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Closing Crawl
Destiny Sacrifice: The Clone Wars Season 6 Episodes 12 and 13

Closing Crawl

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 91:35


Yoda is on a spirit quest and arrives at a Force cloaca that is spewing the living Force into the galaxy (Oh shit! Is that Ego the Living Planet's music?). Yoda passes the corpse of J.N. Reynolds and lands in what can only be called Grandfather Nurgle's Summer estate. Yoda is approached by a Force Spirit, and follows it into the jungle. The force spirit is joined by her sisters Melpomene, Thalia and, I don't know, Terpsichore and Clio? I might be overthinking some of this stuff. They start to teach Yoda.Yoda's first trial is to face off against his own personal gollum. Yoda decides that his best bet in a time of spiritual crisis is to fall back on the gospel of Austin, specifically chapter 3, verse 16. New Yoda break down that a dark side is part of all life, even Yoda Classics'. Then to emphasize the point New Yoda unleashes a 100 move combo. Yoda finally admits his hubris.The force spirits naming themselves as: confusion, anger, sadness, joy and serenity. I'm batting .400. Yoda is thrust into a second vision, surrounded by dead Jedi and younglings. Yoda is tempted with relief from sorrow, confusion and anger and is incepted into a more pleasant vision where the Jedi are alive, Ahsoka is still a Jedi, there is no war, and even Dooku is still a Jedi Master. Yoda chooses hard truths over easy lies and passes the trial.The Force Spirits give Yoda his final trial, sending him to Moraband which, for legal purposes, is definitely not Korriban. Go ahead Bioware, try to sue Disney.Yoda arrives on Moraband, walks through the desert wasteland and is surrounded by some Deatheaters from Azkaban. As Yoda defeats them, Dooku awakens from meditation… Did he sense Yoda? We'll soon find out as Sidious summons Dooku to Coruscant.Yoda enters a temple and meets Darth Bane, and ancient Sith lord that created the “rule of two.” Yoda defeats him by pulling a reverse Tinkerbell and telling Bane he doesn't believe in fairies.Back on Coruscant Sidious and Dooku use Dooku's connection to Yoda to see through time and space. Sidious telepathically reemerges on Moraband as Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas, someone Yoda would be happy to see still alive.Sifo-Dyas offers to tell Yoda who the Sith lord is. Yoda refuses the all-to-good offer. He suddenly wakes up on a transport ship on Coruscant, with Anakin and some clones, that is headed towards a secret rendezvous between Dooku and Sidious… However, Yoda is confused how he got here, and what the mission is, even though it is “his mission” according to Anakin. (Is Yoda still in the bacta tank? Is this all a dream? Is he still on Moraband? Stay tuned to find out!)Yoda tells Anakin he wants to capture the two, but kill them if it is necessary because this must end here. Anakin fights Dooku, gaining the advantage, taking Dooku's saber, and beheading him over Yoda's objections.Yoda pursues Sidious. A lightsaber battle ensues. Anakin joins in, but is knocked unconscious. Yoda continues his fight with Sidious, but must save Anakin as the bridge they are on is collapsing. Both Yoda and Sidious fall from the bridge. They slap fight in freefall, a Yoda manages to pull back the hood and reveal that Sidious is… an empty hood.Yoda wakes up on Moraband. He is greeted by one of the sisters who proceed to tell him there is another Skywalker. We hear familiar sounds from movie Episodes 3-6 to foreshadow what is to come.Yoda and R2 fly back to Coruscant. There, he tells Obi-Wan and Mace Windu that he's seen a path to victory… not for the Clone Wars, but for all time…https://twitter.com/ClosingCrawlhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/closing-crawl/id1530133296https://www.closingcrawl.com/Merch at: https://bit.ly/spacetimetm

Chthonia
The Sirens: Tragic Figures of Feminine Seduction

Chthonia

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 61:56


Website: https://chthonia.netPublications: https://chthonia.net/publicationsPatreon: https://patreon.com/chthoniaMerch: https://chthoniapodcast.creator-spring.com/This week's episode looks at the Sirens, bird-monsters with female heads (later represented as mermaids) whose song leads sailors to shipwreck and starvation. They are usually considered to be children of the Muses (Terpsichore or Melpomene), and the handmaidens of Persephone, who are either given bird wings to help in Demeter's search or to punish them for neglect at her abduction. Our modern use of the term "Siren" usually indicates a woman who leads a married man astray. What do we understand about the psychology of love and seduction from the stories of the Sirens? 

Oh My Pod U Guys
#77 Singing For My Supper with Mary Testa

Oh My Pod U Guys

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 61:03


U Guys, three-time Tony nominee Mary Testa is here! This week's BroadwayWorld Recap has some very exciting Bway news, brought to you by BroadwayWorld.com! Then I am joined by a true Broadway legend, Miss Mary Testa. Mary's career as a performer has spanned over 4 decades and has garnered her extensive recognition as one of Broadway's strongest voices. With thirteen Broadway credits and three Tony Award nominations, Mary's work has impacted countless people and has transcended genre. From standing by for Liza Minelli opposite Chita Rivera in the original Broadway production of The Rink, to originating roles like Melpomene in Xanadu, Mary has proven that she can truly do anything thrown her way. In this episode we talk about her road to the stage, and her long-time work relationships with critically acclaimed composers William Finn and Michael John Lachiusa. Mary shares about what draws her to new projects, and how she loves to take on pieces of art that challenge her. Mary is fiery and wonderful, U don't wanna miss this episode! Follow Mary on Instagram: @Marytesta.actress Follow the pod on Instagram: @ohmypoduguys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

History Made Beautiful
230: Whispers of the Muses: The Nine Goddesses of Inspiration

History Made Beautiful

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2024 26:20


Once upon a time, Zeus spent nine consecutive nights with Mnemosyne, the Titan goddess of memory, giving birth to the nine Muses: Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania, Calliope, and Clio. These Muses inspired countless poets and artists, including Shakespeare and Milton, who invoked their divine influence in their works. The tradition of calling upon the Muses dates back to Homer's Iliad, where he likely invoked Calliope, the Muse of epic poetry. The Muses resided on Mount Olympus, delighting the gods with their songs and dances, often accompanied by Apollo's lyre. Their influence extended beyond art, touching on history, eloquence, and even foreseeing the future. Key quotes: "At the opening of his Henry V, Shakespeare refers to the 'Muse of fire,' and Milton beseeches the 'Heav'nly Muse' to sing at the beginning of his Paradise Lost. By invoking a muse at the opening of their works, Shakespeare and Milton carried on a centuries-old custom." "In the Iliad, Homer describes the Muses singing in response to each other's songs while Apollo plays his lyre, entertaining the gods during their feast." "In his Theogony, Hesiod describes a conversation with the Muses where they bestow upon him their divine voice, enabling him to exalt the gods and their progeny." "In his Metamorphoses, Antoninus Liberalis recounts the daughters of Pierus challenging the Muses in song, only to be transformed into birds as punishment for their audacity." "Valerius Flaccus acknowledges Clio's power in his Argonautica, writing, 'Clio, do you now reveal the reasons behind the heroes' horrific deeds? You, O Muse, have been granted the ability to see into the minds of the gods and understand the processes that lead to reality.'" Dive into the fascinating world of the Muses and discover the divine inspiration behind some of the greatest works of art and literature. Tune in now! For more historical insights, visit Martini Fisher's website and check out her book “Time Maps: Matriarchy and the Goddess Culture”.

Grim Dystopian
Bobbitt & Spaghetti Hoops

Grim Dystopian

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 76:43


S10E262:Bobbitt & Spaghetti Hoops Bobbitt back in the news, poison pens, food from our childhoods, 'strange' family traditions, dirty Dan drowning, new package thief protection, and heavy metal for your filthy earballs. (00:00:00) - Intro (00:00:57) - Blasphemer, SONG: Death by Cremation (00:04:03) - Paro, SONG: II (00:08:26) - Conversation 1 (00:14:52) - Impending Annihilation, SONG: Rapidly Destructive Coxarthropathy (00:16:52) - Couch Slut, SONG: The Donkey (00:22:05) - Conversation 2 (00:35:13) - EMBR and THRUMM, SONG: Albatross (COC Cover) (00:40:40) - Threnomancy, SONG: Cold Wind of Solitude (00:45:13) - The Order of the Precious Blood, SONG: Black Hole (00:47:33) - Conversation 3 (00:55:17) - Grandma's Pantry: Thorns of the Carrion, SONG: The Tragedy of Melpomene (01:00:10) - Conversation 4 (01:08:06) - Nokturnal Frost, SONG: Alchemy of the Soul (01:13:36) - Al-Namrood, SONG: Lisan Al Nar Labels: Gore House Productions, Black Doomba Records, Brutal Panda Records, Shaytan Productions

PseudoPod
PseudoPod 911: Flash on the Borderlands LXIX: Children of Melpomene

PseudoPod

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 36:04


Authors : Orrin Grey , Jacob Steven Mohr and Joule K. Zelman Narrators : Robert C. Eccles, Halloween Bloodfrost and Leanna Renee Hieber Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “Masks” originally appeared in Forbidden Futures and was reprinted in the 2022 collection How to See Ghosts & Other Figments “The Machete at the […]

Classical Music Discoveries
Episode 67: 20067 Lully - Atys

Classical Music Discoveries

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2023 178:36


PROLOGUETime, in his palace, promises fame to the glorious hero (Louis XIV). Flora joins the celebrations. Melpomene, the tragic muse, is united with Flora in order for the drama of Attis (Atys) to unfold.ACT IIn the land of Phrygia, Attis awaits the arrival of the earth goddess Cybele (Cybèle). Sangaride, due to be married to King Celaenus (Célenus), sings of her unrequited love for Attis. Seeing her distress, Attis confesses that he too loves her. Cybele descends in her chariot.ACT IIAttis and Celaenus cannot decide which of them will be the high priest for Cybele. Cybele also loves Attis and selects him to be high priest, confessing that it was for him and not Celaenus's marriage that she descended to earth.ACT IllAt the instigation of Cybele, Attis falls into a dreamfilled sleep in which he hears songs of love, but also warnings of danger should he deceive the gods. He wakes to find Cybele at his side, ready to comfort him. Sangaride begs Attis to prevent her marriag to Celaenus, and he promises to support her. Cybele, suspecting their love, laments her fate.ACT IVSangaride thinks that Attis no longer loves her, but he reassures her and they celebrate their love. As the high priest of Cybele, Attis calls off the wedding of Sangaride and Celaenus.ACT VCybele and Celaenus plot revenge against the lovers. The goddess places Attis under a spell and, in his delusion, he murders Sangaride, thinking her to be a monster. After regaining his reason, Attis tries to take his own life, and Cybele turns him into a pine tree. She laments the loss of her one true love, and the opera ends in desolation.

Monster Donut: A Percy Jackson Podcast
23: Emily Decides To Make Things Worse | The Burning Maze

Monster Donut: A Percy Jackson Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023 94:58


This week, Phoebe's fighting demons and Emily makes it worse while trying to talk about The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan. Discussion topics may include: Jason Grace, the labyrinth's continued ties to grief, Teen Wolf, Patroclus parallels, Piper's identity, Grover's leadership, legacy, the power of words, Melpomene, and The Horse.Have a question? Want to contribute your own analysis? Feel like arguing? Email monsterdonutpodcast@gmail.com.Come say hi and check out the sketches Phoebe made this episode on Twitter, Instagram, or TikTok! @PJOPod on all platforms.Find our new Monster Donut merch here!: https://www.redbubble.com/people/monsterdonut/explore.More information on the show can be found at https://monsterdonut.wixsite.com/podcast.THEME SONG:"The Mask of Sorokin," music and arrangement by Dan CordeGuitars - Dan CordeBass - Quinten MetkeDrums - Todd CummingsRecorded, mixed, & mastered by Todd CummingsOUTRO MUSIC:"Shadow Run," music and arrangement by Dan CordeGuitars - Dan CordeBass - Quinten MetkeDrums - Todd CummingsRecorded, mixed, & mastered by Todd Cummings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OBS
Muserna visar att litteraturen är gemensam

OBS

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2023 10:02


De klassiska muserna har fallit. Ner i det mänskliga. Ner mot gatan och köket. Rebecka Kärde reflekterar över ett skifte som berättar om konstens förändrade roll i kulturen. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Minnet är konstens moder. I alla fall om man ska tro den grekiske poeten Hesiodos. Enligt honom resulterade en nio dagar lång förbindelse mellan Zeus och minnets gudinna Mnemosyne i att den senare födde lika många döttrar. De fick namnen Kleio, Euterpe, Erato, Polyhymnia, Melpomene, Ourania, Therpsichore, Thaleia och Kalliope. Tillsammans kallas de för muserna. Från dessa nio systrar flödar den poetiska inspirationen, och den som vill dansa, dikta, sjunga eller ägna sig åt någon av de andra musiska konstarterna måste göra det med deras välsignelse.Hur får man kontakt med muserna? I Hesiodos fall kommer uppvaktningen oväntat. En dag, då han som vanligt vallar sina får på berget Helikon, dyker systrarna plötsligt upp från ingenstans. De börjar förolämpa den blivande poeten. Du lantliga fä, ropar de, i Ingvar Björkesons översättning – du som ”bara tänker på buken!” Sedan säger de att mycket av det de berättar i själva verket är lögn. Men när de så har lust, kan de också tala sanning. Hesiodos förses med en stav och en lagergren. Hans bröst fylls av en ”gudomlig röst för att sjunga om svunnen tid och kommande”. I ett slag är herden redo att dikta. Muserna har gjort honom till poet.Episoden återges i den episka lärodikten ”Theogonin”, som Hesiodos komponerade omkring år 700 före Kristus, och som därmed är den äldsta bevarade källan till myten om muserna. Frågan är vad som hänt med dem sedan dess. När man talar om systrarna idag är det ju oftast i en rätt så annorlunda bemärkelse. För det första uppträder de i singularis, som musan. För det andra är denna musa mänsklig. Kanske var hon gift med en berömd manlig 1900-talskonstnär, i vars bilder eller dikter hon återfinns, och som hon gav upp sitt eget konstnärskap för att vårda. Att vara någons musa – nej, det är för de flesta ingen lockande roll. Som den amerikanska poeten Louise Glück skriver i en dikt: ”Ingen vill vara musan. När allt kommer omkring, vill alla vara Orfeus”.Hur blev det så här? När förvandlades musan från generativ kraft till stum sköterska? Kanske kan man närma sig ett svar genom den franske konsthistorikern Georges Didi-Huberman. I boken ”Ninfa moderna” diskuterar han en besläktad figur, nymfen, och hur hon har gestaltats genom århundradena. Didi-Huberman utgår från det bildmaterial som i början av 1900-talet samlades ihop av den tyska kulturhistorikern Aby Warburg. Denne ägnade sina sista år i livet åt ett ofullbordat jätteprojekt som han (med hänvisning till musernas moder) kallade för Bilderatlas Mnemosyne. Warburg var intresserad av hur former och motiv från antiken lever kvar i senare tiders europeisk bildkonst. Atlasen, som består av ett sextiotal stora planscher med fastnålade fotografier och konstreproduktioner, är hans försök att i collageform kartlägga släktbanden. Till exempel kan en renässansmålning placeras bredvid en romersk skulptur. Det som förbinder konstverken är en gemensam detalj: ett plagg som faller snarlikt över en skuldra, en hand som gör en identisk gest. Det är som om antiken hemsöker moderniteten.Didi-Hubermans undersökning, som sträcker sig från antiken till den florentinska renässansen, bygger alltså på Warburgs atlas. Och när han betraktar nymferna upptäcker han något märkvärdigt. Nymfen har fallit. Ju längre bort från antiken vi kommer, desto tydligare närmar hon sig marken. Hon sjunker från gudinnans höjder längst upp i bilden till dess nedre kant. Där förblir hon liggande. Samma öde drabbar hennes kläder. De tidiga, grekiska nymferna är draperade i långa, mantelliknande klädesplagg. Men med tiden blir nymfen mer och mer avklädd. Axlarna blottas, under renässansen brösten. Tizian porträtterar henne som i princip naken. I hans målning ”Nymf och herde” ligger hon med ryggen och baken vänd mot betraktaren, med ett ynka tygstycke kring midjan. I en annan, ”Backanal på Andros”, återfinns hon med bakåtböjt huvud i bildens högra hörn. Brösten och könet är blottade, liksom strupen. Draperingen ligger slängd som en eftertanke över armen. Nymfen är redo att intas.Didi-Hubermans och Warburgs nymfer är nu inte identiska med vare sig muserna eller nymfen som vi känner henne från den grekiska mytologin. Snarare syftar de på en arketyp i form av en gudinnelik kvinnogestalt – ung, vacker, lekfull, med svallande hår och suggestiv blick. Ungefär så brukar också muserna avbildas. Och man skulle kunna hävda att något liknande hänt med dem. Muserna har sjunkit från Helikon, ner till jorden, till köket och gatan. Kanske börjar fallet redan efter Hesiodos. Hos många senare antika författare är muserna några man åberopar, snarare än uppsöks av. Samtidigt betvivlas deras existens. Den romerska poeten Horatius ber i ett av sina oden musan Kalliope att stiga ner till honom från himlen, men säger sig vara osäker på om rösten han sedan hör verkligen är hennes, eller om han drabbats av ett ”ljuvligt vansinne”. Propertius, en annan romersk diktare, talar ofta om sin musa, som om en av dem stod redo just för honom. Så skulle Hesiodos knappast formulera sig. Muserna är inte hans – det är ju han som är deras!Långt efter antiken fortsätter muserna dyka upp i konsten. Dante åkallar dem i ”Den gudomliga komedin”, till exempel i Skärselden, då han ber dem om hjälp med att besjunga ting ”som knappt tanken fattar”. Men när man säger ordet ”musa” i samband med Dante tänker de flesta på Beatrice. Hon uppträder som en guide genom paradiset i den sista delen av ”Den gudomliga komedin”, och var med viss sannolikhet en sublimering av Dantes ungdomskärlek med samma namn. Inspirationen härrör alltså från en levande, högst verklig person – som, till skillnad från de antika muserna, knappast delat med sig av den medvetet. Samma gäller Laura i den något yngre Petrarcas sonetter. Ännu senare, hos Baudelaire, har musan blivit prostituerad. I dikten ”La muse vénale” – ungefär ”den köpbara musan” – förtjänar diktens du sitt uppehälle genom att gå på gatan.Mycket kan sägas om kvinnosynen i de nämnda dikterna. Men det är knappast så enkelt som att musans nya skepnad motsvarar en parallell omvandling av könsordningen. Snarare speglar den konstens förändrade betydelse, från kollektiv praktik till uttryck för individualitet. Det säger ju sig självt att den diktare som själv är gudomlig inte kan vara underställd en skara bråkiga systrar.Fast vore det verkligen så illa? Finns det inte något frigörande i att tänka på dikten så som Hesiodos: som något som kommer utifrån, ovanifrån, snarare än från den rädda lilla själ man bär inom sig? Litteraturen är ju trots allt inte ens egen. Den föds ur de texter som föregått den. Dess moder är minnets gudinna – och minnet är något gemensamt.Rebecka Kärde, litteraturkritiker och grecistLitteraturGeorges Didi-Huberman: Ninfa moderna – essä över fallen drapering. Översättare: Jakob Svedberg. Bokförlaget Faethon, 2023.Hesiodos: Theogonin och Verk och dagar. Översättning: Ingvar Björkeson. Natur och kultur, 2003.

Dice Dragons Guild
Eleothis - C1S21: Shadows on the Edge | D&D Campaign

Dice Dragons Guild

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 143:59


Our heroes continue to fight for their lives and the lives of innocent folks from Balsted, but the stakes increase. Melpomene joins the fray. And then an old acquaintance appears. Join our Patreon to get fun perks, including dice gifts and early access to the podcast/VODs: https://www.patreon.com/dicedragonsguild We've got MERCH: https://tinyurl.com/ddgmerch Music by Alexandre Miller - The Boy King of Idaho (https://open.spotify.com/artist/0WvWTz5TPYOuoZ77e2iIX8?si=bhT8sX2gS_e8huPQnWd81Q) Licensed under the Creative Commons 3.0: By Attribution license. Music & Ambient sounds by Michael Ghelfi. Please support him at his Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/MichaelGhelfi) and like and subscribe to his YouTube channel (   / @michaelghelfistudios  ) Sound Effects from ZapSplat.com (https://www.zapsplat.com) GM: Izzi Players: Cuba as Ayla, Adam as Eldon, Amanda as Iolite, Patrick as Kai, and Julie as Kethra

The Doctor Who Audio Dramas
The Last Stand part five

The Doctor Who Audio Dramas

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 41:31


The Yporene Vanguard are unstoppable. World after world has fallen to their onslaught. Millions have died. The last hope of stopping them lies with the crew of the Dondran. Except the ship was shot down, crashing on an asteroid in the Doffna Belt. Only five survived. They feel lost, alone, hopeless and scared. And to make matters worse, the siren call of the Melpomene is luring them out into the vacuum of space. It's a fight for survival for Bess when she finds herself stuck in the middle of a devastating alien warzone without the Doctor by her side. Teaming up with an unexpected ally, Bess must weigh up the cost of survival and make a decision that could drastically change both the future and the nature of her relationship with the Doctor forever. Because he doesn't always make the right choices, does he? For the war to end, history demands a sacrifice. Someone must stand and fight, and they will die for the greater good. Is it time for the Doctor to make his last stand? The Doctor Who Audio Dramas Episode 207.5 www.dwad.net www.facebook.com/doctorwhoaudiodramas

The Doctor Who Audio Dramas
207 Doctor Who: The Last Stand part four

The Doctor Who Audio Dramas

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2023 44:15


The Yporene Vanguard are unstoppable. World after world has fallen to their onslaught. Millions have died. The last hope of stopping them lies with the crew of the Dondran. Except the ship was shot down, crashing on an asteroid in the Doffna Belt. Only five survived. They feel lost, alone, hopeless and scared. And to make matters worse, the siren call of the Melpomene is luring them out into the vacuum of space. It's a fight for survival for Bess when she finds herself stuck in the middle of a devastating alien warzone without the Doctor by her side. Teaming up with an unexpected ally, Bess must weigh up the cost of survival and make a decision that could drastically change both the future and the nature of her relationship with the Doctor forever. Because he doesn't always make the right choices, does he? For the war to end, history demands a sacrifice. Someone must stand and fight, and they will die for the greater good. Is it time for the Doctor to make his last stand? The Doctor Who Audio Dramas Episode 207.4 www.dwad.net https://www.facebook.com/doctorwhoaudiodramas

The Doctor Who Audio Dramas
207 Doctor Who: The Last Stand part three

The Doctor Who Audio Dramas

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 33:19


The Yporene Vanguard are unstoppable. World after world has fallen to their onslaught. Millions have died. The last hope of stopping them lies with the crew of the Dondran. Except the ship was shot down, crashing on an asteroid in the Doffna Belt. Only five survived. They feel lost, alone, hopeless and scared. And to make matters worse, the siren call of the Melpomene is luring them out into the vacuum of space. It's a fight for survival for Bess when she finds herself stuck in the middle of a devastating alien warzone without the Doctor by her side. Teaming up with an unexpected ally, Bess must weigh up the cost of survival and make a decision that could drastically change both the future and the nature of her relationship with the Doctor forever. Because he doesn't always make the right choices, does he? For the war to end, history demands a sacrifice. Someone must stand and fight, and they will die for the greater good. Is it time for the Doctor to make his last stand? The Doctor Who Audio Dramas Episode 207.4 www.dwad.net https://www.facebook.com/doctorwhoaudiodramas

The Doctor Who Audio Dramas
Doctor Who: The Last Stand part two

The Doctor Who Audio Dramas

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 34:27


The Yporene Vanguard are unstoppable. World after world has fallen to their onslaught. Millions have died. The last hope of stopping them lies with the crew of the Dondran. Except the ship was shot down, crashing on an asteroid in the Doffna Belt. Only five survived. They feel lost, alone, hopeless and scared. And to make matters worse, the siren call of the Melpomene is luring them out into the vacuum of space. It's a fight for survival for Bess when she finds herself stuck in the middle of a devastating alien warzone without the Doctor by her side. Teaming up with an unexpected ally, Bess must weigh up the cost of survival and make a decision that could drastically change both the future and the nature of her relationship with the Doctor forever. Because he doesn't always make the right choices, does he? For the war to end, history demands a sacrifice. Someone must stand and fight, and they will die for the greater good. Is it time for the Doctor to make his last stand? Episode 207.2

The Doctor Who Audio Dramas
207 Doctor Who: The Last Stand part one

The Doctor Who Audio Dramas

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2023 35:40


The Yporene Vanguard are unstoppable. World after world has fallen to their onslaught. Millions have died. The last hope of stopping them lies with the crew of the Dondran. Except the ship was shot down, crashing on an asteroid in the Doffna Belt. Only five survived. They feel lost, alone, hopeless and scared. And to make matters worse, the siren call of the Melpomene is luring them out into the vacuum of space. It's a fight for survival for Bess when she finds herself stuck in the middle of a devastating alien warzone without the Doctor by her side. Teaming up with an unexpected ally, Bess must weigh up the cost of survival and make a decision that could drastically change both the future and the nature of her relationship with the Doctor forever. Because he doesn't always make the right choices, does he? For the war to end, history demands a sacrifice. Someone must stand and fight, and they will die for the greater good. Is it time for the Doctor to make his last stand?

The Writing Apothecary Podcast
Creativity and the Muse: The History of the Muse

The Writing Apothecary Podcast

Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later May 11, 2023 11:48


Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary and to a new lesson. Today we're looking at the history of the muse. And it was so much fun to go through and find what information I could about them. The Muses are inspirational goddess of literature, science and art. The 9 muses are:Calliope was the Muse who represented epic poetry. Her implement was the writing tablet.Clio was the Muse who had to do with history and she was always associated with holding a scroll.Euterpe was the Muse of lyrical poetry and music, and is always shown with an aulos (flute).Thalia represented both comedy and pastoral poetry and she was associated with the comic mask.Melpomene was the Muse of tragedy and her item was the tragic mask.Terpsichore was the Muse of dance and she was always associated with the lyre.Erato was always associated with love poetry. She had a type of lyre called the cithara.Polyhymnia represented sacred poetry and she was always depicted with a veil.Urania was the Muse of astronomy and she had a globe and compass.Who is your favourite muse?Tell me what did you take away from this week's lesson? I'd love to knowAlso, I would really appreciate it if you took the time to rate and review the podcast it helps people find our community and gets the podcast out into the world a little more.Want exclusive behind the scenes and early access to episodes join up to the mailing list over here.If you're looking for a cheerleader for your writing, then head on over to https://dreamingfullyawake.com/work-with-me/ and let's have a chat about how we can work together to get your writing on track.

Of Dice and Friends
Ep. 31 - Imposter

Of Dice and Friends

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 67:02


CHAPTER 31:  After catching up with an old ally, the party races through the streets of Dragon Spiral, hoping to free Attur before the opposition kills him first.Additional voices: Linda, Allicat, Melpomene, Ricky, and Vic Come roll with us on Patreon, where you can interact with the cast and affect the story itself! https://www.patreon.com/OfDiceAndFriendsPodcast We have a merch store! https://www.ofdiceandfriendspodcast.com/store Intro/Outro Music: The Vikings (with minor edits) by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Music: Tabletop Audio (https://www.tabletopaudio.com/), Sword Coast Soundscapes (https://www.youtube.com/SwordCoastSoundscapes), Michael Ghelfi Studios (https://www.youtube.com/user/MichaelGhelfi), and Bardify (https://www.youtube.com/c/Bardify) Since chapters aren't scripted, crazy things are bound to happen. Expect f-bombs, knives, and pigs to fly. Viewer discretion advised. Want to know more? We have a website! https://www.ofdiceandfriendspodcast.com/ 

Of Dice and Friends
Ep. 25 - The Greater Good

Of Dice and Friends

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 64:47


CHAPTER 25:Turns out, not all goblins in Myarum worship the vile dragon Ovru. The party must either find a way to unite the tribes for the greater good, or become dragon fodder.Come roll with us on Patreon, where you can interact with the cast and affect the story itself! https://www.patreon.com/OfDiceAndFriendsPodcast We have a merch store! https://www.ofdiceandfriendspodcast.com/store Additional voices: Melpomene, Pete M, Ricky Intro/Outro Music: The Vikings (with minor edits) by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Music: Tabletop Audio (https://www.tabletopaudio.com/), Sword Coast Soundscapes (https://www.youtube.com/SwordCoastSoundscapes), Michael Ghelfi Studios (https://www.youtube.com/user/MichaelGhelfi), and Bardify (https://www.youtube.com/c/Bardify) Since chapters aren't scripted, crazy things are bound to happen. Expect f-bombs, knives, and pigs to fly. Viewer discretion advised. Want to know more? We have a website! https://www.ofdiceandfriendspodcast.com/ (edited)

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El porqué de Melpomene

BITACORA DEL SUR de Ramon Freire

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 29:38


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City Church Murfreesboro
1 John 2:3-11 - Thalia & Melpomene: Why the Gospel is a Tragicomedy

City Church Murfreesboro

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2022 47:18


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House Zofi | هاوس زوفي
حلقة 8 - الأساطير اليونانية: ميلاد الآلهة والحرب التيتانية

House Zofi | هاوس زوفي

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2022 102:03


مقدمة:بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أشرف الأنبياء والمرسلين سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين. سبحانك اللهم لا علم لنا إلا ما علمتنا أنك انت العليم الحكيم.أي شخص مطلع على الأدب او يلعب ألعاب فيديو أو يقرأ قصص مصورة أو يشاهد أفلام انمي يعلم مدى أثر الأساطير اليونانية على المخرجات الترفيهية. بل أن الأساطير، بالإضافة للأدب اليوناني، أثرت حتى على العلوم الإنسانية مثل الآتي:• علم النفس: مصطلح اضطراب الشخصية النرجسية نسبة لنرجس الأسطورة (Narcissus) • علم النفس والمسرح: عقدة أوديب (Oedipus Complex) التي ذكرها فرويد في كتابه تفسير الأحلام والمبنية على المسرحية اليونانية (أوديب ملكا) للمؤلف المسرحي سوفوكليس (Sophocles) والمذكورين في كتاب الأوديسة لهومر.• علم الجغرافيا: موسوعات الخرائط نسبة لأطلس حامل الأرض (Atlas).• في الطب: المخدر المورفين نسبة لمورفيوس إله تكوين الأحلام. (Morpheus).• قي الرياضة: الألعاب الأولمبية وشعلة النار بروميثيوس (Prometheus)• في تقنية المعلومات: حصان طروادة يطلق على الفيروس المتسلسل والمأخوذ من ملحمة هوميروس الإلياذة (Trojan Horse)• في أنظمة الدفاع "كعب أخيل" (Achilles Heel): والمقصود بها نقطة الضعف في أي نظام دفاعي والمأخوذة من موت أخيل في ملحمة طروادة عن طريق رميه بسهم مسموم في كعبه.• في الفن: "تأثير بيجماليون"، نسبة إلى بجيماليون النحات الكاره للنساء، ونحت تمثال لامرأة من العاج ووقع في حبها. وتعني لمن يقع في حب الشيء الذي يبتكره وبالتالي يصبح استثنائياًوغيرها الكثير من الأمثلة واليوم سوف تكون حلقتنا عن الوجود وقصص ميلاد الآلهة اليونانية وانوه ان لأصدقائنا الذين يستمعون إلينا عبر سحابة أدب بأن مدة الحلقة 45 دقيقة ولذا تجدون التكملة في الجزء التالي من هذه الحلقة.وأود ان أوضح التالي:• أن حلقات هاوس زوفي من الناحية العلمية ليست أكاديمية وهي أقرب للدردشة العلمية والتي ربما نخطئ في معلومة او نكون غير دقيقين في بعضها ورغم ذلك سنبذل جهدنا بإيصال المعلومة الصحيحة مع ذكر مرجعها.• اعتمدت على رسم شجرة الأنساب اليونانية عن طريق المايكروسوفت ورد نظام الهيكل الإداري وهو ليس برنامج فعال لرسم الشجر بصفة عامة وبصفة خاصة لشجرة النسب اليوناني الآلهي وستعرفون مدى تعقد الأنساب اليونانية في هذه الحلقة. لذا جعلت الذكر باللون الأزرق والأنثى باللون الأخضر افتراضا مني انهم ذكور واناث.في البداية لابد ان نأخذ نبذة مختصرة جدا عن:• أهم الكتب التراثية وبعض المراجع الحديثة.• أنساب الشعب اليوناني وارتباطها بنسب الآلهة.• طبيعة وجغرافية أرض اليونان.أهم الكتب اليونانيةبالنسبة لأهم الكتب لقصص وأساطير الشعب اليوناني:• كتب الأساطير والملاحم:o ميلاد او نسب الآلهة (Theogony) لهيسيود (Hesiod) وهو كتاب صغير لكن عظيم يذكر فيه تزاوج الآلهة والطيتان والكيانات الأولية والوحوش.o الأشغال والأيام (Work and Days) كذلك لهيسيود (Hesiod) كتبه لأخيه بيرسيس (Perses) الذي اغتصب ارضه بالتعاون مع أحد القضاء ويخبره لابد من التعب للحصول على الأرض وهذا كله بسبب الآلهة والمشاكل التي فيما بينها وهو كتاب مهم يوضح فيه قصص واجيال البشر عند الإغريق وكذلك يحكي فيه قصة باندورا وكيف المرأة بلاء على الرجال من زيوس.o كتاب المرأة (Catalogue of woman) او إييا (Ehoiai) لهيسيود (Hesiod) كتاب مفقود لم توجد منه إلا شذرات قليلة رغم ذلك به معلومات مهمة عن نسب اليونانيين وغير انساب اليونانيين.o ملحمة الإلياذة (Iliad) لهوميروس (Homer): قصة حرب الطرواديين (The Trojans) مع الآخيين (Achaean) والتي استمرت 10 سنوات، واختطاف باريس (Paris) الطروادي لهيلين (Helen Troy) زوجة ملك أسبرطة (Sparta) ميلنيوس (Menelaus). وقصص الأبطال: آخيل (Achilles)، باتروكلُس (Patroclus)، هيكتور (Hector)، أوديسيوس (Odysseus) وحصان طروادة الشهير. o ملحمة الأوديسة (Odyssey) لهوميروس (Homer): الملحمة الثانية لهوميروس والتي تأتي أحداثها بعد حرب طروادة (Trojan War) مباشرة. وبطلها أوديسيوس (Odysseus) ملك إيثكا (Ithaca) الذي تاه في البلاد والبحار 10 سنوات بسبب لعنة بسيادون (Poseidon) إله البحر وقصة زوجته بينولبي (Penelope) مع الذين أرادوا الزواج منها للاستيلاء على مُلك أوديسيوس.o ملحمة الأرجونوتيكا ((Argonautica لأبولونيوس الرودسي (Apollonius of Rhodes) التي تحكي قصة جيسون (Jason) مع بحارة الأرجون (The Argo) والصوف الذهبي (Golden Fleece)o أشغال هرقل (The Labors of Heracles): قصة أعمال هرقل الاثنا عشر كلف بها للتكفير عن خطاياه بسبب لعنة هيرا (Hera) زوجة زوس (Zeus) وكل مهمة أصعب من الأخرى وفي كل مرة كان يقتل وحش أسطوري مثل الأسد النيمي (the Nemean lion) والهيدرا (Lernaean Hydra) وأشهر كتاب القصة هو بيسندار (Peisander) وهو اول من ذكر ان هرقل بعد ان قتل الأسد النيمي سلخه وارتدى جلده. وقد عملنا حلقة في بودكاست كارتونيشن عن أعمال هرقل مقارنة بفيلم ديزني (Hercules). • بعض المراجع لمن أراد الاستزادة:o كتاب المكتبة اليونانية Bibliotheca او مكتبة أبولودورس الزائف (Pseudo-Apollodorus) وهذا كتاب مهم جدا فهو يسرد التاريخ اليوناني الأسطوري بطريقة سلسلة جدا وهو أسهل الكتب رغم كتابته بعد القرن الأول للميلاد.o الأدب اليوناني - من سلسلة زدني علما o الميتولوجيا اليونانية -من سلسلة زدني علماo تاريخ الأدب اليوناني – الدكتور علاء صابر -مكتبة لبنان ناشرونo كتاب التحولات أو مسخ الكائنات (The Metamorphoses) لأوفيد (Ovid) وهو شاعر روماني كتبه في القرن الثامن فقد جمع القصص اليونانية والرومانية الشفهية وتوجد ترجمتين:o مسخ الكائنات - نسخة دار المعارف - محمد عكاشةo التحولات – ترجمة أدونيس.o وانا انصح بكتاب باللغة الإنجليزي وهو دليل جيد يجمع لك القصص ومصادرها واهمها واسمه:o A brief guide to the Greek myths by Stephen p. Kershawنسب الشعب اليوناني الأسطورينسب الشعب اليوناني:الشعب اليوناني مصنف اصطلاحياً من الشعب الهندو-أوربي الشعوب التي هاجرت من منقطة بين اسيا وأوربا ولكن يهمنا هنا الفكرة الأسطورية وليس الفكرة الأنثروبولوجيه. فهم يعتقدون ان نسبهم امتداد ومتصل بالآلهة الأولمبية والطيتان فالقصة تحكي ان هناك شخص اسمه دوكيليان (Deucalion) وزوجته بيرا (Pyrra) وهو يمثل نوح في الأخبار التوحيدية فله قصة مشابهة لقصة نوح عليه السلام والطوفان سنذكرها في حينه.• دوكيليان قيل انه بن بروميثيوس خالق البشر ومختلف في امه قيل انها هيسيوني (Hesione) وفقاً لهيسيود.• بيرا هي ابنة ابيمثيوس (Epimetheus)، اخ بروميثيوس، وامها باندورا (Pandora) صاحبة قصة الصندوق وكذلك سنذكرها في حينه.• دوكيليان وبيرا لديهم ثلاثة أبناء يمثلون السلالة والقبائل اليونانية:o هيلين وثيا وباندورا الثانية• هيلين هذا ما يطلقون به اليونانيين أنفسهم حتى اليوم لذا تجد ان اليونان اسمها الجمهورية الهيلينية وتجد في جوازهم الجنسية هيليني. o هيلين لديه ثلاثة أبناء من حورية ماء الـ(nymph)أورسيس (Orseis): أيوليس (Aeolus) اب (الأيوليين)  دوروس (Dorus) اب الدوريين) زاذس (Xuthus) وهذا زاذس لديه ابنين:• أخايس (Achaeus) اب الآخيون.• واخيراً أيونيس (Iones) أب الأيونين وقيل ان العرب اسمتهم اليونانيين بناءاً عليه.• ثيا قيل انها حبلت بواسطة زيوس (Zeus) وانجبت:o ماجنس (magnes)o ومقدون (Macedon) سلالة الإسكندر الأكبر (Alexander the Great) والفيلسوف ارسطو (Aristotle) ولهذا السبب قيل انه لم يرث اكاديمية افلاطون (Plato) لأنه ليس أثينيي (هيليني)• باندورا الثانية حبلت أيضا بواسطة زيوس وأنجب جرايكوس (Gragecus) وأبناء هذا جرايكوس كانوا من اول المهاجرين لبلاد روما (إيطاليا) وبسبب ذلك سمي الشعب اليوناني بالإغريق.o جرايكوس (Gragecus) لديه حسب هيسيود (Hesiod) بن اسمه لاتينوس (Latinus) هل هو أب اللاتينيين؟ هل هو لاتينوس المذكور في الإنيادة (Aeneid) للشاعر الروماني فيرجل (Virgil)؟ هل فيرجل (Virgil) هو المذكور في الكوميديا الإلهية (Divine Comedy) للشاعر الإيطالي دانتي (Dante)؟ دانتي وفيرجل من ديفل ماي كراي (Devil may cry)؟ الله أعلم.o إضافة أخيرة للأنساب: وفقاً لهيسيود في كتاب المرأة هناك شخص اسمه عربوس (Arabus) او عريبيوس (Arabius) هو بن هرميس (Hermes) وثرونيا (Thronia).وهذا نبذة جدا مبسطة لسلالة الشعب اليوناني ودائما ما تجد عند التعمق في السلالات اليونانية حتى بعد الامتداد نجد ان نسباً لأحدى الآلهات او الطيتان بطريقة او بأخرى.الطبيعة الجغرافية والسياسية لليونانالطبيعة الجغرافية: اليونان شبه جزيرة طبيعتها وعرة وكثيرة الجبال وحولها جزر صغيرة كثيرة داخلها جبال ومرتفعات كذلك.  ولهذا كان الاتصال بين المدن شبه صعب بسبب وعارة الطرق وقيل هذا أحد أسباب عدم توحدهم كدولة وحدة الا في عهد الإسكندر.ولكن الملاحة البحرية بين الجزر في بحر ايجة شبه عوضت التواصل ولهذا التجارة الملاحية في كانت مثمرة بينهم وكأن البحر عوض ووحد ما فرقته الجبال والأرض. وقد سكنوا اليونانيين في أجزاء من مصر بالإسكندرية، وكذلك على الساحل الغربي في تركيا وقيل ان هناك حصلت معركة الإلياذة الشهيرة في مدينة طروادة.الطبيعة السياسية:ذكرنا ان صعوبة التواصل بين اليونانيين بسبب الظروف الجغرافية للمنطقة كانت أحد أسباب عدم توحدهم في دولة وحدة لذا كانت المدن والجزر اليونانية عبارة عن دول مستقلة صغيرة (City State) بعضها جزر ومدن ممالك، بعضها جزر ومدن جمهورية، بعضها جزر ومدن عشائر وقبائل.وهكذا نكون انتهينا من مقدمة الحلقة ونبدأ بقصص ميلاد الآلهة.ميلاد الآلهةمصدر القصص والأنسلب لهذا البودكاست:o بالنسبة لميلاد الآلهة سأذكر التي بها قصص واظن انه مهم، معتمداً على كتاب هيسيود ميلاد الآلهة.o الشعب اليوناني كان يتداول هذا القصص بشكل شفهي والكتب التي ذكرناها كتبت لاحقا في أعمال شعرية واعمال ملحمية وأعمال مسرحية.كيف يبدأ هيسيود ميلاد الآلهة: يذكر هيسيود بأنها إلهام من الميوسيس (The Muses)، ربات الفنون التسعة والتي ظهرن في فيلم ديزني هرقل، وأنهن يرقصن وينشدن في جبل هيليكون (Helicon Mount) وقد اهدياه غصن زيتون وسيلة تواصل بينه وبين ربات الفنون ومن خلال ألهم بقصيدة الثيوجني (Theogony).o ذكر هيسيود ان ربات الفنون التسعة، إذا فضلن ملك من الملوك، فبمجرد ميلاده يصببن من ريقهن في فمه فيصبح عذب الكلام.o وهن بنات زيوس من امهم نيموزين، في انمي بهذا الاسم، آلهة الذاكرة وهي أحد بنات اورانوس وجايا.o زيوس تشكل في شكل بشري وواقع نيموزين (Mnemosyne) تسعة ليالي وفي كل يوم كانت تنجب أنثى وهن: كليو ربة التاريخ (Cleo) اوتربي ربة الموسيقى (Euterpe) تالي ربة الكوميديا (Thalia) ملبومين للمأساة او التراجيديا (Melpomene) ترببسيكور للرقص (Terpsichore)  اراتوا للشعر الغنائي او به وصف حسي (Erato) بوليمني للمسرح (Polyhymnia) اوراني للفلك (Urania) كاليوب للشعر الملحمي (Calliope).وقد ذكرت مقدمة هيسيود عن ربات الفنون لأن القارئ للأدب او الملاحم اليونانية دائما ما سيجد أن المؤلف يبدأ بالابتهال لهؤلاء التسعة.قصص الوجود:نجد في قصص الميلاد أو أنساب الآلهة أن الوجود وجد قبل ميلاد الآلهة. والآلهة بعد ذلك أتت لكي تنظم الوجود. وانتهز هذه الفرصة في ذكر أنواع الكائنات عند اليونان:• الكيانات الأولية (Primordial):الكيانات التي ظهرت مع بداية الوجود وتمثل الطبيعة وظواهرها، وظهر منهم أول من حكم العالم.• الجبابرة (Titans):الجبابرة: الجيل الثاني والذي أزاح الكيانات من الحكم وأخذ مكانهم.• الأولمبيين (The Olympians):الجيل الثالث والذي خاض حرب ضد الجبابرة (Titanomachy) وحكم العالم. وأطلق عليهم الأولمبيين لاتخاذهم جبل أوليمبس سكن لهم.• المخلوقات الأسطورية (Mythical Creatures): الوحوش (Monsters)، الحوريات (Nymphs)، القنطور (Centaur)، وغيرهم من ابناء الجبابرة وملعوني الأولمبيين.• أنصاف الآلهة (Demi-God):كائنات نصفها آلهة ونصفها بشر وهؤلاء كثير منهم أبطال وكثير منهم أبناء زوس مثل: بيرسيوس (Perseus)، هيراكليس (Heracles)، آخيل (Achilles) وهؤلاء لديهم الفرصة للترقي ويصبحون آلهة مثل داينوسيس (Dionysus).• البشر:هؤلاء الذين عاصروا وعبدوا الآلهة منذ جيلهم الذهبي (Golden Age) وحتى الجيل الحديدي (Iron Age) وسنذكر قصصهم بالتفصيل ان شاء الله.الكائنات الأولية:• أول الكيانات وجوداً هو كايوس (Chaos) ويمثل الخواء وقد ظهر في لعبة هيديس (Hades Video Game). • ثم ظهرت جايا (Gaia) وهي تمثل الأرض، وظهر تارتورس (Tartarus) ويمثل قاع قاع الأرض وظهر كذلك ايروس (Eros) وهو يمثل الرغبة.o قيل ان هؤلاء الثلاث هم أبناء كايوس وقيل انهم ظهروا مع كايوس.• كايوس لديه أبناء آخرين:o نيكس (Nyx) وتمثل الليل. وظهرت في لعبة هيديسo ايريبس (Erebus) يمثل الظلام.• نيكس واخاها ايريبس قرروا انهم ينجبوا كيانات أخرى وسنرى ان إنجاب الأخ من أخته طبيعي جداً عند الآلهة اليونانية:• هيمرا (Hemera) وهو يمثل النهار.• ايثر (Aether) وهو غطاء السماء التي تتنفسه الكيانات لذا في الألعاب الروائية (Table-top RPG) والعاب الفيديو (RPG Games) نجد ان الذي ينعش نقاط السحر المستخدمة او المفقودة مشروب الإيثر (Ether).وطبيعي جدا ان الكيانات ممكن تقرر الإنجاب بدون أي تواصل جنسي ومن ذاتها بالفيض مثل أبناء نيكس (Nyx):• ثانتوس (Thanatos) وهو مثل ملك الموت وهو ظهر في لعبة هيديس• موروس (Moros) وهو يمثل الهلاك (Doom).• هيبنوس (Hypnos) وهو يمثل النوم وقد ظهر في لعبة هيديس أيضاً.• أونيروس (Oneiros) وهو يمثل الأحلام.• مومس (Momus) ويمثل اللوم السخرية او إله الساتير (Satir) كائن اسطوري.• اوزيس (Oziys) ويمثل الويل.• وعندها كذلك الكيريس (The Keres) هن كائنات بأجنحة يمثلن المصير الموت المفجع ولهن دور مثل الفالكيريس لكن هن لا يأخذن الموتى من المقاتلين للجنة إنما لقاع الجحيم. • والثلاثي الميوري (Moirai) سيدات القدر:o كلوثو التي تغزل وتلف الخيطo ليتشيس التي تمد خيطo أتروبوس التي تقطع الخيط• وكذلك عندها الهيسبريديس (Hesperides) حوريات الغسق (Evening Nymphs)، حارسات التفاح الذهبي وقيل انهن سبع.• نيميسيس (Nemesis) ويمثل القصاص ولهذا يسمى العدو الأكبر للأبطال بالنميسيس • أباتي (Apate) تمثل التضليل (Deception)• جيراس (Geras) ويمثل الشيوخة.• فيلوتيس (Philotes) ويمثل المحبة او الصداقة.• ديسكورد (Discord) نعم ديسكورد أو ايريس (Eris) وتمثل الخلاف.ما ذكرت هذا نموذج لميلاد او تزاوج الآلهة وكتاب هيسيود يذكر عشرات الآلهة المولودة بالتزاوج، محارم او بغير محارم، أو بالفيض. ومن هؤلاء الآلهة كريتوس (Kreatos) ويمثل القوة أو القدرة هو بن الجبار بالاس (Pallas) ونهر الجحيم (Styx) واكتفي بهذا القدر من نموذج ميلاد الآلهة وندخل على أول الملاحم.أولى الدماء بين الآلهةجايا (Gaia) واقعت ابنها أورانوس (Uranus) وأنجبوا الذين يطلق عليهم:• الجبابرة أو التيتان او إذا نقحرت الطيتان (The Titans) وهم اثنا عشر: 1. اوكيانوس (Okeanos) وهذا شيخ كبير واب لكثيرين.2. كويوس ((Coeus.3. كريوس (Crius).4. هايبريون (Hyperion).5. ايابتوس (Iapetus).6. ثيا (Theia).7. ريا (Rhea).8. ثيميس (Themis).9. نيموزين (Mnemosyne) أم ربات الفنون.10. فيبي (Phoebe) وليست فيبي من (Friends).11. تيثس (Tethys).12. كرونوس (Cronus) أصغرهم وله قصة مهمة سنذكرها بعد قليل.• وأنجبوا الثلاثي السايكلوبس (Cyclops) وهم الذين صنعوا الأسلحة لزيوس واخوته وهو دور مشابه للأقزام (Dwarfs) في الأساطير النورسية (Norse Mythology):1. برونتوس (Brontes) ويمثل الرعد.2. ستروبس (Steropes) ويمثل البرق.3. ارجس (Arges) ويمثل الوميض.• ذو المئة اليد (the Hecatoncheires) والذين يجب الا يذكروا حسب هيسيود ولكن يذكرهم:1. كوتاس (Cottus).2. برورياس (Briareus)3. جايجيس (Gyges).أترون كل هؤلاء الأبناء؟ اورانوس كان لا يحبهم ويكرههم، بالذات الثلاثي الأخير، وكان كل ولد من هؤلاء عندما تلده جايا يقوم اورانوس بحبسه في مكان سري داخل جايا وقيل داخل تارتروس (Tartus). طبيعي جدا هذا كان يزعج جايا فقد تمددت وترهلت بسبب هذا الحشي، ولذلك بغضت ابنها اورانوس وقامت بصناعة سلاح أسود مكون من مادة الأدمانتيوم (adamantium) يشبح المنجل (Sickle) أو المحش (Scythe) وأعلنت بعد ذلك لجميع أبنائها من يقوم بالإنتقام من ابيهم ويساعدها؟ فتطوع لذلك إبنها الأصغر كرونوس وأخذ المنجل وانتظر اللحظة الحاسمة؛ فقد كان اورانوس يهبط من السماء دائما على الأرض لجايا وينام. هنا اتى كرونوس (Cronos)بضربة واحدة قام بخصي اباه اورانوس. وهنا تناثرت الدماء وبعض قطرات المني وهبطت على الأرض والبحر:• فقطرات الدماء التي سقطت على جايا الأرض بعدها مباشرة ولدوا:1. الساخطات (The Furies) او الإيرنيس (The Erinyes): اليكتو (Alecto)، تيسفوني (Tisphone)، وميجرا (Megra) وهؤلاء يتنقمن من الذي يحنث قسمه للآلهة او يقسم بالآلهة قسم كاذب.2. العمالقة (Giants)3. حوريات المُران (Ash-tree Nypmhs)• أما قطرات المني فسقطت على البحر وتحولت إلى رغوة فولدت أفروديت (Aphrodite).بعد ذلك قام كرونوس بتحرير أخوته من الجبابرة الأثناعشر، ماعدا السايكلوبس وذو المئة يد! وكأنه يقول المشكلة منكما فعلاً! (it's not you. It is you!). وهذا مجدداً أغضب جايا فهي لم تتكبد هذا العناء لكي يظلوا أبنائهم حبسى.ميلاد الأولمبيينلعنة أورانوس:الكيان أورانوس (Uranus) غضب على ابنه كرونوس (Cronos) وتنبأ بأن من أبنائه من سيأخذ من الحكم بسبب فعلته تلك. ولم يفت من كرونوس أخطار تلك النبوءة، فقد أختار كرونوس اخته ريا (Rhea) زوجة له وأجبت له الأولمبيين. ولكي يتجنب لعنة أباه أورانوس كان كرونوس بمجرد ميلاد أبنائه يبلعهم مباشرة دون ان ينظر إليهم وكان من ابتلعهم كرونوس بالترتيب هم:1. هيستيا (Hestia).2. ديميتر (Dimeter).3. هيرا (Hera).4. هيديس (Hades).5. بوسيدون (Poseidon).ميلاد زوس:هذا أحزن وأغضب زوجة كرونوس، ريا. وقد كانت ريا حامل بجنين أخير ولا تريد له مصير أخوته السابقين. فقامت ريا بالشكوى لصاحبة التجربة جايا. فأشارت جايا على ريا ان تلد مولودها في معبد بجزيرة كريت (Crete) وهو الأبن الأخير لكرونوس، سيد الآلهة، الماجن، المتحول، اب الكثيرين، وزوج وعاشق لكثيرات الآله زوس (Zeus). بعد ولادة زوس أودعته ريا لدى جايا، ثم ذهب جايا لكرونوس معها حجر ملفوف برداء كأنه طفل حديث الولادة، وأعطته كرونوس، والأخير قام مباشرة بابتلاعه دون النظر في الرداء.نشأ زوس جبل آيدا (Mount Ida) في كريت وقام بتربيته شياطين الجبل (The Kouretes)، قد قيل إنهم حوريات لكن اخترت شياطين من باب التنويع وهن من أولاد جايا ولا نعلم من اين أتوا، فجايا ام لكثيرين، وكن يرقصن ويصرخن عندما يبكي او يصرخ زوس. والتي أرضعت زوس هي أميثليا (Amaltheia) ابنة الشمس هيلوس (Helios) وهي كائن أقرب للمعزة للبشر وكانت تحتضنه عندما تريد اخفاؤه عن كرونوس. وعندما بلغ سن الرجولة ذهب زوس لإنقاذ اخوته بالتعاون مع جايا وأمه وبن عمته ميتيس (Metis) ابنة أوكيانوس (Okeanos)، التي صنعت دواء مقيئ، وزعم مني التي قامت بإعطاء كرونوس الدواء هي ريا. وبمجرد شربه استفرغ أولا الحجر، ثم بسايدون، هيديس، هيرا، ديميتر وأخيراً هستيا. لذا تقنيا زوس أصبح الأكبر الآن وهيستيا هي الصغرى، وهنا قامت حرب العشر سنوات، الملحمة التيتانية (Titanomachy).الحرب التيتانيةالحرب:اتخذ زوس جبل أولمبيا مقرا له (Mount Olympus)، واجتمع مع اخوته وبقية الآلهة التيتانية وأخبرهم بأنه سيخوض الحرب ضد أبيه كرونوس ووعد الذين سيشاركون الحرب معه، في حال انتصاره، سيعطيهم مكافآت وسيحافظون على مناصبهم التي نالوها مع الجبابرة.أستجاب بعضهم ورفض بعضهم وأشهر من استجاب لدعوة زوس هو بروميثيوس (Prometheus) ابن الجبار ايابتوس (Iapetus) وكان معنى اسمه بعيد النظر، وحث بقية اخوه ابيمثيوس (Epimetheus) ومعنى اسمه قليل العقل او قصير النظر، وكذلك حث اخوه أطلس (Atlas) واستجاب الأول ورفض الأخير.وبدأت الحرب واستمرت 10 سنوات سجالاً، لا نعلم ماهي حيثيات الحرب ولا المعارك التي حدثت، ولكن نعلم ان زوس استشار جدته جايا كيف ينتصر على ابيه؟ فأخبرته ان عليه تحرير أبنائها الثلاثي سايكلوب وكذلك ذوي المئة يد، وهم سيحققون النصر، وفعلا قام زوس بالهبوط إلى تارتروس وقتل حارسة السجن كامبي (Kampe) وحررهم.طلب زوس بعد ذلك منهم المساعدة، فقام الثلاثي باختراع ثلاث أسلحة: الصواعق لزوس (Thunder Bolts)، خوذة الإخفاء لهيديس (Hades Helmet) والرماح ذي الثلاث شعب لبسايدون (Trident).  وبفضل الأسلحة استطاع زوس أخيرا الانتصار ثم حبس من حاربه من الجبابرة في اقصى قاع الأرض وبذلك أنتصر أخيرا زوس وحكم الأرض.لكن هذا الانتصار ليس نهاية الحروب، لأن جايا الأرض، أزعجها مجدداً حبس أبنائها. فكل ما تريد جايا فقط ان يكون جميع أبنائها أحراراً! قتلوا، نهبوا، استولوا لا يهم! المهم ان يكونوا أحراراً. فبدأت مجددا بحياكة حبكة أخرى تنتقم فيها من زوس في ملحمة أخرى، تسمى الـ(Gigantomachy) وسنعرض تفاصيلها الحلقة القادمة ان شاء الله. 

The Steven Thompson Experience
The Steven Thompson Experience- No More Drama

The Steven Thompson Experience

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 13:54


Welcome, No More Drama -the latest episode of The Steven Thompson Experience. Thanks to each and every one of you for tuning in to the show and joining us on this journey. I am talking about Drama. Melpomene, The Fox Brothers, and the song - No more Drama by Mary J Blige.   I hope you enjoy the episode! And if you do please subscribe and spread the word to your friends and ask them to listen as well!   About the Show:   Each episode of the Steven Thompson Experience is designed to Educate, Inform and Inspire people to pursue their gifts and use them to serve others. I also want to introduce you to new heroes who showed bravery and courage in the face of many obstacles.

Griechische Mythologie - Das Chaos und seine Kinder

Zeus zeugt Kinder, viele göttliche Kinder. Diesmal mit zwei Titaniden: Mnemosyne und Leto. Der Olymp füllt sich also weiter... Und auch der Sternenhimmel. In dieser Folge erfahrt ihr, wonach der kleine und der große Bär benannt worden sind. Für Hinweise oder Feedback schreibt mir gerne auf: www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com Spenden könnt ihr hier. Mit: Zeus, Mnemosyne, Hera, Leto, Musen: Kalliope, Thalia, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Urania, Hesiod, Theogonie, Olymp, Helikon, Homer, Odysseus, Koios, Phoibe, Gaia, Uranos, Asteria, Delphi, Python, Delos, Eileithyia, Artemis, Apollon, Akteon, Kallisto, Arkas

Griechische Mythologie - Das Chaos und seine Kinder
08 Mnemosyne, Leto und Artemis

Griechische Mythologie - Das Chaos und seine Kinder

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 11:16


Zeus zeugt Kinder, viele göttliche Kinder. Diesmal mit zwei Titaniden: Mnemosyne und Leto. Der Olymp füllt sich also weiter... Und auch der Sternenhimmel. In dieser Folge erfahrt ihr, wonach der kleine und der große Bär benannt worden sind. Für Hinweise oder Feedback schreibt mir gerne auf: www.chaoskinderpodcast.wordpress.com oder an: chaoskinderkontakt@gmail.com Instagram: @chaos.kinder Spenden könnt ihr hier: PAYPAL Mit: Zeus, Mnemosyne, Hera, Leto, Musen: Kalliope, Thalia, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Urania, Hesiod, Theogonie, Olymp, Helikon, Homer, Odysseus, Koios, Phoibe, Gaia, Uranos, Asteria, Delphi, Python, Delos, Eileithyia, Artemis, Apollon, Akteon, Kallisto, Arkas

10-Minute Talks
Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature

10-Minute Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 14:52


In this talk, Ato Quayson shares insights drawn from his book Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature. He argues that disputatiousness is one of the starting points that connects Greek and postcolonial tragedy. Speaker: Professor Ato Quayson FBA, Professor of English, Stanford University Image: Tragic mask in hand of greek statue of Melpomene. Via Getty Images 

Composers Datebook
Americans in Paris

Composers Datebook

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 2:00


Synopsis Among the enduring souvenirs of the Paris World Exposition of 1889 was an impressive steel tower designed by Gustave Eiffel. Originally blasted as a grotesque eyesore by leading French artists – including the opera composer Charles Gounod – it was a smash hit with those attending the 1889 Exposition. Another great hit with attendees, including the impressionable French composer Claude Debussy, was the chance to hear exotic music from Java, Siam, and Egypt.  Audiences at an orchestra concert at the Exposition's Trocadero Palace on today's date in 1889 could have heard – for them – exotic music by several composers from the United States as well. It was something of a milestone in the history of American music.George Whitefield Chadwick tone poem entitled “Melpomene” was one of the works performed in Paris, along with orchestral pieces by Arthur Foote, Edward MacDowell, Dudley Buck, and John Paine. A perceptive French critic noted at the time there seemed to be a veritable “young American school” of composers, obviously influenced by German models ranging from Mendelssohn to Wagner. “Except for the lack of originality,” concluded the French critic, “the workmanship is serious, correct, solid, and always practical. And these young Americans appeared blessed with much energy.” Music Played in Today's Program George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 – 1931): Melpomene Overture )Detroit Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, cond.) Chandos 9439

Composers Datebook
Americans in Paris

Composers Datebook

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 2:00


Synopsis Among the enduring souvenirs of the Paris World Exposition of 1889 was an impressive steel tower designed by Gustave Eiffel. Originally blasted as a grotesque eyesore by leading French artists – including the opera composer Charles Gounod – it was a smash hit with those attending the 1889 Exposition. Another great hit with attendees, including the impressionable French composer Claude Debussy, was the chance to hear exotic music from Java, Siam, and Egypt.  Audiences at an orchestra concert at the Exposition's Trocadero Palace on today's date in 1889 could have heard – for them – exotic music by several composers from the United States as well. It was something of a milestone in the history of American music.George Whitefield Chadwick tone poem entitled “Melpomene” was one of the works performed in Paris, along with orchestral pieces by Arthur Foote, Edward MacDowell, Dudley Buck, and John Paine. A perceptive French critic noted at the time there seemed to be a veritable “young American school” of composers, obviously influenced by German models ranging from Mendelssohn to Wagner. “Except for the lack of originality,” concluded the French critic, “the workmanship is serious, correct, solid, and always practical. And these young Americans appeared blessed with much energy.” Music Played in Today's Program George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 – 1931): Melpomene Overture )Detroit Symphony; Neeme Jarvi, cond.) Chandos 9439

Write Better, Author Smarter with Autumn Bardot
Summon the Muse for Writing Inspiration

Write Better, Author Smarter with Autumn Bardot

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 10:28


Is your writing uninspired? Need Inspiration? Or motivation? Call on a Muse! There are nine muses. One is sure to help with writing. But don't get them confused. Summon the right muse for your writing problem. In this episode, I share 9 ways to summon the muse. Warning: Muse summoning results may vary. LOL The muses are: 1. Clio 2. Euterpe 3. Thalia 4. Melpomene 5. Terpsichore 6. Erato 7. Polymnia 8. Ourania/Urania 9. Calliope By the way, all nine muses are characters in my glam, chiclit, feel-good, urban fantasy novel, Goddesses Inc.

The Bibliophile Daily
Anton Chekhov Born - January 17th

The Bibliophile Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 4:15


Anton Chekhov, Antosha ChekhonteCherry Orchard, Three Sisters, The SeagullThe Tales of Melpomene, Motley StoriesUshttps://twitter.com/thebibliodailythebibliophiledailypodcast@gmail.comRoxiehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyAfdi8Qagiiu8uYaop7Qvwhttp://www.chaoticbibliophile.comhttp://instagram.com/chaoticbibliophilehttps://twitter.com/NewAllegroBeat

Massive Damage Campaigns
ROTA S1E48 – The Forlorn Lighthouse (Part 1/2)

Massive Damage Campaigns

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 59:57


After the sailors on the Melpomene begin to sing a strange sea shanty as if sleepwalking or entranced, our heroes find themselves on a small ....   Read More

PaperPlayer biorxiv animal behavior and cognition
Wing-pattern-specific effects of experience on mating behavior in Heliconius melpomene butterflies

PaperPlayer biorxiv animal behavior and cognition

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020


Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.07.15.205435v1?rss=1 Authors: Rather, P. A., Herzog, A. E., Ernst, D. A., Westerman, E. L. Abstract: Many animals have the ability to learn, and some taxa have shown learned mate preference. This learning may be important for speciation in some species. The butterfly Heliconius melpomene is a model system for several areas of research, including hybridization, mate selection, and speciation, partially due to its widespread diversity of wing patterns. It remains unclear whether these butterflies can learn to prefer certain mates and if social experience shapes realized mating preferences. Here we test whether previous experience with a female influences male mate preference for two different H. melpomene subspecies, H. m. malleti and H. m. rosina. We conducted no-choice behavioral assays to determine if latency to court and whether males courted (vs no courtship) differed between naive males and males with previous exposure to a young, sexually mature, virgin female. To test whether assortative courtship preference is learned in H. melpomene, males were either paired with a female who shared their phenotype or one who did not. Naive H. m. malletti males courted assortatively, while naive H.m. rosina males did not. Experienced H. m. malleti males reduced their courting relative to naive males, suggesting that social experience with a sexually mature female that does not result in copulation may be perceived as a negative experience. In contrast, experienced H. m. rosina males exhibited similar courting rates to naive H. m. rosina males. Our results suggest that social experience can influence male mating behavior in H. melpomene and that behavioral plasticity may differ across populations in this species. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info

StarSound Speaks
Episode 48: The New Moon in Taurus: Shake Rattle and Roll ⚡️

StarSound Speaks

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2020 50:51


The New Moon on April 22/23 is conjunct wild-card Uranus. It's a great awakening with lots of surprises. Saturn weighs in to make sure we are being responsible and patient, while asteroids Pholus, Quaoar and Melpomene show us how we can use our talents and skills to navigate with gusto. Buckle up and jump on in!

Parole di Storie - Mitologia
Le nove Muse. Mitologia

Parole di Storie - Mitologia

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2020 8:55


Scritto e messo in voce da Gaetano Marino […] Erano dunque entità divine che avevano sempre avuto alto onore da parte di tutti e un grande rispetto. Esse rappresentavano l’ideale supremo dell’Arte, intesa come verità del “Tutto” ovvero l’«eterna magnificenza del divino». Ecco perché ad esse soltanto spetta il nome… Continue reading

AWESOME ASTRONOMY
#85 - July 2019 Part 1

AWESOME ASTRONOMY

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 62:43


The Discussion: Paul pulls a drowning child out of a river and we discuss the BBC’s current astronomy-themed TV programme, The Planets. A drunken and sarcastic Jen is a good Jen and a rather pleasant surprise from listener Lee Stevens The News: Rounding up the astronomy news this month we have: Taking Spitzer out “like a dog on the moor with a shotgun” The International Astronomical Union launches a competition to name an exoplanet in each of the countries it operates, at nameexoworlds.iau.org The chances of exoplanet habitability may be lower than thought. Two exoplanet discoveries with very good habitability potential NASA announces two more heliospheric missions, PUNCH & TRACERS The Mars Curiosity Rover says, ‘No, there are methane spikes on Mars’. The Sky Guide: Covering the solar system and deep sky objects on offer to amateur astronomers in July: Paul: The King of Planets, Jupiter, on offer all month and a partial lunar eclipse on the night of 16th July. For the deep sky, M10 & M12 globular clusters in Ophiuchus. Ralph: Asteroid 18 Melpomene at opposition on 3rd July. On the 9th of July we have the Ring World, Saturn, at opposition and the Southern Delta Aquariids peak on 28/29th July. For the deep sky, beautiful binary targets Epsilon Lyrae and Albireo. Main Object: The Earth’s Moon.

PQ&A - USITT at the 2019 PQ
Melpomene Katakalos

PQ&A - USITT at the 2019 PQ

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 47:00


Melpomene Katakalos has been a freelance scenic designer, combining the art of storytelling with a compelling environment, collaborative processes, and the dynamics between collaborators. She has been designing predominately in San Francisco, NYC, and Philadelphia designing over 100 productions, many of which were world premieres, over the last 20+ years. Her designs have been seen on a variety of stages including La Jolla Playhouse, San Francisco Mime Troupe, Berkeley’s California Shakespeare Theatre, Los Angeles’ Cornerstone Theatre and Philadelphia’s InterAct Theatre. In NYC, she has designed off-Broadway at the Clurman, at HERE Arts Center, La Mama, 45th Street Theatre, and the Triad. Her designs and devised works have been performed at the Beijing International Fringe and the Singapore International Fringe. Katakalos is the director of the New Play Design Lab at the Bay Area Playwrights Foundation, and is a co-founder of San-Francisco-based Crowded Fire Theater Company, which has been producing and commissioning new works for over 20 years. Among her many nominations and awards are two San Diego Playbill Awards, two Bay Area Critics Circle nominations, a Barrymore nomination, and the honor of Best Set Designer from The East Bay Express. Ms. Katakalos is an Associate Professor of Theatre at Lehigh University where she was recently appointed as the Class of 1961 Professor. She received her BFA in Theatrical Production Arts, Concentration in Design from Ithaca College, and her MFA in Scenic Design from UC San Diego.

Ancient World
Episode 54 - The Inspiration of Homer and Hesiod, and Greek Culture. The Muses are singing!

Ancient World

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2019 12:45


In this episode we will look at a brief overview of the nine muses, the deities of inspiration in the Greek Mythology; Calliope, Clio, Euterpe, Erato, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia and Urania - and their roles as openings for the Illiad, the Odyssey, the Theogony - and countless other major works from the Ancient World (and also later in the Renaissance). Hesiod describes: "And one day they taught Hesiod glorious song while he was shepherding his lambs under holy Helicon, and this word first the goddesses said to me -- the Muses of Olympus, daughters of Zeus who holds the aegis: `Shepherds of the wilderness, wretched things of shame, mere bellies, we know how to speak many false things as though they were true; but we know, when we will, to utter true things.'" Here pointing out how the inspiration came to him while he was "shepherding his lambs" under the mountain, and also pointing out how creativity might be wrong and false, but sometimes, when "the muses will", also telling the brilliant and true things. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Every Sing
ES034 Healing or Pain Through Music

Every Sing

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2018 20:19


Healing  and  pain; creating healing or pain through our music choices and environments.  The guests are two singers from my studio. They came down the Den of Technology to talk about how singing can bring healing and perhaps happiness. James Booth, student at Seattle Central College, and Allison Wilner Martin, in her gap year after high school and working for a law firm. Singing, the most personal of all vocal expression, has always been tied to pain. Singing can help with healing or it can cause more pain. A singer cannot lie - a singer must believe what they are singing, at least for that moment, or we will know and realize they are a fraud.  And our actions, as people building our lives around singing, have this same power - to make the most personal of all vocal expressions an instrument of pain or an instrument of healing. This is so commonly understood that I hardly think I need to give examples, but for the sake of context I’ll give a few. And I’ll try to make them not too personal, because I don’t want to cause pain here - I want to bring awareness to the power we hold as musicians. About that power, the ancient greeks totally understood. In Greek mythology, Nine Muses were the nine daughters of Zeus .The individual muses have had various names and incarnations over the centuries and their very name, Muse, is the source of our English word, Music. According to the website owlcation.com The Muses are minor goddesses of the Greek pantheon. They are the personification of literary arts, music, visual arts and science. We all have that spark of a Muse within us to aid in our creative endeavors. The muses all have different jobs in music. Here are a few of them: Polyhymnia is the protector of divine hymns. She created geometry and grammar. She wears a veil as she looks up to the Heavens. Melpomene is the protector of the Tragedies. She created rhetoric speech and the melodies of tragedy. She holds a theatrical tragedy mask. Euterpe is the protector of song and poetry of death, love, and war. She created several musical instruments and inspires beautiful music. She holds a flute with her other instruments surrounding her. Erato is the protector of lyrical and love poetry. She holds a lyre and love arrows with a bow. Clio is the protector of history and the guitar, the heroic arts. Clio holds a clarion in her right arm and a book in her left hand. Calliope is the superior Muse. She inspired Homer as he wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey. She accompanied kings and princes to help them impose justice and serenity. Calliope is the protector of poetic works, the rhetoric arts, music and writing. Calliope holds laurels in one hand and two Homeric poems in the other.  Since then, since the muses, have leaders and academics understood the power? You be they have. Think of the tribal, bringing-together power of national anthems and battle songs.  Think of the songs used for forced labor, like those covered in Negro Work Songs and Calls. By Botkin and Lomax-1943 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx_OOivYYo8. It makes my stomach turn. Songs have been used as weapons - Saul Williams in his NPR post Songs As Weapons, talks about Fela Kuti his music was his message as he defiantly proclaimed that "music is the weapon of the future." One of his songs was written in direct response to the loss of his mother, who died of complications after the Nigerian Army raided his compound. Fela Kuti marched his mother's coffin to the Head of State, placing it on his doorstep, while his band played this processional. The Star Spangled Banner The Essential Jimi Hendrix is well understood as a protest song meant to shoot a spear into the heart of the United States, for excellent reason. The country was a MESS. For this song, Hendrix guitar does the singing. Songs have been used to spurn a former lover. They have been used to wound someone who has wounded the singer. Singing has been used to point out a pain that has been caused with the intention of causing another pain. Have you heard Sound of Silence as interpreted by Disturbed? That is the very definition of pain. And in that vein, there are entire genres of popular music devoted to pain. Singing is very, very effective at causing pain. In a recent episodes of Every Sing, it has come to light that the world around singing is also a vehicle for pain. Among other powerful examples from people I have interviewed for this show, Sheila Houlahan, in episode 29, talked about two deep singing induced injuries. First was the evil competition brought out in her undergrad experience. People using music to justify their terrible intentions. Second was the pain caused by ignorance - an opera company who created disrespectful charactures of the Indian culture in their production - the equivalent to Sheila of black-face performances. Ya know, my heart is racing while I talk to you about this. This so deep, so personal, and so important. The idea that singing has been used to cause pain in people I love, like Sheila, makes me sick.  But there is more pain being caused every day around singing. Just today I heard a young man in a singing contest who’s every song was full of anger and pain. His songs were from the musicals Jeckly and Hide, Assassins, Oliver! and Oklahoma. What pain is in this young man that he has to relish in evil for every song he sings! And what pain are we potentially causing when we pick venues for our events; does the venue hosting you welcome everyone in your group? People with physical handicaps, moral objections, or other cultural differences?  Is your event being held in a place where your LGBTQ singers might be preached against? Do your singers feel safe, not from others wielding guns, but from the words that can do so much damage and haunt them in the night? What pain was caused, historically, when black singers had to use the back door to enter a venue where they were entertaining a white audience? What confusion is happening for your muslim or atheist singers when you book a church as your performance venue? And what pain is being caused to the singers who are forced to step foot on an alt-right campus for a singing celebration for the sake of their teachers. And what about the Grammy’s - run by the Recording Academy of which I am a member. They seem to have learned nothing from the MeToo movement, Recording Academy President Neil Portnow almost immediately made things worse after this year’s male dominated Grammys. He responded  by urging women to "step up." In response to him, recording artist Pink posted on Twitter. "Women in music don't need to 'step up' – women have been stepping since the beginning of time," "Stepping up, and also stepping aside. Women owned music this year. They've been killing it. And every year before this." So where does this leave us - you and me. Look closely - hold yourself accountable to the highest standard. Be vigilant. Be unrelenting. Err on the side of love. In the words of Cara Transtrom, see and understand better so that you can do better. "We are all artists and music connects us as spiritual beings, transcending all this crap the world would use to divide us.” Patti Haak Barrow

Fireside Mystery Theatre
33.2 The Master's Hand: "The Divine Gift"

Fireside Mystery Theatre

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2018 51:37


In Ancient Greece, two brothers stand at the center of a drama that will affect the very nature of life, art, and humanity…"The Divine Gift" is a radio play from our live show, **The Master's Hand**, recorded 12/10/17 at The Slipper Room in NYC.Featured in the cast: Eirik Davey-Gislason as Mendacius, Marcus & Urania Mary Murphy as Beatus, Bonnie & Terpsichore Ali Silva as Calliope & The Stranger Kacie Laforest as Erato & Apate David Linton as The Tour Guide, Clio & Odysseus Michael Pate as Euterpe, Heracles & The Messenger Alain Laforest as Thalia & Perseus James Rieser as Melpomene, Achilles & The FatherThe song, “Portrait of my Love” by Norman Newell and Cyril Omadel, was performed by Susan O’Dea accompanied by Nico Sleator.Original story and radioplay by Courtenay Gillean CholovichDirected by Holly Payne-Strange Musical score improvised by Steve Blanco Sound Effects Designer and Engineer: Greg Russ Technical Director at The Slipper Room: Johnny Goddard Production coordinator: Brontis Shane Orengo Theme music by Jason Graves Podcast production by Ali Silva & Daniel Graves Post-production audio by Ali Silva Produced by Gustavo Rodriguez, Ali Silva, Daniel Graves & Rebecca Graves for Fireside Mystery ProductionsCopyright 2018 Fireside Mystery Productions[](http://www.firesidemysterytheatre.com)[firesidemysterytheatre.com](https://www.firesidemysterytheatre.com)@firesidemysterySnag some swag from our [FMT merch store](https://www.firesidemysterytheatre.com/merch)!#horror #macabre #mystery #thriller #suspense #audiodrama #radiodrama #radiotheatre #radiotheater #weird #radio #creepy #eerie #strange #ancientgreece #greekgods #mythology #muses #divinemuses #tragedy #comedy #fratricide #rivalry #art #divinity #curses

Everyone's Agnostic Podcast
Episode 96 Jeremy from Minnesota

Everyone's Agnostic Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2016 72:06


Cass and Bob interview Jeremy from Minnesota. We interview people you don’t know about a subject no one wants to talk about: leaving faith. Two symbolic masks are traditionally associated with drama and they represent the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia (for comedy) and Melpomene (for tragedy). Jeremy’s story reminds us of these dual emotions. He’s a lover and a fighter, in that you’ll see his big heart and he’s a martial artist; he’s happier than ever to be out from under religious tyranny and he’s broken hearted that it’s effects still impair so many lives, including his own; and he’s an engaged homeschooling father who’s children request he sing speed metal to them before bed. We taped this talk April 16th, 2016. Subscribe, rate us, and/or leave a review of our podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you’re feeling grateful for our podcast, Patreon.com is like a per episode tip jar for our work. Credits: "Towering Mountain of Ignorance" intro by Hank Green https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3v3S82TuxU Intro bumper "Never Know" by Jack Johnson The segue music on this episode includes excerpts from Iron Maiden and Austrian Death Machine. Thanks for listening and be a yes-sayer to what is.

Instruments of Passion: Music, Painting, and the Contest of the Arts - Video
Watteau and the Contest between Melpomene and Thalia

Instruments of Passion: Music, Painting, and the Contest of the Arts - Video

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2009 49:30


art, music, france, painting, watteau, theory, philosophy, paragone

contest watteau melpomene