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          In a Greek place and time, in a small village (Achladokambos) 479 meters towards the top of Mount Artemisio of Argolis Peloponnesos, my mother gathered olives from trees bearing bright fruit and firewood for the hearth. I similarly follow, but in a strange and foreign land.                                                                                                                                                              
I begin twisting and coiling strips of paper into a shape which I refer to as the wrapping. The wrapping serves as the core from which the sculpture (cover) emerges with the layers of covers satisfying the wrapping's need for concealment (protection). The sculptures are made almost entirely of construction materials and debris (predominately, wood lath) gathered from dumpsters throughout Brooklyn and abandoned houses in Detroit. I begin constructing a wooden base to support a plywood surface for paintings of divided lines and of original verse. Each painting is accompanied by a carefully selected sculpture. The poetry ΜΗΝΙΝ ΑΕΙΔΕ ΘΕΑ - MENIN AEIDE THEA draws from the literary and historical Greece, including the ancient and contemporary practice of ΠΑΙΔΟΜΑΖΩΜΑ PAIDOMAZOMA— violence brought against women and children by a monster-beast ΘΗΡΙΟΝ more complicated and savage than ΤYPHONOS, the POLIS-STATE.  I begin twisting and coiling strips of paper into a shape which I refer to as the wrapping. The wrapping serves as the core from which the sculpture (cover) emerges with the layers of covers satisfying the wrapping's need for concealment (deception)?

I begin searching, finding and gathering passages of ancient Greek texts. Each sculpture is accompanied by a carefully selected passage. My research interests range broadly over cosmology, Greek literature and philosophy of the 7th, 5th, and 4th c. BCE from Homer and Attic tragedy to Plato, Socrates and Yoryias. 

This website has been a long time (2010-2026) in the making ... restrained within custody, all alone of not this world oscillating strings tears blood pharmaki, the soul of the much suffering, mother. 

I am not a sculptor so as to fashion stationary statues that stand motionless on the same pedestal, rather . . .  every ship . . . every boat . . . αοιδα SONG go forth . . . spread the news . . . I will halt for not every exact truth is better for showing her face and silence is often the wisest thing for a man to observe  (PINDAR, NEMEAN 5.5)

MEMORY MUST NOW TURN TO JUSTICE AND POETRY

         In a Greek place and time, in a small village located 479 meters towards the top of Mount Artemisio, Achladoκamboς Argoliς Peloponnesoς, and where the first πολεμος battle took place in 669 BCE, according to Pausaniaς ... faced the force βια, the force EYE faced, ringing in my EAR— a monster-beast ΘΗΡΙΟΝ more complicated and savage than TYPHONOS —in his fury der Fuhrer's roaring soaring hand the smoking barrel of a shining pistol pointed squarely. She stood her ground. She did not comply. The luck of the draw? The power of persuasion? The drawing of straws? The 'sharp-eyed courage?' 

The μυθος myth is not my own but comes from my mother  αλλ' εμης μητρος παρα  that heaven and earth  ως ουρανος τε γαια  were once a single form but when they were parted from each other into two, they bore and delivered into light all things ... beasts ... and the race of mortals γενος τε θνητων (MELANIPPE fr 484)

SING TO ME, O MUSE, OF THE ANCIENT QUARREL BETWEEN PHILOSOPHY AND POETRY

            ιατρικη θρηνωδιαν αφανιζοντα— banishing threnody by therapy—αφανιζω: make unseen, cause to vanish, hide, remove, destroy,  annihilate, disfigure, deface  (REPUBLIC 604d), (Oxford Classical Dictionary p. 59) lest it convict us of a certain harshness ... an old quarrel μεν τις διαφορα between philosophy and poetry ... exile ... isn't holy to betray what seems to be the TRUTH (REPUBLIC 607c) 

                             I begin mounting 'threnody's defense' (2010-2026)

                and we shall listen benevolently for we shall gain if she should turn out to be not only pleasant but also beneficial (REPUBLIC 607b-608a)         

                         bitter πικρο το κριμα  the judgement, condemnation, verdict, decision,  as in a court case, dog κυνος bitch δικην justice

I SHALL SING OF THE THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF PIER MONDRIAN

which to you, a witness clutching The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian, a citizen of laws and of that which upholds the edicts of nature kata physin κατα φυσιν, of manner, of consent, of mother's (ILIAD 16.5-10), of daughter's slim hand upon command 'not comply' anguished cry at the risk of imprisonment, criminal behavior punishable by death, luck of the draw? AK-47 pointed squarely having disturbed the law and order of the POLIS-STATE. 

Travis T. Justice's sweetheart deal GENERATIONAL-HYMN TO DEMETER (80-81), ABDUCTION into the depths of darkness EDUCATIONAL. You bet? GENETIC MEMORY (Emory University School of Medicine) over spans of time never forget (traumatic experience)  bait bat tackle shackle rag gag bone-thin FEMALE SUPPLIANT  force her up, beat her, lead her away, reel time, real crime, kangaroo court, public-private NOBLE LIE vs ANGUISH CRY. 

         I look not into them but into my own self: am I a monster-beast ΘΗΡΙΟΝ more complicated and savage than ΤΥΦΩΝΟΣ (TYPHONOS) or am I tamer, simpler animal with a share in a divine and gentle manner?  ... haven't we reached the tree you were taking us to? (PHAEDRUS 230a)

     then she sank, kneeling on the ground, and spoke her most heroic words 'here is MY BREAST, will you STAB ME THERE? or in THE NECK? here is MY THROAT, BARED FOR YOUR BLOW' ... slashed her throat ... the blood gushed out, and she fell, dying, to the ground ... the execution finished ... others brought branches of pine and heaped her pyre (HECUBA 560-568)

 I NOW SING OF THE 'HOKEY POKEY'

one felt swoop 'go loop delight' lasso noose tight not loose τρελα trela νους nous cook own γοος gooς nimble foot work 'you put your right foot in' staccato moves 'put your right foot out' moves n grooves slaying swaying to the beat 'shake it all about' dizzy dancer soon dead meat, meet and greet. SING SONG SING 'do the hokey pokey' pitiful swan SONG 'turn yourself around' delivered quickly execution asphyxiation hangman's fracture sweetheart deal plaited rope, releve, en pointe, pique turn chaines fouetté pirouette 'turn yourself around' sloppy floppy ditzy rag doll head held taut hard-drawn pitiful final winged words 'mal a la tete'  candy cotton breath 'and that's what it's all about' sounds of life puddle of piss golden like a shower live stream death major international global hit targeted hit job trophy sport play to pay 'HOKEY POKEY' comedy fest. 

EYE do not lie! Sight for sore eyes! Behold! Original sin! Wouldn't swallow! Double dog dare you to simitlarly follow! Right before Dawn's eerily light snow stains broken wings ροδοδακτυλος wrists fingers toes womb fetus breast soaked black earth coagulated rasberry jelly jam spread 'all on a Saturday night!'

        each had her neck caught fast in a noose, so that their death would be most pitiful, they struggled with their feet for a little, not for very long (ODYSSEY 22.470)

I SHALL RECALL TO MIND HOW

violence cut me down dropped the C-word to the ground spread my legs pattern of blows drifting fists frenetic pace upward downward struck my breast death by a thousand cuts cut hack smash innards bash savage task calculated monster-beast ΘΗΡΙΟΝ more complicated and savage than TYPHONOS  methodical monster-beast ruthless hands nasty language foul PEE-U breath blood vampire fang teeth dripping saliva spraying spewing spitting 'bitch κυον ... of things you are saying ... cut you into pieces' (ODYSSEY 18.438-39) hooked claws slice n dice warm dark blood bath flow deep inside panties gasping gaping hole whole EXTRA death womb fetus breast in the black soaked earth coagulated jelly spread prize gory glory head trophy sport 

a monster-beast ΘΗΡΙΟΝ more complicated and savage than TYPHONOS, POLIS-STATE selected parts, collected Writings of Piet Mondrian while others brought branches of pine and heaped my pyre. HOLY SMOKES! 'snip-snap-whoosh' roaring soaring blaze off to the races 'slippin' and a sliding' beer dung been told long time ago (ILIAD 23.770) uncontrollable drunken laughter competitive pissing golden like a shower hissing cackling crackling flames under pants prancing perversions CYAss dancing dirty athletic ritual military victory funereal games trophy sport mutilated torso parade celebrate (ILIAD 22.405) silly sorrow, sorrow silly SING SORROW SING ΕΥΕ survived naughty bawdy silly αστεια joke! ξενια xenia ΑΓΙΟΣ ΚΑΥΤΟΣ! HOLY SHIT!

             some scattered leaves upon her corpse while others branches oof pine and heaped her pyre (Hecuba) 

                                            αχ καημενη! πως αντεχεις την αληθεια? executed, burnt, poor woman, how do you endure the truth?

SING TO ME, O MUSE, CLEAR-VOICED DAUGHTER OF ZEUS 

one hand washes the other of another dark-robed mother's, daughter of a sea goddess του δ' ου τε darkest flat black ink μελαντερον veil no darker κυανεον garment (ILIAD 24.92) gripping dripping all that matters scattered gathered womb fetus breast ribs limbs fingers toes 'dos-si-dos' now you know mother's heart son's and daughter's, daughter of Leda, of Diogeneia, of lovely haired Rhea, Paieon Παιαν reassured (ILIAD 5.900) death and destruction, instruction, purification, stroked my forehead, gently spread on it herbs that immediately eased my pain terrorists drove me insane, manipulated cervical spine snap bead necklace popped into place, reconstructed aesthetic prosthetic ivory breasts revived me o my broken heart traveling, tiptoeing deeper in time, loud sneeze (ODYSSEY 17.540-45) grace period, sign of the gods assurance, paid in full, ZEUS XENIOS - reinstated lapsed insurance no joke!    

       Homer ... tell us which of the cities was better governed thanks to you ... will he have any to mention? (REPUBLIC 599e)

I NOW SING OF 

his anger, struck her with fear. Her heart foresaw the danger. She made her escape, in her makeshift raft, right before Dawn's eerily light, sent into the night, chasing asylum, the much-hated, death spirit. High on top of a wave, the much-hated, death spirit, a beast more savage and complicated than TYPHONOS, spun the raft in circles. The much suffering, mother's makeshift raft, slammed into the jagged rock, shark-teeth, cliff's. The raft's timbers scattered. The much suffering, mother clinging to the jagged rock, shark-teeth, cliff's, as she watched her daughter being tossed about by the violent sea and against much-hated, death's end. The North Wind pushed, and the tossing water swept over the flailing child who was gasping for breath. The daughter of Kadmos, Ino, called Leukothea, took pity. The goddess, the daughter of Kadmos, likening herself to a winged gannet, perched herself on the jagged rock, shark teeth, cliff's. The goddess spoke to the much suffering, mother, as a mortal. The goddess told the much suffering, mother, that no ill-fate had sent her to travel this way. For an artist, it was proper for her to SUFFER παθος μαθος and LEARN (AGAMEMNON 250, AESCHYLUS) all things RIGHT of JUSTICE, TRUTH, and of the opinions of mortals, in which there is no true reliance (PARMENIDES 288.28). The goddess handed the much suffering, mother, her iridescent silver veil. The veil was loveliest in design. The veil shown like a star. (Theona of the fair cheeks, daughter of Kisseus, and wife of Antenor, greater of horses, laid along the knees of Athena a robe with the same design ... Pallas turned her head from her) (ILIAD 6.296-300). Leukothea told the much suffering, mother to wrap the shimmering veil around her bleeding wrist. Upon reaching shore, she was to unwrap the shimmering veil, throw it back into the sea, and not look back. The much suffering, mother looked back. She wrapped the blood-stained, shimmering veil around her bleeding heart (ODYSSEY 5.333-350)

the much suffering, mother watched as the child's corpse was pounded by the surf, carried up and down the heaving swell of the sea, unburied, unmourned, for three long days and nights. The grotesque corpse washing up on shore, face-up, disembodied now, asking of the gods to find her much suffering, mother, and be buried by her hands. The gods granting her request. A much suffering, mother, now stumbling. searching, finding her much suffering, daughter,the grotesque corpse bloated face-up. (Hecuba 35-58).

the much suffering, mother, bloody wrists raised, now begging Apollo to pay the much-hated death spirit, a beast more complicated and savage than TYPHONOS, the POLIS-STATE, for her tears δακρυα shed, with his arrows and a foul pestilence (ILIAD 1.53). The much suffering, mother leaned her body against the ground and with both hands beat the ground, now begging Gaia to put into her bloody hands the long shark-jagged tooth καρχαροδοντα sickle (THEOGONY 173) for to guard against mens' tempers and rage ... impious beasts monstrous and profane (SUPPLIANTS 762-763). The much suffering, mother collapsing over her daughter's grotesque and bloated body, cries high and shrill, gasping for breath, cheeks wracked with pitiful weeping while the men behind her, hitting her with their AK-47 rifles on her back and shoulders, forcing her up, dragging her away, shackled and chained, into slavery, unable to turn, powerless and forced, forced labor, no pay, hard work, worn with hunger of starvation, stale bread placed within reach with only enough to clear the POLIS-STATE of negligence and wrongful death, strip searched, POLIS-STATE garment stiff sodden with tears stenciled number no name. Such were the pitiful tears of the much suffering, mother shed from under her brows. But Altkinoos alone, understood (ODYSSEY 5.523-533).   

                                        and that is the way simple narrative without imitation comes to pass (REPUBLIC 390a)

                           this is all absurd, in conflict both with itself and with common sense, like SIMONIDES 'long story' the kind slaves tell when they have no sound excuse to offer (METAPHYSICS N3.1091a.5)

          'sleep my baby  sleep  let our trouble sleep  let the sea sleep  turn your tiny ear to my words  forgive me' (SIMONIDES of Keos)                                                                                                                                                   
wise do give a rational explanation. 'When a monster=beast θηριον more complicated and savage than TYPHONOS perchance broke wind PEE-U Βορεου North Wind's shameful blast PEE-U triggered a chain reaction. Pharmakeia, Oreithuia and cicadas' chorus drowned in the (PHAEDRUS 229-230, 259b) Ilusis stream is no longer clean or pure pollute it.'  Edit save, Pharmakeia. Next Dawn's day, more to display, if, you were to be persuaded by me. Poet say, on the other hand, roll of the dice, gods' vote, take note, Aναγκη Necessity struck down not in accordance exactement avec precision Fated postdated hysterical historical joke inherited plan timeline's rhythm, such a crime, rhyme. Yikes! Yolked! Terrible power and you cannot escape! Zeuς did you smell?  EYE stirred. Cry bitterly for the babes, literally. Sight, sound and scent fill the gaps left by the text. One hand washes the other in the dead of night inscribe marble stele Ampharete's (Attic Greek 400-375 BCE) grief beyond endurance flailing arms as fallen in dust in blood she lay in her embrace. A theme for the Muses truth be told of murder πως εγινε το φονικο of betrayal μες το νερο. In Argos, secret anger, remembers. SING SONG SING for the dead shall be avenged

                                  those who suffer παθος μαθος learn (AGAMEMNON 175-17

SING SORROW, SORROW, BUT GOOD WIN OUT IN THE END

reiterating refrain praise or blame thy righteous hand supplicating clutching Apollo's wreath lyre ribbons bow THE NEW ART THE NEW LIFE, The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian and her (GAIA'S) creation the long μακρην shark-jagged-toothed καρχαροδαντο sickle (THEOGONIA 173) παθος - suffer - μαθος - learn (AGAMEMNON 175-179) tried-and-true don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today  'for he was the first to devise μησατο εργα hateful deeds' (THEOGONIA 175). THE NEW ART THE NEW LIFE-TERROR ism uncontrollable drunken laughter χασκογελανε  brute force  no mercy  no guilt  no memory  με τη σειρα σε κατουρανε international kangaroo court  POLIS STATE TERROR ists piss scum came cum pointed squarely threnody's therapy  glory kill  over kill  mother's daughter's slim hand masters' bait. Sweetie pie, can you relate?   
                             unjust accusations ... assassinates ... banishes and slays ... transformed from a protector into a perfect and finished tyrant (POLITEIA 565e-566d)           

               του δ' απο μεν ρινας τε και ουατα νηλει χαλκω  ταμνον, μηδεα τ' εξερυσαν, κυσιν ωμα δασασθαι, χειρας τ' ηδε ποδας κοπτον κεκοτηοτι θυμω in the anger of their hearts  (ODYSSEY 22.474-78)

I SHALL NOW SING OF THE NEW ART THE NEW LIFE 

harmony of tensions grim steel Ερις Eriς love core strife MADDER (CRIMSON) LAKE DEEP EXTRA thread of life cut the knife beloved wife blood stained nails CADMIUM RED DEEP torn grieving cheeks INDIAN YELLOW BROWN LAKE EXTRA mourning hair cut short lacerated wrists, according to Plutarch, Plutarch Lives, SOLON 21.5  'public appearances of women ... laceration of the flesh κοπτομενων he forbade' 

last resort frantic feet reach that slippery peak precipice of despair out stretched arms damned darned that lucky charm work of Sidonian women, loveliest in design, what dreams are made of shown like a star, IRIDESCENT SILVERy celestial threads shimmering peplos gift Theono of the fair cheeks supplication prayer 'pity their innocent children' most high goddess of ZEUS' daughter TRITOGENEIA shining among goddesses, denied, turned her head from her, (ILIAD 6.320) on her watch witness Souliotopoules' SING SONG SING Dance χορος του Ζαλογγου of Zaloggou (12-16-1803) wail cry 'not comply watch me' leap hurl dive tears of blood PERYLENE RED heavy rains eternal stain steep straight down jagged rocks, shark-teeth cliff's mountain ridge of Zaloggou, Epirus Greece, loveliest in design, shooting star, cosmic debris, scattered, swaddled RUBY LAKE RED splattered, shattered ribs limbs CADMIUM RED LIGHT ροδοδακτυλος fingers tippy-toes gruesome sight horrific heap death on top of death worn out own flesh injury done flowing from her perforated womb ALIZARIN CRIMSON LAKE EXTRA αιμα bloody remains fetus skinned all the same stone cold dead meat scavengers holiday delight spit-roasted rich sputtering thigh pieces moaning skewered innards screaming oozing fragrant smoke - HOLY ROAST - mind's nostrils all you can eat, who eats the fastest eats the most? Holy Ghost! ate drank whiskey gin vin BURGUNDY WINE RED tears of blood filled to the brim droplets dripping vampire tongue sucked in licking rim sanctified chalice sacrificial CADMIUM RED SCARLET blood drunken laughter and where the BROWN OCHRE LIGHT matter hit the fan PEE U! In the temple of Lycaean ZEUS in Arcadia Αρκαδια το του ΔΙΟΣ του Λυκαιον? Thyestes' feast upon the flesh of his own children? Does normally follow. ZEUS did you smell? Course of Dike. 

             sacrificing women instead of ewes, children instead of baby la

I BEGIN TO SING OF THE DAUGHTER OF LOVELY-HAIRED RHEA

Inside the fragrant temple of the rocky citadel of Eleusis, worn out with weeping, appetite, targeted hit job, playback, payback. Sacred chalice tumbled drunkard stumbled grimacing face fell face down hit the ground choking cursing groaning pain pissing puking his guts out ass-hole shitting farting white tie couture gowns military boots dressed to the nines BROWN OCHRE LIGHT matter splattered PEE U! Pharmaκo in vain pharmaκi struck him dead plastered goon man gone bang the gong do-re-mi goddess guide my SING-a-long SONG right before Dawn's hysterical historical no joke reiterating refrain praise or blame thy mine righteous hand and I'm quoting 'for he was the first to devise evil deeds' (THEOGONIA 175). Daughter of lovely haired Rhea, nodded her agreement. Her anger is terrible!

                           don't boil a young αρνα lamb εν γαλακτι μητρος αυτου in its mother's milk  (EXODUS 23.19)

             one ψευδομενος Noble Lie to persuade its rulers αλλην πολιν the city a Phoenician tale all over the place in the past, as poets say and have persuaded people but one that has not happened in our time - don't know if it could - requires a great deal of persuasion  (POLITEIA 414c)

The Kretan lie always weeping tagging along Diκe gripping dripping all that matters scattered gathered Nobody's business bloody remains mother's heart daughter's. One hand washes the other of another dark-robed mother's in the dead of night Dike so moves. Next Dawn's day, more to display, buildings bridges falling down. If you were to be persuaded by me. Her anger is terrible!

Her evil beauty and reckless words provoked him in the dead of night. And that's when the shit hit the fan. She with her own hands cleans, disinfects and gathers all the constellations that the heaven is crowned εστεφανωται, wraps in dark clouds. Leuκippoς and Demoκritoς say move by collision and blows. Pharmaκο φαρμακο medicine φαρμακι pharmaκi poison an inherited destiny of disgrace a grievous quarrel of casting blame bone-thin SUPPLIANT mutilated FEMALE survivor shackled chained garment sodden with tears stenciled number no name strip-searches of humiliation degradation harsh incarceration conditions work hard slave pennies for pay like scapegoats eat stale bread place within reach only enough baloney kool-aid to clear the POLIS STATE of negligence medical wrongful death, dungeon-tomb-cell cubicle additional punitive measures no exposure to sun's ultraviolet rays risk of blindness sensory over load heat cold distress stressful positions my aching body cramping limbs turning from side to side sleep deprived night light's ray flash spy monitoring bodily movement in the event of death NOBLE LIE clear the POLIS STATE of wrongful death, sexual verbal abuse 'line-up bitches' cling together pairing up ankles wrists piercing penetrating prolong shackling Dawn to midnight transport no longer by ferry over the Rivers Styx and Archeron, Charon's less scary, forced nudity in unity turn a blind eye while under the threat of badge's loaded weapon we PEED 'golden like a shower' into  bull's EYE xenia!. SING SONG SING  'we twirled it into ... roots of the eye crackle ... sizzled' (ODYSSEY 9.385-94) Wei Wei wee wee too into the socket I digress— reiterating refrain physical mental cruelty, inhumane and degrading treatment prison system as a network of slavery and torture camps causing long-term mental physical injuries trauma standards deep inside the bowels of the POLITEIA.

Where money is no object, all the more reason, humanity's treason. Dreaded POLIS STATE political stadium public and private arena, recreational athletic favorite competitive force to pay play so be a good sport! Step up to the plate batter up batter 'bloop' single, second batter 'bleed her' third bat 'hit her up' hard line drive bruises and contusions, bases loaded designated switch hit her harder hit laser beam line drive yonder n beyond Yankee Stadium bleachers 'outa da ballpark' grand slam homer game over home team for the win, sons of alcoholic fathers, sons of bitches

SING TO ME, O MUSE 

         hear here in the dark the beating of my frantic heart not a lark laser line drive celestial spark made me fit to help the dead my child my vision of horror SING SONG SING SONG of SORROW SING SONG not very long collective throng dusk to right before Dawn

'Εσπερα Espera παντα φερης you ... always BRINGS ... ματερι παιδα GATHER the CHILD to its MOTHER' 104a 'loveliest in of all the stars' 104b  (PSAPPHO trans. A Carson)  'you bring the GIRL to a home   AWAY  FROM HER MOTHER (PSAPPHO 104b, trans. M L West) 

      'grizzled beard gasping . . . breath . . . in the dust and clutching . . . nakedness exposed a shameful sight' (TYRTAEUS 10)   'take him across to the mainland . . . king there'  (ODYSSEY 18.115)   'into a black ship'  (ODYSSEY 21.307)   'when an old man is dead and down . . . mutilate ... head ... beard . . . parts . . . for all sad mortality, is the sight most pitiful' (ILIAD 22.71-76) 

Likening in voice if they bring me feasting wish I could set teeth into his being wise we loathe. Human innards cut up with speech dogs your head and birds will be vengeance! Payment for our tears shed! And I held out my breast. And you know the rest!  

                                  Holy Shit! 

I SHALL SING OF THE                         

son of Euchenor's pitiless bronze rules wisely. Daughter of lovely haired Rhea nodded her agreement. Tender-hearted daughter of Persaios, of the shining head band, in the blink of an eye, upon command, and in a loud voice, the dogs did not disobey. Iambe cracked a dirty joke. Baudy Baubo one upped her. She exposed her genitals and broke wind. PEE-U echoed. Laughter inside the fragrant temple of the rocky citadel of Eleusis. The dark-robed goddess, bringer of seasons and splendid gifts, literally, figuratively, cracked a smile. Her anger is terrible!                                                                                                                                              that is the way simple narrative without imitation comes to pass (Republic 390a) 

Daughter of Pandareus came to her as truthful messenger. Not a lark. Sharp pain seized her heart. The olive trees bearing bright fruit shriveled and dropped mourning. This is a dirge. You cry too, 'forbidden to utter dirges ... mourning to be inaudible outside the city wall before daybreak (LAWS 12.960)
    Gods wrath 'cure of evils ... fire ... sulphur' rectified spirits King Echetoς granted all my wishes! XOXO.     

         'a stranger whose suffering never ends, comes here and asks: maidens, which of the singers ... tell that I am he, a blind man τυφλος ανηρ, οικει δε Χιος dwelling on the rocky island of Chios, whose αοιδοι SONGS shall be the best in time to come'  'we will carry your reputation wherever we go as we roam ... they will believe it, because it is true, and I shall not cease from hymning the far-shooter Apollo of the silver bow, whom lovely-haired Leto bore.' (TO APOLLO 168-179) The Homeric Hymns 

YouTube: the captive woman's lament 

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Translation, when not my own: R Lattimore, Loeb Classical Library, The Complete Greek Tragedies (The University of Chicago Press), M L West, A. Bloom, The Nietzsche Reader, H P Foley, A Nehemas, G Van Steen, P Woodruff, M Cowan, M Culumovic, G Nagy, D M MacDowell, G S Kirk, J E Raven, M Schofield, A N Athanassaκiς, Oxford University Press edition of Hutchinson.

To Gelasto Paidi-The Laughing Boy, music composed by Mikis Theodoraκis, vocalist Maria Farantouri. lyrics by B Behran                          

Sculptures have been exhibited at Allan Stone Gallery NYC, Ruth Siegal Gallery NYC, Michael Walls Gallery NYC, Feigenson-Rosenstein Gallery Detroit MI, Feigenson Gallery Detroit MI, 55 Mercer Gallery NYC Lifesigns curated by Ann Philbin

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1987  Works in Sequence, Feigenson Gallery Detroit, MI

1993  Works In Sequence, Michael Walls Gallery NYC                                                     

Collections: Lila and Gilbert Silverman, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Sardelis

Sculptures have been covered by Katherine Kramer Lifesigns, Arts Magazine

BA in Art History from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.                                                                                     

Brooklyn-based 

The photograph was taken behind the DIA somewhere beyond John R Street. It was taken hastily due to fear of an explosion from natural gas leakage in the pit.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Υιαννουλα Αγγελική Μερίκα