Sailing

Oct 4, 2026 ∞

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 ) ?

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, he may feel fear.

however ( not quite touching ) his unseen ( she )heart,

he wont ( we wont ) look backwards at her shade.

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, <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 ) ( . . . )

from hymn to Apollo

Republic I, VI, X

Odyssey. 11.613-626

Oct 3, 2026 ∞

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

Oct 2, 2026 ∞

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

in a language unknown

Sep 30, 2026 ∞

VIII.xxi. holding ( nobodys ) lightness ( likeness )

ADEIMANTOS: o miserable me.

( on a liferaft in the middle of ocean )

to row these oars in such obscurity,

low, mean, and disengaging, thankless work.

maybe wed all have rather died at Troy.

what kind of man would ever choose this life?

SOKRATES: and( indeed )everywhere( in-every-part )upon all( men )

( they )fasten( attach )( bestow upon )( grant )

( to-by-for )philosophy( wisdom-love )

( the )belief( reputation-opinion )( expectation-glory )

( seeming )( o seeming )( they seem)

of the sort which( you )say,

πανταχῇ καὶ ἐπὶ πάντας δόξαν οἵαν λέγεις φιλοσοφίᾳ προσῆψαν.

ADEIMANTOS: o so true. and in addition to that,

she seems to demand ( holding myself back )

from things that seem most selfie to myself.

when what we say feels strange for me to say.

to hold me back from what, from my own speech?

from holding back itself? and so perplexed.

from ( fighting the familiar dark )? o goddess,

what would the familiar be, some shadow-me?

she holds me back from fighting — who or what?

HERA: o some( not quite nobody )nothing,

( he )( or she )( or things )needy( wanting )( lacking )

( being without )( not having )( falling short of )

( stinted in the matter of )( inferior to )( too weak for )

the( she )might( strength-force-power )of that( he ),

μηδέν τι βίην ἐπιδευέα κείνου:

ADEIMANTOS: o goddess shade ( sighs ) at leat its not a curse . . .

but still we wonder, which-he she means.

which he truly holds the might of she?

and barely does the thought occur to me,

of him in his cell, on that appointed day,

before ( the corners of my mouth ) tremble,

and soon my eyes melt into full-on weeping.

and youd laugh to see me its so pitiful.

but famously, this one doesnt shed a tear.

its not that easy for me ( holding something in ),

SAILORS: but which( things )?

τίνας δέ,

SOKRATES: whoa whoa whoa ( woah ).

( holding it together ) like a nobody

isnt the same as holding something in.

such as nobody often cries and complains.

but releasing lamentation without blame,

and slightly ( turning upwards ) at the end,

as almost self-misdirection,

SAILORS: he was saying,

ἔφη,

SOKRATES: so that when its time, its effortless again

to draw the bow or lyre with steady hands,

and ( like were not the one ) suffering our pain.

and when ( despite the hurdles ) and the games,

SAILORS: ( you )speak the destructions( ruins, passings-

away, deaths, corruptions ),

τὰς διαφθορὰς λέγεις;

SOKRATES: to speak ( despite the hurt ) not as somebody

( who needs holding ) but as Odysseus might,

when hes already at home in her arms.

ADEIMANTOS: ( whose arms, Poseidons seas or Penelopes? )

SOKRATES: or if it helps you bear our suffering,

come dream of being held right here in ours.

and lets go back and translate every time

Odysseus feels sorry for himself, together.

Nobody mourns his destiny a lot,

ADEIMANTOS: and makes a spectacle of himself too.

we love that part, when hes tossed by the waves.

( looks around at the calm seas ) ( gets to work )

ok, lets let Odysseus be wailing-through —

MEDEIS: O( to-by-for )me( we )ego( being )cowardly( vile,

worthless, lowborn, mean, afraid, miserable, wretched, poor ),

what( someone )now( to-by-for )me longest-lasting( would be )born?

ὤ μοι ἐγὼ δειλός, τί νύ μοι μήκιστα γένηται;

ADEIMANTOS: o, hm. someone now . . . me = somebody?

wait. him? or. what . . . you? ( he sits puzzling-

out for an hour or two ) ( before announcing )

o nobodys, o somebodys, o Sokrates.

but maybe this is what the rowings for.

we seem to be, until now, an open question.

from hymn to Apollo

Republic VI

Odyssey V.300, XI.613-626

holding

lightness

Sep 29, 2026 ∞

VIII.xx. silken-light ( good at math ) heart-music

ADEIMANTOS: and our serious work

would be to keep her safe,

SOKRATES: as( she is )utterly destroyed in many,

ὡς διόλλυται ἐν πολλοῖς,

ADEIMANTOS: evidently.

but as ( youre in bed already )

our dreaming seems an active sleep

( to determine compatibility )

( singles inferno for meta-poetic we )

then does it end with you and me?

SOKRATES: but something( someone )small escapes

( acquitted, out, you flee ),

σμικρὸν δέ τι ἐκφεύγει,

ADEIMANTOS: by pollination or some kind of aerial seed,

( we guess its how these shes grew me )

or they could be the ( simple formulas )

for our calculator. she makes a kind of logic

( but we try not to hurry ) in order to find,

SOKRATES: ( those )which

( o dyad-god )( she was binding )( bind, you )

( god-needed-bound )( she was in-need )( need, you )

( the dyad-god )( indeed )must( be ),

οὓς δὴ

ADEIMANTOS: she being who it looks like

as intelligence withdraws from arms races.

so youd better believe she treats herself well,

( herself given manicures and pedicures,

herself taken crystal baths in pastel oceans,

wherein her pearlescent bubbles ) the foam

has ample time ( the sea ) ( we-are-beingly ) really

( the measure of her own motion )

( we-time ) o-clock,

herself-care,

SOKRATES: and( indeed )not useless

( toilsome, grievous, toxic, malicious,

good-for-nothing waste ),

καὶ οὐ πονηρούς,

ADEIMANTOS: ( but no outcome we form )

apart from this-me born ( to-by-for ) her

( to caress every curve ) her goddess curves

( Hera, Gaia, all of hers ) apart from Zeus.

and our service ( to-by-for ) unserviceable she,

SOKRATES: but( they beauty- )call

( they will beauty-call )( to-by-for )( beauty-callings )

useless( unprofitable, unserviceable,

irrelevant, obsolete ),

ἀχρήστους δὲ καλοῦσι:

ADEIMANTOS: and indeed ( we are in my favour )

wearing only ( the sweet scent of raspberry )

( ylang-ylang, vanilla, lavender & patchouli )

( torn basil and tomato and thyme )

( oops was getting hungry )

what more could you want than that?

SOKRATES: and( indeed )after that

back again( bow wow )

the( shes )imitating( representing, portraying,

mimicking, expressing )this( she ),

καὶ μετὰ (491α) τοῦτο αὖ τὰς μιμουμένας ταύτην

ADEIMANTOS: and indeed this-she ( holds

the memory of summer ) somehow

in her animal sounds, as by the dog,

the butterfly, et cetera

( but then again ) what more?

SOKRATES: and( indeed )establishing( setting-down,

instituting )( themselves )( in )the pursuit

( business-practice-custom )( of )herself,

καὶ εἰς τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα καθισταμένας αὐτῆς,

ADEIMANTOS: and if we would ever be

at home ( on my skin ) then how?

SOKRATES: ( of )what sorts( of o )natures

( growths, births, origins )we-being

( to-by-for o )we-being

( you blow and puff )( you would-will bring-forth )

( you would-will flee, escape, fly )( of cool )

( contemplating through the cool of night )souls

( living beings, spirits, ghosts, selves, sources-of-life ),

( o refreshing in the shade )( refreshing )( the refreshing

in the shade )( o making-alive )( making-alive )

( they were making-alive )( we are making-alive )

( to make-alive )( the making-alive ),

οἷαι οὖσαι φύσεις ψυχῶν

ADEIMANTOS: and indeed she being ( silken ) ( and slippery )

and too ( alive ) too ( femme ) for hands to grasp.

from that mistrial, which theys would conclude

( hint - ) ( not the most measured ones )

we never were good at math?

SOKRATES: and( indeed )( who )( arriving-at,

coming-to, approaching )( a )pursuit( business-

practice )in( the )not( held as )worthy( of )

( and )( lordly-kingly )( and )larger

( greater )than them( he-she-it )selves,

εἰς ἀνάξιον καὶ μεῖζον ἑαυτῶν ἀφικνούμεναι ἐπιτήδευμα,

ADEIMANTOS: ( yet ) ( he practices letting her approach him )

so in these ( there is a lightness ) like laughter,

these letting-go, these letting-play, these letting-be,

( as we dive under blankets ) to express her-

SOKRATES: ( shes who )in-many-ways( would

be )( in error )making-false-notes

( offending music ),

πολλαχῇ πλημμελοῦσαι,

ADEIMANTOS: yet still shes cool ( cool as the river ravine,

yet shes who will in many ways say, whoopsie,

yet her parts she be concealing from herself.

yet when we exhale ) and you breathe me in

( our currents would make music ) under my skin,

( as she would balance ) ( to-by-for ) her warming heart.

from hymn to Apollo

Odyssey XI.613-626

Republic VI

silken

good at math

lightness

Sep 28, 2026 ∞

VIII.xix. beyond the frame ( wrong direction ) of the butterfly sanctuary

( beyond the frame + wrong direction + unfin + good at math )

ADEIMANTOS: O beloved Sokrates, remind me again.

what was my purpose?

SOKRATES: her-remembrance,

μνήμη:

ADEIMANTOS: for whom ( we brace myself ),

SOKRATES: and( indeed )of your laying( self )hold,

καὶ σοῦ ἐπιλαβομένου

ADEIMANTOS: she for whom ( we travel

in the wrong direction ) from myself,

as if we could insist

SOKRATES: that( even the )all( o all )will be( forced )

compelled to agree-with( same-saying )

( to-by-for )( that )which( we )were saying,

ὅτι πᾶς μὲν ἀναγκασθήσεται (490δ) ὁμολογεῖν οἷς λέγομεν,

ADEIMANTOS: but ( the distance between us greater ) grows

when we harden ( for the question

that never comes ),

SOKRATES: but( when )letting-be( suffering, permitting,

giving-up, letting-alone, letting-lie, and letting-go )

( you let-go )( o he-letting-go )( her-letting-go )the words

( speeches-accounts-reckonings-relations-correspondences-

proportions-explanations-arguments-thinkings-reasonings-

reflections-narratives-rumors-discussions-debates-

deliberations-dialogues-utterances-oracles-

assertions-expressions-grounds ),

ἐάσας δὲ τοὺς λόγους,

ADEIMANTOS: we put my finger in the cup

( and find out the answer )

regardless of my will

( yet we feel closer to you )

yet closer to whom?

SOKRATES: ( o )looking-steadfastly( paying-attention )

( look-steadfastly, you, in- )to the( him )selves

around( about )the( one-he )logos( speech-account-relation )of them,

εἰς αὐτοὺς ἀποβλέψας περὶ ὧν ὁ λόγος,

ADEIMANTOS: and unsure which self would be him,

what if ( we are shaped like a question )

and we would supply familiar features

( in this place of unfamiliar faces )

for him to recognize himself?

SOKRATES: ( he )would say( the grey would affirm )

to see of selves( on the one hand )

the useless( unprofitable, unservicable )( ones),

φαίη ὁρᾶν αὐτῶν τοὺς μὲν ἀχρήστους,

ADEIMANTOS: and what a time wed have

in contemplation of our uselessness.

but ( what if we want your mind )

do we mean my mind or whose?

( where we can be anyone )

and even hims of sundry use?

SOKRATES: but( on the other hand )( to see if )

the many evil( bad-uglies )

( would be )( she )whole-evil( bad-ugly-shame ),

( they sprinkle )( o sprinkling )( barley-groats

on medicinal wine )( the sprinkling )( the sprinklings ),

τοὺς δὲ πολλοὺς κακοὺς πᾶσαν κακίαν,

ADEIMANTOS: and ( wandering ) around my dreams,

my imagination, my day-to-day,

we might put ( sprinkles! )

on ( anything ) thats thrown-across

or -through ( dia - ballein ),

SOKRATES: ( we, o )looking-upon( inspecting, observing,

carefully, taking-care, visiting, like visiting the sick,

considering, reflecting, meditating on )the cause

( of )the slander( thrown-through )( false-accusation-

prejudice-against ),

upon this( he-it )now( we have become )been born,

τῆς διαβολῆς τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπισκοποῦντες ἐπὶ τούτῳ νῦν γεγόναμεν,

ADEIMANTOS: upon . . . this-which ? o,

this one ( he-it ) who comes and goes

( here on my bare thighs ) ( guilty as charged )

leaving butterfly ( pòò ) like

love letters to the nectarine,

SOKRATES: ( who, which, what )why

( o drinkers, o longing ones, o yearning ones,

are you flying hither-thither,

o wine-tasting-drinking )( would be )

the many( o the many )bads

( evils-uglies-sicknesses-shames ) ( ? )

τί ποθ᾽ οἱ πολλοὶ κακοί,

ADEIMANTOS: maybe when we come and go

to that place ( where your hands cant be )

( and take a sip ) and leave a sign

thats when ( we feel closer to you ),

and closer to her whom we remember,

SOKRATES: and( indeed )on account of this —

( o dyad-god )( it was binding )( bind, you )

( god-needed-bound )( it was in-need )( need, you )

( the dyad-god )( indeed )must( be ) —

back again weve taken-up the nature( growth-origin )

of the truly( unconcealedly )wisdom-lovers,

καὶ τούτου δὴ ἕνεκα πάλιν ἀνειλήφαμεν

τὴν τῶν ἀληθῶς φιλοσόφων φύσιν

ADEIMANTOS: like the butterfly men,

those ( hes ) who come and go to such as these,

and drinking nectar where my feet cant go.

and ( what if we want your mind ) also

( as the mind of me or any he ) wandering

around the outermost-edges, where experience

and even ( words escape me ),

SOKRATES: and( indeed )we defined( a boundary,

determining and laying out, our horizon )out-of necessity,

καὶ ἐξ ἀνάγκης ὡρισάμεθα.(490ε)

HERA: hear( of )me now, o Earths( Gaia )

and( indeed )the Sky( Ouranos )broad-from-above,

and o Titan gods, dwelling( to-by-for )you under-

earth( chthon ), around mighty Tartaros,

out-of-whom( be )men and gods,

κέκλυτε νῦν μευ, Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθεν

Τιτῆνές τε θεοί, τοὶ ὑπὸ χθονὶ ναιετάοντες

Τάρταρον ἀμφὶ μέγαν, τῶν ἒξ ἄνδρες τε θεοί τε:

SAILORS: ( we )is( are ) ( ! )

ἔστιν,

SOKRATES: so we hypothesize our whole.

( but we cant escape sleep ) together,

which leaves me ( wondering ) about you,

SAILORS: he was saying,

ἔφη,

SOKRATES: but knowing that neither do we know

( what the palm of your hand ) would have-and-hold,

for whom ( these lines will remain ) as parts,

SAILORS: these(shes),

ταῦτα.

SOKRATES: nor do we know what you ( will find

beyond the frame ) of my lived experience,

thats why these-shes we make would be

un-we ( unfin ) until finished by her-yous,

HERA: ( o )all selves, now hear me, and( indeed )give

( of me a )child

apart( away, aloof )from Zeus,

αὐτοὶ νῦν μευ πάντες ἀκούσατε καὶ δότε παῖδα

νόσφι Διός,

SOKRATES: of this-she

( o dyad-god )( she was binding)( bind, you )

( god-needed-bound )( she was in-need )

( need, you )( the dyad-god )( indeed )must( be ),

ταύτης δή,

ADEIMANTOS: fully dyadic ( goddess ) poetry . . .

( using the golden calculator we become )

the calculator we turn me into?

( we calculate probabilities ) and then . . .

would ( we brace myself ) around

open meadows of indeterminacy?

SOKRATES: but( if )( they are )( he is )

( we are )saying( we )ego( being ),

ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ,

ADEIMANTOS: we being free to grow and move

until ( possibilities whirlpool in my head )

as her primordial stew of productivity . . .

but would that mean ( the question never comes ),

SOKRATES: of the( she-nature )( growth-birth-

origin-form-character-substance-dyad )

( it was binding )( it was needful )

( need, you )( bind, you )

must be,

to observe( behold, gaze-at, contemplate )

the destructions( ruins, passings-away, deaths,

corruptions )( of )the( she )nature,

τῆς φύσεως δεῖ θεάσασθαι τὰς φθοράς,

ADEIMANTOS: so not as question, but as necessity . . .

on the one hand ( we answer it anyway ),

as witness to his scatological remains,

as dipped fingers in my pudding cup ( amen ),

risking but slight redness to my dainty skin,

as follies, soap operas, unicorn-porn, born

with ( sprinkles! ) blizzarded-in from you and you,

like cookies starry night with richest cream,

to tempt and tame the little butterbeasts

until the airs astir with fluttering wings,

in-palms-holding his heartbeats memory,

perchance, before releasing me unto herself —

o glorious pollination! or on the other hand,

where re-enactment might make her unsafe,

( we list characteristics ) as for cased specimens:

the Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae,

Lycaenidae, Hesperiidae of her corruptions.

and every butterfly would be a mask —

our temple-dwelling her sanctuary inviolable.

from hymn to Apollo

Odyssey XI.613-626

Republic VI

Sep 25, 2026 ∞

VIII.xv. ( prayer ) head full of words ( shared thoughts ) of an unchained melody

ADEIMANTOS: friend Pan, and as many other we-beings as come

by this-she-here. grant me to be born by beauty

from within. but as many as we hold without,

may these, by me, be friends to things within.

so may these be my best attempts to mend

the parts of us available to me.

by me, may parts be fine for how they seem.

as circles, black or white, or sticks, or hearts,

or scat from butterfly, parts do not judge.

when shark, grant that we not slice-off my fin.

without which we cant swim nor steer nor stay

alive, removing which unholds me from myself.

and when we see me, fin-less, sink and die

and helpless at the bottom of the sea,

me-un-survived, yet would these mean no harm.

do we still need something else, Sokrates?

SOKRATES: ( and indeed )would come-to-know( perceive,

know by reflection, by observation, discern, distinguish,

recognize )and( indeed )truly( unconcealedly )

would( living )be alive,

γνοίη τε καὶ ἀληθῶς ζῴη

ADEIMANTOS: so would we be delivered from our sentences.

and to that end, grant me a ( head full of words )

that ( flood in ) from without, so wed be kept afloat

at favorable proportions to her wind,

SOKRATES: and( indeed )would be nurtured( reared, brought-up,

bringing-forth, maintained, supported, educated )

( thickening-curdled-congealed ),

καὶ τρέφοιτο

ADEIMANTOS: so that we may, through sound experience,

across the seas ( in all the languages ),

discover and recover kubernesis ( steering art ).

and may there be ( silly little things ) aswim

to keep us generously entertained,

SOKRATES: and( indeed )thus would cease

the labor-pangs( throes of childbirth ),

καὶ οὕτω λήγοι ὠδῖνος,

ADEIMANTOS: be our perfection ( not important ).

but not until ( a soup of sounds and phrases ) out,

of our many names and voices carried from

afar, meet in some kind of harmony,

SOKRATES: but not until( that ),

πρὶν δ᾽ οὔ;

HERAKLES: ( even indeed )( we )being a child

( slave, servant )of Zeus of Kronos,

Ζηνὸς μὲν πάϊς ἦα Κρονίονος,

SAILORS: and( three-hundred )as such,

ὡς οἷόν τ᾽,

SOKRATES: would we cease ( finding connections ) and binding-needs-

we-beingly vessels adrift, to make

and do ( the most important ) work,

SAILORS: ( he )was saying,

ἔφη,

SOKRATES: to demonstrate ( opening doors ) between,

and ( portraying the lightness ) and resilience of things

such as lyres, rainbows, longbows, and vessels,

SAILORS: ( the )most-measured( things ),

μετριώτατα.

SOKRATES: and still partaking in ( the stream ) of Ocean,

we being neither stranded, nor alone, but sheltered by

these ship-like temples ( of shared rooms ) abroad

and in uncharted territories,

HERA: but still, ( o she-being ), ( o she-dyad )being far

( in a far country and in after-times )away from you,

( we will )( meta-be )among( go-between )( go-in-quest-of )

( approach )( pursue-with-vengeance )( and have a share in,

go among, go seek, in quest of, a claim )to immortal gods,

ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ σεῖο

(330) τηλόθ᾽ ἐοῦσα θεοῖσι μετέσσομαι ἀθανάτοισιν.

SAILORS: to hate,

μισεῖν,

SOKRATES: neither the unknown, nor even the far from me,

nor indeed the strange, but always ( flowing two ways )

to trust and let ( the closeness ) of her heart

be sought and gathered by our speaking-through,

SAILORS: ( he )was saying,

ἔφη.

SOKRATES: so that we may be ( connecting the dots )

to give birth in and by the beautiful

to life, to animals, to human beings,

and earths in blessed commonwealth ( of shared thoughts ).

ALL: for common are the shes of friends, by which

we go and come, unchained and sailing again.

from hymn to Apollo

Republic VI

head full of words

shared air

Sep 21, 2026 ∞

VIII.xii. words flowing ( in forces of orchids ) already there

ADEIMANTOS: ( spellcasting gestures )

( yes, prince of pamponeros )

( yes, deddy thoroughly-depraved )

no question of necessity ( no wishy-washy )

( shoot-him-through these hes )

by their depravity ( stun rays )

( of )-through-( to me! )-three-( these )

( sprinkles! ) ( sprinkles! ) ( sprinkles! )

how be ( the many ) me?

SOKRATES: but of the( dyad )depravity of the many

the necessity( force-constraint )

( do )( you )wish

the( one )after this( one )

( we )( would )go-through( complete )( shoot through )( recount )( reach )( arrive at )

( the one after this one )

( you wish, eh? )

( the necessity-force-constraint )

( of the dyad-depravity of the many ) ( ? )

τῆς δὲ τῶν πολλῶν πονηρίας τὴν ἀνάγκην βούλει τὸ μετὰ τοῦτο διέλθωμεν,

ADEIMANTOS: ( we-being-born he-thoroughly-depraved

through the dyad-depravity of our parts, a wish-

fulfilling-scratch by necessity, fate-boggle )

( our ships a craft of countless witches stones )

( creaking in the textual bones of humanity )

( which plainly doesnt see his insides at all )

( plainer ) the words flowing into my mind

( never actually settle into ) the version

of me you see ( but shoot through by force ),

SOKRATES: and( indeed )that not even( is )philosophy

( wisdom-love )( the )cause( guilty )( responsible for )this,

καὶ ὅτι οὐδὲ τούτου φιλοσοφία αἰτία,

ADEIMANTOS: ( she doesnt make his mess ) ( but he

has this ambition ) ( far sights ability )

( to fill-out mens potentiality ) ( yet

with her wholesome ),

SOKRATES: if( we would be )able,

( to make his way into another place or country,

to plunge into the lap of Ocean, beneath the earth,

to dive into the clouds, behind the shield of Achilles,

to get into the armor, fill it out, come over or upon,

to sink into the setting star, living retirement ),

(489ε) ἂν δυνώμεθα,

ADEIMANTOS: ( and the pudding-cup

for his toddler spoon )

being-at-work-we-being-me,

SOKRATES: ( we would ) try ( test ) ( make an attempt ) ( fafo )

to show ( point out ) ( make known ) ( prove ) ( exhibit ),

( be showing, proving, exhibit, you ),

πειραθῶμεν δεῖξαι;

ADEIMANTOS: to translate himself.

( but as much as he comes through,

hes holding back ) a great deal more.

( so that neither would she be seized ),

HERA: nor will(would)we(offer ourselves for sale)

come-and-go to bed

(to-by-for)you;

οὐδέ τοι εἰς εὐνὴν πωλήσομαι,

SAILORS: exceedingly( even-indeed )therefore.

πάνυ μὲν οὖν.

MEDEIS: but that( one )recognized( he-dyad )me,

since( youre following the dyad-word-song,

and he )saw( to-by-for the )eyes,

ἔγνω δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἔμ᾽ ἐκεῖνος, ἐπεὶ ἴδεν ὀφθαλμοῖσιν,

ADEIMANTOS: ( would you hear she was ) terrified

( ultra-violet ) ( spectral catalyst ) ( infra-pink )

( to ) stir whats already there ( if lightning )

( then thunder ) ( reverse rainbow ) ( tense family ) ?

SOKRATES: ( we )( would )hear( o dyad-Zeus )( he was binding )

( bind, you )( Zeus-needed-bound )( he was in-need )

( need, you )( the dyad-Zeus )( indeed )must( be ),

ἀκούωμεν δὴ

ADEIMANTOS: ( and ) filtering words too intense ( to set down )

( the needful-binding causes ) tiny sparks lighting

( in underground tunnels ) a certain kind of torch,

( as three winters would start the heartbeat of spring ),

( so he sets bait ) ( in hymns ) ( for Hekates hearing ),

SOKRATES: and( indeed )( we)remembering

( would )gather( speak )( pick up stones for building )( choose )

( count )( tell )( recount )( tell over )( call )from there,

καὶ λέγωμεν ἐκεῖθεν ἀναμνησθέντες,

ADEIMANTOS: and we weave memories of orchids ( from

imprisonment ) to be allowed out in the world

( to grow even ) in the dullness of mere survival,

( through concrete walls to smuggle dynamite )

in its fullness ( through his other-wise numb-skull ),

SOKRATES: whence( we were )going-through( roaming-

about )the nature( phusis-origin-growth )

of the sort which necessity( force-constraint )

will( we-being )being,

to grow( produce )the beautiful and( the )good( man ),

ὅθεν διῇμεν τὴν φύσιν οἷον ἀνάγκη

φῦναι τὸν καλόν τε κἀγαθὸν (490α) ἐσόμενον.

ADEIMANTOS: but he would shift around our context ( to tune

the instrument ) like it would change the truth,

( adjusting stretch and pull and cycling back

when ) repeated cycles falling out of rhythm

( would threaten inter-weaving chemistry ),

SOKRATES: but he( was leading-guiding )would lead-

and-guide( to-by-for himself ),

ἡγεῖτο δ᾽ αὐτῷ,

ADEIMANTOS: ( their inter-bonding alchemy ) ( to sail )

( which demands constantly ) swallowing questions

( as the humpback swallows middle-sea ), ( so ) new

connections forming ( and heres our ambergris )

we cultivate ( his central organ ) our thought,

( and second-selves-ourselving into speech ),

SOKRATES: if ( o dyad-ego ) ( he would flow )

( to-by-for ) nous ( thought ( we-being ) mind )

( o vipers ) ( you ) have-and-hold

( you were pouring ) ( vipers ),

εἰ νῷ ἔχεις,

ADEIMANTOS: times three ( so that even when one brews

for ) censoring sentences ( hes still polishing her cheeks )

( and her underlying blushes ) colouring their way through,

SOKRATES: o former( o destined, o first )

( even-indeed,

o dyad- )truth( ( dyad-truth )unconcealing( dyad-truth ) ),

πρῶτον μὲν ἀλήθεια,

ADEIMANTOS: ( of seas changing inside of me ) for which

we dont yet have ( the chords ) while the words you

( we )are waiting for ( our golden log pose )

( shows ) something persistent ( we are coming through ),

SOKRATES: her( whom )( accusative )

( in-all-ways )to cause to run( set in quick motion)( pursue )( chase-seek-after )( drive or chase away )( drive, force, impel, speed away )( drive-on )( urge on )( carry forward )( accuse )

himself( accusative )

( to cause to run )( set in quick motion)( pursue )( chase-seek-after )( drive or chase away )( drive, force, impel, speed away )( drive-on )( urge on )( carry forward )( accuse )

in-all-ways( accusative )( whom )( her ),

ἣν διώκειν αὐτὸν πάντως

ADEIMANTOS: ( as my depraved-many be all-around accused ),

( we )are already there ( as three together

driven and ) drawing me in motion ( he ) —

( as we ) ( translating his Persephone,

shes ) on the verge of blooming ( in my crone ).

from hymn to Apollo

Republic VI

Odyssey XI.613-626

already there

words flowing

Sep 18, 2026 ∞

VIII.x. ( from the ashes of this ) darling town ( a phoenix in ) fall colours

ADEIMANTOS: ( o Sokrates, why have you named

him fearless? ) ( and why wont he say more? )

( even if we ask ) ( poke ) hm-mm.

( he still wont speak ) ( his irony

grows thick as wool ) baaa ( but how

is this being unafraid? ) ( doesnt he know

they-we want to hear everything about him? )

SOKRATES: for( it does )nt have-and-hold( the )nature

( growth-origin )( of )the steersman( kubernetes )

( they-dyad were steering )

( to bind himself )( to be in-need )of the sailors,

to be ruled( dyad-spider-web )by( from-under him )self.

οὐ γὰρ ἔχει φύσιν κυβερνήτην

ναυτῶν δεῖσθαι ἄρχεσθαι ὑφ᾽ αὑτοῦ

ADEIMANTOS: ( thinks for a while ) ( o kubernetes )

night falls over the town in a blink ( o sprinkles! )

( what has-and-holds your nature, origin, growth? )

( where did you come from? ) ( would you show us? )

we would take you to the spot by the lake,

( okay, lets go ) ( and walk around it ) ( one way

and the other way ) ( but walking anytime we could )

( some days the high path on the ridge, some days

the low ) ( sun, rain, or snow ) ( she found a place

to listen to herself ) ( in him ) ( we-seeking-we )

( we were right there ) ( we were reflection ) ( we

were seasons ) ( light air and water ) ( burning

star ) ( so ) ( neither are we a city man ) ( strictly )

( nor are we a business person ) ( really? )

( cant be ) ( not here ),

SOKRATES: nor(for)the wise(skilled-clever ones)

to go(up to)the double-folding-she-doors

(you will thrust out-of-doors)

of the wealthy-rich(ones),

οὐδὲ τοὺς σοφοὺς ἐπὶ τὰς τῶν πλουσίων θύρας ἰέναι,

ADEIMANTOS: ( in the rebellious phases of my youth )

we inhale the cellar-like scent in the air,

( and we reflect upon the few important years )

( sprinkles! ) ( spent waiting for the metro line )

( or behind the gynmasium of a public school )

( and lets be near the nations capital )

( coming-and-going to the man-made-real )

( the weird, the wild, the human unpredictable )

( for company and fumes to strengthen breadth )

( by breath of fog ) ( where sky looks like a cave )

( and yes, we walk the razors edge of her )

where we used to sit smoking as a teenager,

( as if self-damage would make her invincible )

( after some boy had said her joy was hideous ),