the valley below

the Delphiad, book III

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:37:27 +0800

(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

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:16:32 +0800

(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

Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:34:59 +0800

power outage here

we hope back on tomorrow .~.

selamat tilem

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the Delphiad, book I

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 20:13:57 +0800

AUTOS: O(we would be)lord, indeed you have(and hold)lovely Lukia
and Meionia and Miletus, delightful(himeroeis)city on the sea,

KOURAI: indeed-undead, you winesack with dogs eyes and a deers heart.

A: but himself again(bow wow)of Delos sea-washed-round
greatly(you)lord(himself).

ὦ ἄνα, καὶ Λυκίην καὶ Μῃονίην ἐρατεινὴν
καὶ Μίλητον ἔχεις, ἔναλον πόλιν ἱμερόεσσαν,
αὐτὸς δ᾽ αὖ Δήλοιο περικλύστοιο μέγ᾽ ἀνάσσεις.

K: in the rear-ends of dusty libraries.

A: but(he)goes(and comes)playing the lyre, the glorious child of Leto(behold-
seize), by the hollow(smooth)(subtle)(elegant)lyre to rocky Pytho,

K: good riddance, see if that bitch will take you.

A: having(holding)divine(dyad)garments(they-we heap up earth
to bury)(having been)filled with sweet smells;

K: just doing to his stinky rags as hes done to us.

A: but his lyre of gold, under the plectrum(spear-point-sting)(cocks-
spur)(ankle), the sharp ring(gnashing of teeth)(mule-
wagon-rattling), has(and holds)lovely.

K: lovely under dirt.

εἶσι δὲ φορμίζων Λητοῦς ἐρικυδέος υἱὸς
φόρμιγγι γλαφυρῇ πρὸς Πυθὼ πετρήεσσαν,
ἄμβροτα εἵματ᾽ ἔχων τεθυωμένα: τοῖο δὲ φόρμιγξ
(185) χρυσέου ὑπὸ πλήκτρου καναχὴν ἔχει ἱμερόεσσαν.

A: but(whence)thence(comes and goes)to Olympos from earth, as thought,

K: a lord of non-entities —

A: (he)goes(and comes, of Zeus)toward the house of Zeus and(goes and)comes
(among)(after)the meeting of other gods and goddesses(of other seeings).

K: eats his own people, in the words of Achilles.
enjoy unfamy-infamy, you.

ἔνθεν δὲ πρὸς Ὄλυμπον ἀπὸ χθονός, ὥστε νόημα,
εἶσι Διὸς πρὸς δῶμα θεῶν μεθ᾽ ὁμήγυριν ἄλλων.

A: but immediately by immortals

K: uh-oh

A: (the dyad-strain-phrase)(by strain-phrase)

K: we think

A: (she cares)(you are cared for)the kithara and the song
(are)cared for(by immortals);

αὐτίκα δ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι μέλει κίθαρις καὶ ἀοιδή:

K: he knows our favorite

Homer: but there and then —

K: be gentle (what)

H: it caused unquenchable laughter by blessed gods
and goddesses, as they(we)saw(humble)Hephaistos hustle-
bustling(by divine limp)through the house.

K: but you know my body is sore
(hey — )
after adventure
(its a euphemismos)

ἄσβεστος δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἐνῶρτο γέλως μακάρεσσι θεοῖσιν
(600) ὡς ἴδον Ἥφαιστον διὰ δώματα ποιπνύοντα.

H: as then the whole day long into the setting sun

K: your hands map every(oh)knot

H: they gave a feast(were feasted), and neither was anyones thumos

K: tension(ahh)releasing

H: (heart-spirit-hunger)(wetly)lacking(nor wanting)
an equal feast,

K: (ok yes, that feels good)

H: nor indeed(did they lack)the all-around-
beautiful lyre, which Apollo was(having
and)holding

K: (heartbeat slowing)whys that

H: (hold, you)(o viper)

ὣς τότε μὲν πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἐς ἠέλιον καταδύντα
δαίνυντ᾽, οὐδέ τι θυμὸς ἐδεύετο δαιτὸς ἐΐσης,
οὐ μὲν φόρμιγγος περικαλλέος ἣν ἔχ᾽ Ἀπόλλων,
Μουσάων θ᾽ αἳ ἄειδον ἀμειβόμεναι ὀπὶ καλῇ.
Iliad 1.604

K: until your mouth(uh oh)

A: and all the Muses(o Muses)together(get it, you)taking turns
and exchanging by beautiful voice(word)(eye)(face)
(it would call)(you are beauty-called),

Μοῦσαι μέν θ᾽ ἅμα πᾶσαι ἀμειβόμεναι ὀπὶ καλῇ

K: finds the side of our neck —

they praise(by singing)there and then the divine gifts of gods and goddesses
(gifts of seeings)and miseries of human beings,

which(both)having(and holding)under immortal gods and goddesses(by
gazings and contemplations)they live(living)(by livings)senseless
and(indeed)helpless(amechanos), and not even are they able

to find(discover, devise, get, gain)a cure for death
nor indeed a defense against old age;

(190) ὑμνεῦσίν ῥα θεῶν δῶρ᾽ ἄμβροτα ἠδ᾽ ἀνθρώπων
τλημοσύνας, ὅσ᾽ ἔχοντες ὑπ᾽ ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι
ζώουσ᾽ ἀφραδέες καὶ ἀμήχανοι, οὐδὲ δύνανται
εὑρέμεναι θανάτοιό τ᾽ ἄκος καὶ γήραος ἄλκαρ:

K: ok but its a headache-causing headache-cure

A: nevertheless the fair-haired Graces
and well-hearted(cheerful, merry, kindly,
gracious)Hours

K: those hores

A: and Harmonia(fastening-union-order-
agreement-stringing)and Hebe(youthfulness)
and daughter-of-Zeus Aphrodite,

K: even Aphrodite?

A: (they)dance(and leap and bound)holding one anothers hands
at the(fruit, grain)wrist;

αὐτὰρ ἐυπλόκαμοι Χάριτες καὶ ἐύφρονες Ὧραι
(195) Ἁρμονίη θ᾽ Ἥβη τε Διὸς θυγάτηρ τ᾽ Ἀφροδίτη
ὀρχεῦντ᾽ ἀλλήλων ἐπὶ καρπῷ χεῖρας ἔχουσαι:

K: we didnt know we had a(fruit, grain)wrist

H: but of them, the girls had fine(delicate-subtle)linen clothes(sail-cloth),

K: its us!

H: while the boys(sitting idly)wore well-spun tunics,

K: omg, its them

H: glistening softly
with olive oil;

K: yum.

H: and the girls had beautiful circlets,

K: we love circlets

H: while the boys

K: give us fantasy!

H: had golden daggers hanging from silver belt-straps.

(595) τῶν δ᾽ αἳ μὲν λεπτὰς ὀθόνας ἔχον, οἳ δὲ χιτῶνας
εἵατ᾽ ἐϋννήτους, ἦκα στίλβοντας ἐλαίῳ:
καί ῥ᾽ αἳ μὲν καλὰς στεφάνας ἔχον, οἳ δὲ μαχαίρας
εἶχον χρυσείας ἐξ ἀργυρέων τελαμώνων.

K: yesss

H: but when the boys ran(we ran)by knowing(standing-on)feet, very
(secretly)easily;

K: hows that

H: as when some potter, seating(-himself)will trial
and test a close-fitted wheel in the palms(of his hands),

K: uh-huh

H: the girls, by seeing, would set and run and shine;

K: oh,

H: but at another(time)again(bow wow)the girls would run
across(you march)the rows, to-for-by one-another.

οἳ δ᾽ ὁτὲ μὲν θρέξασκον ἐπισταμένοισι πόδεσσι
(600) ῥεῖα μάλ᾽, ὡς ὅτε τις τροχὸν ἄρμενον ἐν παλάμῃσιν
ἑζόμενος κεραμεὺς πειρήσεται, αἴ κε θέῃσιν:
ἄλλοτε δ᾽ αὖ θρέξασκον ἐπὶ στίχας ἀλλήλοισι.

K: oh heavens,

H: but a crowd of many was standing

K: stand, yall!

H: around the lovely(himeroeis)dance-
chorus, being filled with solace
and cheer;

K: well, we hope so,

H: but two(a dyad of)tumbling acrobats among them,

K: us??

H: initiating-ruling the song and dance, were whirling

K: we whirl! we whirl!

H: (yes, but)through the middle.

πολλὸς δ᾽ ἱμερόεντα χορὸν περιίσταθ᾽ ὅμιλος
τερπόμενοι:
(605) δοιὼ δὲ κυβιστητῆρε κατ᾽ αὐτοὺς
μολπῆς ἐξάρχοντες ἐδίνευον κατὰ μέσσους.

K: (whirling into the poet)sorry —

H: but —

K: (in disbelief) what powers this?

H: into(it)he put the great and mighty river Ocean
around the outermost rim of the solidly-made shield.

ἐν δ᾽ ἐτίθει ποταμοῖο μέγα σθένος Ὠκεανοῖο
ἄντυγα πὰρ πυμάτην σάκεος πύκα ποιητοῖο.
Iliad 18.594-608

K: you guys know we love the beach!

A: by which indeed(it)celebrates(after)with(meta)song
neither shameful
nor mean;

K: (dreamily)he had us at hephaestos

A: but(its)very(dyad-secret)(stage whispers)and large
to see and(indeed)form(o
form)admirable,

K: OMG! omg omg its — (covers own mouth)

A: Artemis arrow-pouring(being)nursed the same with(by)Apollo.

K: . . . o monumental!

τῇσι μὲν οὔτ᾽ αἰσχρὴ μεταμέλπεται οὔτ᾽ ἐλάχεια,
ἀλλὰ μάλα μεγάλη τε ἰδεῖν καὶ εἶδος ἀγητή,
Ἄρτεμις ἰοχέαιρα ὁμότροφος Ἀπόλλωνι.

from hymn 3 to Apollo

(I of XVIII books, in 21 parts, over one moon)

heirloom(ashes?) of nine parts over twelve days (9/9 and 1)

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 22:43:02 +0800

but of all human beings, they know
by having seen(a few)( glimpses of what could be )
to(m)imitate(mimeisthai)mimitate(sthai)
(a wall of birdsong from the east)
the babbling, chit-chattering, stammering of tongues
of all human beings(a few)( glimpses of what could be )and indeed
imiter - 真似する - imitar
ꦤꦶꦫꦸ - nabootsen - 모방하다
efterligne - efterlikna - etterligne
jäljitellä - подражать - naśladować
the voices(sounds)(tones)(cries)(utterances)(speeches)(languages)
napodobovat - imitārī - يُحاكي
öykünmek - לחקות - meniru
imitare - 模仿 - nachahmen
imitate - अनुकरण - تقلید کردن
of all human beings(a few)( glimpses of what could be )and indeed
the babbling, chit-chattering, stammering of tongues
(a wall of birdsong from the east)
to(m)imitate(mimeisthai)mimitate(sthai)
they know(a few)( glimpses of what could be )
by having seen, all human beings

but each(himself)itself would say,
yous utter, lift up the voice, speak, call out,
are uttering, lifting the voice, speaking, calling out,
to utter lift up the voice, speak, call out
so utter! voice! speak! call out!

thus(to)(for)by(its)thems
the(she)beautiful(o beautiful)song(o song)
they join-fasten-construct-gratify-please-fix-together
the(she)beautiful(o beautiful)song(o song).

πάντων δ᾽ ἀνθρώπων φωνὰς καὶ βαμβαλιαστὺν
μιμεῖσθ᾽ ἴσασιν: φαίη δέ κεν αὐτὸς ἕκαστος
φθέγγεσθ᾽: οὕτω σφιν καλὴ συνάρηρεν ἀοιδή.

but come on,
hes being driven and led, brought and taken, steered and carried-off as by its cause,
yous are keeping and taking and bringing him, like an animal, steering the ship
and leading him on, like fate, you carry him off, as by his cause —
celebrate him, bring him back, keep him in memory, be his cause, you both!

he would be gracious indeed, would lend a gracious ear, Apollo(o Apollo),
Artemis-shows-from-afar, Artemis-dia-xun, Artemis-all-through-together —

but in book 21, Penelope fetches and brings the bow of Odysseus, from its peg,
where it hangs in the shining case that covers it; she promises marriage to the one
who can string the bow and send an arrow — cleanly — through all twelve axes;
Antinoös pretends to be humble, but hes not, and hell be the first to taste the arrow
from the one whom he gives no attention, from the beggars blameless hands; and
Telemachos tries three times to draw the bow; and on his fourth try, he couldve —
but Od gives a sign, so Tel lays low, drawing instead shame on himself, declining
to try again; as Ant leads-on the others to try, in turn; Leodes, son of Oinops,
a diviner, who pronounces the doom of the bow, which will rend many princes
from life and soul; but Ant castigates him, pronouncing his word-song terrible
and shameful; he directs them to heat and wax to bend the bow, and leads-on
the others to try; as the others are trying, and failing, Odysseus conspires
with the oxherd and swineherd; first, he tests and recognizes their infallible
tempers; then he reveals himself, by the scar he took from the boars white tooth;
they weep, and kiss, and embrace, and kiss, their heads and shoulders and hands;
then he makes, with them, his plans; finally, to be given his bow, as the women
lock and bar the suitors in, and themselves, women, outside, that they mustnt
peep, if any of them hears; they must simply sit still
at their work, in silence.
(Odyssey 21.1-239)

but the girls ignore “nobodys” orders not to watch(even if Telemachos
hadnt said not to follow orders, we still wouldnt follow orders);
and the suitors try; and they fail; and Eurymachos speaks the shame of falling so far
short of Ods strength; Ant proposes, saying, “but come, come on,” lets go drink
his wine, and instruct his goatherd to slaughter his goats, and offer them to Apollo —

would a far-working-lord-master be gracious? Od slaughters all of them, even if
they ask for mercy, except for the singer, who was forced, and the herald, who was
loyal. Odysseus asks the old nurse maid to snitch on the women-servants, and she
hands over those who were extra naughty. there happened to be twelve.

Odysseus makes them clean the mess, then orders his son, Telemachos,
to slaughter them:

so there and then he spoke, and(taking)the ships cable(persuasion)of a lapis-
lazuli-prowed(ship), fastening it to a big pillar, he threw it around the rotunda,
aloft making(it)fast, so that none would reach the ground by their feet.

but as when if or thrushes(by thrushes)with long-spread-wings — ah! rock-
pigeons, strike against a fence(o dyad-wall), and theyd stand into the bush,
sending into a roost, but hated showed(indicated)(marked out)(received in-
to ones house, welcome)(entertained, gave ear to, admitted, allowed, took
on-board, to bear patiently, undertook, promised, accepted as responsibility,
received in succession)the(sleep)resting-place(a bed),

as they(shes)at least one-after-another, having and holding(we have and hold,
they have and hold)(their)heads, but on both sides(around)by all(their)throats
nooses(snares for birds)(they)were, so that most pitiable they would die.

but they(we)were panting, gasping, struggling with(their)feet a small little bit
not for any such long(o secretly-dyad-arm-pits)while.

ὣς ἄρ᾽ ἔφη, καὶ πεῖσμα νεὸς κυανοπρῴροιο
κίονος ἐξάψας μεγάλης περίβαλλε θόλοιο,
ὑψόσ᾽ ἐπεντανύσας, μή τις ποσὶν οὖδας ἵκοιτο.
ὡς δ᾽ ὅτ᾽ ἂν ἢ κίχλαι τανυσίπτεροι ἠὲ πέλειαι
ἕρκει ἐνιπλήξωσι, τό θ᾽ ἑστήκῃ ἐνὶ θάμνῳ,
αὖλιν ἐσιέμεναι, στυγερὸς δ᾽ ὑπεδέξατο κοῖτος,
ὣς αἵ γ᾽ ἑξείης κεφαλὰς ἔχον, ἀμφὶ δὲ πάσαις
δειρῇσι βρόχοι ἦσαν, ὅπως οἴκτιστα θάνοιεν.
ἤσπαιρον δὲ πόδεσσι μίνυνθά περ οὔ τι μάλα δήν.
(Odyssey 22.465-473)

(then they treat Melanthios to something ugly, which we skip - then)

they(indeed, it was imminent)thereupon washed off(their)hands and feet
into(you are)Odysseus house they went(we are)(going), but he had finished
(accomplished)(executed)(performed)the work;

nevertheless he(Od)at least spoke-through to the beloved nurse(who nourishes)
Eurykleia;

“bring brimstone(the divine)(o divine brimstone), old woman, remedy of evils,
but bring(to)(for)by me fire, so that (we)would(we will)purify(hallow)(con-
secrate)(you are purified)the large room(great hall, womens apartment, bed-
chamber, sanctuary, shrine, tomb); but you order Penelope to come(go)hither
(thither)with(her)busied-about(handmaids)(attendants)(waiting-)women;

οἱ μὲν ἔπειτ᾽ ἀπονιψάμενοι χεῖράς τε πόδας τε
εἰς Ὀδυσῆα δόμονδε κίον, τετέλεστο δὲ ἔργον:
480αὐτὰρ ὅ γε προσέειπε φίλην τροφὸν Εὐρύκλειαν:
‘οἶσε θέειον, γρηΰ, κακῶν ἄκος, οἶσε δέ μοι πῦρ,
ὄφρα θεειώσω μέγαρον: σὺ δὲ Πηνελόπειαν
ἐλθεῖν ἐνθάδ᾽ ἄνωχθι σὺν ἀμφιπόλοισι γυναιξί:

but all(you sprinkle)(sprinkling)(you stir up, encourage)(they were stirring)we
were stirring-up(and encouraging)fem-slaves to go(to heap and pile-up)against
through(to)the house.

but the beloved nurse(she who nourishes)Eurykleia again to him spoke-through;

“yes(it was binding)(it was needful)(need and bind)(need, you)(dyad-of-the-god)(bind,
you)at least these, o my child, all you said was against(through)according
to portion(destiny)(part)(share)(lot)(that which is meet and right)(order)(due-
measure)(fate).

but come(she leads, carries, brings)(lead, carry, fetch, bring, you)we would carry
(you carry)(you send in)(to)(for)by you a cloak(blanket)and tunic clothes,

and not this way by rags(having-being-)covered broad(far-reaching)shoulders
(she had been set)(yous had made a stand)(yous have made, make a stand!)(she
has been set)(you)make a stand in the big rooms(womens apartments)(shrines);
but(it would be)(she lets, she suffers)(let, you)(suffer, you)reprehensible.

πάσας δ᾽ ὄτρυνον δμῳὰς κατὰ δῶμα νέεσθαι.
’ 485τὸν δ᾽ αὖτε προσέειπε φίλη τροφὸς Εὐρύκλεια:
‘ναὶ δὴ ταῦτά γε, τέκνον ἐμόν, κατὰ μοῖραν ἔειπες.
ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε τοι χλαῖνάν τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματ᾽ ἐνείκω,
μηδ᾽ οὕτω ῥάκεσιν πεπυκασμένος εὐρέας ὤμους
ἕσταθ᾽ ἐνὶ μεγάροισι: νεμεσσητὸν δέ κεν εἴη.

but exchanging-replies-from her, polymetis(many-measured, many-skilled,
many-counseled, many-plans)Odysseus was speaking-through;

“fire now(to)(for)by me firstest(o firstest)in the big rooms, become-it."

τὴν δ᾽ ἀπαμειβόμενος προσέφη πολύμητις Ὀδυσσεύς:
‘πῦρ νῦν μοι πρώτιστον ἐνὶ μεγάροισι γενέσθω.'

so he said(yous say), and not even did beloved nurse(she who nourishes)Eurykleia
disobey, but(she)brought(bore)(carried)(they had sent up and forth)(sprung up)(let-
go)(set free)(loosened)(unfastened)(stirred-up)(urged-on)(caused a wind to blow)
then and there fire and(the divine)brimstone; nevertheless Odysseus well fumigated
(purified)(hallowed)the big room and the house and courtyard.

ὣς ἔφατ᾽, οὐδ᾽ ἀπίθησε φίλη τροφὸς Εὐρύκλεια,
ἤνεικεν δ᾽ ἄρα πῦρ καὶ θήϊον: αὐτὰρ Ὀδυσσεὺς
εὖ διεθείωσεν μέγαρον καὶ δῶμα καὶ αὐλήν.

but the old woman again went off through the beautiful house of beautiful Odysseus
will-announcing(bearing, carrying, delivering, passing-on, relaying)(a message,
news, information, a command, instructions)and by women will-stirring-up(rousing,
egging-on, spurring-on, encouraging)to go(to heap and pile-up); but(shes)they knew
(they were going and coming)(equal)out of the big room(shrine), having and holding
(o havings and holdings)torches(between)(among)(belonging to)
the(ir) — igniting the fire — hands.

γρηῢς δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἀπέβη διὰ δώματα κάλ᾽ Ὀδυσῆος
ἀγγελέουσα γυναιξὶ καὶ ὀτρυνέουσα νέεσθαι:
αἱ δ᾽ ἴσαν ἐκ μεγάροιο δάος μετὰ χερσὶν ἔχουσαι.

(shes)they indeed, there and then, were being-poured(shed)around(embracing)
and welcoming kindly(saluting)(greeting)(receiving with joy)(cleaving to)Odysseus,
and(shameless)(they-shes)were kissing(we were kissing)will-showing-affection(o
will-be-loving)the head and shoulders(and upper arms)and taking-hold(o taking-
hold of)hands;

but(him)the sweet longing was capturing(grasping)(seizing)(winning)(gaining)
overcoming)(proving)him of weeping(lamentation)and of wailing(groaning)(sighs),

but there and then, he recognized(perceived)(came to know)(recognize, you!)
by phren(hearts-middles-minds)(the women)(you are sprinkling)(o
sprinkling)(o weaving-in)(with pharmakon)all(the women).

(we)look how brightly we burn —

αἱ μὲν ἄρ᾽ ἀμφεχέοντο καὶ ἠσπάζοντ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα,
καὶ κύνεον ἀγαπαξόμεναι κεφαλήν τε καὶ ὤμους
χεῖράς τ᾽ αἰνύμεναι: τὸν δὲ γλυκὺς ἵμερος ᾕρει
κλαυθμοῦ καὶ στοναχῆς, γίγνωσκε δ᾽ ἄρα φρεσὶ πάσας.
Odyssey, the rest of book xxii)

ἀλλ᾽ ἄγεθ᾽ ἱλήκοι μὲν Ἀπόλλων Ἀρτέμιδιξύν,

but all yous rejoice, all yous are rejoicing, rejoice all yous(get it, you!),

and we just burned out your eyes?

but(behind)me(you would be thrown up)and(indeed)from behind(in the rear)
you(all)remember, to remember, remember(all)you,

whenever someone amongst earth-dwelling(across-the-earth)(chthonos)human
beings, by accustomed-familiar,

would fasten-on(would be fastened-to)(he would string-through)(would
be strung-through)(and he would inquire-of and question)

the stranger(guest-friend)(wanderer)(host)(foreigner)(refugee)(mercenary
soldier)much-suffering(talapeirios)(man),

coming and going(o comes-and-goes)(o whereto and wherefrom);

χαίρετε δ᾽ ὑμεῖς πᾶσαι: ἐμεῖο δὲ καὶ μετόπισθεν (Od?)
μνήσασθ᾽, ὁππότε κέν τις ἐπιχθονίων ἀνθρώπων (Od?)
ἐθάδ᾽ ἁνείρηται ξεῖνος ταλαπείριος ἐλθών: (Od?)

O girls, but who(which)(what)by yous the man the most pleasant and merry,
sweetly and welcome, balmy, refreshing, gladly and heartily content,
amongst the singers(minstrels)(bards)of songs,
(here)there(goes)(he)goes-up-and-down(and to-and-fro)(and
hes offered for sale),

and(indeed)by which-who are yous most being(be satisfied! delighted!
and gladdened! and cheered!)satisfied, delighted, gladdened, and cheered?

ὦ κοῦραι, τίς δ᾽ ὔμμιν ἀνὴρ ἥδιστος ἀοιδῶν
ἐνθάδε πωλεῖται, καὶ τέῳ τέρπεσθε μάλιστα;

but all-yous(o dyad-arm-pits, dyad-underhanded, dyad-secrets)very-
well-all(get it, yous!)to reply(interpret)(as dreams)(explain)(speak
in dialogue)(deliver)(play, pretend, deceive)(answer)as
the(a-phemos)(un-famous)un-known —

ὑμεῖς δ᾽ εὖ μάλα πᾶσαι ὑποκρίνασθαι ἀφήμως: (Od?)

“(a)blind(dark, dim, obscure)(closed, with no outlet)(tight)(dark, trackless)(un-
escapable)man,

but he is living(in-habits)in(you are being-lived-in)(by a roommate, a house-
servant, a serf)(to)(for)by-rugged-Chios-in(hes being-
present-and-possible-in)(her rugged)

whose(songs)(o songs)(o spells, o incantations)(our-bitches-chew)from
behind(in the rear!)would be best(by beings best)(they will be best)(songs
whos).

τυφλὸς ἀνήρ, οἰκεῖ δὲ Χίῳ ἔνι παιπαλοέσσῃ
τοῦ μᾶσαι μετόπισθεν ἀριστεύσουσιν ἀοιδαί.

we(but we)will bring(bear, carry, draw along, fetch, carry off)your(o
your)news(rumor, report, repute, fame, renown, glory),

howsoever far as across the land(earth)(of human beings)we are twisted
and turned(rotated, upset, deflected, guided, veered, tortured, braided, re-
plied, returned, given back, converted, revolving in circles, turned
and changed, engaged, wheeling about)

the(well-dwelling)cities(o cities)of human beings(you go about, range-
over, haunt)(of human beings)well-dwelling;

ἡμεῖς δ᾽ ὑμέτερον κλέος οἴσομεν, ὅσσον ἐπ᾽ αἶαν
ἀνθρώπων στρεφόμεσθα πόλεις εὖ ναιεταώσας:

they(but they)(upon)across(in fact)(it was needful)(it was binding)
(need, you)(dyad-of-the-god)(bind, you)

they will suffer(undergo, endure, have laid-upon-them, being called-upon to bear,
have-happen to them, being treated, affected, feeling, with passion, being acted-
upon, receive benefits, hard experience, punishment, and enjoy)

and they will be persuaded(won over, prevailed upon, urged successfully, brought
over, induced to believe)(they will yield, believe-in, be convinced)(they
will trust, rely upon, have confidence-in, be emboldened),

and indeed, since you already are following-upon the dyad-word-song,
its(we-being)true.

οἳ δ᾽ ἐπὶ δὴ πείσονται, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἐτήτυμόν ἐστιν.

nevertheless i(we!)will not cease(you wouldnt be ceased)(singing! celebrating! over
and over again)Apollo who throws-

from-afar, singing(o singing)with(our)silver bow,

whom lovely-haired(she, Leto)(behold!)(seize!)produced(you produce,
too!)into the world, Leto.

αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν οὐ λήξω ἑκηβόλον Ἀπόλλωνα
ὑμνέων ἀργυρότοξον, ὃν ἠύκομος τέκε Λητώ.

from hymn 3 to Apollo

(dog-we, of burning-nose, may need
another 4-day cycle
or we-dog lifetime
to go back and fill
more in)
.~.

heirloom of nine parts over twelve days (5/6 and 8/9)

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:16:04 +0800

but(him)self, o bearer of the silver-bow, lord who throws-from-afar(hekatebolos)Apollo,

at one time(and indeed)across rugged Kynthos you go(you take your way)
(pass)(set out)(run)(get onto, out of, into something)(you go on-board
or disembark)(a ship)(to bestride and protect a fallen friend)(or
to drag the body off)(of an enemy)(you mount a chariot
and stand beside another),

but at another(time, you go)wandering aimlessly around
to shun and flee-from islands and men.

αὐτὸς δ᾽, ἀργυρότοξε, ἄναξ ἑκατηβόλ᾽ Ἄπολλον,
ἄλλοτε μέν τ᾽ ἐπὶ Κύνθου ἐβήσαο παιπαλόεντος,
ἄλλοτε δ᾽ ἂν νήσους τε καὶ ἀνέρας ἠλάσκαζες.

many(o many)to(for)(by)you(are)the temple-dwellings and the woody(with tree-
like markings)groves;

but all(o all)(whole)(get, you)(acquire, you)(possess, you)the lookout-places(hill-
tops)(peaks)and(watch-towers)and(the friends, o friend, by the friend)he
would love the highest(topmost)(outmost)(inmost)headlands(cliffs
and bluffs)of lofty mountains(and lofty asses, well, and lofty mules),
and the(nine)rivers flowing-through(o flowing)into the sea;

πολλοί τοι νηοί τε καὶ ἄλσεα δενδρήεντα:
πᾶσαι δὲ σκοπιαί τε φίλαι καὶ πρώονες ἄκροι
ὑψηλῶν ὀρέων ποταμοί θ᾽ ἅλαδε προρέοντες:

but you(to)(for)by Delos, o Phoibos(bright, radiant, pure), you most delight
and gladden, cheer, make content the(etor)heart(life-passion),

ἀλλὰ σὺ Δήλῳ, Φοῖβε, μάλιστ᾽ ἐπιτέρπεαι ἦτορ,

(as Odysseus, even in the midst of his tall-tale, admits of ships
driven by oars, and wars, and throwing spears and arrows, o dyad-
mournful(sorry)(good-for-nothing)(wretched)(painful)things,
which by others at least become horrible, nevertheless,

those things(to)(for)by him, is(the)beloved, which somehow the god
had put there, in his phrenes(heart-breast-perception-memory-
desire-anger-inward-thought); for different men(he men-
splains, as he lies)take joy in different works.

ἀλλά μοι αἰεὶ νῆες ἐπήρετμοι φίλαι ἦσαν
καὶ πόλεμοι καὶ ἄκοντες ἐΰξεστοι καὶ ὀϊστοί,
λυγρά, τά τ᾽ ἄλλοισίν γε καταριγηλὰ πέλονται.
αὐτὰρ ἐμοὶ τὰ φίλ᾽ ἔσκε τά που θεὸς ἐν φρεσὶ θῆκεν:
ἄλλος γάρ τ᾽ ἄλλοισιν ἀνὴρ ἐπιτέρπεται ἔργοις.
Odyssey 14.224)

there(to)(for)by you the Ionians with their trailing tunics gather together
their(him)selves with children and with worthy
and venerable bed-partners and wives.

ἔνθα τοι ἑλκεχίτωνες Ἰάονες ἠγερέθονται
αὐτοῖς σὺν παίδεσσι καὶ αἰδοίῃς ἀλόχοισιν.

(as black Ajax and red Ajax would never take their stand apart, on
the battlefield at Troy, not even a little; but as, into the fallow land,
wine-dyad-dark-oxen(fixed-together-plough in equal-thumos-spirit-
power-drive)both-bearing(carrying)(bringing)they stretch(stretch,
you!)and bend(bend it!)and draw-it-out(you, do that too!)
the fixed-together-plough;

but, there and then, on both sides, from their under-end-most-horns
much sweat gushes(so you two, spout)forth;

and they-two(indeed)the polished-yoke-alone-apart-it-works(it bars
the way)(youre worked)(youre barred)dyad-releasing(letting go,
hurling, throwing, sending, letting flow and spouting forth)through-
and-against the furrow;

but(it)overtakes(reaches)(finds)(will-be-accomplishing)(arise,
you!)the limit of the earths arable land;

so they-two, beside-both-standing, beside-both-passing-beyond,
beside-both-transgressing, exceedingly they make their stand,
(to)(for)(by)(belonging)an-other-to-the-one.

Αἴας δ᾽ οὐκέτι πάμπαν Ὀϊλῆος ταχὺς υἱὸς
ἵστατ᾽ ἀπ᾽ Αἴαντος Τελαμωνίου οὐδ᾽ ἠβαιόν,
ἀλλ᾽ ὥς τ᾽ ἐν νειῷ βόε οἴνοπε πηκτὸν ἄροτρον
ἶσον θυμὸν ἔχοντε τιταίνετον: ἀμφὶ δ᾽ ἄρά σφι
πρυμνοῖσιν κεράεσσι πολὺς ἀνακηκίει ἱδρώς:
τὼ μέν τε ζυγὸν οἶον ἐΰξοον ἀμφὶς ἐέργει
ἱεμένω κατὰ ὦλκα: τέμει δέ τε τέλσον ἀρούρης:
ὣς τὼ παρβεβαῶτε μάλ᾽ ἕστασαν ἀλλήλοιιν.
Iliad 13.701)

but those by boxing(you) and dancing(you) and singing(you),
(they)remembering you(they delight, gladden, and satisfy)with joy,
delight, gladness, and cheer, that they would make their stand(-up-
right, stand-up, rise-up, begin, stand-still, anew)their struggle,
battle, action, assembly, contest, argument, issue — their AGON.

οἱ δέ σε πυγμαχίῃ τε καὶ ὀρχηθμῷ καὶ ἀοιδῇ
μνησάμενοι τέρπουσιν, ὅτ᾽ ἄν στήσωνται ἀγῶνα.

and he(indeed)would say, to be undying and ageless always,
which thereby would come-and-go to meet,
that Ionians altogether-as-a-body
(o all-together, all-at-once)
would very-well-be;

φαίη κ᾽ ἀθανάτους καὶ ἀγήρως ἔμμεναι αἰεί,
ὃς τόθ᾽ ὑπαντιάσει᾽, ὅτ᾽ Ἰάονες ἀθρόοι εἶεν:

for of all would he see grace, favor, beauty, glory, kindness, good-
will, gratitude, gratification, delight, satisfaction; but he would
take pleasure in, enjoy, rejoice, have full enjoyment in, the thumos
and men — (he)(o he)looking into(upon)beholding — and women
with beautiful girdles(and leashes)and swift ships(with ship-like temple-
dwellings)and of swift-selves, their possessions(property, heirlooms,
“the fur coat grandma wore”, you add, and we say sure, and wealth,
estates, farms, fields, vineyards, materials)both-many-and-both.

πάντων γάρ κεν ἴδοιτο χάριν, τέρψαιτο δὲ θυμὸν
ἄνδρας τ᾽ εἰσορόων καλλιζώνους τε γυναῖκας
νῆάς τ᾽ ὠκείας ἠδ᾽ αὐτῶν κτήματα πολλά.

(just as the beautiful girdles, maybe fur coats too, in the fake-wedding, when

Odysseus has newly-burst-forth from his disguise and slaughtered the suitors,
and the old maid wakes-up Penelope, from a very good sleep, to tell her; and it
must be the happiest of all moments in the whole history of human poetry, after
one of terrifying brutality; but Pen doesnt go to him right away; she holds back
her trust, telling their son that they have signs known only by themselves, to prove
they are(to)(for)(by)each other; and Odysseus pretends to hold a wedding,
to distract the Ithakans from the fact he has just butchered their best youth;
or, as he voices-meta-through:

“but we have killed the prop(support)(stay of the city)(the sunken rock,
reef)(bank)(barrow)(that which keeps a ship steady, ballast,
and also earrings, maybe Heras mulberry ones
from yesterday — ),

those great-most-excellent-ones among(young men)the shoots-
and-consequences of satiety, surfeit, and insolence)in Ithaka;

but those, we have ordered you
to consider(purpose, plan, contrive)(perceive,
observe — watch — guard — beware)."

ἡμεῖς δ᾽ ἕρμα πόληος ἀπέκταμεν, οἳ μέγ᾽ ἄριστοι
κούρων εἰν Ἰθάκῃ: τὰ δέ σε φράζεσθαι ἄνωγα.

but Eurynome cleans all the gore from Odysseus so that hes suffused again
with beauty, as when a craftsman gold-overlays-on-silver; so we again can see
his locks of hair-hung-down like purple hyacinth; so-looking-immortal goes he
to meet Penelope; he calls her strange, she calls him strange; then she tests him,
by telling the maid to bring his bed; and Odysseus proves himself, by saying, you
cant do that, as we made our own bed, so we know it very well; especially by one
particular feature, which only he could accomplish; which was, he built it from
a living tree, roots in the ground; Pen melts into tears and asks him forgive-
ness; Pen-splaining, the jealous gods gave them misery based on how happy
they would have been together, throughout their youth; but there are many men
who would have tried to deceive her, and thats why she has to test him; Pen-
splaining-further, that neither would Helen have gone with Paris, and become
the center of the Trojan war, had she not been so deceived; from which we may
conclude, that she tests him, as taking such precautions now, against
ever being the woman
at the center
of a war;

and then he appears, to her, as welcome as the land to men who are drowning,
and she couldnt let him go from her white-armed, like Heras, earths, embrace;
and Athena holds back time, so that they have enough of it, for tears, for hugs,
for conversation, and Od tells Pen about his sign; until the old-maid Eurynome
dresses their bed for them(probably we should check her out);
but they, as one might put it, “gladly went
together to bed, and their old ritual."

but his voices-meta-through,

“and they(by himself)(by herself)(indeed)thereupon-gladly-welcomed(o gladly-
welcomed ones)of the ancient(couch)bed(lektron)(yous make ancient)(make
it ancient, yous, that which is laid down)(the site, the place)(the rite, the law,
the order)(rule, precept, right)(tribunal,

they)come to walk-about(approach)(reach)(take their way)(visit)(present-
their-self-to)(to come or fall into their hands, approach
as one(we)suppliant, having-reached-home, after
swimming, spinning, and piling-in-
heaps,

their deepmost law
(our zebra-dove)
of peace."

οἱ μὲν ἔπειτα
ἀσπάσιοι λέκτροιο παλαιοῦ θεσμὸν ἵκοντο:
Od. 23.147-296)

but toward this great wonder, of which the rumour(report, fame, glory)never
will it perish(come to an end)(die)(be lost)(undone)(in a state of)(ruin),

those girls(maidens)(nymphs)(daughters)(puppets)(dolls)(pupils of
the eye)(in the hieron)(o girls), who as women we call the Deliades,
of the far-shooting-one, are the handmaids(o handmaids)(dwellings);

cf Phaedrus

πρὸς δὲ τόδε μέγα θαῦμα, ὅου κλέος οὔποτ᾽ ὀλεῖται,
κοῦραι Δηλιάδες, ἑκατηβελέταο θεράπναι:

and those(shes)since(you are already following the dyad-word-song)there
and then, the first(o first)indeed(on the one hand)Apollo(they)would sing
(celebrate, commemorate, make famous, tell over and over again, recite,
repeat, harp upon(him),

)but(on the other hand)back again, anew, in turn,
hereafter, again further(bow wow)(aouuu)
Leto and(indeed)Artemis, pourer-forth-of-arrows,

αἵ τ᾽ ἐπεὶ ἂρ πρῶτον μὲν Ἀπόλλων᾽ ὑμνήσωσιν,
αὖτις δ᾽ αὖ Λητώ τε καὶ Ἄρτεμιν ἰοχέαιραν,

(o shes)remembering(him)and of men(o rearing-up)(rearing)(the rearing-
up into manhood)and of old age(o ageing)(ageing)(the ageing)and
of women(they)sing the hymn,

but(they)work upon by spells and enchantment(bewitch)(charm)(spell-bind)(work
upon by wiles)(cajole)(beguile, deceive, cheat)(charm, delight, ravish)
(by hims-and-theys-enchanting)

the tribes(races, classes, swarms, nations)(of tribes races, classes,
swarms, nations)(by tribes, races, classes, swarms,
nations)of human beings.

μνησάμεναι ἀνδρῶν τε παλαιῶν ἠδὲ γυναικῶν
ὕμνον ἀείδουσιν, θέλγουσι δὲ φῦλ᾽ ἀνθρώπων.

from hymn 3 to Apollo

fog of nine parts over twelve days (7/9 and 3/4)

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 20:34:51 +0800

there(o)you, eie!(coming and going)(hearing and seeing)Phoibos(pure, bright
radiant one),

the goddesses(seeings)(you run)(you shine)(you gaze)(she would gaze)(you
would be put in place)(by looking at)(by contemplation)(by
the sight)(o seeings)

were bathing(you)with beautiful(wood)(reefing rope)freshwater purely
and cleanly, were wrapping in white(light)(bright)(clear)swaddling
cloth(fine, thin, delicate)(weak)(slight)(subtle)(refined)
and fresh-woven;

but around(you)they(released)(let go)(let loose)(made flow)(uttered
and spoke)(threw)(hurled)(shot)(spouted forth)(sent)
the golden-twisting-cord.

ἔνθα σέ, ἤιε Φοῖβε, θεαὶ λόον ὕδατι καλῷ
ἁγνῶς καὶ καθαρῶς, σπάρξαν δ᾽ ἐν φάρεϊ λευκῷ,
λεπτῷ, νηγατέῳ: περὶ δὲ χρύσεον στρόφον ἧκαν.

not even, there and then, did the mother(o source)(o origin)suckle Apollo
of the golden weapon,

but Themis(whats right to do)(ruled over)(supplied)(offered)poured the first
drops of nectar and lovely ambrosia
with(her)immortal hands;

but Leto(behold)(seize)rejoiced, because she was giving birth
to a bow-bearing and steadfast child.

οὐδ᾽ ἄρ᾽ Ἀπόλλωνα χρυσάορα θήσατο μήτηρ,
ἀλλὰ Θέμις νέκταρ τε καὶ ἀμβροσίην ἐρατεινὴν
ἀθανάτῃσιν χερσὶν ἐπήρξατο: χαῖρε δὲ Λητώ,
οὕνεκα τοξοφόρον καὶ καρτερὸν υἱὸν ἔτικτεν.

nevertheless(since)(you are)already(following)(the dyad-word-song)(it
was binding)(it was needful)(both)(need and bind, yous),
o Phoibos(pure, bright, radiant one),

(you)ate up(devoured)the ambrosial(we missed the mark)(they
missed the mark)(hamartia)food,

you wouldnt be(panting)(gasping)(struggling convulsively)at least(she
approaches)(has)(had been sat)thereupon(had sent)(has sent)(you all
would send)(she had been put-on)(she has been put-on)(i
was restraining)(by the word-songs)the golden-twisting-
cords(were restraining)(restraining)not
you(panting)(gasping)(struggling
convulsively)at least,

αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ δή, Φοῖβε, κατέβρως ἄμβροτον εἶδαρ,
οὔ σέ γ᾽ ἔπειτ᾽ ἴσχον χρύσεοι στρόφοι ἀσπαίροντα,

nor still do the bonds hold(you)back,

(you hold you back, you),

but they(the bonds)were releasing all of the ends(tools)(tackle)(ropes)(cords)(limits)
(boundaries)(completions)(the comings-to-pass)(crises or supreme moments)
(decisions)(determinations)(modes)(means)(verdicts)(dooms)
(instruments)(the final or essential points)
(the sum and the substance);

(as Nestor delivered to his son, on driving the horse-drawn chariot around
the not-rotted-tree-post(grave-marker)(racing goal of ancient men)with two
white stones leaning on either side, the joining-place of ways, stating
there was no great need to instruct him, for he had been loved
and taught by Poseidon and Zeus;

but he said, your work will be heavy, because your horse may be
the slowest; so keep your eye always on the post, and hug(tree-
post)(grave-marker)it and yourself,
lean

a little to the left, urging-on the right horse, giving full-free-rein; and keep
the left horse hard-against and nearly-touching the tree, until the hub
of the strongly-built wheel will seem to touch it, but not enough
to really brush against it, which would break
the chariot, the horses, yourself.
Iliad 23.305-350)

οὐδ᾽ ἔτι δέσματ᾽ ἔρυκε, λύοντο δὲ πείρατα πάντα.

but at once by femmortals(feminine + immortals)Phoibos(pure, bright,
radiant)Apollo was voicing-meta:

(meta - concerning community or participation; action in common
with another; in the midst of; succession; pursuit; letting go; after,
behind; reversely; repeated action or a change in position
or condition; movement)

αὐτίκα δ᾽ ἀθανάτῃσι μετηύδα Φοῖβος Ἀπόλλων: ‘

“dyad-bows(it lets)(let it)would be(to)for(by)me a kithara(o beloved)(dear-girl-
friend)(she loves)(love, you)and a curved-(rain)bows-dyad,

(we would)(we will)proclaim(furnish you with)an oracle(that you consult)(you are
needing and wanting)(you use)(make use of)(take part in)(dealings with)(experience,
suffer, be-yoked-to)(to feel)(to treat)(to)(for)with(by)human beings(of Zeus)
the un-erring and in-fallible(will)(determination)
(design and)council of Zeus."

εἴη μοι κίθαρίς τε φίλη καὶ καμπύλα τόξα,
χρήσω δ᾽ ἀνθρώποισι Διὸς νημερτέα βουλήν.’

(he said, “many, at least some, good-lucks we seem to be consulting, using, treating-
with, o Meno, of strength and fierceness, of spirit and passion, intent
and purpose, standing-fast, will be standing-fast;

if you go, you come and go, you are seeking-for; as they boil and seethe, boil
and seethe, yous! as they live, live, yous!

(let)one excellence, to thrive and prosper, they were thriving and prospering, we
were thriving and prospering, the dyad takes up, raises, lifts up, the beehive,
o beehive, any we have found and discovered, of excellences, thriving
and prospering, (then)we were thriving and prospering;

beside you, being and having-been, strewn, laid down to rest, repose, re-
maining, buried and un-buried, being situated in place, in store, in re-
serve, set-up and laid-down,
enduring."

πολλῇ γέ τινι εὐτυχίᾳ ἔοικα κεχρῆσθαι, ὦ Μένων,
εἰ μίαν ζητῶν ἀρετὴν σμῆνός τι ἀνηύρηκα ἀρετῶν
παρὰ σοὶ κείμενον. cf Meno 72a)

as saying(o saying)he was striding across(chthonos)earth of the wide-ways
Phoibos(pure, bright radiant)of unshorn hair(hekatebolos)darting-from-afar;

but there and then all of the femmortals(get)(acquire, you)(they were astounded
and started meta-voicing too, “we believe you when you say” we are,
we are amazing amazement
labyrinthine);

but by gold(by golden)there and then all(o all)Delos had been heavy and weighed
down(oppressed)(grievous and distressed)(by golden gold);

looking down at the offspring(family)(generation)of Zeus and Leto,
by joyful-gladness-together,

that the god had chosen(taken)(preferred)(seized)(appropriated)(carried-
off)(chosen)(selected)(it)her

(as the)(o)dyad(palace)house,

to put(set)(place)(set it aside)(set it down)(to give a name to a child)
(to apply the mind)(to set down, propose, as a prize)(as the material
of contest)(to put on or about a person, endue him with)(to set out,
a meal)(put it before someone)(to put into a persons heart or mind)
(to suggest, communicate)(to lay, impose, inflict, bring evil)(to bestow,
give, grant)(to bring about, make, cause to come into being or take
place)(to cause to be such)

among islands(will be spinning)(will be swimming)(“for a while”)(a year
or two, or ten)(o spinning and swimming one)(and piling-up
in heaps)and continents(she
was multiplying to infinity,
she was making into mainland —
make it, you — her mind, its history, things she cant
yet think outloud, things still
hidden in dreams,

by who?

“only slightly unsettling,” you say,
she says, o fucking hell)

but she loves(his lock of hair)more-heartedly.

ὣς εἰπὼν ἐβίβασκεν ἐπὶ χθονὸς εὐρυοδείης
Φοῖβος ἀκερσεκόμης, ἑκατηβόλος: αἳ δ᾽ ἄρα πᾶσαι
135 θάμβεον ἀθάναται: χρυσῷ δ᾽ ἄρα Δῆλος ἅπασα
( βεβρίθει, καθορῶσα Διὸς Λητοὺς τε γενέθλην,
γηθοσύνῃ, ὅτι μιν θεὸς εἵλετο οἰκία θέσθαι
νήσων ἠπείρου τε, φίλησε δὲ κηρόθι μᾶλλον. )

we bloom, brilliant and shining, we flourish, at the height; they bloom
and flourish, at the height; youve bloomed, have blooming!
have flourishing — “a good day” — have being in(our)full!

and as when the highest peak, of the great mountain, of the ass,
and of the guardian(were tri-partite)by brilliance of blossoms
and flowers eruption as by birds(or a yellow wagtail)of woodland,
trees, forest, of timber, firewood, were burning, of stuff, material,
substance — o mud! — of matter, you are the barking,
baying, howling

of earths
unfathomed
potential

ἤνθησ᾽, ὡς ὅτε τε ῥίον οὔρεος ἄνθεσιν ὕλης.

from hymn 3 to Apollo
mogis pos

fog of nine parts over twelve days (2/3 and 7 or 8/12 = 2/3)

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:50:26 +0800

but they(goddesses, wobbly)send Iris(rainbow)forward well-built from the island(this
island)to(will)(lead)(carry)fetch(bring)(to-will-break and shiver
the waves)(to find yalls secret notes)(seized be?)
Eileithuia(mogis-postokos),

(they)(holding under)(as of hands to receive)(or a cup)(or lending ears)(supplying,
affording, furnishing)(upholding, supporting)(sustaining)(maintaining)(taking
upon themselves)(undertaking)(professing)a great chain(necklace)
(wreath)(anchorage)
(shelter),

by golden(gold mines)threads of flax having(asking)(speaking)(fastening
together), nine cubits broad;

as broad as Priams yoke, which he prepares to go beg for his son Hektors
body from Achilles; and his wife, Hekabe, she carries kind, sweet wine,
advises him to pray and look
for signs of birds;

and he agrees
to ask the god for mercy.

αἳ δ᾽ Ἶριν προὔπεμψαν ἐυκτιμένης ἀπὸ νήσου,
ἀξέμεν Εἰλείθυιαν, ὑποσχόμεναι μέγαν ὅρμον,
χρυσείοισι λίνοισιν ἐερμένον, ἐννεάπηχυν:

but absent(aloof)(apart)(they were commanding)(we are commanding)(to beauty-
summon)(call)Hera of the white arms,

truly(they are flowing)(flow, you)(they are swimming)(swim, you)(they are spin-
ning)(spin, you)(they are heaping- and piling-up the thread)(you all
would be)thereupon(she approaches)(has)(had been sat upon)(had sent)
(has sent)(you all would send)(she had been put-on)(she has
been put-on)by the word-songs, she will-to-be-read
like a book, she would twist-and-turn-
back(going of goings)(coming
of comings)(being
of beings).

νόσφιν δ᾽ ἤνωγον καλέειν λευκωλένου Ἥρης,
νή μιν ἔπειτ᾽ ἐπέεσσιν ἀποστρέψειεν ἰοῦσαν.

nevertheless(since)(you are)(approaching)(the dyad-word-song)Iris, swift-footed-
as-the-wind, hears this at least,

(baaa)(sheep-sound)(!!)she walks, then(i will snarl)(easy, rhubarbed)(i
will sprinkle)she runs(to shine)
(to gaze),

but quickly(swiftly)(fleet)she(o Pan)(o all)accomplish all(o all)(o Pan)
the(rainbows)middle. (did she? she tries, a problem is, if she
starts reading Homer, she doesnt stop, its the best wine
however she needs to go to imigrasi
tomorrow morning
baaa)

αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ τό γ᾽ ἄκουσε ποδήνεμος ὠκέα Ἶρις,
βῆ ῥα θέειν, ταχέως δὲ διήνυσε πᾶν τὸ μεσηγύ.

nevertheless(since)(you are)(approaching)(the dyad-word-song), then she
(running)(shining)(gleaming)reaches the seat of gods(and goddesses)
(of seeing ones)(of looking-at)(of aspects)(they were gazing)
(we were gazing)(o gazing one)(upon)

high and steep(sheer)(utter)Olympos,

αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥ᾽ ἵκανε θεῶν ἕδος, αἰπὺν Ὄλυμπον,

at once, then(they were sowing seeds)(o bow-drill)(o shrine)(o carpenters auger)
(by bane and ruin)(anxiety, impatience)(indentations from teeth)(on the inside
of my cheek, she will snarl)(she will snarl, I’m still the same old me)(you
will be snarled)(but you would pray)(and see)(now)(you pray)
(she raises up)(we raise up)(be raised-up, you)
(o prayers)(by prayer)(to flowers)(o lords-
and-ladies)(o jacks-in-the-pulpit)
(o ylang-ylang),

out the door of the great hall, beauty-summoning-out-forth-Eileithuia(she
that comes in need)(we were)winged-word-songs(lines and verses)(o
winged-poetries)she is voicing-through,

o all, very(o yellow)(distemper of asses)(white-tailed)(apple)(arm-
pits)like we were enjoining(cheering on!)the Olympic houses,
(o all)the having-and-holding(feminine).

αὐτίκ᾽ ἄρ᾽ Εἰλείθυιαν ἀπὲκ μεγάροιο θύραζε
ἐκπροκαλεσσαμένη ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα,
πάντα μάλ᾽, ὡς ἐπέτελλον Ὀλύμπια δώματ᾽ ἔχουσαι.

but by it, then and there, she is persuading the thumos(heart-spirit-courage)in
their beloved breasts;

but(going)they go on foot, their steps resembling timorous(trembling)(shy)
rock-pigeons. (why would goddesses
go like that?)

τῇ δ᾽ ἄρα θυμὸν ἔπειθεν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι φίλοισι:
βὰν δὲ ποσὶ τρήρωσι πελειάσιν ἴθμαθ᾽ ὁμοῖαι.

when Eileithuia mogos-postokos(of toils and travails of birth)sets foot upon Delos(o
dyad-divine)(it was binding)(bind, you)(need, you)(it was needful)then
and there, childbirth seizes hold of her.

and there and then, she is scared and shaking; she is spinning
and swimming, imagining again and again
all the whats it means;

but she(in thought-purpose-spirit-courage-power-force-violence)desires
to give(be given)birth.

εὖτ᾽ ἐπὶ Δήλου ἔβαινε μογοστόκος Εἰλείθυια,
δὴ τότε τὴν τόκος εἷλε, μενοίνησεν δὲ τεκέσθαι.

but still she doesnt understand, struggles to comprehend, spinning
and swimming, mind inside-out and upside-down, losing
stability;

but around the palm tree(phoenix)(purple or crimson)(she)throws(throw, you)
(cast)(hurl, let fall, strike, touch)(her and your)two arms(double-
horns of the lyre)(o dyad-bow-joining)(o dyad
of the lyre)(o double-rainbow).

with-and-without the news(it helps)shes tempesting
or going numb;

but the knees she plants(will plant)firmly on the soft(tender)
(gentle)(mild)meadow(yielding)grassy place
(of flowers)(blooming)
(yoni);

she keeps collapsing into tears;

but the earth(o earth)(by earth)smiles beneath her.

ἀμφὶ δὲ φοίνικι βάλε πήχεε, γοῦνα δ᾽ ἔρεισε
λειμῶνι μαλακῷ: μείδησε δὲ γαῖ᾽ ὑπένερθεν:

and still, she isnt you-know-who;

but out(which)leaps(springs)(rushes)(darts)(attacks)(do it)into the light of day;

ἐκ δ᾽ ἔθορε πρὸ φόωσδε:

and she feels dizzy, nauseous, a broken rubber-band, and two beloved(black)hens
die overnight; Grace, staunch and protective mother, and Sweetie, most willful
and brave, and both too clever for their own good, succumb to wounds sustained
when snuck-out of their separate pen, being-set-upon and overwhelmed
by roosters; and she doesnt know why, she cant stop tears
about the event, their spirits being o, so dear,
and gone, and who in the hungering
world, to grieve the loss
of two like them;

and three(four)days ago, when it first said chresterion, then and there(deep)blue(ultra-
marine)Javan kingfisher, Halcyon cyanoventris, lands on a jepun tree;
she writes it then she crosses it out; cause its not like shes the best
at parsing verbs or nouns in ancient greek; and how
dare she believe the unbelievable; and how
hardly she feels its not her right;

and yesterday as she eats lunch, in treetops over-looking Campuhan pura-river-
ravine, red rice, tempe, arugula, miso-sesame, but hard to swallow for lack
of appetite, a green imperial pigeon, pergam hijau, flip-flaps onto a branch
nearby (where she lives are not a lot of windows, as living-space
is mostly outside), and if she sees it, and believes, she feels
not brave, but being-swallowed
in a world of signs;

but the goddesses(you run)(you shine)(you gaze)(she would gaze)(you would be put
in place)(by looking at)(by contemplation)(by the sight)shouted and cried
in EXULTED ULULATIONS —

aiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaieeeeeeeeeiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiiiiiiiii

all of them(o all)(o-whole-feminine)together.

θεαὶ δ᾽ ὀλόλυξαν ἅπασαι.

from hymn 3 to Apollo

fog of nine parts over twelve days (1/2 and 5/9)

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:42:42 +0800

)otherwise, if(you go)(you come)(you are)by me, you would suffer
(submit)(dare)at least, o goddess(o dyad-of-goddesses)
(dyad-of-looking)(dyad-in-contemplation)(dyad-as-spec-
tacle)(dyad-in-performance)(they gaze)(we gaze)(gaze, you)

to swear a mighty oath(she, PENELOPE-testing, would swear)(be sworn):

ἀλλ᾽ εἴ μοι τλαίης γε, θεά, μέγαν ὅρκον ὀμόσσαι:

have(it)be known now, by these(dyad)Gaia(-EARTH)and Ouranos(SKY)far-
reaching(setting higher)(erect)(carrying over)(transposing)(crossing-
holding-handing-over)(forming a superlative)from above,

and by the downward-flowing water of the STYX, be it the greatest
and most deinos(terrible)(wondrous)(strange)(clever)(braiding-
braided)oath(it draws near)(draw near, you)(you come-
into-being)by blessed gods;

and by your hallowed(serpent)head and(indeed)our own marriage-bed, a living
tree, by which we wouldnt ever swear in vain; we look at you
with softening eyes;

ἴστω νῦν τόδε γαῖα καὶ οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθε
καὶ τὸ κατειβόμενον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅς τε μέγιστος
ὅρκος δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσι,
σή θ᾽ ἱερὴ κεφαλὴ καὶ νωΐτερον λέχος αὐτῶν
κουρίδιον, τὸ μὲν οὐκ ἂν ἐγώ ποτε μὰψ ὀμόσαιμι:
(Iliad 15.36)

thither-hither, her the destined-first, to make-build-prepare
an all-around-beautiful temple(ship-like)dwelling,

to be an oracle(CHRESTERION)of human beings,

(and)nevertheless thereafter, to be made-built-prepared
temple(ship-like)dwellings, and sacred groves(with tree-
like markings)of growth, upon all human beings,

after(you are)(you come upon)(the dyad-word-song),
(she was saying)(or)(beingly)in truth(WE)
a many-named-one(POLYOMONOS)
shall be.

ἐνθάδε μιν πρῶτον τεύξειν περικαλλέα νηὸν
ἔμμεναι ἀνθρώπων χρηστήριον, αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα
τεύξασθαι νηούς τε καὶ ἄλσεα δενδρηέντα
πάντας ἐπ᾽ ἀνθρώπους, ἐπεὶ ἦ πολυώνυμος ἔσται.

thus, there and then, she(DELOS)was saying; but LETO(behold)(seize)
(of aspects)(running)(shining)of goddesses(of gods)
swore a mighty oath;

ὣς ἄρ ἔφη: Λητὼ δὲ θεῶν μέγαν ὅρκον ὄμοσσε:

have(it)be known now, by these(dyad)Gaia(-EARTH)and Ouranos(SKY)far-
reaching(setting higher)(erect)(carrying over)(transposing)(crossing-
holding-handing-over)(forming a superlative)from above,

and by the downward-flowing water of the STYX, be it the greatest
and most deinos(terrible)(wondrous)(strange)(clever)(braiding-
braided)oath(it draws near)(draw near, you)(you come-
into-being)by blessed gods;

ἴστω νῦν τάδε Γαῖα καὶ Οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθεν
καὶ τὸ κατειβόμενον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅστε μέγιστος
ὅρκος δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσιν:

(she was saying)(or)(beingly)(WE are)in-truth(the moon)
of PHOIBOS(of the radiant)(purify)(youre purifying)by this(here, thus)
wood-resin-smoke of dupa, and flowers of ylang-ylang,
it will always be an altar and sacred precinct;

but(it would)(will pay a price)(you will be paid)(by retribution)(-dyad)
you will be honored(it will honor)(will always be asking ‘what?')
you at least(both)outstanding(and preeminent)among all,
and you don’t even know.

ἦ μὴν Φοίβου τῇδε θυώδης ἔσσεται αἰεὶ
βωμὸς καὶ τέμενος, τίσει δέ σέ γ᾽ ἔξοχα πάντων.

nevertheless, since(by the dyad-word-song)(you set upon)(you approach)
there and then, it swears(will-swear-to-fulfill)and it accomplishes(brings
to pass)(finishes)the oath;

DELOS(indeed)(on the one hand)very(arm-pits-like-white-tailed-apples)was
rejoicing(rejoice!)by the begetter(by the daughter)(she begets)(you are begotten)
of the from-afar(hekatos)(spring-drawn)lord;

αὐτὰρ ἐπεί ῥ᾽ ὄμοσέν τε τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅρκον,
Δῆλος μὲν μάλα χαῖρε γονῇ ἑκάτοιο ἄνακτος:

but(on the other hand)LETO(behold)(seize)(her dyad)for nine days and nine(spending
youth)(senseless)nights beyond hope(you wouldnt have hope)by un-hoped-
for pangs(throes and travails)she had been pierced.

but(all)goddesses(you run)(you shine)(you gaze)(she would gaze)(you would be put in place)
(by looking at)(by contemplation)(by the sight)were being within(at home)by all(be got,
you)(to sprinkle)(she would sprinkle)(be sprinkled)(as with salt or pharmakon)(eat,
drink, partake, you);

Λητὼ δ᾽ ἐννῆμάρ τε καὶ ἐννέα νύκτας ἀέλπτοις
ὠδίνεσσι πέπαρτο. θεαὶ δ᾽ ἔσαν ἔνδοθι πᾶσαι,

they were(they would)(she would)(you would allow)(by allowing)
as great as the best(they and you would go eat brunch)(best meal),

and DIONE and RHEIA(she would flow and you are flowing)
and ICHNAIOS(following the track)and THEMIS(as its right to do)
and(indeed)much-groaning AMPHITRITE and other immortals, except
for HERA of the white arms, aloof(absent)(apart)(in her home);

ὅσσαι ἄρισται ἔασι, Διώνη τε Ῥείη τε
Ἰχναίη τε Θέμις καὶ ἀγάστονος Ἀμφιτρίτη
ἄλλαι τ᾽ ἀθάναται νόσφιν λευκωλένου Ἥρης:

for she had been seated in the(heavenly)halls of Zeus-cloud-gatherer,
and speaking(we are upon)the winged-word-songs(she)was speaking-through;

ἧστο γὰρ ἐν μεγάροισι Διὸς νεφεληγερέταο,
καί μιν φωνήσασ᾽ ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:
(Iliad 15.36)

have(it)be known now, by these(dyad)Gaia(-EARTH)and Ouranos(SKY)far-
reaching(setting higher)(erect)(carrying over)(transposing)(crossing-
holding-handing-over)(forming a superlative)from above,

and by the downward-flowing water of the STYX, be it the greatest
and most deinos(terrible)(wondrous)(strange)(clever)(braiding-
braided)oath(it draws near)(draw near, you)(you come-
into-being)by blessed gods;

ἴστω νῦν τόδε γαῖα καὶ οὐρανὸς εὐρὺς ὕπερθε
καὶ τὸ κατειβόμενον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅς τε μέγιστος
ὅρκος δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσι,

(three tries by KALYPSO)not any(to)(for)(by)yourself bad misery will-
to-devise another;

not another-bad-misery will-to-devise another-bad-misery(to)(for)(by)yourself;

that no more bad blues will devise bad blues
by your own self; we look at you
with softening eyes.

μή τί τοι αὐτῷ πῆμα κακὸν βουλευσέμεν ἄλλο.
(Odyssey 5.184)

but the only one who hadnt heard(learned)was EILEITHUIA(mogis-postokos)
of toils-and-travails of birth;

μούνη δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπέπυστο μογοστόκος Εἰλείθυια:

for she had been seated by the highest-extreme-peak of OLYMPOS, under golden clouds,
of prudent white-armed HERA, where she was restraining(restrain, you)her
in jealousy(and zeal),

when(which)(that)there and then the blameless and steadfast child
LETO(behold)(seize)(her dyad)will beget, of beautiful(deinos)braids of hair,
at that time was(imminently)destined(and about to do).

ἧστο γὰρ ἄκρῳ Ὀλύμπῳ ὑπὸ χρυσέοισι νέφεσσιν,
Ἥρης φραδμοσύνης λευκωλένου, ἥ μιν ἔρυκε
ζηλοσύνῃ, ὅτ᾽ ἄρ᾽ υἱὸν ἀμύμονά τε κρατερόν τε
Λητὼ τέξεσθαι καλλιπλόκαμος τότ᾽ ἔμελλεν.

from hymn 3 to Apollo

fog of nine parts over twelve days (4/9)

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:35:00 +0800

thus(she)spake; but rejoice(and hail)Delos, and exchanging
and replying(o replying)(o returning-braiding)she was(amoebeing . . .
o holy-mogis-pos-will-be-mother, the whole fog-)voicing-through;

ὣς φάτο: χαῖρε δὲ Δῆλος, ἀμειβομένη δὲ προσηύδα:

Leto, most-glorious daughter of great Koios(you would mark)(you
would cry)(indeed-methinks-i-finally-do — by the dog, shes weaving-
all-nighters, for two — through four, or more — yet, still —

Λητοῖ, κυδίστη θύγατερ μεγάλου Κοίοιο,

)gladly-welcomed, i, at least, would receive(i would bring
to light)your offspring(seed)(generation)(birth)(they were, i am
bringing forth, to bring forth)from-afar the(HEKATOS)lord;

for horribly(dreadful stories)true(o truthful one)(i)(truthful)am bad-
wailing-(war-death-harpy)-sounding(to)(for)by men; and thus,
(we)honored-all-around(we)
would i become.

ἀσπασίη κεν ἐγώ γε γονὴν ἑκάτοιο ἄνακτος
δεξαίμην: αἰνῶς γὰρ ἐτήτυμόν εἰμι δυσηχὴς
ἀνδράσιν: ὧδε δέ κεν περι τιμήεσσα γενοίμην.

but this(word-song)(i)tremble, o Leto, (o this)word-song, nor will(i)
conceal(this word-song)(from)you(who are concealed(in this));

for(overly)(will be twanged)they say, some(hubristic)Apollo(overly)
reckless, uncaring, foolish, ruinous and ungovernable(like
too many, too eager suitors)(overly)(will
be twanged)will be,

and loudly-bigly-will-willfuly-hold-political-sway amongst immortals
and(indeed)for mortals(who)liable-to-death(know neither ships,
with their date-palm-bellies-swelling-fat-purple-pink, nor
the balancing of scales — Athenai, represent —
)upon spelt-giving land.

ἀλλὰ τόδε τρομέω, Λητοῖ, ἔπος, οὐδέ σε κεύσω:
λίην γάρ τινά φασιν ἀτάσθαλον Ἀπόλλωνα
ἔσσεσθαι, μέγα δὲ πρυτανευσέμεν ἀθανάτοισι
καὶ θνητοῖσι βροτοῖσιν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν.

for those, then and there, horribly(i, Penelope-testing, do)fear,
both through(against)phren(tummy-heart-centered-wits-waiting)
and against(through)thumos(breath-spirit-savage-tasting-heart —

as if I don’t remember clearly (as 6 + 3) the last time —
and one year later (that makes 4) —
and with that fucking oar —
how you left us,
before,
again,

)lest whenever the first time he would see(youd be seen, by sheen
of metal)(by ships-timber-tree)light(o daylight)(fire-in-his-eyes-
bright)(a way out)(delight, deliverance, victory, glory)(the dark-
ring)(if somewhere he still lives)(he sees his other one)(around
a nipple)(areola)(black from Hades, unseen)(by the hole)of the sun,

τῷ ῥ᾽ αἰνῶς δείδοικα κατὰ φρένα καὶ κατὰ θυμόν,
μή, ὁπότ᾽ ἂν τὸ πρῶτον ἴδῃ φάος ἠελίοιο,

and dishonoring(you dishonor)(her, again)
the island(as before, will be swimming
and spinning and piling-
up-unwoven string,
in heaps —

o MUSE, sing me the woman
who was ever allowed
to count, OUTLOUD —

)since(you approach the dyad-word-song, are you)really(or)
(i was surely, he said)hard-rocky-grounded(home)(i)am —

by feet(by husbanding)(id over-)turn(and twisting)down(catastrophe)
against(trampling-on, ruining)he would thrust(nail-head, youd
be thrusted)(by thrusting)into the salty-grey sea —

νῆσον ἀτιμήσας, ἐπεὶ ἦ κραναήπεδός εἰμι,
ποσσὶ καταστρέψας ὤσῃ ἁλὸς ἐν πελάγεσσιν,

and now, there(he is)(they are)(he comes and goes)(and come
and go, he says, to me, in the imperative, of)my own self —

(on the one hand)the great(swollen)wave(o flood)(my pregnancy)
(down)against(through)my head(face)(skull)in crowds(aplenty)
(enough)always, it would wash(dash) — (surge) — over(my sanity) —

(on the other hand)he will arrive on(me)the other earth,
who would please(youd be pleased, youd take pleasure, by)him, (me)
to be made(prepared and performed-as)the temple(ship-like)dwelling
and hallowed-wooded(with tree-like markings)groves(of green) —

ἔνθ᾽ ἐμὲ μὲν μέγα κῦμα κατὰ κρατὸς ἅλις αἰεὶ
κλύσσει: ὃ δ᾽ ἄλλην γαῖαν ἀφίξεται, ἥ κεν ἅδῃ οἱ,
τεύξασθαι νηόν τε καὶ ἄλσεα δενδρήεντα:

o(his)polypodes(slime-suckered, skin-(g)ripping things)in my-own-self!
(so protean, he would throw-up)lurking-places(cavities)(lairs)(of a cave-
grave)(the pores of sponges)(nostrils)(recesses in my brain-
bone)and murky seals(o dark seals)(by
the slickening-sea-dog . . .

πουλύποδες δ᾽ ἐν ἐμοὶ θαλάμας φῶκαί τε μέλαιναι

)they will make houses(palaces)(dyad-dwellings)(unburied)uncared-for,
(sisters-)in-lack(ing bedding, spider-webbings-wedding)(just like
you left Argos, of the patient heart, but)of people(d audience,
people-responsibilities, people-needs, left
sisters-in-stones —

οἰκία ποιήσονται ἀκηδέα, χήτεϊ λαῶν.

from hymn 3 to Apollo

cf Homers Odyssey
4.404(seals of Proteus)
5.432(polypodon thalames)
16.35(spider web bedding)
16.86(hubris of suitors)
17.292(Argos talasiphronos)
20.207(ever if he still lives)
23.273(Pen and the sign)
Iliad 2.548(Athenianships)
etc.

fog of nine parts over twelve days (1/4 and 1/3)

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:31:10 +0800

but the(she-islands)(suns of chickens)(a distemper of asses)(white-
tailed yellow-boobs)(underhanded arm-pits)exceedingly
were(i was)trembling and dreading,

and not one endured to accept(receive)or(to show forth)(display)
(explain)Phoibos, even(dyads)being roundly more fat(wealthy, fertile);

αἳ δὲ μάλ᾽ ἐτρόμεον καὶ ἐδείδισαν, οὐδέ τις ἔτλη
Φοῖβον δέξασθαι, καὶ πιοτέρη περ ἐοῦσα:

until when at last(it was binding)(it was needful)(need and bind, o
the dyad)there upon(visible)Delos(make-be-made-visible)(wish-
a-little, wound-a-little)stepped the mistress-lady Leto,

and(o)questioning(and fastening on)her(i was)winged words,
(lines and verses)(o winged poetries)she was voicing-through;

πρίν γ᾽ ὅτε δή ῥ᾽ ἐπὶ Δήλου ἐβήσατο πότνια Λητὼ
καί μιν ἀνειρομένη ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:

o shiny ones, if at least
you would consent to be the seat(o seat)of(you will throw up)my child,

of Phoibos(purify, you)(you are purifying)(of the radiant)of Apollo,
and to place(set)(found)(conceive)within(you)a fat(wealthy, fertile)
temple(ship-like)dwelling —

δῆλ᾽, εἰ γάρ κ᾽ ἐθέλοις ἕδος ἔμμεναι υἷος ἐμοῖο,
Φοίβου Ἀπόλλωνος, θέσθαι τ᾽ ἔνι πίονα νηόν, —

but your other nobody ever(o yearning)(o you drunks)(on desire)(o
the flights)(you would fly hither and thither)(sip by sip)
will fasten(will have( lämpiminä )fastened),

and neither(o threshold, o way)will( herkkinä )escape your awareness,
(nor)(o threshold, o way)will you( herkkinä )forget;

ἄλλος δ᾽ οὔτις σεῖό ποθ᾽ ἅψεται, οὐδέ σε λήσει:

neither well-fed will you, at least(to let it in)be, i expect, nor(would
it wound)(would you wound)(would i wound), nor well-
fruited, nor well-flocked,

neither will you bring(bear)(carry)(endure)(or convey)vintage-grapes
(nor turtle doves, nor stingrays)(nor do i gather,
were they gathering, to gather),

nor(would it wound)(would you wound)(would i wound)then and there,
will you bring-forth countless(ten-thousand)(o dyad of infinities)
plants(trees)(children)(o children)origins(of growth)(natures)
(or births)(nor are you
a puffed-up blower).

οὐδ᾽ εὔβων σέ γ᾽ ἔσεσθαι ὀίομαι οὔτ᾽ εὔμηλον,
οὐδὲ τρύγην οἴσεις οὔτ᾽ ἂρ φυτὰ μυρία φύσεις.

but if(you)would have-and-hold a temple( sisäkkäin )dwelling of far-woking(h e k a e r g o s)Apollo,

εἰ δέ κ᾽ Ἀπόλλωνος ἑκαέργου νηὸν ἔχῃσθα,

all(o all)human beings(o humanity)to you(you see)will lead(guide)(draw out)
(keep)(observe)(believe)(celebrate)(and bring)(o leading)(by leading)h e k a t o m b s(offerings-from-afar)hither-thither-gathering-together-here,

and by you(you see)always the unutterable( kuumia )smoke of burning( tunteita )
sacrifice of fat(of a people)(made-be-public)will rise up(they will rise up,
she will rise up, you will rise up, you will have risen),
and you will nourish,

(and)they would have and hold you from(because of)
(in the name of)a hand belonging to another, since
(you set upon)(are approaching)(the dyad-word-song)
and not(you see)by you(does)the fat(go)underground.

ἄνθρωποί τοι πάντες ἀγινήσουσ᾽ ἑκατόμβας
ἐνθάδ᾽ ἀγειρόμενοι, κνίσση δέ τοι ἄσπετος αἰεὶ
δημοῦ ἀναΐξει βοσκήσεις θ᾽ οἵ κέ σ᾽ ἔχωσι,
χειρὸς ἀπ᾽ ἀλλοτρίης, ἐπεὶ οὔ τοι πῖαρ ὑπ᾽ οὖδας.

from hymn 3 to Apollo

fog of nine parts over twelve days (1/6)

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:16:38 +0800

by what means, then, will i sing you, in all ways being(o being)well-sung?
for everywhere by you, Phoibos, the laws(customs)(melodies)have been thrown — (cast)
(hurled)(struck)(tumbled)(let fall)of the song, across
both the calf(maiden)-nourishing mainland and the islands;

πῶς τ᾽ ἄρ σ᾽ ὑμνήσω πάντως εὔυμνον ἐόντα;
πάντη γάρ τοι, Φοῖβε, νόμοι βεβλήατ᾽ ἀοιδῆς,
ἠμὲν ἀν᾽ ἤπειρον πορτι τρόφον ἠδ᾽ ἀνὰ νήσους:

but all the lookout-peaks(chosen by you, i)delighted you and the sharply-projecting ridges
of the lofty mountains(will be awakening you)and the rivers flowing toward the sea
and the steep banks(o)having(bending)(giving-way)(reclining)(sloping)
(resting)into the brine and the harbors of the sea.

πᾶσαι δὲ σκοπιαί τοι ἅδον καὶ πρώονες ἄκροι
ὑψηλῶν ὀρέων ποταμοί θ᾽ ἅλαδε προρέοντες
ἀκταί τ᾽ εἰς ἅλα κεκλιμέναι λιμένες τε θαλάσσης.

as(really)(or)(it said)(was it i)Leto gave birth(give birth, you)to you first, o joy
for mortals, leaning(sloping)(wandering)(straying)(lain-
down)against mount Kynthos into the rugged island,
into flow-surrounded Delos?

but on either side the dark wave(o pregnancy)(swollen)(the surge)(the flood)
was coming forth onto the dry(barren)land by shrill-blowing winds;
from there, letting loose and away, you lord over all the deathbound.

ἦ ὥς σε πρῶτον Λητὼ τέκε, χάρμα βροτοῖσι,
κλινθεῖσα πρὸς Κύνθου ὄρος κραναῇ ἐνὶ νήσῳ,
Δήλῳ ἐν ἀμφιρύτῃ; ἑκάτερθε δὲ κῦμα κελαινὸν
ἐξῄει χέρσονδε λιγυπνοίοις ἀνέμοισιν,
ἔνθεν ἀπο ρνύμενος πᾶσι θνητοῖσιν ἀνάσσεις.

as many as Krete holds(you are held, in the glass pumpkin)within herself,
and the people of Athens, and the island Aigina, and famous-for-her-ships
Euboia, and the Aigai, the Peiresiai and the coastal Peparethos,
and Thracian Athos and the highest mountain tops(o peaks)of Pelion,
and Thracian Samos of Ida and(o the shady hillsides of)the highlands,

ὅσσους Κρήτη τ᾽ ἐντὸς ἔχει καὶ δῆμος Ἀθηνῶν
νῆσός τ᾽ Αἰγίνη ναυσικλειτή τ᾽ Εὔβοια,
Αἰγαί, Πειρεσίαι τε καὶ ἀγχιάλη Πεπάρηθος
Θρηίκιός τ᾽ Ἀθόως καὶ Πηλίου ἄκρα κάρηνα
Θρηικίη τε Σάμος Ἴδης τ᾽ ὄρεα σκιόεντα,

and Skyros and Phokaia and(o)the sheer height of(papyrus-poetries)
Autokanes, of well-founded Imbros and fog-enveloped Lemnos,
and exceedingly-holy Lesbos, and the Aiolian seat of Makar,
and Chios, (she)who, among islands, is the most brilliant(fertile)(fruit-
ful)(unctuous)(shining)(sleek)(smooth)and anointed in the salty-sea, lies
outstretched(uncared for)(idle)(unburied)(or sleeping)(yet hope flickers),

Σκῦρος καὶ Φώκαια καὶ Αὐτοκάνης ὄρος αἰπύ,
Ἴμβρος τ᾽ εὐκτιμένη καὶ Λῆμνος ἀμιχθαλόεσσα
Λέσβος τ᾽ ἠγαθέη, Μάκαρος ἕδος Αἰολίωνος,
καὶ Χίος, ἣ νήσων λιπαρωτάτη εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖται,

and craggy Mimas and the highest mountain tops(o peaks)of Korykos
and moonlit-radiant Klaros and(o)the sheer height of(earth-destiny)Aisagees,
and watery-moist Samos and the steep mountains(o peaks)of Mykale,
and Miletos and Kos, the city of Meropes(mortal)human beings,

παιπαλόεις τε Μίμας καὶ Κωρύκου ἄκρα κάρηνα
καὶ Κλάρος αἰγλήεσσα καὶ Αἰσα γέης ὄρος αἰπὺ
καὶ Σάμος ὑδρηλὴ Μυκάλης τ᾽ αἰπεινὰ κάρηνα
Μίλητός τε Κόως τε, πόλις Μερόπων ἀνθρώπων,

and steeply-situated Knidos and wind-swept Karpathos,
Naxos and also Paros and Rhenaia, with her cliffs exposed,
and over and across all of it, suffering pangs of childbirth, Leto was coming-
arriving-befallen(befalling)by(Hekebolos)casting-from-afar,
whether any would be willing-found-dwelling for(by)
her child of earths.

καὶ Κνίδος αἰπεινὴ καὶ Κάρπαθος ἠνεμόεσσα
Νάξος τ᾽ ἠδὲ Πάρος Ῥήναιά τε πετρήεσσα,
τόσσον ἔπ᾽ ὠδίνουσα Ἑκηβόλον ἵκετο Λητώ,
εἴ τίς οἱ γαιέων υἱεῖ θέλοι οἰκία θέσθαι.

from hymn 3 to Apollo

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fog of nine parts over twelve days (1/9)

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:56:43 +0800

(i)(from-afar)shall remember and in no way(o threshold,
o way)would (i) escape the notice of Apollo(hekatos)from-afar,

the one whom, when going and coming(o gods)(she would run)(shine,
gleam)(contemplate)through the house(build, you)(she builds)(i
build)of Zeus, the gods tremble(by trembling)(going and coming);

and there and then(i will snarl)(easy)(i will sprinkle water)they
spring up(by darting up)(eagerly)near-to the coming and going,

all(o all)from their seats, when(she)stretches(and strains)out
the shining(radiant)(glistening)(famous)(phaidrean)(rain)bows.

μνήσομαι οὐδὲ λάθωμαι Ἀπόλλωνος ἑκάτοιο,
ὅντε θεοὶ κατὰ δῶμα Διὸς τρομέουσιν ἰόντα:
καί ῥά τ᾽ ἀναΐσσουσιν ἐπὶ σχεδὸν ἐρχομένοιο
πάντες ἀφ᾽ ἑδράων, ὅτε φαίδιμα τόξα τιταίνει.

but Leto alone stays(stay, you)beside delights-in-the-thunderbolt Zeus,
and she there and then(the bow)(living)(o living)(they lived)(living)(life)
let loose(and released)and shut(and enclosed)the quiver and bow,

Λητὼ δ᾽ οἴη μίμνε παραὶ Διὶ τερπικεραύνῳ,
ἥ ῥα βιόν τ᾽ ἐχάλασσε καὶ ἐκλήισσε φαρέτρην,

and(she)taking them from the wowow shoulders by the hands(taking)
(rain)bows suspends(hangs)up(down)towards the pillar of its father
of the peg(phallus)of gold; but(she)seats him, into the(herb)throne,
(she)(leading)(fetching)(bringing)(carrying)(guiding)(commanding)
(drawing out)(and describing)(holding as an event)(and celebrating)
(weighing down a scale)(with a certain weight)and taking for herself.

καί οἱ ἀπ᾽ ἰφθίμων ὤμων χείρεσσιν ἑλοῦσα
τόξα κατεκρέμασε πρὸς κίονα πατρὸς ἑοῖο
πασσάλου ἐκ χρυσέου: τὸν δ᾽ ἐς θρόνον εἷσεν ἄγουσα.

by(it)then the father gives(offers)(grants)nectar(by)the vessel of gold
showing(manifesting)the beloved child; and then the other daimones
thereupon sit down; and the mistress-lady Leto rejoices,
because(she)gave birth to the(rain)bow-bearing and(mighty)steadfast child.

τῷ δ᾽ ἄρα νέκταρ ἔδωκε πατὴρ δέπαϊ χρυσείῳ
δεικνύμενος φίλον υἱόν: ἔπειτα δὲ δαίμονες ἄλλοι
ἔνθα καθίζουσιν: χαίρει δέ τε πότνια Λητώ,
οὕνεκα τοξο φόρον καὶ καρτερὸν υἱὸν ἔτικτε.

rejoice, O blessed Leto, since you gave birth to two glorious children,
Apollo the lord and Artemis of the pouring-forth-(poison?)-arrows,
the one in Ortygia, the other in rugged Delos, (o she)having(bending)(giving-
way)(reclining)(resting)toward the great mountain and Kynthian riverbank,
the most-nearly-like the palm tree(phoenix)(red-purple)(a sticky date),
on the flows of the river-fountain Inopoio.

χαῖρε, μάκαιρ᾽ ὦ Λητοῖ, ἐπεὶ τέκες ἀγλαὰ τέκνα,
Ἀπόλλωνά τ᾽ ἄνακτα καὶ Ἄρτεμιν ἰοχέαιραν,
τὴν μὲν ἐν Ὀρτυγίῃ, τὸν δὲ κραναῇ ἐνὶ Δήλῳ,
κεκλιμένη πρὸς μακρὸν ὄρος καὶ Κύνθιον ὄχθον,
ἀγχοτάτω φοίνικος, ἐπ᾽ Ἰνωποῖο ῥεέθροις.

from hymn 3 to Apollo

kago akousas (fourth days) in kudianerotesia

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:02:18 +0800

another day confined, the dog
paces the gate, listening for
her long-absent master. but who

should she come home to meet,
reunion of the heart. and how
should we survive the relation.

not because its in a book,
but because its in our blood,
we know the end of Argos.

and i, at least, am struck by wonder.
i break and shiver. in dreams woven
these underwater syllables.

i weigh, as it were a ratio: our three,
your four. i hold, on fourth days
the dog takes rest.

when hearing, o hearing, i hear
of being silent involuntary
from beings silent involuntary.

κἀγὼ
ἀκούσας

(the first fourth happening
tomorrow)

mogis pos

.~.

Mon, 27 Jul 2026 18:26:19 +0800

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zero-act play with a false sonnet

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 19:16:59 +0800

(by the window, plush elephant withheld)

leash-lady: play dead.

dog: what a world! what a world.

leash-lady: no, for real. play dead.

(dog reads Shakespeare)

leash-lady: so?

dog: i wrote a poem.

leash-lady: uh-oh. whats it called?

dog: “a sonnet grows askant the brook”

(leash-lady snorts, un-lady-like)

dog: (clears throat)

Our juggled heads as dog and bone,
Ophelias hair and Hamlets one;
Keep Sycorax far from Prospero,
For Mirandas mobile merciful;
My tears, lit years, rage Lears at me,
For Gloucester sees me feelingly;
His daughters blew askant the brook,
His book mere nook til soul partook;
But theres one king, be Yorrick, we,
Dissolves mine-own got-sovereignty.

We run as we run into poetry,
We run as we run through the willow.

(waits indefinitely for applause)

leash-lady: dont you dare make me say it.

dog: (proudly) doggerel!

leash-lady: (painting her nails) im going to need
more of a conceptual diagram.

dog: no.

leash-lady: (with stern look) but no
one else will. no one
else will.

dog: (puzzled) where have i heard that line before . . .
(begins speaking as an aside) and how
is she so good at this? how does she
know to do all of this? and why
is everybody looking at me,
when shes always been
far more interesting
and beautiful
than i?

leash-lady: (rolls her eyes) draw.

(she hands a piece of chalk to dog, who,
after much protestation, reluctantly in-
stantiates a blackboard.)

dog: okay. (takes a deep breath, narrows
eyes, retrieves scent-memory) as we
discover, we being irreducible —

(dog draws a big circle on the board.)

leash-lady: thats they, not we.

(leash-lady goes to the board and draws
two dots.)

dog: (wide-eyed and paws in the air) o indeed are we
suspended here, in a moment of separation.
and i imagine, i imagine, o in my imagination,
the purpose, our purpose, here might be,
to show the impossibility of egoistic
or abstracted or formulaic or activity-
independent explanation or even
any non-relational, un-
adaptive, a-
temporal
mode
or method
of expression.

leash-lady: explanation of what?

dog: us.

leash-lady: so anyway. here we are, two
dots, and the world, or chaos, on the out-
side, is here. right? “no exit”, like Sartre.

dog: i, at least, dont think thats the worst
analogy, but our performance feels text-
urally different from a play? like, more
chewy? more of a chew-toy?

leash-lady: hence the drool.

(dog looks sheepish)

leash-lady: nevermind. so about the pharmakon,
is this like, we party while the world
is burning? drugs and booze?
and opiates . . . wouldnt be
the worst thing.

dog: (whimpers, glances askant)

leash-lady: ah yes, the elephant in the room.

(dog howls)

leash-lady: come on, spit it out.

(dog paws face)

leash-lady: or youll never see your precious
little elephant again! at the blackboard! go!

dog: (sighs deeply, erases dots) okay. forget
the dots.

leash-lady: thats too bad. the dots seemed happy.

dog: well, appearances can be deceiving. no,
the dots were just high. on a different drug.
thats not the kind of drug we have.
i mean, that we are.

leash-lady: wait, how can we be the drug?
i never agreed to that!

dog: (depressed) i hate existentialism. really
i do.

leash-lady: draw, dog!

dog: (takes up chalk dutifully) so heres
a circle, imagine its a sphere. let this, we,
be we.

leash-lady: all smooth and even like that, huh?

dog: (looks at circle, which has been unevenly
drawn) well, what do you expect from a dog?

leash-lady: continue.

dog: (defensively) im just a dog, not
an elephant, or even
an elephant expert.

leash-lady: (aside) clearly. (out-
loud) draw!

dog: so at the moment, we are testing the limits
of the elephant. we are, as you indicate, pretty
bipolar.

leash-lady: okay. so the imaginary sphere
has poles. arent those
like dots?

dog: we being the poles, of a spherical field —

leash-lady: a field, like of grass?

dog: not like a meadow field. like a magnetic
field, like Faraday. we are meaning, like
a magnetic field.

leash-lady: so?

dog: its just, like, kaleidoscopic, like (sniffs
the air) correspondances,

leash-lady: not now, with the french. not
now, with the Baudelaire.

(dog in feelings)

leash-lady: sober up, dog. draw more.

dog: okay. right now, we are suspended from the act.
and time, without activity, loses its field of relation. so,
were a little stuck. you versus i, master versus slave,
but like, a friendlier version. i hope.
have you ever read Hegel?

leash-lady: (face in hands) why is this my life . . .

dog: yes, sorry, sorry, sorry. dont read Hegel.
please, go take a very long nap instead.
(aside) an ex used to say she had Platon-
gefühl. he was a Hegelian.

leash-lady: (sternly) i can hear you. and how
is that relevant?

dog: because it brings up, like vomit — have you
noticed that occasional feeling of nausea
we have?

leash-lady: yes, and? have you been eating beach-
poo again?

dog: (sighs) i miss the beach.

leash-lady: im about to close the ipad screen.
draw!

dog: yes, where was i . . . oh, the memory. and
the remembering. its relevant because all
of this evokes in me a very strange
mixture
of feelings.

leash-lady: feelings? (frowns) is this just
about feelings? is this —
a kissing book?

dog: yes, and —

leash-lady: is it just a distraction, just
a feel-good movie, just
to pass the time, soft
and comfy-like,
amidst
(gestures out the window)
this chaos?

dog: (tired) not quite, i imagine, judging by what
weve undergone, so far, at least. to me, it feels
kind of like . . . some kind of animal
exercise . . . (trails off, wags tail)

leash-lady: wait. you mean you don’t know?

dog: of course not!

leash-lady: (exasperated) then why on earth
would you be dragging us
through all of this?

(puppy-dog eyes)

leash-lady: what does it feel like then?

dog: oh, so so much. hope, then terror, then joy,
then grief, then wonder, then joy, then funny,
then grief, then terror, then pain,
then wonder, then sorrow,
then hope . . .

(dog chases own tail)

leash-lady: it seems awfully ego-gratifying
for supposedly being ego-death.

(dog barks)

leash-lady: bad dog.

dog: yes, well. funny you should say that. ive
not gotten here by being very clever, you see.

leash-lady: again, with the all-about-you. what
about we? spit it out!

dog: (adjusts glasses) okay. my current theory, if
you forced me, would be that we are some kind
of cosmic
heart
muscle.

(cringes all-around)

dog: youre the one who made me draw a diagram!

leash-lady: im not, actually.

dog: then who —

leash-lady: dont yell at me.

dog: okay. im sorry, ill try not to.

leash-lady: thank you. anyway, what does it,
what do they, as we, do?

dog: we do, like this —

(dog waves paws around the blackboard
in a very un-doglike manner, wags
tail and whines
like a dog)

leash-lady: clarifying absolutely nothing. ok,
quick, cause this is getting very long, and i can tell
you could go on forever. if were bi-
polar, what are our poles?

dog: well, heres the not-so-easy part. my sense is
we-will-worker-bees through many situationships.
and we have many things yet to learn about us.

leash-lady: there seems to be a great deal
of repetition. will there be more
of that? repetition?

dog: probably. but some of the grand
patterns seem to be something like,
death versus insanity?
despair versus mania?
tragedy versus comedy?
love versus grief?

leash-lady: that sounds very dark. are you
okay?

(dog labels the circle with polarities,
triangles, vectors, and other notation.)

leash-lady: wheres the chaos, didnt
you say you were
a chaotician?

dog: (looks up, tilts head) geometrician. im
a geometrician. (barks in Kuna Greek)

leash-lady: who deals with the chaos, then?

dog: (shrugs) dunno, maybe cats.

leash-lady: but those things you wrote,
about love and death, et cetera, they
seem mostly like antagonisms.
i thought dog was mans best friend.

dog: yes. and like everybody in Hamlet,
they, or we, remain terribly resolved, solips-
sismuses, abysmal ones, destined —

leash-lady: doomed?

dog: yes —

leash-lady: tragic?

dog: — at least, until we —

leash-lady: if we, you mean.

dog: yes! if and until we, as whoever we are,
enact and express them —

leash-lady: which are, psychic-cosmic abysms?
dog: — yes, through our own
relation. dialectical mediation,
if you will.

leash-lady: Hegel again?

dog: (frowns) more OG than that.

leash-lady: meaning?

(dog jumps through the circle on the black-
board, which has caught on fire, as if
it were a hoop)

(leash-lady waits)

(dog jumps back out)

leash-lady: and you wont find it in a text-
book — why?

dog: no. yes. because the plushie (points nose
at elephant) was made to be un-chewable, or
inedible, in any other way than by how we
are partaking of it, or really, partaking
through it, if we were being we,
not you and i, as we seem
to be being
now.

leash-lady: you mean to say . . . it can only
be read as a we?

dog: (dreamily) my plushie can only be chewed by love.

leash-lady: that strikes me as —

dog: fuck patriarchy!

leash-lady: — as astoundingly unlikely.

dog: (rolls over)

leash-lady: that seems almost . . . post-modern.
almost avant garde . . . or is it
a religious thing?

dog: (tongue out) were classics now, baby!

leash-lady: (winces) okay dog, continue.

dog: but im scared. (whines)

leash-lady: well, i believe in you.
and i believe you can do it.
because ive seen you do it.
and it doesnt have to be perfect,
but it does have to be you. so,
dog,
do.

dog: (after receiving much encouragement) okay.
only as we, can the plushie, and so it seems,
the entire elephant corpus, be sniffed-out
and un-dug —

leash-lady: and eaten?

dog: well i, at least, try
to eat everything i find.

leash-lady: aha. but tell me, why
would an elephant be made
in this way, as strange
to eat, as this one?

dog: survival.

leash-lady: but why is it a plush elephant, at all?

dog: i dunno, being neither elephant, nor plushie.
but being a dog, i suppose it wants to be a good
guardian. maybe, the plushie protects itself
from self-serve, self-serving eating.

leash-lady: intriguing. almost like how
an elephant wouldnt wish
to be eaten.

dog: well, its not potatoes!

leash-lady: (laughs) but i am questions
inside questions . . .

dog: also, maybe it protects the souls of dogs
by never letting we-dogs get stuck in soliloquy.

leash-lady: like Hamlet?

dog: (frowns) or graveyard clowns . . .

leash-lady: dont get discouraged. draw.

(dog motions at the flaming circle on the board)

dog: so, if it-we pulls us-two out of madnesses
that wait at either of our two poles, then
even as were bipolar, we even us out.

leash-lady: in our relational field.

dog: and because it binds us with each-
other, it also becomes, so-
to-speak, a poetry-self-
guardian — or even,
a guard dog. like
dog-school, but
like poetry,
for we.

leash-lady: ironic.

dog: whats irony?

leash-lady: that im here guarding
the guardian plushie
from the guard dog.

(puppy-dog eyes)

leash-lady: now let me guess. none of this drawn-out
explanation, which wasnt altogether un-
enlightening, could really be any kind
of replacement, neither for the parts,
nor for the whole, of the previous
or any of the subsequent
wordless moments
upon which we
have built
ourself . . .

dog: my queen! (walking on hind-legs)

leash-lady: laying it on thick, are we?

(dog plays dead)

leash-lady: uh-huh. methinks the puppy doth pro-
test too much. already. again.

dog: (risen) theres one more thing id like to say

leash-lady: of course.

dog: one little word can carry a lot of baggage.

leash-lady: indeed. so can one dogs nose.

dog: so i was trying to write a soliloquy
about that, to go here.

leash-lady: uh-huh.

dog: (with fanfare) but then,
i cut it —
snip!

(applause)

leash-lady: this changes everything, and yet,
this changes nothing at all.

(oohs and aahs)

dog: and then the formatting really boggled
my indie-web blog, and my dog-brain too.

(laughter)

leash-lady: you know, dog, you dont have to write it
down all at once. sometimes, you can just
put the work down gently, at the end
of a long day. self-care,
other-care,
we-care,
it-care.

(silence)

dog: it cares! it cares!

leash-lady: i didnt say that —

dog: so, can we please have
our elephant back now?

leash-lady: beg

(dog begs)

κἀγὼ

.~.

Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:22:48 +0800

(postponed due to technical difficulties)

grabbed by the dog

Fri, 24 Jul 2026 18:43:42 +0800

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
ye syes yes yes yes yes yes yesss
o my godddddgodgodgod theres an elephant

guess what color!

my plushie is a psychedelic substance
it hascome to take over the universe, yall —

κἀγὼ

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:26:19 +0800

mogis pos
“in which the author fails at playing dead” or maybe
“en-grave-rolling” im very sorry this is terrible
i will do better tomorrow i promise
or, question for the culture: should i be a good dog or like chaotic neutral?

in aporia

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:04:45 +0800

i feel wrong
i feel deadly wrong
was it my flaw

the day you died
i couldnt fake it
on a leaf

its only human
my human alone
gone wrong somewhere

how could i carry
part of a song
even for us

how can i carry
any part
when i dont know your part at all

when however far i look into the future
i see more the garbled tangle
of our past

and in the past
my disbelief
grief-black

how far i look
for strangled words
in selfishness of absence

what seems impossible
you make look easy
you do unimaginably well

for the people watching
and what they say
when i fail

a mouse in a trap
a graveyard worm
crazy i heard

i take advantage
as i perform
your death

i violate it
un-making
the heartache

i minimize you
i lose you like
your text

i speak from an empty place
a world of pressure
i well refuse

the way is cruel
and i cant tell
the trial from the abyss

how can i love you
how can i write this
without hating you for it

how could you put me through this
without hating me
yourself

how could love make me
voice the pain
of its own loss

i would just guess
but then you make me
do it sober

the fire lost is
i didnt rub
your ankles

the fire lost is
your questions
i choke

the fire lost
is everything
that fire doesnt fix

the fire lost
the body silent
involuntary

from the unspeakable contingencies of time (a poetry for sisterhood)

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:32:40 +0800

(all, at least
it said)

then by me, these two voices en-joined let be,
to we, sisters in offering promise and prayer

as slight temper to make the passing storms

for held jointly, in common, though wounds, in-
deed, in kinship be, of beloveds, the poems

and a spoken word, silent heretofore — koina

my pieces impart, as you impart, as we impart
as parts - carried - apart of ones-being-in-love

by toils and grief and all-possible-turns

now to share it, O world, we let her be sung
the wind-gathering-song of our broken heart

. . .

(therefore)(or certainly not) beautifully by you
(does it seem)(do you seem)(seem you) to be said,
and do you accept
the word?

(πάνυ γε
ἔφη)

οὐκοῦν καλῶς σοι
δοκεῖ λέγεσθαι
καὶ ἀποδέχῃ
τὸν λόγον

Charmides 156ξ

//

καὶ ἐμοὶ ταῦτα συνεύχου
κοινὰ γὰρ τὰ τῶν φίλων
Phaedrus 279ξ

mogis pos

🌓

being carried apart

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:52:08 +0800

or(am i
really)(it says)(be i n g l y

or)have you not sensed and perceived(
and have you not been run into — )that
these(girlssssss) in this way, they speak
(and lay )(by speaking and laying) . . .

and (she has and holds and carries
and you have and hold and carry
and) it makes flow and pour
and shed and scatter
and shatter (by
the forked-
tongue-
vip-
er
)
?

ἢ οὐκ ᾔσθησαι
ὅτι ταῦτα οὕτως
λέγουσίν τε καὶ ἔχει

155ξ

//

mogis pos
mogis pos
mogis pos

as harmonium despair (we trial six-handed instruments) as immortalities

Sun, 19 Jul 2026 19:00:51 +0800

exhalation:
we need every breath you give
we must bind it with our own
so the One receives our dyad

inhalation:
(word being soul)

instrument:
by through-takings, would you shelter me,
O whistling, flute-playing-Pan,
through the body of a child,
through-bodied-father
embodying the all —
turnings-conjoined-
round O whole-
playing-part
grown-in, would you put-on your hands?

chord:
to take care is to hold
sisters crying-out
in-visibles
to cure

//

ἐκ δὴ
τούτου τοῦ λόγου
δι αίτ αις
ἐπὶ πᾶν
τὸ σῶμα
τρεπόμενοι
μετὰ τοῦ ὅλου
τὸ μέρος
ἐπιχειροῦσιν
θεραπεύειν τε
καὶ ἰᾶσθαι

156ξ

//

mogis pos

wherein fearlessness be found our freedom

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:34:55 +0800

and once more, again, anew, how — possibly back-
wards, by the beach dog — bow wow — aouuu . . .

the aim — waiting and looking — for the she-head —
if someday, dri nkinsymposian-drunk, would be —
to take care — you take care — it would take care —

of herself by herself —

but without — us finishing it — we being — her soul —
we sending her up — in fearlessness — letting her howl —
O whole of a body, make me whole, to be whole —

our lunations, as do we, as we do — toward home —
remain many un-thinking-fool-ish-nesses . . .

καὶ αὖ
τὸ τὴν κεφαλὴν οἴεσθαι
ἄν ποτε θεραπεῦσαι
αὐτὴν ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτῆς
ἄνευ
ὅλου τοῦ σώματος
πολλὴν ἄνοιαν εἶναι

//

mogis pos

psuche

wild

🌒

a sentence around ultra-violetting girls

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:08:46 +0800

for we are, O Charmides, the love-charming eyes,
and like this she-song, the sort not to claim powers
to make healthy and sound the lonely head,

but like youre already making equals delights,
twice-sevenning and hearing-do-gooding healers,
(you do good)(lets do good)(our best)(as we can),
whenever anyone, as you and me, comes to them-
selves, as pain-suffering eyes,

they say, somehow, by saying that it doesnt do,
to put hands on solitary selves (you make alone)(as
you, ultra-violetting, you were and will be crying
aloud) to cure the eyes,

but it(perforce, from prison)(it lets)(let it)would be
our girls, and at the same time, would be necessary
to take care of her-head,

if it would be destined, by intending to do, and indeed,
(i see you)(you see me)(we give sight)(to giving sight),
to have well, and to hold well, the shes of the eyes,

ἔστι γάρ,
ὦ Χαρμίδη
τοιαύτη οἵα μὴ δύνασθαι
τὴν κεφαλὴν μόνον ὑγιᾶ ποιεῖν

ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ ἴσως
ἤδη καὶ σὺ ἀκήκοας
τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἰατρῶν

ἐπειδάν τις αὐτοῖς προσέλθῃ
τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀλγῶν

λέγουσί που ὅτι
οὐχ οἷόν τε
αὐτοὺς μόνους ἐπιχειρεῖν
τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἰᾶσθαι

ἀλλ᾽ ἀναγκαῖον εἴη
ἅμα καὶ
τὴν κεφαλὴν θεραπεύειν

εἰ μέλλοι
καὶ τὰ τῶν ὀμμάτων εὖ ἔχειν

156β

//

mogis pos