What this project is about.
This one is from Book 10.
How long it took to read this (aloud): 8 mins 13s
What it’s “about”: Eurydice steps on a snake, her husband takes a trip, they don’t come back together… Oh, and he teaches child abuse.
Words I didn’t know: xx
Viburnum Viburnums are versatile, easy-to-grow shrubs that thrive in a wide range of situations. There are many to choose from, large or small, evergreen or deciduous,
Arbutus Arbutus is a genus of 12 accepted species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to temperate regions of the Mediterranean, western Europe
Lina A liana (/liˈænə/ lee-ANN-ə, also /-ɑːnə/ -AH-nə) is a long-stemmed woody vine that is rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees, as well as other means of vertical support, to climb up to the canopy in search of direct sunlight.[1][2] The word liana does not refer to a taxonomic grouping, but rather a habit of plant growth—much like tree or shrub. It comes from standard French liane, itself from an Antilles French dialect word meaning ‘to sheave‘.
Quotable quotes:
its fires guttered out
In coiling smoke that filled the eyes with tears.
AND
Since these pathetic words were sung to music
Even the blood-drained ghosts of Hell fell weeping:
Tantalus no longer reached toward vanished waves
And Ixion’s wheel stopped short, charmed by the spell;
Vultures gave up their feast on Tityus‘ liver
And cocked their heads to stare, fifty Belides
Stood gazing while their half-filled pitchers emptied,
And Sisyphus sat down upon his stone.
Then, as the story goes, the raging Furies
Grew sobbing-wet with tears. Neither the queen
Nor her great lord of Darkness could resist
The charms of Orpheus and his matchless lyre.
And
Meanwhile he taught the men of Thrace the art
Of making love to boys and showed them that
Such love affairs renewed their early vigour,
The innocence of youth, the flowers of spring.
Nope. Just NOPE.
How it lands to my eco-sensibility: xx
Obvious allusions, ways it was used (that I am aware of already) : xx
What I know I didn’t ‘get’: xx
Lethaea‘s husband, who took on himself
The sin of being proud of his wife’s beauty,
Of which that lady bragged too much and long,
Yet since their hearts were one (in their opinion)
They changed to rocks where anyone may see them
Hold hands and kiss where Ida’s fountains glitter
AND
And the tall pine, beloved of Cybele
Since Attis her loyal priest stripped off his manhood,
And stood sexless and naked as that tree.
To my knowledge, who’s used it why/how (RACC): xx
Further research questions: xx
Anything else: xx
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