRATES: the came-
to-pass, the came-to-be,
ADEIMANTOS: his progeny,
SOKRATES: the yet-to-come,
ADEIMANTOS: his well-begetting, well-begotten fame,
SOCRATES: and)of-this-sort,
τοιουτονὶ γενόμενον
ADEIMANTOS: until we-being-( my hand in
your hair )-doing-making-( her hand
in my hair )-go everywhere, in-
( and well-behaved )-around
her ( Oceans ) katalogue
of ships,
SOKRATES: whether around(about)many ships(boats)(schooners)(about schooner Adventuress)(her piece of my heart),
(and other schooners)(skiffs)(sloops)(brigantines)(clippers)(galleys)(barges)(junks)(dinghies)(trawlers)(pinkies)(coracles)(curragh)(riverboats)(skin boats)(canoes canoes canoes)(tankers)(cruise-ships)(booms)(zaruk)(catamaran)(trimaran)(punt)(sampan)(dhow)(lembi)(kubaea)(moneres)(phaseli)(picatos)(fuchuan)(shachuan)(zheng)(haichuan)(wupeng boat)(dragon boat)(lorcha)(zhiyuan)(mengchong)(aral boat)(pirogue)(curiara)(montaria)(uba)(igarite)(igarape canoe)(jangada)(peque-peque)(yate)(chata)(totora boat)(tula boat)(balsa)(qaya)(caballito de totora)(dalca)(wampo)(bongui)(tomako)(tepuke)(mon)(tavala)(tanga)(yagan canoe)(kawesqar canoe)(guato canoe)(ningher)(narangga canoe)(yuki)(yari)(warrigal canoe)(torres strait canoe)(nawi)(nardan)(tied-bark canoe)(stitched-bark canoe)(reed-bundle canoe)(bark raft)(onu)(kirkkovene)(soutuvene)(savolaisvene)(tervavene)(haapio)(ruuhi)(uisko)(kokka)(kalavene)(verkkovene)(saaristovene)(paijannevene)(jokivene)(purjevene)(ladoga boat)(pomor koch)(jalboot)(shasha)(odam)(strug)(lodja)(sajka)(pinasse)(baris)(solar barque)(khufu ship)(lagoon canoe)(niger canoe)(donkua)(ali poli)(kodoo)(gaal)(fante canoe)(ewe canoe)(ugbo)(oko)(kru canoe)(sierra leone canoe)(liberian canoe)(akuafo canoe)(canoes canoes canoes)(monoxyle)(gomon)(karbas)(baidarka)(tarada)(keleks)(mashoof)(guffa)(guzar)(qayiq)(kayik)(amudarya boat)(oxus boat)(tartane)(vectoriae)(corbitae)(actuariae)(naves longae)(naves onerariae)(naves lusoriae)(hippagoga)(lembus)(caique)(celox)(caravels)(carracks)(scaphas)(pristis)(wasen)(yamato-bune)(tarai-bune)(takase-bune)(higaki-kaisen)(sengokubune)(bezaisen)(kitamaebune)(atakebune)(sekibune)(kobaya)(kobune)(watasebune)(yakatabune)(sabani)(tenmasen)(holk)(gauloi)(kerkouroi)(hippoi)(myoparo)(cercurus)(galleons)(cogs)(longships)(triakontoroi)(pentekontoroi)(hemioliai)(trihemioliai)(drakkars)(knarrs)(byrthings)(birlinns)(dromons)(biremes)(triremes)(quadriremes)(quinqueremes)(sexiremes)(septiremes)(dekeres)(enneres)(octeres)(hepteres)(hexaremes)(penteres)(liburnae)(hanseon)(panokseon)(geobukseon)(choma-seon)(pyeongjeoseon)(gwanggo)(tongsin-seon)(xebec)(fluyt)(hoys)(yawls)(ketches)(cutters)(snekkja)(sloops-of-war)(skeid)(karfi)(brigs)(barques)(barks)(windjammers)(barquentine)(tugboats)(motorboats)(houseboats)(ferries)(flatboats)(keelboats)(gondolas)(bateaux)(yachts)(vaka)(va a)(waka)(wa a)(waka ama)(waka tiwai)(waka taua)(waka hourua)(mokihi)(va a alo)(va a-tele)(kalia)(alia)(tongiaki)(amatasi)(pahi)(tipaerui)(niu)(kiato)(langskip)(faering)(sixareen)(drua)(ndrua)(takia)(tuilakeba)(camakau)(bilibili)(masawa)(wa)(sakman)(baurua)(walap)(wa a kaulua)(wa a ama)(wa a ulu)(opu)(holua)(iqyax)(chinook canoe)(haida canoe)(canoes canoes canoes)(tlingit canoe)(tsimshian canoe)(salish canoe)(makah canoe)(nuu-chah-nulth canoe)(shovel-nose canoe)(birchbark canoe)(elm-bark canoe)(algonquin canoe)(anishinaabe canoe)(ojibwe canoe)(mi kmaq canoe)(wabanaki canoe)(haudenosaunee canoe)(djong)(bajak)(golek-golek)(mayang)(kletok)(prahu mayang)(lancang)(pencalang)(bedar)(tongkang)(pinisi)(catboats)(dories)(zodiacs)(jukung)(perahu)(sandeq)(padewakang)(paduwant)(kora-kora)(paledang)(pelang)(londe)(pangajava)(bangka)(paraw)(balangay)(baloto)(biray)(karakoa)(lanong)(vinta)(salisipan)(armadahan)(basnigan)(djenging)(cascos)(guilalo)(lepa-lepa)(proa)(falu)(te wa)(penjajap)(kolek)(sakayan)(salambaw)(talaka)(tumbang)(joangan)(parao)(kelulus)(kunlun bo)(knabat bogolu)(lakatoi)(teppa)(gulet)(sambuk)(ngalawa)(mtepe)(jahazi)(mashua)(lakana)(lakana outrigger)(lakan-tsambo)(lakana lehibe)(masikoro canoe)(boutre)(dau)(mtumbwi)(uwambo)(wavuvi)(shahoof)(bagqurah)(baghlah)(huri)(badan)(jalbah)(ghurab)(tarrad)(sanbuk)(ubri)(thalamegos)(kattumaram)(vallam)(uru)(masula)(padagu)(salangu)(oru)(paru)(yathra dhoni)(thoni)(padavu)(vattavada)(bhela)(battal)(kattu-vallam)(snake boat)(vahan)(machwa)(hodi)(dungi)(shikara)(dingi)(donga)(budgerow)(panshi)(balam)(pateli)(nauka)(kotia)(pattamar)(kosha)(datti)(dalla)(ark)(kayak)(umiak)(qajaq)(angyaq)(qayaq)(greenland kayak)(dugout canoes)(outrigger canoes)(bull boats)(tomol)(tule balsa)(tule canoe)(chumash plank canoe)(canoes canoes canoes)(heiltsuk canoe)(cayuco)(piragua)(barca)(txalupa)(chalupa)(taino canoe)(lucayan canoe)(carib canoe)(canoa)(feluccas)(dahabiya)(sandal)(markab)(zarouk)(ghayassa)(papyrus boat)(reed boat)(maadi boat)(kwakwaka wakw canoe) —
ADEIMANTOS: dont forget the Mimi!
SOKRATES: (the voyage of the Mimi)(wouldnt forget),
ADEIMANTOS: and how my(her)great-aunt took me(her)out
and off the bay, on the Rappahannock River,
near Stingray Point, in her brave and much littler
two-person sunfish, brightly across the water,
SOKRATES: (and many-jointed-rafts),
ADEIMANTOS: triples (we)is(being) best!
SOKRATES: (and many other kinds of boats
)(as temple-dwellings)(of youths)(swimming)(spinning)(piling-
up-in-heaps)(o ploughing-up)(the ploughing-up)(of ploughing-
up)(the wake)(it wakes)(the next)(of fallow-lands)(o will-to-be
of youth)(the will-to-being of the young)(of will-to-being of
the youth)(to change)(to renovate)(o change)(o renovation)( o,
o making-young-again)(the temple-dwelling)
(of temple-dwellings),
νόησον γὰρ τοιουτονὶ γενόμενον εἴτε πολλῶν νεῶν πέρι
ADEIMANTOS: as ( we-bringing ) with ( a gentle tug )-boat
back home,
SOKRATES: or(around)about(just)one, ( you
and she and me )
( we-one ),
πέρι εἴτε μιᾶς:
ADEIMANTOS: but (we-)he(-being) even ancienter
( not a new thought ) than the ancient mariner,
SOKRATES: (the)shipowner(to-by-for)(stature-magnitude-
build)even and(indeed)(to-by-for)(bodily-strength, force,
might, vigour, armies, confidence)(being)over
all those in the ship,
ADEIMANTOS: o seaworthy man, yet lost at sea,
SOKRATES: (o one who is unpracticed in the thing),
ADEIMANTOS: but what about she?
SOKRATES: (o river nymph),
ADEIMANTOS: your Venice bitch, your die-hard, your sh(weakness)?
SOKRATES: (she would flow)(she flows),
ADEIMANTOS: but what about me?
SOKRATES: (you would flow)(you flow)(you come
and go)(returning)(to-by-for the ship),
ADEIMANTOS: ( and had she been a Lizzy too )?
SOKRATES: ( she would swim )
ADEIMANTOS: who, she? or me?
SOKRATES: (she swims)(he swims)(it swims)(you swim)
(she would spin)(youd spin)(you spin)(for-by-to
the ship)(youre spun),
ADEIMANTOS: her spinning
her black bathing-suit up?
SOKRATES: (she would pile up)
(a funeral pyre)(she would heap and pile up)
(she heaps and piles up)
ADEIMANTOS: but were ( she-me at least ) still here,
SOKRATES: (next year, next year,
next year),
ADEIMANTOS: a darker paradise?
SOKRATES: (o one who is unpracticed in the thing),
ναύκληρον μεγέθει μὲν καὶ (488β) ῥώμῃ ὑπὲρ τοὺς ἐν τῇ νηὶ πάντας,
ADEIMANTOS: O future-facing-vessel-man,
another norman-fucking-rockwell???
( a resurfaced one ) just be okay,
just take my hand,
SOKRATES: but(the shipowner is)somewhat deaf,
ADEIMANTOS: ( yelling, we ) believe
that people can change,
can you see the flickering
in my ( phrenes ) heart?
SOKRATES: and(indeed)seeing itself-like(but)short(sighted),
and(indeed)recognizing(observing, aware)about
(around)other ship-things of-this-sort,
ὑπόκωφον δὲ καὶ ὁρῶντα ὡσαύτως βραχύ
τι καὶ γιγνώσκοντα περὶ ναυτικῶν ἕτερα τοιαῦτα,
ADEIMANTOS: poor guy, he needs some crazy gal
to help a brother out ( yelling, she ) maybe try
( imagination running wild )
to kiss the sky and whisper to Jesus?
SOKRATES: but the sailors(are)rising in rebellion
toward one-another around(about
kubernesis)steering,
τοὺς δὲ ναύτας στασιάζοντας πρὸς ἀλλήλους περὶ τῆς κυβερνήσεως,
ADEIMANTOS: ( for the things that they hold dear,
each to forget the thing he fears . . . )
but she wouldnt want him to drown again,
maybe ( we-being ) can save him ( so many
steps ahead ) from his ( we cant count ) mens?
SOKRATES: each supposing(it being-necessary)
(to be necessary)(to lack)(to bind)(himself)
to take the helm(o steering)(they were steering)
(the steering)(we were steering)(to steer)(the steering),
ἕκαστον οἰόμενον δεῖν κυβερνᾶν,
ADEIMANTOS: theys a lot of artsy-craftsy sailors . . .
but ( not like its real ) ( not like were really trying )
( not like they really exist ) ( watch me pretend ) ( not like
they really spill ) what (we)is(being) kubernesis, anyway?
SOKRATES: neither(learning ones)(ever yet)learning the(she)art(craft-skill),
nur having-holding to(show-forth)demonstrate(the)teacher of himself,
nar(to demonstrate a)time in which(he)was learning (her),
μήτε μαθόντα πώποτε τὴν τέχνην
μέτε ἔχοντα ἀποδεῖξαι διδάσκαλον ἑαυτοῦ
μηδὲ χρόνον ἐν ᾧ ἐμάνθανεν,
ADEIMANTOS: o calm ( her katabasis ) down,
take a deep breath, baby ( happily distracted
by that thought ) but did you neither
nur learn to spell?
nar pronoun?
SOKRATES: but toward-against those claiming
(its)not(even)to be taught(or learned),
πρὸς δὲ τούτοις φάσκοντας μηδὲ διδακτὸν εἶναι,
ADEIMANTOS: dont look too far,
( we-being ) right where you are,
( my hand in your hair ) ( her hand in my hair),
thats where (we)i(being) (we)am(are),
( triplets-at-she! ),
SOKRATES: but still and(indeed)the saying —
ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν λέγοντα
ADEIMANTOS: whoopsie-( snip! )-daisy,
SOKRATES: as(its)taught —
ADEIMANTOS: ( snip! ) yoo-hoo,
SOKRATES: (or learned) —
ὡς διδακτὸν
ADEIMANTOS: ( snip! ) did she get it right? ( again ),
SOKRATES: (theyre)ready to cut-into-pieces,
ἑτοίμους κατατέμνειν,
ADEIMANTOS: positively voodoo!
( and did we know exactly
how magical she was ),
and he ( being ) not me ( we-she ) . . .
SOKRATES: but(the)(standing-in-need —
ADEIMANTOS: ( snip! ) now its a ribbon,
SOKRATES: of)(binding —
ADEIMANTOS: ( snip! ) round my neck,
SOKRATES: fettering —
ADEIMANTOS: ( snip! ) and its cherry-colored,
SOKRATES: -tying)selves,
ADEIMANTOS: pink ( snip! ) to hold me to this wheel,
SOKRATES: (to-by-for)the shipowner —
ADEIMANTOS: ( snip! ) we(ive just been)being,
SOKRATES: always him —
ADEIMANTOS: baking ( snip, again! ) waiting on —
SOKRATES: himself,
ADEIMANTOS: nevertheless, having experience
of arts-and-crafts and stoves-hunting-doll-like-things,
SOKRATES: (would be)pouring-crowding —
ADEIMANTOS: or ( snip! ) a spirit hunter,
SOKRATES: around(himself) —
ADEIMANTOS: (we)i(being) ( strange, snip! ) a ghost,
SOKRATES: (the standing —
ADEIMANTOS: greedy he ( yoo-hoo, snip! ) be greedy she,
SOKRATES: in-need —
ADEIMANTOS: it ( snip! ) it doesnt mean
SOKRATES: -of)(binding-fettering —
ADEIMANTOS: (we)i(being) ( snip! ) am feeling nothing,
SOKRATES: -tying-him —
ADEIMANTOS: put it ( snip! tattoo ) on my ass,
SOKRATES: sel-
ADEIMANTOS: go find her pattern then,
SOKRATES: -el-
ADEIMANTOS: sold him on ravelry,
SOKRATES: ve-
αὐτοὺς δὲ ( αὐτῷ ἀεὶ τῷ (488ξ) ναυκλήρῳ ) περικεχύσθαι δεομένους
ADEIMANTOS: these ( we-being ) red ( snip! ) ( rosy-
fingered ) ( bejeweled-mani ) ( peri-pedi-cure,
her bloody shoes ) ( para-purple-
crimson ) ( hollow-
ship ) bottoms,
( she huffs
a cat ),
SOKRATES: ( swiftly-yelling ) selves!)(too many!)(to-
by-for him!)(selves! selves! selves!) —
ADEIMANTOS: (but then)-whoopsie-( no tan-lines summer,
and then )-daisy-( he had to go weave in )-yoo-hoo-
( the loose )-we imagine you do-( ends )!
( outro, playing ukulele ) —
SOKRATES: ( head in hands,
she-being-sirens? ),
ADEIMANTOS: ( color me bloooooo
blooooooo oooooo
blooo oooo oo
bloo oo
ooo
o )
//
from Republic VI
NFR by LDR
etc
the Delphiad VIII.i ( katabasis of ) plums & ii. afternoon nap ( nap master )
i. ( katabasis of ) plums
ADEIMANTOS: this wind is never late. whether today,
whether yesterday, whether tomorrow. but when she blew,
SOKRATES: down(we)went(and came)(they came)(and went)(against-
over-through)(downwind, leeward)(in accordance with, in relation
to)(descended)(dismounted)(downstairs)(from horseback)(from
a chariot)(from inland to the sea)(into the scene
of contest)(from the tribune)(down to Hades)(we-they die,
set, cease)(so they and we)(attained
our end)yesterday,
(327α) κατέβην χθὲς
ADEIMANTOS: not this time to Hades; but where-to?
SOKRATES: to(the)Peiraius(which, for strangers,
on the open spaces,
was the famous harbor of Athens),
εἰς Πειραιᾶ
ADEIMANTOS: and you didnt go alone; how and who was guiding you?
SOKRATES: with(among-between)Glaukon(gleaming-gray-blue-
eyes-pine-cone)of Ariston(the best)(breakfast-brunch),
(we-he)(intending to be)offering(-through)prayers(and vows),
μετὰ Γλαύκωνος τοῦ Ἀρίστωνος προσευξόμενός
ADEIMANTOS: and not because they forced you to; but why?
SOKRATES: and(to-by-for)the god(he would behold with wonder),
τε τῇ θεῷ
ADEIMANTOS: something youd never seen before; but what?
SOKRATES: and(indeed)at the same time, wishing to behold(
observe, watch, gaze at)who-which-what turn(direction, way,
manner, fashion, guise, habit, custom, character,
temper, mode, manner, style)(they would)(will)make-
and-do(by making-doing-poetry)the festival
(feast-holiday),
καὶ ἅμα τὴν ἑορτὴν βουλόμενος θεάσασθαι τίνα τρόπον ποιήσουσιν
ADEIMANTOS: the festival; shes who?
SOKRATES: (she)who(just as, as if, so as, inasmuch as, seeing that
)now(presently)(her hims would be)leading(carrying-off, fetching,
bringing, guiding, drawing-out, holding, celebrating, keeping,
observing, sustaining, maintaining, holding-account,
treating, drawing-down and ripening
his)first,
ἅτε νῦν πρῶτον ἄγοντες.
ADEIMANTOS: his first pupil, his first
mate, first-second-self, just so
( the plums are getting colour )
but did he do it for the fruit,
MEDEIS: and(even indeed, o month, o moon)we saw
(they saw)Sisuphos(o pain-dyad)(o pains, of body, of mind,
of grief, of heartache, everything that causes pain)suffering
pain(he was suffering, smarting with pain, being ill, suffering
hardship, grieving, mental anguish)(in pain)having-
and-holding(bearing, carrying, bringing-
along)pain(Sisuphos),
καὶ μὴν Σίσυφον εἰσεῖδον κρατέρ᾽ ἄλγε᾽ ἔχοντα
ADEIMANTOS: or did he do it (to-by-for) itself,
MEDEIS: (o mighty-monstrous-prodigious-humongous thing)
(monstrous)(to behold)(look-upon)(to seize-hold)the stone,
lifting-up(exalting, ennobling)(the bearing, carrying)(of holding
in his hands)(considering, weighing, deliberating-on
the bearing, enduring)(the produce, yield, of earths
)(of carrying-off)(taking-away)the mighty(painful)monster
(of pain)prodigious(ly painful)humongous(pains
)(o dyad-pain),
λᾶαν βαστάζοντα πελώριον
ADEIMANTOS: or did he do it (to-by-for) we-being,
MEDEIS: (to-by-for)(partaking of)both(together, towards
both sides, both ways, from and on both sides)(one with
another),
ἀμφοτέρῃσιν.
ADEIMANTOS: (to-by-for) some kind of harmony,
MEDEIS: we were(or)(eh?)(in truth)(he was saying)(to-
by-for)you(look,
you), (even-indeed)supporting
(by pressing, leaning, applying
his weight)(to-by-for)both hands(arms)(acts)(deeds)(blows)(violent
measures)(handiwork)and(to-by-for)feet(the lower corners of
the sail, the ropes fastened therelo, the sheets)(haul it tight
or let it go)(the rudder or steering-paddle)(feet
in prosody, phrases and passages, breath-
by-breath),
595 ἦ τοι ὁ μὲν σκηριπτόμενος χερσίν τε ποσίν τε
ADEIMANTOS: so even when it seems crazy,
MEDEIS: (foolish-dyad)(silly, witless)(to behold)(look-upon)
(to seize-hold)the stone(we would accomplish, finish)
(moving upwards)(from Hades)(back)(up from the Piraeus)(silly,
witless)(dyad-foolish, he)was pushing(thrusting, throwing, rushing)
toward the crest of the hill(ridge)(back of the horses neck,
its withers, under-yoke)(spine of a helmet)(crest of a cockatiel)
(cockscomb)(silly, witless)(dyad-foolish),
λᾶαν ἄνω ὤθεσκε ποτὶ λόφον:
ADEIMANTOS: until we laugh
( when ) ( fall is falling on me )
until we cry, until we die,
until we dance,
SOKRATES: but still(otherwise, o others, o she-others,
o he-other, o she-dyad)(other she-dyad, other shes
and its)(the other its, the other she-dyad)(to-by-for
the other-she),
ἀλλ᾽,
ADEIMANTOS: but blues dont leave other blues behind,
SOKRATES: but if(they-others are)(the other is)
(we are)(see there!)(we say)(we)i(being),
ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ,
ADEIMANTOS: for blues we need a public school,
SOKRATES: (to-by-for)such(things)as these(flowing-forsaken-
flowings)being(accomplished fulfilled)completed —
(to-by-for)education(o educations, child-rearings, trainings,
teachings, learnings, cultures of trees, twisted handiworks
of Egypt, ropes of papyrus, etc, all thats taught and learned,
arts, sciences)(rearing of a child), and(indeed, to-by-for)growth
(age, generation)(o generations)(you will be young, the prime
of life), there-and-then — (and)not alone(solitary, the only,
forsaken, unique)(you wouldnt make solitary)
(you dont make solitary),
would(you)(yes, you)turn-over(transfer, bequeath, commit,
entrust-to, rely-upon, leave)the(she)city(to these,
beings-completed by education
and by growth,
not complete as left-
alone)?
( τελειωθεῖσι τοῖς τοιούτοις παιδείᾳ τε καὶ ἡλικίᾳ ἆρα οὐ μόνοις )
ἂν τὴν πόλιν ἐπιτρέποις;
ADEIMANTOS: we would if you would, you beautiful maniac,
writing curses such as these, whose secret Pythagorean number-
being Kirkes merkin, o hello children,
MEDEIS: but still when(ever)(it)(would be about to)(likely to)
(destined)(to throw-over)(run beyond)(outstrip or pass)(overpower)
(go beyond, exceed)(delay longer)(exceed the time)
(overbid)(outbid)(go on further-and-further)(bidding more-
and-more)(pass-over)(cross-over mountains, rivers, surmounting
)(double the headland)(runnover, overflow, of rivers,
of a star, getting hot, and hotter)
(o mountain-top)(the peak)
(topmost)(the farthest-
ADEIMANTOS: — ( o how are we hyper-perfectionist-procrastinators
hyper-perfectionist-sleepers-and-dreamers
but we also are the laziest of beekeepers
always let the boss-do-work himself ) —
MEDEIA: edge)(about to)(nightfall)(will-consummate)
(the end)(higher)(extremity)(likely to, )(the highest-pitch,
is)destined, (the pride)(the greatest)(height,
extreme)(the peak —
ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε μέλλοι ἄκρον ὑπερβαλέειν,
ADEIMANTOS: when we would reach out for the sun,
MEDEIS: )then, it would turn back(in flight)(turn back to flight)
(send home again)(all the way to Hades)(twisting back
the hands)(and feet)(so as to tie them)(back-again)(back-
wards)(to-by-for the)mighty-weight(mother of Skulla)(back-
again)(backwards)(the Mighty-
one)(the mighty-weight),
τότ᾽ ἀποστρέψασκε κραταιίς:
ADEIMANTOS: and then be seized by cursed fate,
MEDEIS: back again, anew, hereafter, in turn, thereupon, there-
after, then, what follows, to the ground, earthwards, down,
to the bottom(the shameless)(ruthless)(reckless)(greedy)(lost)
(no sense of decency)(careless)(insatiate)(stupid)
(stone)was rolling round-and-round, revolving, rolling-whirling-
down, wallowing down, much-talked-of, mouth-to-mouth,
and round-and-round, the stone(you seize and hold)
(you grip)(you behold)(back at the bottom, you
)(look)(back up-upon —
αὖτις ἔπειτα πέδονδε κυλίνδετο λᾶας ἀναιδής.
ADEIMANTOS: all thats been undone ( how many times )
( but this time shes not defeated ) we-being never defeated
( we-being fiber-artists ) ( rippit ) across the sea,
SAILORS: and(indeed, he was)(Adeimantos)(a)fearless prophet.
καὶ ὁ Ἀδείμαντος,
ADEIMANTOS: O Sokrates,
ὦ Σώκρατες,
SAILORS: (he)was saying(declaring, affirming, asserting),
ἔφη,
SOKRATES: to-by-for the Politeia,
ADEIMANTOS: towards(-against-through)(even-indeed)
these(things), (we-being)(to-by-for)you, such as nobody
would(thats you-know-who)(he was permitting, allowing,
letting be)(let be, you)speak against(gainsay, contradict,
in-reply-to)(in questioning)(in dispute),
πρὸς μὲν ταῦτά σοι οὐδεὶς ἂν οἷός τ᾽ εἴη ἀντειπεῖν.
SOKRATES: seems such as he :P
ADEIMANTOS: for, but still, the(men)hearing something such as this
(will be)affected(influenced, by passion or feeling, come-to-be in
a certain state of mind, suffer)(to-by-for suffering)each time(
the she-dyad which, as)now,
(you would)(man-speaking)speak(gather-
recount),
ἀλλὰ γὰρ τοιόνδε τι πάσχουσιν οἱ ἀκούοντες ἑκάστοτε ἃ νῦν λέγεις:
SOKRATES: O least-worst-man-speaking-suffering men,
ADEIMANTOS: (they)lead the way(go before, guide, command, rule, believe, hold)
(you will set the warp in the loom, begin the web)(he was putting
to flight, giving chase)(chase, you!)(o divine)(things divine)(to-by-for
the divine-she)through inexperience(ignorances, want of skill)
(through infinities)of asking(to ask)(questioning, begging)
(to question)(they were questioning)(we were questioning)
(o questioning)(questioning)(the questioning),
ἡγοῦνται δι᾽ ἀπειρίαν τοῦ ἐρωτᾶν
SOKRATES: that sounds like me, to me, at least,
ADEIMANTOS: and(indeed)to separate(to part, determine, distinguish,
choose, reject, decide, give answers, replies, defending)by(from-
under)the logos(word-speech-account),
καὶ ἀποκρίνεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου
SOKRATES: thats the gist,
ADEIMANTOS: by(beside)each question-asked, (a)little(small)bit(
being-mislead, brought from the side, brought round,
brought forward, lead-aside from the way, diverted,
being-influenced, brought-forward, being-introduced,
as witness, being-produced, delivered stealthily, slipped-in),
παρ᾽ ἕκαστον τὸ ἐρώτημα σμικρὸν παραγόμενοι,
SOKRATES: oligen orgen, as often said,
ADEIMANTOS: of the small(little)(ones being)gathered-
together(collected, mustered, strung, hoarded, collected)
at the end(completion, accomplishment, event, issue
)of the speeches(accounts-arguments-reckonings)(they
and we were fond of talking)(o being-fond-of)(being-
fond-of)(speeches-accounts)(introducing)(to introduce)great
(big, vast, high, full-grown, mighty, strong)the failure(oops,
a trip, stumble, fault, error, false-step)(we would be thrown-off
)(be thrown, you)(he was thrown off the horse),
ἁθροισθέντων τῶν σμικρῶν ἐπὶ τελευτῆς τῶν λόγων μέγα τὸ σφάλμα
SOKRATES: myself more like a stingray fish, but please continue,
ADEIMANTOS: and(indeed)to be shown-forth(brought-to-light,
produced, made-known, made-to-blaze, displayed,
as)opposite(contrary, reverse)(to-by-for)the first
(earlier, destined)(accounts),
καὶ ἐναντίον τοῖς πρώτοις ἀναφαίνεσθαι,
SOKRATES: oopsie, maybe the logos slipped,
ADEIMANTOS: and(indeed)even as by(from-under)(such as)
the(round-mystic-vessels)deinos(terrible, marvellously clever,
wondrously strange, powerful)(ones)(they were exaggerating
)(we were exaggerating)(to exaggerate)(the men)(will be
in dire straits)(at)playing(some game like gamblers)checkers,
καὶ ὥσπερ ὑπὸ τῶν πεττεύειν δεινῶν
SOKRATES: dont they like checkers?
ADEIMANTOS: those(men)shut(off)out(excluded-from, inter-
cepted, barred)(and)not finishing(accomplishing, fulfilling),
οἱ μὴ τελευτῶντες ἀποκλείονται
SOKRATES: those poor men. surely youve heard, its really hard,
ADEIMANTOS: and(indeed)dont have-and-hold(bear-carry-
bring)(by having-and-holding)(by bearing-carrying-bringing
)that(they would)(bear, carry, endure, suffer, admit, offer,
present, produce, pay due, carry off, as a prize, and win)
(what was his destiny, his fate),
καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν ὅτι (487ξ) φέρωσιν,
SOKRATES: o lovers of carrying prizes, the men of whom you speak,
ADEIMANTOS: and(indeed)in this way those(men)finishing(
accomplishing, fulfiling, bringing-to-pass)(are)shut(off
)out(excluded-from, intercepted, barred),
οὕτω καὶ σφεῖς τελευτῶντες ἀποκλείεσθαι
SOKRATES: from a room of their own,
ADEIMANTOS: and(indeed)dont have-and-hold that(they would)speak(
recount, gather, pick-up)again(and in turn)by(from-
under)this(some)other(she)(gamblers)checkers
(bow wow)(that bitch),
καὶ οὐκ ἔχειν ὅτι λέγωσιν ὑπὸ πεττείας αὖ ταύτης τινὸς ἑτέρας,
SOKRATES: boo hoo cat poo,
ADEIMANTOS: not in small round stones(pebbles, counters,
gems, abacus, used for divination, voting),
οὐκ ἐν ψήφοις
SOKRATES: be Sylvia Plath, be Nina Simone,
o best of men, go ( and come and ) be unknown,
ADEIMANTOS: but still in words(speeches-arguments-accounts),
ἀλλ᾽ ἐν λόγοις:
SOKRATES: but when they lack the stones for silence,
then they try me,
ADEIMANTOS: since(o dyad-word-song)(you approach)(the dyad-
word-song)(you are)(to-by-for word-song),
the true(unconcealed)(truly-unconcealedly)at least
(does)nt-at-all have-and-hold some very(flock of wool
or lock of hair)(the true-unconcealed)(to-by-for)this(-she),
ἐπεὶ τό γε ἀληθὲς οὐδέν τι μᾶλλον ταύτῃ ἔχειν.
SOKRATES: o lack of imagination, its their favorite remedy.
maybe try to hemlock this-she,
ADEIMANTOS: but(we)speak(gather-recount)looking steadfastly
(gazing, regarding, paying attention-to, looking-upon)
(you regard steadfastly)the(we-)being-present,
λέγω δ᾽ εἰς τὸ παρὸν ἀποβλέψας.
SOKRATES: then look steadfastly at me,
( hi. we mean, hello. man, here! )
ADEIMANTOS: for now, somebody would say, someone even
(indeed)(does)nt have-and-hold(to-by-for)your(we-)word(speech-
argument-account)to oppose(set-oneself-against, withstand),
according(through)each questioning(asking),
νῦν γὰρ φαίη ἄν τίς σοι λόγῳ μὲν οὐκ ἔχειν καθ᾽ ἕκαστον τὸ ἐρωτώμενον ἐναντιοῦσθαι,
SOKRATES: we say to somebody ( o insufferable he ) we have-and-hold
(to-by-for)nobody ( he seems to be mc ),
ADEIMANTOS: but(to-by-for the)deed(work, act)to see,
ἔργῳ δὲ ὁρᾶν,
SOKRATES: the deed-work-act was done(to-by-for)little-old-me.
and why cant they just be happy for a feast?
ADEIMANTOS: as many(men)as(are)starting-out(setting-
in-motion, spurring-on, cheering-on, beginning, rushing-headlong)
at philosophy(wisdom-love), (are)not fastening(himselves to it,
not binding himselves, cleaving himselves, to it)(not laying-hold-
of it, seizing it, clasping it, for himself to be clasped, seized, laid-
hold-of, catching-fire by it), (and not)on account of(for the sake
of)(it, being)educated(brought-up, reared, trained, taught,
nurtured, corrected, disciplined,
as a child),
ὅσοι ἂν ἐπὶ φιλοσοφίαν ὁρμήσαντες μὴ τοῦ πεπαιδεῦσθαι ἕνεκα ἁψάμενοι
SOKRATES: so have we been held (to-by-for) man-childs?
ADEIMANTOS: (we)being young(he would swim, he would spin,
he would pile up in heaps, he)would(wish to)be set free(delivered-
from, released, escaped, acquitted, removed, departed-from),
νέοι ὄντες (487δ) ἀπαλλάττωνται,
SOKRATES: my prison cell,
ADEIMANTOS: but still(they would)spend time(in it)longer,
ἀλλὰ μακρότερον ἐνδιατρίψωσιν,
SOKRATES: conversation,
ADEIMANTOS: even(indeed)and most becoming wholly otherly(
unusual, strange, portentous, utterly different, queer),
τοὺς μὲν πλείστους καὶ πάνυ ἀλλοκότους γιγνομένους,
SOKRATES: elephants-in-elephants, teachings of trees,
to-by-for the beach dog — rawrr — so cuddly,
ADEIMANTOS: so that(we)wouldnt say thoroughly depraved,
ἵνα μὴ παμπονήρους εἴπωμεν,
SOKRATES: we would say well-born,
ADEIMANTOS: but the(ones)seeming(to be)(furnishing
with rafters)(the)most fitting(meet-suitable)likewise(
are)suffering this, at least, by(from-under)the pursuit(
business-custom)which you praise(approve, commend),
τοὺς δ᾽ ἐπιεικεστάτους δοκοῦντας ὅμως τοῦτό γε
ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐπιτηδεύματος οὗ σὺ ἐπαινεῖς πάσχοντας,
SOKRATES: slander, coercion, abuse,
a regular Kerberos, eh Herakles?
ADEIMANTOS: becoming useless(unprofitable, unserviceable)(to-
by-for)the cities,
ἀχρήστους ταῖς πόλεσι γιγνομένους.
SOKRATES: nevertheless becoming nobodies,
MEDEIS: )nevertheless, he at least, back again, in return, thrusted(
pushed)(forced-back)(stretching)(bending)(exerting)straining,
αὐτὰρ ὅ γ᾽ ἂψ ὤσασκε τιταινόμενος,
ADEIMANTOS: we-being ( completely ) me again,
SOKRATES: and(indeed we)i(being)hearing(you hear)
(of involuntarily-silent ones,
from one involuntarily-silent),
καὶ ἐγὼ ἀκούσας,
ADEIMANTOS: but we-being reborn your man,
SOKRATES: (do)you really suppose(forebode, presage, expect,
suspect)(he was alone)(he is alone)
(you are alone)
(be alone,
you),
οἴει οὖν,
ADEIMANTOS: maybe not, but how would we, we-being-seeing, know?
SOKRATES: (o saying)(we say)(they say)(say, you)(saying)(the word-song),
εἶπον,
ADEIMANTOS: but even a chatbot could copy that,
SOKRATES: (do you really suppose)the(men)saying these(things
to be)false(speaking-playing false, beguiled, cheated, mistaken)?
τοὺς ταῦτα λέγοντας ψεύδεσθαι;
ADEIMANTOS: no, but —
MEDEIS: but(against)through(you sweat)(youre drenched
with sweat, the)sweat(y sweaty sweat)(exuding sweat
from trees)(gum, resin)was gushing(flowing, running, streaming,
full-flow)(a leaking ship)(flux)(pouring)(to go slowly)
(to limp)(to go or come to harm)(to ruin)(perish,
disappear, lost)(clean gone),
κατὰ δ᾽ ἱδρὼς 600 ἔρρεεν
ADEIMANTOS: ( sighs into the sweat )
MEDEIS: out(of cups)of limbs(idle, useless, unhappy, miserable)
(in vain)(limbs, body-members)(from musical-members,
phrases, songs, strains)(from a nightingales)
(hims)(however many hymns),
ἐκ μελέων,
ADEIMANTOS: its a lot of hims ( but taking baby
steps ) what about these sailors?
SAILORS: (we)dont know, (we)(o swelling-puffiness-tumors)
(havent seen)(the swelling-puffiness-tumors),
οὐκ οἶδα,
ADEIMANTOS: but(we are)(or)(eh!)(truly)(beingly)he was saying(he was he),
ἦ δ᾽ ὅς,
SOKRATES: we-being not a tumor ( but maybe a Cancer ),
ADEIMANTOS: but still the opinion(thinking, imagining,
supposition, expectation, purpose, pretending, presaging,
seeming, self-seeming)(to-by-for)you,
ἀλλὰ τὸ σοὶ δοκοῦν
SOKRATES: he looks like three girls in sparkly-pink bathing-suits,
concealed inside a trenchcoat, the shape of a manly sailor,
with at least three fish tails poking out, and a false mustache,
but you wont find this golden tan on instagram,
ADEIMANTOS: (o expecting)(we were expecting)
(they were expecting)(the expecting),
δοκοῦν
SOKRATES: the sum and substance of western civ,
ADEIMANTOS: (o furnishing)(they were furnishing with rafters)
(we were furnishing with rafters)(to furnish with rafters)
(rafter-furnishing),
δοκοῦν
SOKRATES: make-find good stranger an un-dying friend,
ADEIMANTOS: (fancy)with pleasure,
ἡδέως
SOKRATES: a vegan brownie to share with you,
ADEIMANTOS: but still(how it)(in general)seems to you,
with pleasure(we)would hear,
ἀλλὰ τὸ σοὶ δοκοῦν ἡδέως ἂν ἀκούοιμι.
SOKRATES: it seems —
MEDEIS: but(o dust)(o sand)ashes(o pearl-ash, lye, soap-powder)
(quicklime)(plaster, stucco)(dusty)(it was plastering with stucco,
daubing over)(painting, disguising)(plaster over, you)
from the strength(might-power-master-victory)(the ten)
(of the she-head)had stirred-up(urged-on, called-forth, excited),
κονίη δ᾽ ἐκ κρατὸς ὀρώρει.
ADEIMANTOS: ( mouth full of ashes )
SOKRATES: you would hear, that(to-by-for)me, at least,
they(dyad-unconcealed)appear to speak(gather, recount)the(dyad-)truth
(he wanders, he roams, outcast, banished,
perplexed)(dyad-unconcealed),
ἀκούοις ἂν ὅτι ἔμοιγε φαίνονται τἀληθῆ λέγειν. (487ε)
ADEIMANTOS: ( vomits )
MEDEIS: but after(in the middle of)(o vomiting)(o vomited)(behind)him,
we perceived the body-strength(force, act of violence)
(they were constraining, forcing, pressing hard)(to force)
(we were driving, forcing-on)of Herakles(loadstone),
ADEIMANTOS: towards a plan ( but
was it his own ) ( and how? )
MEDEIS: the image(phantom, unsubstantial form, reflected-
off the mind, idea, likeness, constellation, the idol)(of Herakles),
τὸν δὲ μετ᾽ εἰσενόησα βίην Ἡρακληείην,
εἴδωλον:
ADEIMANTOS: ( maybe in ways ) not spoken out loud.
SAILORS: how(in what way, by any means, in any way, at all)(really)therefore,
πῶς οὖν,
ADEIMANTOS: (how)(was he saying)(what?)(he)was saying,
ἔφη,
SOKRATES: not spoken out loud?
ADEIMANTOS: (how, therefore, )does it have-and-hold-well
(viper-dyad)(to-by-for the viper)(youre-next-to, clinging-to,
following-closely, coming-next, being-had-and-held)
(sticky)(he was pouring)(to recount, to gather)to say,
εὖ ἔχει λέγειν
SOKRATES: (yelling) not spoken out loud!!!
ADEIMANTOS: (how does it have-and-hold-well to say)
that the(wicked)she-cities will not stop mistreating(spoiling,
afflicting, injuring, ruining, the)earlier(first),
(they were mistreating)(we were mistreating)(the earlier-
former)(you-shes were ranging-over)(ploughing-haunting)
(as the manly-many)(were ruining)
(the she-cities)
ὅτι οὐ πρότερον κακῶν παύσονται αἱ πόλεις,
SOKRATES: by him having-and-holding
them(the she-cities)as you-yourself
are had-and-held ( thats how ),
ADEIMANTOS: until in herselves(to-by-for herselves)
the(philosophers)wisdom-lovers
(he would love wisdom)(would begin, make a beginning of,
strike the first blow, govern, be leader of, command,
would)rule,
πρὶν ἂν ἐν αὐταῖς οἱ φιλόσοφοι ἄρξωσιν,
SOKRATES: so demonstrate(by you)(by my)(by it)
self-rule, she ruling them,
ADEIMANTOS: (those)whom useless(unprofitable, unserviceable)
(we were)agreeing(to-by-for)her(city)selves(we(to-be)are)?
οὓς ἀχρήστους ὁμολογοῦμεν αὐταῖς εἶναι;
SOKRATES: by the ship, and indeed,
let your-himself be used by we.
//
afternoon nap
ADEIMANTOS: so we-being agreed.
MEDEIS: but himself after(among)immortals
(he would make immortal)(they make immortal)
(to-by-for makings-immortal)(they run)(by running,
they shine, by shining, by gazing,
immortal)gods,
αὐτὸς δὲ μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι
ADEIMANTOS: as in a dream, he-being-he,
MEDEIS: (he)enjoys(delights himself)in festivals,
abundance(feasts)(you will enjoy yourself
and make merry)and(indeed)(o viper-dyad)has-
and-holds(you have-and-hold-to)(he bears, carries,
brings)(you are brought)(he was pouring)(the viper-
dyad)(to-by-for the viper)beautiful-ankled Hebe(
of youth)(hes young again)(and they were fastened)
(we were bound)(engaged)(undertaken)(prosecuted
vigorously)(handled, touched, grasped, attained,
reached, come-up-to, overtaken, by affect)(they were)
(we are attaining, in the prime of life, fresh, vigorous)
(strength and vigor)(the body)(vine)(divine)(of youth),
τέρπεται ἐν θαλίῃς καὶ ἔχει καλλίσφυρον Ἥβην,
ADEIMANTOS: ( yawns and stretches ) the warmth
of my sweet afternoon nap
( me-being-he ),
MEDEIS: (the)(child, slave, servant)of great(mighty, big,
strong)Zeus(divine)and(indeed)of Hera(nine)gold-sandalled,
παῖδα Διὸς μεγάλοιο καὶ Ἥρης χρυσοπεδίλου.
ADEIMANTOS: ( his amazing aphrodisiac ) lingers
on my skin ( well it would ),
SOKRATES: you(would)(questioning, asking, begging)ask,
ἐρωτᾷς,
ADEIMANTOS: we would just lay our head in your lap,
SOKRATES: (but)(if)(they are, he is, we are, we say)(see,
there!)but(we)i(being),
ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ,
ADEIMANTOS: then yes please, tell me more about myself,
SOKRATES: (you would ask)a question(lacking, missing, binding-
tying, needing-of)(that which is asked), (of a decision-
separating)reply(answer, excretion, secretion, exhalation,
defence, response, embassy, commission, a kind of dance
)speaking(gathering-recounting)through
(a)likeness(image-semblance-similitude),
ἐρώτημα δεόμενον (ἀποκρίσεως δι᾽ εἰκόνος λεγομένης).
ADEIMANTOS: okay then, would we entrust the city to such as these —
MEDEIS: but around him(the)cry(he was baying)(howl, you)
(reverberating twang)(scream)(grunting)(hissing)(screeching)
of the dead(corpses)(spirits)(if)(they are)(he is)(we are)
(we say)(see, there!)were as birds of prey(omens),
605 ἀμφὶ δέ μιν κλαγγὴ νεκύων ἦν οἰωνῶν ὥς,
ADEIMANTOS: of me-being,
MEDEIS: wholly-fear-bewildered.
πάντοσ᾽ ἀτυζομένων:
ADEIMANTOS: ( its terrifying here ) we dive under blankets
to feel that warmth ( that heat ),
SAILORS: but you at least,
σὺ δέ γε,
SOKRATES: as cool as cool could be,
SAILORS: (he)was saying(asserting),
ἔφη,
SOKRATES: as we-harmonic grow, (to-by-for)me, the trees,
ADEIMANTOS: (o song-ways)(we)dont suppose(expect,
presage, forebode)(they would swoop)(they pounce-
upon)(you, at least)(would be swooped-upon)(to-by-for the way
of song)(you, at least)have-been-accustomed to speak
(recount-gather)through images(likenesses-
semblances-similitudes),
οἶμαι οὐκ εἴωθας δι᾽ εἰκόνων λέγειν.
SOKRATES: having-been-accustomed, self-concealing, (by-for-to)we,
MEDEIS: but he, seeming(seemly)like murky(dark-black)night,
ὁ δ᾽ ἐρεμνῇ νυκτὶ ἐοικώς,
ADEIMANTOS: ( not spoken ) plasters myself on me ( like dust ),
MEDEIS: having-holding(his)naked(exposed)(rain)bow
and(indeed)having-holding(bearing-carrying-bringing)
(they were throwing and heaping)(we were throwing
and heaping-up)(an)arrow on the strings,
γυμνὸν τόξον ἔχων καὶ ἐπὶ νευρῆφιν ὀιστόν,
ADEIMANTOS: ( and ashes ) to maximize
the area where skin touches skin ( out loud ),
MEDEIS: (was)peering-about(looking-about
with sharp, searching glances)(wistfully)(seeming-
like)deinos(round-mystical-vessels)(terribly-
awful-horror-marvellously-strong-
wondrous-and-clever),
δεινὸν παπταίνων,
ADEIMANTOS: ( tied to the mast ) and we
dont want to get up ( master that nap ),
MEDEIS: seeming always like(as fitting, seemly, meet)
he will(would)be(like they will strike)throwing(
casting, hurling, striking, shooting, falling, letting
fall)(like they will fall, they will let fall),
αἰεὶ βαλέοντι ἐοικώς.
ADEIMANTOS: but they dont let fall ( until
theyre ripe ) and then
maybe they will —
//
from hymn to Apollo
Republic I, VI
Odyssey 11.613-626
the Delphiad, book V
(XENOS, a stranger,
KRISA, wearing a flower wreath,
AUTOS, HOMER, and NAUSIKAA, observing from the side,
and KEPHISIS, a lake,
are at the lake, near a path, with some trees nearby.)
KRISA: the lake rests here unchanged;
or at least,
smelling like an unchanged diaper;
XENOS: but still, o queen-lady, take pity(she was taking pity);
for suffering many ills(we)supplicate you as(much as)the first.
ἀλλά, ἄνασσ᾽, ἐλέαιρε: σὲ γὰρ κακὰ πολλὰ μογήσας
ἐς πρώτην ἱκόμην
KRISA: we dont hear him,
but we greet it like we have;
we have good lake manners;
XENOS: but(we)havent seen(dont know)any other human beings,
who(by it)have(and hold)(by having and holding)
this(-she)city and(this)earth.
τῶν δ᾽ ἄλλων οὔ τινα οἶδα
ἀνθρώπων, οἳ τήνδε πόλιν καὶ γαῖαν ἔχουσιν.
KRISA: o beloved Iaopaian, we are speaking-through,
KEPHISIS: but still(to)by(for)you we will speak out,
ἀλλ᾽ ἔκ τοι ἐρέω,
KRISA: and countless times; we listen to
your message on the wind,
XENOS: but show(to)by(for)me the town,
ἄστυ δέ μοι δεῖξον,
KRISA: but show(to)by(for)me the heart,
he says,
KEPHISIS: but you(throw)into your phrenes(heart)throw(yours),
σὺ δ᾽ ἐνὶ φρεσὶ βάλλεο σῇσι,
KRISA: and it comforts me; we touch it
with our foot, then we look in
to the water, and we see . . .
KEPHISIS: (it will)plunge you into ruin(you will be plunged)always,
(the)noise(crash!bang!din!neighhh!)of swift horses!
KRISA: oh no — what was that!
(shocked and upset)
how could you show us horses?
XENOS: but(the)thumos commands(orders-bids-enjoins)me.
κέλεται δέ με θυμός.
KRISA: like it has and will,
but we are terrified of horses —
anything but horses!
KEPHISIS: and waterings(o waterings)(symposia)of mules(o mules)
KRISA: mules! o mules!?
how could you, this evil —
KEPHISIS: (will-throwing-up)of my(sacred)shrine(consecrating)
of stout(big-mighty-solidly-put-together-salt-white)
running-waters(streams-founts-sources-springs);
πημανέει σ᾽ αἰεὶ ( κτύπος ἵππων ὠκειάων )
ἀρδόμενοί τ᾽ οὐρῆες ἐμῶν ἱερῶν ἀπὸ πηγέων:
KRISA: streams? and springs?
what blasphemy; what even is salt?
why must you show us these horrible things!?
XENOS: but(the)thumos commands(orders-bids-enjoins)me.
κέλεται δέ με θυμός.
KRISA: (fretfully) how could you despoil this sacred place —
with horses?
KEPHISIS: thither(where)someone among human beings
will wish to look-in at the well-made chariot,
(indeed)of the swift-footed(crash —
bang — din — )(theyll crash and stamp — )(we crash —
and sound — and thundering — ! — hooves
of)horses,
ἔνθα τις ἀνθρώπων βουλήσεται εἰσοράασθαι
ἅρματά τ᾽ εὐποίητα καὶ ( ὠκυπόδων κτύπον ἵππων )
KRISA: horses! again!
as long as we keep coming back to look,
are you only going to show us horses?
KEPHISIS: or(ah!why!wherefore!)(beings),
and the great(big)temple(beings)dwelling,
and(indeed)the possessions(o possessions)(beings)many,
(o many)(o dyad-many-dyads)being.
ἢ νηόν τε μέγαν καὶ κτήματα πόλλ᾽ ἐνεόντα.
KRISA: possessions?
(scandalized)
were sorry, we have to stop.
possessions are —
the bottom of the bottom,
the worst of the worst —
XENOS: but give(me)a rag to throw-around(myself),
if somehow a wrapping of scraps(sowing)you have(and hold),
hither(thither)coming(and going),
δὸς δὲ ῥάκος ἀμφιβαλέσθαι,
εἴ τί που εἴλυμα σπείρων ἔχες ἐνθάδ᾽ ἰοῦσα.
KEPHISIDOS: but if still(surely-binding-and-needful)
someoone(of wine-jar-drunk)
would(be)persuaded,
ἀλλ᾽ εἰ δή τι πίθοιο,
KRISA: oh, no. oh, no.
not us. not we.
not.
at.
all.
(pauses)
okay, well take a sip.
(sits down next to a tree to recite prayer — )
O beloved Pan and as many other gods
and goddesses, by gazings, there be
for-by-to this here, please throw yourself
into my(phrenes)heart; and make-build-prepare
whatever there;
(XENOS snaps to attention)
KRISA: but first, we have a questionnaire;
question one. in return, what will you do for me?
XENOS: but(to)by(for)you may the gods(and goddesses)give so vast
and as much as your phrenes(heart)(to)by(for)would desire,
KRISA: o? but what does my phrenes(heart)desire?
XENOS: (a)man and(indeed a)house, and(indeed)(they would)follow
(it with)good sameness-of-heart-and-mind;
σοὶ δὲ θεοὶ τόσα δοῖεν ὅσα φρεσὶ σῇσι μενοινᾷς,
ἄνδρα τε καὶ οἶκον, καὶ ὁμοφροσύνην ὀπάσειαν
KRISA: but what if we dont need another mind,
and we already have a man?
KEPHISIDOS: but youre(better)mightier(stronger)and(indeed)
(arent you related to Ares?)(better-stronger-braver-
more-stout, you)are,
o lord, of(-we-)being,
σὺ δὲ ( κρείσσων καὶ ἀρείων )
ἐσσί, ἄναξ, ἐμέθεν,
XENOS: or when same-being-of-heart-and-mind-dyad,
KRISA: question two. could you impersonate the god of war?
XENOS: by noema(thoughts-ideas-notions-intelligences-dispositions-
purposes-designs-intentions-devices-inspirations), (dyad)man-
and-woman, would have(and hold)a house-dwelling,
KRISA: (frowns) well record that as a no. question three.
how do you propose to gratify us?
XENOS: many(she-dyad)pains(would be)(to)by(for)ill-willers,
ἢ ὅθ᾽ ὁμοφρονέοντε νοήμασιν οἶκον ἔχητον
ἀνὴρ ἠδὲ γυνή: πόλλ᾽ ἄλγεα δυσμενέεσσι,
KRISA: yall have discovered our secret motivation.
KEPHISIS: but your strengh(we-)is(-are)the greatest(mega-most),
KRISA: aha, the we-is-are.
that leads us to question four.
what superpowers does it give him?
KEPHISIS: (be)made(poetry)in Krisa(distinct-
discerning-judgment-turning-
point-trial-crisis-
looming)
KRISA: question five. do you remember a Sesame Street skit
gameshow, “this is your life”?
KEPHISIS: under the(shield-)fold(leaf)(cleft)(plate)
KRISA: question six — whats the name
of the street where little-me grew up?
its a little garbled —
KEPHISIS: (tablet)(o slab)of Parnassus(mountain-woodland-
KRISA: close enough. question seven —
where do we live?
KEPHISIS: heights-branching-growth-minding-
alone-remote)
σεῦ δὲ σθένος ἐστὶ μέγιστον,
ἐν Κρίσῃ ποίησαι ὑπὸ πτυχὶ Παρνησοῖο.
KRISA: but thats right, we live in an isolated
and remote community. so we wont
be showing you to-for-by the city;
XENOS: (crestfallen) but(the)thumos commands(orders-bids- enjoins)me.
κέλεται δέ με θυμός.
KRISA: nope, cant happen. o lord, we live in a small
dyad-community of like-and-other-like-minded dyads; living
under the mountain, where we grow and eat our own
biodynamic corn; and we dont
allow horses;
KEPHISIS: there(where)neither beautiful chariots will shake
nor(to)by(for)you(the)noise(crash!stomp!thunder!)of swift-footed horses
(it-we)will be well-built around(the)altar(base)(pedestal),
ἔνθ᾽ οὔθ᾽ ἅρματα καλὰ δονήσεται οὔτε τοι ( ἵππων
ὠκυπόδων κτύπος ) ἔσται ἐύδμητον περὶ βωμόν,
KRISA: we also have a few rules against, for example, fame;
o lord, forever, we used to think about fame; then
we realized that was un-golden; now,
we keep our practices secret;
for discretions sake;
XENOS: but delights(joys)(would be)(to)by(for)well-wishers,
χάρματα δ᾽ εὐμενέτῃσι,
KRISA: but o lord, such things, o Zevron,
our cherished guru, teaches us, are irrelevant
to divine goldenbodyhood;
have you heard of goldebodyhood?
have you heard, o lord, were grown
from fallen stars?
(begins swaying back and forth
chanting-wailing-crying)
iiiiieeeeeee paaaaiiiiee — oh-en!
(XENOS dismayed)
KEPHISIS: but still(they)would(lead)bring(carry)-gifts-
through(for-to)you, as(o)Iepaieon(o healer, o cure, and she
has already demonstrated your form of address), (dyad-)famous
(glorious, renowned)among the races(tribes-classes-
nations)of human beings;
ἀλλά τοι ὣς προσάγοιεν Ἰηπαιήονι δῶρα
ἀνθρώπων κλυτὰ φῦλα:
KRISA: iiiiiieeeee paaaiiieeee — oh-en!
(she appears to be in a trance)
okay o lord, were fully dilated in spirit-heart-vessel —
were ready to receive the seeds of your propagaion —
our heart and tongue-womb are purified and open
to your shining light — let it in, lord —
XENOS: but they(selves)heard at most—
KRISA: iiiiiieeeee paaaiiieeee — oh-en!
make it more musical, o lord! we hear —
iiiiiieeeee paaaiiieeee — oh-en!
some crystal singing bowls! —
iiiiiieeeee paaaiiieeee — oh-en!
were being healed by your sounds o lord! —
iiiiiieeeee paaaiiieeee — oh-en!
you sound like Enya! theyre releasing —
iiiiiieeeee paaaiiieeee — oh-en!
were releasing! — iiiiiieeeee paaaiiieeee — oh-en!
)you,
(panting to recover her breath)
o lord, that was amazing;
we feel totally healed, and had,
and held, and we super-appreciate
your message —
“)you,”
we feel so reflected-upon;
“you” right back at “you”, o lord;
(smiling-glowing-weeping)
μάλιστα δέ τ᾽ ἔκλυον αὐτοί.
(XENOS gestures hopelessly at blessed KRISA)
KEPHISIS: but you, rejoicing-around(your)phrenes(heart-
mind-built-deep), receive(take-accept-welcome-expect-wait-
contain-admit)(the)beautiful shrines(o sacred-dyad)
of(these)round-about-dwelling human beings.
σὺ δὲ φρένας ἀμφιγεγηθὼς
δέξαι᾽ ἱερὰ καλὰ περικτιόνων ἀνθρώπων.’
KRISA: o lord, we already follow o Zevron,
but we-think my mind is pretty open
to persuasion and influence
from a radiant divinity
especially a sound healer
with a cute man-bun like you
(pats the stranger on the head)
(XENOS feels the top of his head
and feels as for the first time
his hair in a man-bun
AUTOS, HOMER, and NAUSIKAA step forward, as KEPHISIS fades into the background)
AUTOS: so she-saying(by saying)(o she-saying)(of the Far-thrower)
persuaded(persuade, you, the)phrenes(heart-mind-built-deep)
of the Far-thrower,
so that(there would be)fame(glory-rumor-report)
across the earth(she suffers)(suffer her)(she lets)(let her)
by-him for by-herself Telphousa,
but not of the Far-thrower.
ὣς εἰποῦσ᾽ Ἑκάτου πέπιθε φρένας, ὄφρα οἱ αὐτῇ
Τελφούσῃ κλέος εἴη ἐπὶ χθονί, μηδ᾽ Ἑκάτοιο.
KRISA: actually, we heard that Telphousa
built an amazing temple-dwelling
for Hera, with millions of followers on tiktok,
where they post video shorts
of perfect —
HOMER: but again(bow wow)Nausikaa of-white-arms
(of the loom)set-against him was speaking;
NAUSIKAA: o stranger(guest-friend, wanderer, refugee, foreigner), since
(youre following the dyad-word-song)
(and)neither(for)by(to)evil(bad-ugly)
nor(for)by(to)senselessness(a-phron)
(but)(to)by(for)daylight(a man)
(you)seem(to be),
τὸν δ᾽ αὖ Ναυσικάα λευκώλενος ἀντίον ηὔδα:
‘ξεῖν᾽, ἐπεὶ οὔτε κακῷ οὔτ᾽ ἄφρονι φωτὶ ἔοικας:
KRISA: hes such a daylight man,
my o lords a daylight man;
in the valley below,
where ancient secrets reveal themselves —
AUTOS: but(hither)thither further(than earlier)(dyads-
earlier)(you)were going, o throws-from-afar Apollo,
ἔνθεν δὲ προτέρω ἔκιες, ἑκατηβόλ᾽ Ἄπολλον:
KRISA: this tree is breathing . . .
we see it dancing . . .
we hear the mycelium singing . . .
o lord, we feel your mood strongly . . .
or . . . is that indigestion, o lord — ?
NAUSIKAA: but Zeus Olympos-dwelling himself distributes(dyad-
wooded-glades)happiness(wealth, bliss)(to)for(by)human beings,
and(to)by(for)good(things)and(to)by(for)evil(ugly-bad)things,
as(he)would be willing, (to)for(by)each;
and(somewhere)somehow(to)for(by)you
(he)gives this-she-dyad,
Ζεὺς δ᾽ αὐτὸς νέμει ὄλβον Ὀλύμπιος ἀνθρώποισιν,
ἐσθλοῖς ἠδὲ κακοῖσιν, ὅπως ἐθέλῃσιν, ἑκάστῳ:
190 καί που σοὶ τάδ᾽ ἔδωκε,
KRISA: but my thoughts were interrupted —
you should eat more probiotics, o lord;
we make the best ferments,
we sell jars of it to the military —
AUTOS: but(you)came to the city of(the)hubristic(insolent,
violent, wanton, outrageous)Phleguan(flaming-limbs-of-body-
fire)men, those who(by him)on earth(we)were dwelling,
having no care(respect-regard-concern)for Zeus,
in(a)beautiful(stood)glen,
of Kephisis(drone-declaration-
iron-form)nearby
(the)lake.
ἷξες δ᾽ ἐς Φλεγύων ἀνδρῶν πόλιν ὑβριστάων,
οἳ Διὸς οὐκ ἀλέγοντες ἐπὶ χθονὶ ναιετάασκον
280 ἐν καλῇ βήσσῃ Κηφισίδος ἐγγύθι λίμνης.
KRISA: where they have changed
our names, for discretions sake, but not
our adjectives; hail and welcome
to drone-declaration-iron-form, o lord;
our political structure is based
on an old book —
(her eyes twinkle)
(XENOS groans loudly)
NAUSIKAA: but(you)must take(it)upon you(all the)same.
σὲ δὲ χρὴ τετλάμεν ἔμπης.
from hym to Apollo
Od. 6.175-190
Il. 10.534
the Delphiad, book IV
(NAUSIKAA, HOMER, and AUTOS on the beach, early morning;
the sky is cloudy in shades of pink and violet-grey.)
NAUSIKAA: the nights are getting darker,
and weve been working like a dog,
and like a horse, and like
a woman;
HOMER: but he
would conceal her
(for)by(to)the shining-
radiant shield.
ὃ δέ μιν σάκεϊ κρύπτασκε φαεινῷ.
NAUSIKAA: but somehow at times,
the memories come through,
AUTOS: crossing over(through)it, o Works(hundreds)from-afar,
and Okalee(O beautiful-lady)(of kale)of many(fire-
works)towers(fortresses),
τὸν διαβάς, Ἑκάεργε, καὶ Ὠκαλέην πολύπυργον
NAUSIKAA: and thinking of you,
my heart is lighter;
HOMER: hither which(ones)first(among)Trojans
did blameless Teukros(to make-build-work, to overcome, to pass-
through)(take-hold-grasp-seize)(to-kill-or-to-slay)?
ἔνθα τίνα πρῶτον Τρώων ἕλε Τεῦκρος ἀμύμων;
NAUSIKAA: which brings me to the dream;
AUTOS: thence(came and went)then
(there)into Aliartos(sea-side-sunny-salt-bread)
you arrived at(poetry-poet)rich-in-grass;
ἔνθεν ἄρ᾽ εἰς Ἁλίαρτον ἀφίκεο ποιήεντα.
NAUSIKAA: still here?
(enter APOLLO, ZEUS, and HERA. APOLLO brings a plastic-
woven recliner and puts it on the sand. ZEUS sits and reclines,
wearing sunglasses; as HERA stands by his side; they watch.)
NAUSIKAA: and then some; what sing you, poet?
HOMER: Orsilochos is rousing ambush-raising, bringing-
forth, indeed, the firsts;
NAUSIKAA: well then; lets be the first
to count them in; we say they slay; thats one —
(she calls) come on in, boys!
lets line them up, here;
(ORSILOCHOS the Trojan comes running onto the beach.
As each name is called, a Trojan enters, wearing a handsome
sarung, and no shirt, to stand in a chorus line, on the sand.
They do not appear to be injured from the war.)
HOMER: (adjusts reading-glasses)
and(indeed)Ormenos sets in motion, stirring-up spears of flame,
NAUSIKAA: thats two, obviously hot
HOMER: and Ophelestes, helping the people, making a stand;
NAUSIKAA: we knew an Ophelia once. thats three,
HOMER: and Daitor, who portions a loaf and partakes in a feast;
NAUSIKAA: watch out for him, hes four;
HOMER: and Chromios en-colors his complexion of anointed skin;
NAUSIKAA: wow, five!
HOMER: and(they were dedicating)(they were running against)equal-
to-gods Lukophontes, murderously killing by silver wolflight,
NAUSIKAA: were shivering; hes six!
HOMER: and(indeed)Amopaon, together-companion-if-not-best-friend
NAUSIKAA: everybody gossips about seven,
HOMER: with the son of Poluaemon, of many bloods, an ancient gang,
NAUSIKAA: and bloody eight, fresh off the streets!
HOMER: and(indeed)Melanippos, obsidian Omar on his diamond horse;
Ὀρσίλοχον μὲν πρῶτα καὶ Ὄρμενον ἠδ᾽ Ὀφελέστην
Δαίτορά τε Χρομίον τε καὶ ἀντίθεον Λυκοφόντην
καὶ Πολυαιμονίδην Ἀμοπάονα καὶ Μελάνιππον,
NAUSIKAA: yes, thats Omar; all sent down to Hades town,
and now theyre our best friends; lets hear it
for nine Trojans, slaying!
(the TROJAN PIT CREW applauds for themselves;
HERA applauds, elbowing
Zeus, who has fallen asleep.)
AUTOS: but(he)stepped on Telphousa(marshy-
bog at peak-perfection of nature-
growing-life at-a-distance);
βῆς δ᾽ ἐπὶ Τελφούσης:
NAUSIKAA: and clearly alive;
HOMER: all, one-by-one, (he)caused to touch
(to)by(for)many-nourishing earth(chthonos).
πάντας ἐπασσυτέρους πέλασε χθονὶ πουλυβοτείρῃ.
NAUSIKAA: o lady Hera, arent you impressed?
AUTOS: there(for)by(to)you(this-she)(o satiety, loathing,
weariness)is pleased, (the)place(country-space)(the north-
west-wind)un-harmed(un-hurt, gentle, doing-no-harm)
to make-ready(build-work,
a)temple-dwelling and(indeed)sacred-woody(and with-tree-
like-markings)groves;
τόθι τοι ἅδε χῶρος ἀπήμων
245 τεύξασθαι νηόν τε καὶ ἄλσεα δενδρήεντα:
NAUSIKAA: in other words, lady Hera looks impressed;
HOMER: but seeing him, killing(destroying)(slaying)
from(his)strong bow the Trojan battalions,
the lord of men, (o)Agamemnon
, rejoiced;
τὸν δὲ ἰδὼν γήθησεν ἄναξ ἀνδρῶν Ἀγαμέμνων
τόξου ἄπο κρατεροῦ Τρώων ὀλέκοντα φάλαγγας:
NAUSIKAA: but the west-north-wind trades seeing-kings;
AUTOS: but(you)stood very(underhanded-secretly)near,
NAUSIKAA: he was squeezing-hugging-throttling-chhh,
AUTOS: to(her)self and(indeed)you spoke-through
(to)her the(muthos)story-word;
( στῆς δὲ μάλ᾽ αὐτῆς καὶ μιν πρὸς μῦθον ἔειπες: )
NAUSIKAA: that was the sound of choking.
APOLLO: Telphousa, here(there)(surely-needful-binding)wed be minded
(exercising-understanding-intelligence-feeling-sense-sensibility-thought)
NAUSIKAA: hes good at lists
APOLLO: to make-ready(build-work)(a)roundly-beautiful temple-dwelling
of human beings(and household-useful)-oracle-(chresterion),
NAUSIKAA: didnt you hear me say were choking?
APOLLO: which(for)by(to)me always(there)here(they)will(carry-
lead)bring perfect(full-complete)hekatombs(hundred-
oxen-offerings-from-afar)(to-for-by-tombs),
‘Τελφοῦσ᾽, ἐνθάδε δὴ φρονέω περικαλλέα νηὸν
ἀνθρώπων τεῦξαι χρηστήριον, οἵτε μοι αἰεὶ
ἐνθάδ᾽ ἀγινήσουσι τεληέσσας ἑκατόμβας,
NAUSIKAA: hes being-minded by hekatombs;
APOLLO: and as many as have(hold)(by holding)the fat(plump)Peloponnesus,
and as many as(hold)(fat-plump, romantically-remembered)Europe,
NAUSIKAA: (are those the only places you know?)
APOLLO: and as many as hold the Americas, earth-being-full of earths, North
and rugged South, and as many as hold Asia, fat(plump)mask-famous;
and Africa, surely(indeed)perhaps, its then-and-there to you someday;
and forgetting neither Antarctica, may she(to)by(for)ice-be-held,
nor Australia, of the-dreaming-fame)and(indeed)throughout the sea-
surrounded(oft-forgotten)isles, where wind and sea mix many names,
NAUSIKAA: whereas it minds-me of the cows;
APOLLO: that so many will consult(inquire)(use it)(seek it)(need-
lack and make-use of it)(experience)(suffer)(study)(treat,
entreat, make deals with it);
250 ἠμὲν ὅσοι Πελοπόννησον πίειραν ἔχουσιν
ἠδ᾽ ὅσοι Εὐρώπην τε καὶ ἀμφιρύτας κατὰ νήσους,
χρησόμενοι:
NAUSIKAA: hes being-minded of the milk — wait
a minute, how can he answer all these consultations,
if he doesnt even know all the continents?
hey you know what, we were thinking,
this job seems really large; maybe
we should ask the Pope? this seems
like a Pope-level situation; or like
the Dalai Lama? ah —
(ZEUS, snortling, wakes from nap — )
NAUSIKAA: its your first transmission, o lord —
ZEUS: but(o)Poseidon(he will let go —
he will let flow — he will let throw —
or will you free yourself from —
NAUSIKAA: it sounds pretty garbled —
ZEUS: )his gall(bile — bitter anger — wrath)
NAUSIKAA: but not in a good way —
ZEUS: for(indeed)some(he — alone)wouldnt be able( —
receive, you — the dyad-set-against —
was meeting — or encountering —
or accepted to share the wholes — )
NAUSIKAA: theres a dyad-set-against sharing the wholes
ZEUS: set against(the)will(of)all immortal goddesses —
and gods( — against all immortal seeings —
)to quarrel(contend — compete —
dispute — )alone —
Ποσειδάων δὲ μεθήσει
ὃν χόλον:
οὐ μὲν γὰρ τι δυνήσεται ἀντία πάντων
ἀθανάτων ἀέκητι θεῶν ἐριδαινέμεν οἶος.
NAUSIKAA: which god is it who chokes the god?
(HERA shows her hands to prove innocence.
ZEUS is snoring again.)
APOLLO: (but)and(to)by(for)which(wholes)we(o possession-
by-wholes)proclaiming-oracles(falling-upon-assailing-
attack)would pronounce(delivery-act)judgments
(declare law and right)(of)unerring-absolute purpose
in(a)fat(plump)temple-dwelling.
τοῖσιν δέ κ᾽ ἐγὼ ( νημερτέα βουλὴν )
πᾶσι θεμιστεύοιμι χρέων ἐνὶ πίονι νηῷ.
NAUSIKAA: if you say so, o lord; were glad
its not our responsibility to deal with
the consequences, in case things
go wrong; unless —
AUTOS: so-speaking, Phoibos(shining-radiant-pure)Apollo
arranged(managed, distributed, set-forth, disposed)
the(wide - spacious)foundations(the root-
bed of the eye)(base of the throat)
broad and very(dyad-secretly)tall
(o-all)unbroken(continuous);
ὣς εἰπὼν διέθηκε θεμείλια Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων
255 εὐρέα καὶ μάλα μακρὰ διηνεκές:
NAUSIKAA: so divine,
he didnt even break a sweat;
and yet, ah —
(ZEUS sits bolt upright; its unclear if hes awake.)
NAUSIKAA: o lord, hither comes-and-goes one more delivery —
ZEUS: but he, at least,
on a raft —
(knocked-up —
OMAR: what
ZEUS: hand-to-hand, off-
hand, temporarily — sketchily —
)of many-joints(chains,
imprisonment, bonds, yoke-
straps, halters, mooring-
cables, knots, and gates —
ἀλλ᾽ ὅ γ᾽ ἐπὶ σχεδίης πολυδέσμου
NAUSIKAA: we see its trying to be this mans wife;
ZEUS: and)suffering many miseries —
(mischiefs —
evils —
pains —
woes —
πήματα πάσχων
NAUSIKAA: we see he struggles
to put suffering into words;
lets help —
ZEUS: )would by the twentieth day approach —
NAUSIKAA: as a beggar and a refugee —
ZEUS: Scheria, who holds-fast her stream —
NAUSIKAA: she-of-large-clods — so fertile! —
ZEUS: in the land of the Phaiakians,
NAUSIKAA: hospitable as we really are —
ZEUS: (and)they become near-gods,
NAUSIKAA: we-looking, each into the others eyes —
ZEUS: (and)they would honor him —
NAUSIKAA: with feasts, and theyll hang wreaths —
ZEUS: around(his)heart —
NAUSIKAA: treating him —
ZEUS: as(a)god;
ἤματί κ᾽ εἰκοστῷ Σχερίην ἐρίβωλον ἵκοιτο,
35 Φαιήκων ἐς γαῖαν, οἳ ἀγχίθεοι γεγάασιν,
οἵ κέν μιν περὶ κῆρι θεὸν ὣς τιμήσουσιν,
NAUSIKAA: that improved it; maybe
were not so bad at this;
(ZEUS goes back to sleep.)
AUTOS: but she-seeing-Telphousa seeing(his)(curdled-fig-
juice)heart(inclination)(desire)(depth)(purpose) —
ἣ δὲ ἰδοῦσα
Τελφοῦσα κραδίην
NAUSIKAA: which is complicated, his heart,
and difficult to sort-of pick and fiddle
your way out of, but hes almost too
interested in hekatombs —
AUTOS: was angered(wroth) —
ἐχολώσατο
NAUSIKAA: and after all, she isnt we —
AUTOS: and spoke
(this muthos)story-word;
εἶπέ τε μῦθον:
TELPHOUSA: o bright-radiant-pure(o)lord(who)works-from-afar,
NAUSIKAA: dripping with sarcasm, we empath;
TELPHOUSA: some(o)word-song(to)by(for)your phrenes(heart-mind-trunk-
built-concealed-from-we)we will put(lay-down, roots-
plant, and set-in-place).
‘φοῖβε ἄναξ ἑκάεργε, ( ἔπος τί τοι ἐν φρεσὶ θήσω ).
NAUSIKAA: uh-oh, it seems the worker-from-
afar becomes the worked, o mistress-lady wife —
HERA: already a good(brave-noble)man has been(we have
been)born, who(to)for(by)Argives will be(o)lord —
(you will be over-lorded —
he polishes-smooth —
be polished, you! —
he will bring back —
he will lead-up —
up to the high-sea! —
by bringing-up — celebrating — raising-
up)(as you prepare to set sail — whee! — )
ἤδη ἀνὴρ γέγον᾽ ἐσθλὸς ὃς Ἀργείοισιν ἀνάξει
NAUSIKAA: dont be upset, o shining one; this myth
seems more complete, and the delivery,
she speaks — an(o)else-lord, from(o)else-where —
o lord, are you sure youre the lord you say you are?
(APOLLO stunned,
AUTOS speechless)
TELPHOUSA: hither when(youre following the dyad-
word-song) —
NAUSIKAA: which(indeed)we are —
TELPHOUSA: thither when youre minded(exercising-
thought-understanding-intelligence-feeling-
sense-sensibility)to make-ready(build-
work)(a)roundly-beautiful temple-dwelling;
ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐπεὶ φρονέεις τεῦξαι περικαλλέα νηὸν
(TROJAN PIT CREW applauds and cheers)
NAUSIKAA: o lord, we hear youre being kicked-
out; is it for infidelity?
(APOLLO mortified)
NAUSIKAA: there, there, now, now, o lord;
whats a little thither-hither between islands?
are we right boys?
(TROJAN PIT CREW laughs and cheers)
NAUSIKAA: sweet people;
HERA: (its)Eurustheus(broad-ranging power, breadth
of strengh, expansive might)son of Sthenelos(would-bring
strength)child-descendant of Perseus, (of your race-
stock-kin)(offspring)(clan-house-family)(tribe,
caste, breed, generation)(class-sort-kind)
and hes got)your genes —
Εὐρυσθεὺς Σθενέλοιο πάϊς Περσηϊάδαο σὸν γένος:
NAUSIKAA: its confusing when the god has genes;
well have to map it, but her voice sounds pure
and radiant! so its decided; were inviting her
TELPHOUSA: to be(for)by(to)human beings(an)oracle(chresterion),
ἔμμεναι ἀνθρώποις χρηστήριον,
NAUSIKAA: there, there, Apollo, dont be glum;
its just because(o)Heras not your mum;
HERA: (its)not-too-shabby
for him to be(o)lord(to)for(by)Argives.
οὔ οἱ ἀεικὲς ἀνασσέμεν Ἀργείοισιν.’
NAUSIKAA: everyone loves Argives, right?
lets hear again, how not-too-shabby?
TELPHOUSA: which(o whos)(to)by(for)you always hither
(thither)(they)will carry(lead-bring)perfect(full-
complete)hecatombs(hundred-oxen-offerings-
from-afar)(to-for-by tombs);
οἵτε τοι αἰεὶ ἐνθάδ᾽ ἀγινήσουσι τεληέσσας ἑκατόμβας:
NAUSIKAA: see o lord? o wholes, o always
perfect, never incomplete! and we get
the hekatombs too, a whole island
of happy cows well be;
HOMER: so(she)said, but sharp pain struck-
(raised-typhon-smoke)through(his)deep-
phrenes(heart-stirred-smoulderingly-deep);
ὣς φάτο, τὸν δ᾽ ἄχος ὀξὺ κατὰ φρένα τύψε βαθεῖαν:
NAUSIKAA: sounds like she dodged a bullet
OMAR: indeed
(TELPHOUSA enters in human form;
she and NAUSIKAA drink fruity cocktails
then dance with the pit crew and sing)
NAUSIKAA and TELPHOUSA:
o whos o whos, o - two - by - four,
bring perfect, perfect, perfect, perfect
perfect h - e - k - a - t - o - m - b - s - !
NAUSIKAA: cant wait to tell Demodokos about this. all sets!
(All set)
from hymn to Apollo
Il. 8.272-279; 19.122-125
Od. 1.77-79; 5.33-36
the Delphiad, book III
(NAUSIKAA and HOMER on the beach, at sunrise.)
NAUSIKAA: you call me cute in a way we cannot fight,
HOMER: had not Achilles himself risen-up(indeed)and said
the(muthos)story-word;
καί νύ κε δὴ προτέρω ἔτ᾽ ἔρις γένετ᾽ ἀμφοτέροισιν,
εἰ μὴ Ἀχιλλεὺς αὐτὸς ἀνίστατο καὶ φάτο μῦθον:
N: so we call surrender;
(Rise, Achilles.)
ACHILLES: now no longer exchange-in-turn, (you-two)
(them-two), o Ajax and o Idomeneos, mean(cowardly)
(cruel)(shameful)(abusive)(harmful)word-
song(evil)uglies,
(neither)when(following the dyad-word-
song), nor has it(been)seemly,
μηκέτι νῦν χαλεποῖσιν ἀμείβεσθον ἐπέεσσιν
Αἶαν Ἰδομενεῦ τε κακοῖς,
ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ἔοικε.
N: ever;
ACHILLES: but(indeed)by the other(they-dyad,
you-dyad)would be resentful(angry-wroth),
at whoever would do this kind of thing.
καὶ δ᾽ ἄλλῳ νεμεσᾶτον ὅτις τοιαῦτά γε ῥέζοι.
N: surrounded by cool August breeze,
he still knows anger;
ACHILLES: but still, you(all)seated in the agon(contest-
gathering-struggle-battle), look upon the horses;
ἀλλ᾽ ὑμεῖς ἐν ἀγῶνι καθήμενοι εἰσοράασθε
ἵππους:
N: safe in a warm nest of pillows and sheets,
we look upon the horses;
ACHILLES: but they(by whom)quickly(perhaps)themselves hurrying
(hastening, eagerly-with-speed, blowing-blustering, propelling,
assailing-attacking)around victory, hither(thither)will(go)come;
οἳ δὲ τάχ᾽ αὐτοὶ ἐπειγόμενοι περὶ νίκης
ἐνθάδ᾽ ἐλεύσονται:
N: we wait;
(enter, Autos.)
ACHILLES: but then you will recognize each
of the Argives horses, by whom(they are)second
and by whom(being)presently-in-front.
τότε δὲ γνώσεσθε ἕκαστος
ἵππους Ἀργείων, οἳ δεύτεροι οἵ τε πάροιθεν.
N: our eyes are yours.
AUTOS: but you stood on the(forgotten-hidden-spoils-plundering-
pirates)Lelantine plain; it(this-she)didnt(o satiety, o loathing,
o weariness)delight(delight, you)(in)your thumos(hrrr),
to(make)build a temple-dwelling and sacred-wooded(with tree-
like markings)groves.
στῆς δ᾽ ἐπὶ Ληλάντῳ πεδίῳ: τό τοι οὐχ ἅδε θυμῷ
τεύξασθαι νηόν τε καὶ ἄλσεα δενδρήεντα.
H: as he said; but Tudeides(pursuing)went(and came)very(pit-
under-handed-dyad)close-by(seeking-chasing-pressing-
driving-urging-prosecuting)and drawing-near;
ὣς φάτο, Τυδεΐδης δὲ μάλα σχεδὸν ἦλθε διώκων,
N: he lives far from where prosecutors are,
A: but thence(whence)striding across the Euripos, o Apollo throws-
from-afar, you stepped up to the sacred mountains,
greenish-yellow(bilious-looking)(fresh-blooming);
ἔνθεν δ᾽ Εὔριπον διαβάς, ἑκατηβόλ᾽ Ἄπολλον,
βῆς ἄν᾽ ὄρος ζάθεον, χλωρόν:
N: and prefers flowers;
H: but by whip-scourge-lash he was always driving(drive,
you)arm-strokes-through from the shoulder;
μάστι δ᾽ αἰὲν ἔλαυνε κατωμαδόν:
N: our lord has shoulders, we dont whip;
A: but swiftly(perhaps, you)came from him(self)
to(she)Mukalessos(mooing-bellowing-nose-turning-mousy)
and(indeed)going(coming)to(he)Teumessos(happening-accomplishing-
vessel of a canny-fortune-device-workshop)(which cares)with-
grass-fit-to-make-a-bed.
τάχα δ᾽ ἷξες ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ
ἐς Μυκαλησσὸν ἰὼν καὶ Τευμησσὸν λεχεποίην.
N: swiftly by chariot, come for a ride,
H: but(the dyad)horses(o horses)by him(by him)
were lifting-lofty(raising-up)swiftly(quickly-nimbly)
passing-through(accomplishing)
(their)course.
οἳ δέ οἱ ἵπποι
ὑψόσ᾽ ἀειρέσθην ῥίμφα πρήσσοντε κέλευθον.
N: the loftier-the-lift, the less we try;
A: but you were arriving in the seat of Thebes(treasure-chest-store-
house-container, put-in-place to step-n-go)having-swooped-
down(covered and clothed)by hule(forest-wood-
land, firewood-fuel, brushwood-twigs,
stuff-material-matter, sediment-
mud, ooze, phlegm-
catarrh);
Θήβης δ᾽ εἰσαφίκανες ἕδος καταειμένον ὕλῃ:
N: digging in the earth of our own heart;
H: but the plume of dust was always hurling(throwing,
flying, striking)the charioteer,
αἰεὶ δ᾽ ἡνίοχον κονίης ῥαθάμιγγες ἔβαλλον,
N: so we cant always see just where we are;
A: for not yet(was)anyone(of)mortal-man dwelling in sacred Thebes,
nor then-and-there, yet-then-at-least, were there(k)not-twisting-paths,
nor drive-command-paths, throughout(the)grain-
bearing plain(of)Thebes,
οὐ γάρ πώ τις ἔναιε βροτῶν ἱερῇ ἐνὶ Θήβῃ,
οὐδ᾽ ἄρα πω τότε γ᾽ ἦσαν ἀταρπιτοὶ οὐδὲ κέλευθοι
Θήβης ἂμ πεδίον πυρηφόρον,
N: so we relied on our horses;
they too enjoy grain.
H: but the chariot having-been(dyad)covered(closely-surrounded,
shielded)by gold and tin, by swift-footed horses was
(as we were approaching)running-close-after;
N: we had to trust we would be safe;
ἅρματα δὲ χρυσῷ πεπυκασμένα κασσιτέρῳ τε
ἵπποις ὠκυπόδεσσιν ἐπέτρεχον:
A: but still, the hule(forest-woodland-cut-wood-
down-firewood-fuel-brushwood-twigs-
stuff-matter–material-sediment-
mud-slime-phlegm-catarrh)
was having(and)held —
aouuuuuuuu!
ἀλλ᾽ ἔχεν ὕλη.
N: we were the howling;
H: nor were many tracks coming-through-after from the iron-rim
around the wheel, in the fine(thin-delicate-subtle-small-
impotent-slight-slender)cloud of dust
(he would cover)(youre covered
with clouds of dust);
οὐδέ τι πολλὴ
γίγνετ᾽ ἐπισσώτρων ἁρματροχιὴ κατόπισθεν
ἐν λεπτῇ κονίῃ:
N: were twinkling(flickering);
A: but(o earlier-dyad)whence(thence)(it came)
(it went)dyad-earlier-was going,
o Apollo throws-from-afar,
ἔνθεν δὲ προτέρω ἔκιες, ἑκατηβόλ᾽ Ἄπολλον,
N: there was a beacon,
guiding us through the night;
H: but(both)seeking-eagerly(urging-pressing-on, hastening,
exerting, anxious, harassed)they were flying.
τὼ δὲ σπεύδοντε πετέσθην.
N: they were just being girls;
A: but to Onchestos(swollen-pompous-bellowing-pear-
tree-place, projecting-hook-pour, set-standing-
straight)you went, to Poseidons sacred grove;
N: we have some warm memories;
A: where(a)newly-tamed(filly)foal recovers(draws breath)
(you-drawing-breath)being-roundly-over-loaded
(vexed-grieved-annoyed)dragging
(the)beautiful chariot;
Ὀγχηστὸν δ᾽ ἷξες, Ποσιδήιον ἀγλαὸν ἄλσος:
ἔνθα νεοδμὴς πῶλος ἀναπνέει ἀχθόμενός περ
( ἕλκων ἅρματα καλά ):
N: we have some hard ones too;
H: but(he)made a stand(set-placed)(stayed-checked)(established-
instituted-fixed)(weighed-)into the mid(dle-intermediate, imp-
partial, middling, moderate, mediocre, mean)into the agon
(gathering-assembly-contest-struggle-place),
στῆ δὲ μέσῳ ἐν ἀγῶνι,
πολὺς δ᾽ ἀνεκήκιεν ἱδρὼς
ἵππων ἔκ τε λόφων καὶ ἀπὸ στέρνοιο χαμᾶζε.
N: o(he)repudiates established-institution;
A: but onto the ground(the)roundly-good driver
from(the)seat-board(o springing)leaps —
goes(comes-to)(the)road;
χαμαὶ δ᾽ ἐλατὴρ ἀγαθός περ
( ἐκ δίφροιο θορὼν ) ὁδὸν ἔρχεται:
N: hes made of earth but swift of feet;
H: but much sweat was spouting(and gushing forth)
out of(the)horses necks and(indeed)
from(his)chest onto the ground.
N: our names are rivers;
A: but it(by this)meanwhile indeed
empty(-handed-fruitless-void-)carriage(shelter)rattles
(knocking-strikes-claps)(by rattling-applause)along
(is)letting-go(leaving-neglecting)(what-belongs-
to)a lord.
οἳ δὲ τέως μὲν
κείν᾽ ὄχεα κροτέουσι ἀνακτορίην ἀφιέντες.
N: we dance(an)empty-handed-fruitless-void,
H: but seeing(him), swift(to ward-off, defend, assist, avail, hold-
out)footed-god-like Achilles was feeling pity(for him),
τὸν δὲ ἰδὼν ᾤκτειρε ποδάρκης δῖος Ἀχιλλεύς,
N: but we bring and carry some-great-soul;
A: but if the dyad-chariot break(shiver)s in the sacred-wooded(with
tree-like markings)gro(o)ve, (they)attend(caring for)(letting their hair
grow long)to the horses,
εἰ δέ κεν ἅρματ᾽ ἀγῇσιν ἐν ἄλσεϊ δενδρήεντι,
ἵππους μὲν κομέουσι,
N: and we drag-along a pretty-great-friend;
H: but making a stand, then and there, into the Argives, winged-
word-songs(he)was speaking(speak, you)-agora-(into
the assembly, the marketplace);
στὰς δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐν Ἀργείοις ἔπεα πτερόεντ᾽ ἀγόρευε:
N: there is a voice, it tells me no,
guiding me through the night;
A: but leaning(sloping-lying-down)(on something)
(they)allow(by letting-go)the(chariot);
τὰ δὲ κλίναντες ἐῶσιν:
N: there are dreams,
there are pillars,
there is a beacon;
ACHILLES: the last(left-behind)man(and)the best(bravest,
most excellent, finest)drives(youre driven)(set in motion)
(struck)(beat-out)(forged)with one
(un-cloven)hoof;
‘λοῖσθος ἀνὴρ ὤριστος ἐλαύνει μώνυχας ἵππους:
N: may your words remain a constant echo
A: for so(the)earliest(hallowed-pious-pure-divine-natural)law
(begetter-ancestor-author-)(himself)became;
ὣς γὰρ τὰ πρώτισθ᾽ ὁσίη γένεθ᾽:
N: get a good nights rest,
in my mind even half asleep;
H: but(him)self(autos)from the all-shining seat-board
leapt(leap, you)onto the ground
(all-shining),
αὐτὸς δ᾽ ἐκ δίφροιο χαμαὶ θόρε παμφανόωντος,
N: we are made of earth, swift-footed;
A: but(to)(for)by the lord
(they)(boast-exult-
triumphant)pray,
οἳ δὲ ἄνακτι
εὔχονται,
N: o we ever arent him;
H: but(he)leaned there-and-then the whip-scourge-lash
against the yoke; nor did(he)idly(waste time doing it),
sturdy(strong)Sthenelos(strength-might-force-vigor);
κλῖνε δ᾽ ἄρα μάστιγα ποτὶ ζυγόν: οὐδὲ μάτησεν
ἴφθιμος Σθένελος,
N: neither does he whip, nor does he run your race;
A: but then destiny(fate)guards(you-on-your-
own-guard)the seat-board of the god.
δίφρον δὲ θεοῦ τότε μοῖρα φυλάσσει.
N: all(being)guarded(we)by(the)guardian(of)guardians(being)all;
H: but still-self-speedily(he)took hold of(grasped-
seized)the(contest)prize;
ἀλλ᾽ ἐσσυμένως λάβ᾽ ἄεθλον,
N: well he had come in first place;
A: but whence(thence)dyad-previously(you)were going,
o Apollo throws-from-afar;
ἔνθεν δὲ προτέρω ἔκιες, ἑκατηβόλ᾽ Ἄπολλον:
N: previously burning in Achilles funeral pyre;
H: but(he)gave for(his)high-spirited(thumos)companions
the woman to lead,
N: our name is Nausikaa; we are the first
to whom he(stranger)owes his life.
H: and(indeed)to carry(the dyad-)tripod
with(o ears!)(oars?)handles;
δῶκε δ᾽ ἄγειν ἑτάροισιν ὑπερθύμοισι γυναῖκα
καὶ τρίποδ᾽ ὠτώεντα φέρειν:
N: a giants never been in safer hands;
A: but then and thereupon, you reach the beautifully(flow!)ing
Kephissos(dull-sluggish-torpid-droning-buzzing-garden-
guardian-growing-natural-rest),
Κηφισσὸν δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἔπειτα κιχήσαο καλλιρέεθρον,
N: where we step with bare feet,
when were not taking a seaside nap;
H: but he was(unbinding, unfastening, letting-loose
and releasing)(the dyad-spider-webs)
(and)setting free the horses;
ὃ δ᾽ ἔλυεν ὑφ᾽ ἵππους.
N: which is how they learned to fly;
A: and who-he(would pour)pours from(gracious-desiring-
clarity, musical-guardian-yearning, libations-of-oblivion)
Lilaietha, of the beautifully-flowing water;
ὅς τε Λιλαίηθεν προχέει καλλίρροον ὕδωρ:
N: nobody(he)at all.
(All set.)
from hymn to Apollo
Il.23.488-508, 532-538
cf Od. 8.462
the Delphiad, book II
(KOURAI and HOMER on the beach at sunrise, slack-tide.)
KOURAI: push pause
HOMER: (loosed)
λῦτο
K: and let the world rest
H: but the contest(assembly - games - arena - struggle)disper s e d
(unyoked - undid - unfastened - unbound - dissolved - set f r e e
released - came undone - relaxed - unfol d e d )
(λῦτο)δ᾽ ἀγών,
K: while we arrange our thoughts
H: but each people scattered to go
(and come)upon the swift ships.
λαοὶ δὲ θοὰς ἐπὶ νῆας ἕκαστοι
ἐσκίδναντ᾽ ἰέναι.
K: into neat piles
H: those(by you)(indeed)were thinking of dinner;
τοὶ μὲν δόρποιο μέδοντο
K: each carefully labeled
H: and of sweet sleep(of lichen)(he was putting
to sleep)(sleep, you)
to be satisfied;
ὕπνου τε γλυκεροῦ ταρπήμεναι:
K: lock ugly ones in a box
H: nevertheless, Achilles(remembering)
was weeping(weep, you)(remembering his)beloved companion, re-
membering, and not even sleep, all-tamer, was taking hold,
αὐτὰρ Ἀχιλλεὺς
κλαῖε φίλου ἑτάρου μεμνημένος, οὐδέ μιν ὕπνος
ᾕρει πανδαμάτωρ,
K: give the key to you
H: but he was turning(youre turning)here and there, yearning
(missing)(regretting)(longing)for Patroklos, his manhood
and his goodly menos(courage-passion-spirit-fury-strength) —
ἀλλ᾽ ἐστρέφετ᾽ ἔνθα καὶ ἔνθα
Πατρόκλου ποθέων ἀνδροτῆτά τε καὶ μένος ἠΰ,
and however many(he had)wound-off(achieved)together-with-him
and(the pains)suffered(endured), the pains(piercing-
through)of men(growing into manhood)the grievous wars
and(piercing-through)the(pregnant)waves(floods)(swellings)piercing-
through —
ἠδ᾽ ὁπόσα τολύπευσε σὺν αὐτῷ καὶ πάθεν ἄλγεα
ἀνδρῶν τε πτολέμους ἀλεγεινά τε κύματα πείρων:
remembering those, he(weeping)let fall the blooming(flowing-
full-fresh, stout-thick-lusty)(we-weeping)tear,
at one time, on(his)(ribs)side lying down, at another again
lying(backwards)(supine)on his back, at another,
lying(prone)on his front;
τῶν μιμνησκόμενος θαλερὸν κατὰ δάκρυον εἶβεν,
(10) ἄλλοτ᾽ ἐπὶ πλευρὰς κατακείμενος, ἄλλοτε δ᾽ αὖτε
ὕπτιος, ἄλλοτε δὲ πρηνής:
K: knowing
H: but at times standing straight
he was turning(whirling)restless(distraught)(at a loss)(wandering
along)the beach, beside the salty sea; nor did dawn
appearing escape his awareness,
τοτὲ δ᾽ ὀρθὸς ἀναστὰς
δινεύεσκ᾽ ἀλύων παρὰ θῖν᾽ ἁλός: οὐδέ μιν ἠὼς
φαινομένη λήθεσκεν
K: you won’t give it back
H: from beyond the salt-
sea and this beach.
ὑπεὶρ ἅλα τ᾽ ἠϊόνας τε.
(enter AUTOS)
AUTOS: but in again(bow wow)to this, Ares and well-
sighted Argeiphontes(giant-slayer-Hermes)(they)play
(she-playing by he- or they-playing);
ἐν δ᾽ αὖ τῇσιν Ἄρης καὶ ἐύσκοπος Ἀργειφόντης
παίζουσ᾽:
H: but(he)at least then(youre following the dyad-word-song)
(he)would yoke the swift horses under(dyad-spider-
webs)the chariot;
ἀλλ᾽ ὅ γ᾽ ἐπεὶ ζεύξειεν ὑφ᾽ ἅρμασιν ὠκέας ἵππους,
A: nevertheless(he)Phoibos(pure, bright, radiant)Apollo
plays the kithara,
αὐτὰρ ὁ Φοῖβος Α᾽πόλλων ἐγκιθαρίζει
H: but to drag(him)he would tie(bind)Hektor behind the seat,
Ἕκτορα δ᾽ ἕλκεσθαι δησάσκετο δίφρου ὄπισθεν,
A: (as you are played)dyad-beautiful and(indeed)striding-high;
(ἐγκιθαρίζει) καλὰ καὶ ὕψι βιβάς:
H. but three-times dragging(you)around the sign(the burial-
mound)of the dead son of Menoitios(Patroklos),
and again(on the fourth)pausing to lie down,
τρὶς δ᾽ ἐρύσας περὶ σῆμα Μενοιτιάδαο θανόντος
αὖτις ἐνὶ κλισίῃ παυέσκετο,
A: but radiance shines(you are shone)around him,
αἴγλη δέ μιν ἀμφιφαείνει
H. but leaving him in ashes(and then)lying stretched-out
(prone)on his face;
τὸν δέ τ᾽ ἔασκεν
ἐν κόνι ἐκτανύσας προπρηνέα:
A: and the twinkling(and flickering)of(his)feet;
μαρμαρυγαί τε ποδῶν
H: but of him, Apollo was holding-off(hold-off, you)the whole
outrage to the flesh(body)(skin), feeling
pity for the person,
(indeed)though(he)had died;
τοῖο δ᾽ Ἀπόλλων
πᾶσαν ἀεικείην ἄπεχε χροῒ φῶτ᾽ ἐλεαίρων
(20) καὶ τεθνηότα περ:
A: (indeed)of(his)well-spun tunic;
καὶ ἐυκλώστοιο χιτῶνος.
H: but all-around by-aegis(he)covered(cover, you)by(-all-)gold,
so that(the)dragging-about wouldnt tear-off(the)skin.
περὶ δ᾽ αἰγίδι πάντα κάλυπτε
χρυσείῃ, ἵνα μή μιν ἀποδρύφοι ἑλκυστάζων.
K: (o radiant lord — )my body is refusing
to(cross-eyes)cooperate
(powers-out)again
it(you)(you)must know
(dark moon)of the storm in my heart.
H: nevertheless Odysseus
was observing the twinkling(flickering)of feet,
αὐτὰρ Ὀδυσσεὺς
μαρμαρυγὰς θηεῖτο ποδῶν,
A: but they rejoice-at(great thumos)looking-into(the)great thumos;
οἳ δ᾽ ἐπιτέρπονται θυμὸν μέγαν εἰσορόωντες
H: but(he)wondered(wonder, you)(at it)
in his thumos(flickering-
twinkling-heart).
θαύμαζε δὲ θυμῷ.
A: and Leto(seize-behold)of goldy-locks and(indeed)deliberate Zeus
(wondered at their)beloved child, playing amongst the immortal
gods(they shine - by shining)(they run - by runing)
(by gazing)and goddesses.
Λητώ τε χρυσοπλόκαμος καὶ μητίετα Ζεὺς
υἷα φίλον παίζοντα μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι.
H: nevertheless he, playing the lyre, was throwing-and-striking-up
beautifully, to sing!
αὐτὰρ ὁ φορμίζων ἀνεβάλλετο καλὸν ἀείδειν
A: and how, then-and-there, would(will)we sing(of)you(re being
sung), being(s)wholly well(and-many-well)sung?
πῶς τ᾽ ἄρ σ᾽ ὑμνήσω πάντως εὔυμνον ἐόντα;
H: about(around)Ares lovemaking and fragrant-crowned Aphrodite,
as they(dyad)first mingled, in(the)house(of)Hephaistos,
secretly,
ἀμφ᾽ Ἄρεος φιλότητος εὐστεφάνου τ᾽ Ἀφροδίτης,
ὡς τὰ πρῶτα μίγησαν ἐν Ἡφαίστοιο δόμοισι
λάθρῃ,
A: or(ah!)in going-courting we(would)sing of you,
and(indeed)in-lovemaking,
ἠέ σ᾽ ἐνὶ μνηστῆρσιν ἀείδω καὶ φιλότητι,
H: but(it)gave many(dyads),
πολλὰ δ᾽ ἔδωκε,
A: so that(mindful-of was)wooing Azantida(parched-sacred, dread-
girdled, anti-blossom)girl-daughter,
ὅππως μνωόμενος ἔκιες Ἀζαντίδα κούρην
H: but(the marriage)bed shamed, indeed(the grave)bedding
of lord Hephaistos.
λέχος δ᾽ ᾔσχυνε καὶ εὐνὴν
Ἡφαίστοιο ἄνακτος.
A: were(you)going with god-like Ischos(hip-loin-leash-strength)
at-once with well-horsed Elationides(fir-pine-tree-wood-driver-
charioteer-beating-forcing-outward-
smaller-deer)?
Ἴσχυ᾽ ἅμ᾽ ἀντιθέῳ Ἐλατιονίδη εὐίππῳ;
H: but at-once to-him(a)messenger came(and went), Helios(its-just-
the-sun), who perceived them mingling-in-lovemaking.
ἄφαρ δέ οἱ ἄγγελος ἦλθεν
Ἥλιος, ὅ σφ᾽ ἐνόησε μιγαζομένους φιλότητι.
A: or at-once(with)Thorbas(tumultuous-t-rex-against)the off-
spring by Triops(triad-eye-giant)?
ἢ ἅμα Θόρβαντι Τριοπέῳ γένος,
H: but Hephaistos, soon-as(he)heard(the)thumos-grieving(muthos)story,
there and then he stepped to go(come)to(his)forge(dyad-ugly),
(and)by the phrenes(heart-mind-built-deep)(he was)building-in-
the-deep(brooding)(pondering-secretly)dyad-uglies,
Ἥφαιστος δ᾽ ὡς οὖν θυμαλγέα μῦθον ἄκουσε,
βῆ ῥ᾽ ἴμεν ἐς χαλκεῶνα κακὰ φρεσὶ βυσσοδομεύων,
A: or at-once(with)Ereutheos(vomit-staining-fire-rageous-red)?
ἢ ἅμ᾽ Ἐρευθεῖ;
H: but(he)put the great anvil on the anvil-block, (o yes)
ἐν δ᾽ ἔθετ᾽ ἀκμοθέτῳ μέγαν ἄκμονα,
A: or at-once(with)Leukippos(white-bright-horse)and
(indeed)the wife(dame-tamer)of Leukippos(white-brightening-horse) . . .
ἢ ἅμα Λευκίππῳ καὶ Λευκίπποιο δάμαρτι
H: but he was hammering-out fastenings(fetterings-bonds-
halters(ships-mooring-cable)(knots)spells-latches-charms
(desmos)not-to-be-broken(not-to-be-loosed),
so that in-the-ground(steadfast)(safe)(un-decaying)(vigor-retaining)(never-
failing)on-the-spot they would stay(stand fast, stay at home, stay
where one is)(remain as one)(abide).
κόπτε δὲ δεσμοὺς
ἀρρήκτους ἀλύτους, ὄφρ᾽ ἔμπεδον αὖθι μένοιεν.
A: . . . on foot, but he by horses;
… πεζός, ὃ δ᾽ ἵπποισιν:
(universal-laughter)
H: nevertheless since(following the dyad-word-song)he made(built-
worked)the bait(trick-stratagem-of guile-craft-cunning-
treachery)provoked-to-anger by Ares,
αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δὴ τεῦξε δόλον κεχολωμένος Ἄρει,
A: and not(one month)even
was Triops(triad-
eye)left behind;
οὐ μὴν Τρίοπός γ᾽ ἐνέλειπεν.
H: then and there(he)stepped, to go(or come)(we come)(and go)to
(his)bedchamber, where lay(his)beloved(made-by-)himself bed;
βῆ ῥ᾽ ἴμεν ἐς θάλαμον, ὅθι οἱ φίλα δέμνι᾽ ἔκειτο,
A: or as the first oracle(o oracle!)by human beings, seeking-
through the land(you)stepped, o throws-from-afar Apollo?
ἢ ὡς τὸ πρῶτον χρηστήριον ἀνθρώποισι
ζητεύων κατὰ γαῖαν ἔβης, ἑκατηβόλ᾽ Ἄπολλον;
H: but then, around(the)bedposts(he)was pouring(pour, you)the bonds
(fetters-head-bands)by an all-encompassing circle;
ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἑρμῖσιν χέε δέσματα κύκλῳ ἁπάντῃ:
A: to Pieria(oopsy, her Piraeus)(fertile-muses-trial)indeed the first
from Olympos(on whom)you went-down;
Πιερίην μὲν πρῶτον ἀπ᾽ Οὐλύμποιο κατῆλθες:
H: but many(of them)and(indeed)down from roof-beams(houses)(lairs)
(cages)they were poured out, like(fine-thin-delicate-subtle)spider-
webs(small intestines, a very small coin, a jar, minutes-
seconds, moonlit-outages),
πολλὰ δὲ καὶ καθύπερθε μελαθρόφιν ἐξεκέχυντο,
ἠύτ᾽ ἀράχνια λεπτά,
A: and sandy Lektos(bed-ology)you passed by
and the(being-thrown-innies)Enienes
and(indeed)through the(sprinkling-crooked-
around-the-edges)Perraibos;
Λέκτον τ᾽ ἠμαθοέντα παρέστιχες ἠδ᾽ Ἐνιῆνας
καὶ διὰ Περραιβούς:
H: and none would ever see them, not even one of the blessed gods,
for(he)had built(it)around(wily - crafty - artful)subtleties(doloeis).
τά γ᾽ οὔ κέ τις οὐδὲ ἴδοιτο,
οὐδὲ θεῶν μακάρων: πέρι γὰρ δολόεντα τέτυκτο.
A: but swiftly(perhaps)into Iaolkos(o purple-poison-arrow-dragging-battle-
cry-cure)you were arriving, and you went upon Kenaios(that-there-
here-this-that-would-empty-center)of Euboia(lovely-
cows-eyes-say-moo), ship-famous —
O Nausikleia!
τάχα δ᾽ εἰς Ἰαωλκὸν ἵκανες,
Κηναίου τ᾽ ἐπέβης ναυσικλειτῆς Εὐβοίης.
from hymn to Apollo 200-219
Il. 24.1-24
Od. 8.264-281
horses into Potidaea
as orders taken, given. your hands
across my escalating
surface. unrolling
her
slight
resistance. as
i grow dependent on the flow
and pressure. here, faint
ridges. your soft uneven. catch,
drag,
time,
deposit. yours
until lazy again. until we depart,
until we let loose
the battle. they had
been born into Potidaea.
//
slight
until we depart
until we let loose
the battle
they had been born
into Potidaea
(her) this very moment they were (surfeit)
by this(her) those having learned it(her)
// 153β
Ὀλίγον
ἐγεγόνει
ἐν τῇ Ποτειδαίᾳ
ἣν ἄρτι ἦσαν οἱ
τῇδε πεπυσμένοι
serious ontology
is fan service. you who are about
to read, please understand. he will be born
the dirtiest ever poem — a thrusting savior
delivering so many ins and outs.
our she-body-battle is hare to meet Rocky.
his being a-lie-high-hive — abs flashing
in gold lamé underwear — running
mascara like horses. out-of-bounds
kissing, destination sen-
sa-si
//
O Socrates —
which i was —
as he says
how do you thrust into —
were you saved from out of the battle?
// 153β
//
camp army camp
rude wisdom
true story, when i was nine or ten
my father, at the time, sat me down
as fathers do, to read Plato’s Apology.
there had been a situation at school.
it was a public school and i was new.
it had to do with bullying and needing
to choose a side. well i guess a child
encounters force beside deliberation.
after i finished reading, he asked me
what Socrates would do. it was not
really a question. and i was no fool.
i said, but papa, i am not Socrates.
this morning, i woke up from a dream
about an oil spill. well the sign put forth.
it grew like coltsfoot in the broken step
where id removed an unbelonging one.
//
Phaedrus: (as Lysias, cont.)
well i guess (oimai)
// 234β
ἐγὼ μὲν οἶμαι
//
the daddys issue
some days like i become your magazine
some days like i become your loaded gun
these days it makes no difference which oil( one )spill
yes i read your letter yesterday and all
the days before, your hollow men, your dump
truck spat into my bed, and im not sure
it got there but i wrote you on the third
to say, how dare you write me when you never
learn to read a single fucking word
//
Phaedrus: (as Lysias, cont.)
whether id recommend (para-aineein)
for you
to gratify
all
the not-loving (ones) (me erosi)
// 234β
εἰ ἅπασίν σοι παραινῶ τοῖς μὴ ἐρῶσι χαρίζεσθαι
//
oil spill
a visit with the donkey of Rabi'a al-'Adawiya
if the world would like to hear how Rabi’a
gained courage or her strange immunity
to fear, for friendship, i would explain. yet,
a friend is not a purveyor of shallots; nor
pinned apples, by the donkey’s tale. her debt
of tears she brought with her most carefully.
this baggage carries me, her dogged ass;
my nag for recollection married with
my nap of opportunity. fresh dates
don’t pluck a prophet from the fetching tree.
a footfelt softness is velvet delivery
under her bending limb, and broken news
is armor. what teeming droplets, but by winter?
what is the desert, if not her country of birth?
what is her coin, if not the cake she gives
right back, the moment she has tasted worth.
//
Phaedrus: (as Lysias, cont.)
and not as many as
will enjoy the gain (apo-lauein)
of your season (hora)
but those who will give after (meta-didonai)
of their own goods (ton spheteron agathon)
to one born older (presbuteroi genomenoi)
// 234α
οὐδὲ ὅσοι τῆς σῆς ὥρας ἀπολαύσονται
ἀλλ᾽ οἵτινες πρεσβυτέρῳ γενομένῳ τῶν σφετέρων ἀγαθῶν μεταδώσουσιν
//
in this, changed “dense” to “rich”.
have also reworked the (tricky)
first few lines of the Lysias speech.