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Infidelaties and ordered excecutions
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Swamp¤Faeryie Member
since 2000-12-04
Posts 393fairyland....of course;) |
*note to the reader-been watching public televison specials on ancient greece and reading the tales of aeschylus one of which involves a cursed family,who have a long history of gory and fascinating habits.The Clytaemnestra mentioned below was sort of an ancient lady macbeth,she murders her husband after making a fool of him and the rest comes from historical events and real people.....yack yack yack...*cough* well anyway. You in your red Spartan's cloak dyed to match and hide the blood. The blood of anyman who falls. You or he? General Lysander,the bravest Spartan commander. You thought that was who you might have been. Might have been a blood thirsty creature, You or he? Conquering Greece after the plague swept through. When the child was already weak and diseased. Diseased and abused, you or he? The Persians wanted to kill. And you played both sides Toying with Greece and joking with Persia. Who would fall? It might have been any child, any creature. But the blood is the same. Clytaemnestra said you can't stain bronze with dye, only blood will dye the bronze. Is it you,is it him, who sheds it? ~~ Dedicated to the house of Atreus,where fathers feed on the flesh of their cildren. "All art is an expression of pain."~John Lennon |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
I should read more..the I would enjoy this ...will be back after some research myself..*s thank you for this little bit of encouragement, sometimes I need it  ~Wynter "The worst prison would be a closed heart". ...Pope John Paul II |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Swamp Faeryie, vivid and potent write, I hope to read more. be well Kethry Religion is for people frightened about going to hell - Spirituality is for people who have been there. Anon. |
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Jannel Member
since 2000-01-18
Posts 492Muncie, IN, USA |
this was great. i love greek mythology. although, agamemnon wasn't too good himself if i recall... he killed their daughter Iphigenia in order to make the winds blow. anyway, you pay great tribute to this story with your poem. ancient greece is beautiful. jann elizabeth |
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Swamp¤Faeryie Member
since 2000-12-04
Posts 393fairyland....of course;) |
thanks you guys  Jannel- wasn't he awful? The whole family kind of went around in circles,but i thought what Clytaemnestra did was really interesting,manipulating and getting him to tread on the tapestries. The cool thing about the things aeschylus wrote was that they are almost psychological!! Which i find amazing i mean he was born in 525 b.c. i think,but human nature has remained the same over thousands of years...fascinating i could go on and on =P thanks again everyone!! swampo "All art is an expression of pain."~John Lennon |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
You mean the story of Agamemnon...... anyway.....nice one.  I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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brian madden Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 4374ireland |
I always enjoyed reading about anicent Greecev and Rome, mainly mythology and I really enjoyed the poem, Loved the lines It might have been any child, any creature. But the blood is the same. Clytaemnestra said you can't stain bronze with dye, It's in your eyes a fire that's wild and glorious Unhibited, unfinished in everything I do Let the morning rise like our hearts desire" whipping boy |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
I too enjoyed this, and yes in many ways and eons of time, man basically hasn't changed that much (and that is a scary thought!) Isis *The heart of education is the education of the heart...* ~Isis~~Sovereign of the Spirit. |
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Swamp¤Faeryie Member
since 2000-12-04
Posts 393fairyland....of course;) |
Thank you Dopey Brian and Isis!! i always feel like an out cast and am so surprised to see people replying to my poetry,esp. when i admire their work so much!! thanks samantha "All art is an expression of pain."~John Lennon |
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BitterSmoke Member
since 2001-01-02
Posts 54 |
cool |
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