What this project is about.
This one is from Book 11.
How long it took to read this (aloud): 5 mins 11
What it’s “about”: A king (Ceyx) tells a tale to his guest about unhappy families and a man turned to a boid (again). The moral is – don’t mouth off about the gods.
Words I didn’t know: none
Quotable quotes:
“O Peleus, it may please you to believe
A certain bird of prey — look at him there —
Who frightens all and lives by killing others,
Has always been the creature he is now.
But that’s not true. The creature was a man,
Upright in war, loyal to his men, ready to fight,
Named Daedalion. Both of us were sons
Of him who wakes the sky in night’s last hours,
And is the last star seen when daylight rises.
As for myself, I always sought for peace,
Domestic peace as well, to please my wife.
But raging war became my brother’s will;
His courage conquered kings and levelled kingdoms —
Today, masked as a bird, his mad blood harries
Thisbe’s mild doves.
AND
When night came with a million shining stars,
Dressed as an old nurse, Phoebus had pleasure with her
AND
Too much of glory
Carries ill fortune and a curse to many,
Bad luck for her.
AND
For it was I who like a father ran
To hold her in my arms, and I who tried
To quiet my brother’s madness in his grief.
He heard me as high rocks hear waves below them,
Saw nothing but the loss of his fair daughter,
And when her pyre burned, four times they held him back
To save him from destruction in that fire.
And
Apollo gave him wings to break his fall,
A hooked beak, and crooked claws — made him a hawk
As strong as any man, as wild, as fearless
As Daedalion felt himself to be,
And merciful to none — he tears at others
To make them know the pain that burns his heart.”
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
To my knowledge, who’s used it why/how (RACC): xx
Further research questions: xx
Anything else: xx
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