Detritus

Psyche

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Wednesday, October 01, 2003 “O foolish Psyche, is it thus you repay my love? After having disobeyed my mother’s commands and made you my wife, will you think me a monster and cut off my head? But go; return to your sisters, whose advice you seem to think preferable to mine. I inflict no other … Read more

Pan

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Classical Deity of the day:Pan The Greek god of shepherds and flocks, who was especially popular in Arcadia. He is a son of the god Hermes. He was depicted as a satyr with a reed pipe, a shepherd’s crook and a branch of pine or crown of pine needles. He had a wrinkled face with … Read more

Dionysus

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Mythological Figure of the Day: Dionysus Also known as the Roman god, Bacchus. God of wine, agriculture and fertility. Central figure in the Eleusian Mysteries (along with the Earth Goddess Demeter.) Dionysus was also the god of intoxication and of Dramatic arts. He is something of a mysterious and Christlike figure about whom stories are … Read more

Circe

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Circe by Marc Mangum Circe, daughter of the sun, was a sorceress best known for her ability to turn men into animals with her magic wand. The daughter of Perse and Helios, and whose daughter is Aega (goddess of the sun) she is remembered for her encounter with Odysseus and his men, and renowned for … Read more

Sisyphus

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Sisyphus: In Greek mythology Sisyphus (pronounced “sis’-i-fuhs”), the sly son of Aeolus and king of Corinth, outwitted even Death. When Death came to get him, Sisyphus bound him in chains, preventing everyone from dying until Zeus rescued Death. Sisyphus then went to Hades, having instructed his wife to give him an improper burial. He was … Read more

Verbosity is an Onionskin

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God shakes his golden curls and laughs and says he doesn’t believe in you either there’s no proof that you exist you are too paradoxical and insubstantial as rhetoric meaningless as words a house of cards you fall at a touch an onion,coreless peel away to the center there is nothing no one you are … Read more