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Poetry Jam 2020: Elizabeth Bishop
Feb. 29th, 2020 07:53 amOur reading selection for this month is Elizabeth Bishop's Geography III. Can't wait to see what you all think about this collection.
( Upcoming selections )
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Feb. 29th, 2020
The Homeric Epics
Feb. 29th, 2020 10:20 am( Goodreads Review )
So now I want somebody to write me the story of what happens to Briseis after The Iliad, and I want somebody to write me the story of what happens to Helen after The Iliad, and I want somebody to write me the story of what Penelope and Odysseus's relationship is really like after he returns. I want Briseis to have a happy ending. Maybe she ends up being owned by the same person who enslaves Andromache, and they become friends, and when Andromache is freed (per The Aeneid), Briseis comes along with her and is also freed. Or maybe Briseis ends up married to Neoptolemus or another Myrmidon and gains some power and control that way. IDK We get this tantalizing glimpse of Helen and Menelaus in The Odyssey, and they seem totally fine with each other, totally cool, and I really want to know if that's true or just a front. Regardless of whether Menelaus is copacetic, what do the Spartans think of her? Do they resent her? Does she just dose everybody with that drug so that no one is angry with her? Gotta say, I love the idea that Helen is just routinely dosing the water supply with drugs that make everyone forget they're pissed about the Trojan War. And finally, Odysseus cannot get out of battle mode; I really like the way Miller's Circe puts that aspect of his characterization at the forefront. I have a hard time believing he's going to seamlessly transition from the last twenty years of his life to king of peaceful Ithaca. What do y'all think?
So now I want somebody to write me the story of what happens to Briseis after The Iliad, and I want somebody to write me the story of what happens to Helen after The Iliad, and I want somebody to write me the story of what Penelope and Odysseus's relationship is really like after he returns. I want Briseis to have a happy ending. Maybe she ends up being owned by the same person who enslaves Andromache, and they become friends, and when Andromache is freed (per The Aeneid), Briseis comes along with her and is also freed. Or maybe Briseis ends up married to Neoptolemus or another Myrmidon and gains some power and control that way. IDK We get this tantalizing glimpse of Helen and Menelaus in The Odyssey, and they seem totally fine with each other, totally cool, and I really want to know if that's true or just a front. Regardless of whether Menelaus is copacetic, what do the Spartans think of her? Do they resent her? Does she just dose everybody with that drug so that no one is angry with her? Gotta say, I love the idea that Helen is just routinely dosing the water supply with drugs that make everyone forget they're pissed about the Trojan War. And finally, Odysseus cannot get out of battle mode; I really like the way Miller's Circe puts that aspect of his characterization at the forefront. I have a hard time believing he's going to seamlessly transition from the last twenty years of his life to king of peaceful Ithaca. What do y'all think?