What this project is about.
This one is from Book 5.
How long it took to read this (aloud): 1 mins 56s
What it’s “about”: Ceres sends Triptolemus with nice seeds. The ungrateful wretch of a king is a glory hound, plans to kill young Trippy, gets turned into a lynx.
Words I didn’t know: none
Quotable quotes:
“the air itself
Gave up its roads to me.”
And
“The savage king
Received this news with envy; thinking he
Should take the credit of a gift from heaven,
Made his guest welcome, lulled him off to sleep,
And then picked up a sword. But as the blade
Touched Tnptolemus’ breast, Ceres had turned
The king into a lynx; then she commanded
The Greek boy ride her dragons through the sky.”
How it lands to my eco-sensibility: The promise of a good harvest, but the king has to be a dick about it all…
To a king Ceres sent young Trippy
All “natural bounty’” – it was hippy
He was turned to a lynx
And he said “well that stinks
It’s my fault for being so snippy.”
AND
A king was receiving a chat
From Trippy who came with ‘all that’
He wanted the glory
So tried to get gory
But the goddess, she turned him to cat
Obvious allusions, ways it was used (that I am aware of already) : xx
What I know I didn’t ‘get’: xx
To my knowledge, who’s used it why/how (RACC): xx
Further research questions: xx
Anything else: xx
Triptolemus /ˌtrɪpˈtɒlɪməs/ (Ancient Greek: Τριπτόλεμος, romanized: Triptólemos, lit. ’Tripartite warrior’), also known as Buzyges (Ancient Greek: Βουζύγης, romanized: Bouzýgēs, lit. ’Bull-hitcher’), was a hero of Eleusis in Greek mythology, central to the Eleusinian Mysteries and is worshipped as the inventor and patron of agriculture.[1][2] Triptolemus is credited with being the first to sow seed for cultivation[3] after being taught by Demeter and is credited for the use of oxen and the plough.[4] Xenophon claims that Peloponnesus was the first place Triptolemus shared Demeter’s agricultural gift[5] while Pausanias claims the Rharium plane near Eleusis was the first place to be sown for crops.[6]
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