Posted in Fantasy, Folk Tales, Long, Poetry, tagged Apollonios of Rhodes, Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, Argonauts, Jason, Medea on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Argonautica continues, as Jason sows the dragon’s teeth and fights the warriors of the Earthborn!
18:20.
PS — Don’t forget to watch the “Jason and the Argonauts” episode on the PBS show In Search of Myths and Heroes. It’s on tonight here, so it may be on in your part of the US also.
Posted in Folk Tales, Long, Poetry, tagged Apollonios of Rhodes, Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, Argonauts on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Argonautica continues, and so do Medea’s mixed feelings, as she gives Jason the magic potion he needs.
25:49.
Posted in Long, Poetry, tagged epic poetry, Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Ring and the Book continues, as the lawyer for the defense continues to plan his arguments.
16:56.
Posted in Fantasy, Folk Tales, Long, Poetry, tagged Apollonios of Rhodes, Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, Argonauts on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Argonautica continues. Medea must decide whether or not to help Jason, a stranger, and go against the wishes of her own father; or to let him be killed, along with her sister-sons and a whole ship’s crew of heroes.
This is amazing stuff, even in translation, and I really don’t think I did anything near enough justice to it. If anybody out there is looking for a dramatic monologue to perform for speech class or an audition, I suggest you look here. (We don’t normally remember that Medea wasn’t just a princess, priestess, witch, and maniacally vengeful child-murderer; at this point she is a girl in the throes of first love.)
21:29.
Posted in Folk Tales, Long, Poetry, tagged Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, epic poetry on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Argonautica continues as the Argonauts finally arrive at warm and friendly Colchis, and Eros shoots arrows.
33:29.
I didn’t post the Argonautica segment earlier this week because I had technical difficulties. So I’m posting both that segment and this next week’s segment on Saturday, to make up for it. Enjoy!
Posted in Folk Tales, Long, Poetry, tagged Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, epic poetry on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Argonautica continues, as the action shifts to Olympus. Athena and Hera want to help the Argonauts, but they can’t figure out a cunning plan to win the Golden Fleece. They’re pretty sure that Medea could do it, but why would she help a stranger get valuables away from her father? So, goddesses… who ya gonna call?
13:26.
Posted in Long, Poetry, tagged Poetry, Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Fantasy, Long, Poetry, tagged Apollonios of Rhodes, Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, Fantasy on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Argonautica continues, as the Argonauts make a fateful encounter and arrive in Colchis – the land of the Golden Fleece.
15:30.
Posted in Long, Mysteries, Poetry, tagged Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Ring and the Book continues, as Pompilia tells the story of her desperate flight to Rome — a little differently than everybody else.
37:30.
We should be finished with Pompilia’s book next week. Then there’s two lawyers’ books, the Pope’s book, Guido’s second book, and a wrap-up book. And people wonder why book-length poems went out of fashion. Sheeeeeeesh. Even though it’s all Browning and all good, it’s like asking for one small dessert and being served cake for 24….
On the bright side, Argonautica is fast-paced and beautiful! So I guess I’m the shallow type who prefers action to deep psychological realism.
Posted in Fantasy, Folk Tales, Long, Poetry on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Argonautica continues, starting with a ghost and ending with a cliffhanger. Bon voyage!
Part 10: The deadly birds of Ares.
14:21.
Posted in History, Long, Poetry, tagged Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Ring and the Book continues (finally). More of Pompilia’s story, as she tells her version of how she met Caponsacchi.
16:25.
Posted in Fantasy, Folk Tales, Long, Poetry on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Argonautica continues, as the heroes visit a city at the mouth of the river Acheron. Sounds unlucky, doesn’t it?
14:34.
Posted in Fantasy, Folk Tales, Long, Poetry, tagged Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Argonautica continues, as we visit the scenic Clashing Rocks and try not to die!
Then we have a moment apparently echoed by Grahame in one of my favorite parts of The Wind in the Willows. Nobody seems to have mentioned this correspondence to me, so I’m pointing it out to you. It was probably too obvious for mention by previous generations, and is now way too obscure for ours. (You know, we miss out on a lot these days by our lack of a good classical education.)
18:20.
Posted in Fantasy, Folk Tales, Long, Poetry on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Argonautica continues with another famous scene — the harpies! But this version includes a chase scene….
28:50.
Yep, I’m back on the pixels! My cable/Internet/phone finally came back this morning.
Posted in Fantasy, Long, Poetry on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Argonautica continues, as we meet an island king who forces all visitors to choose a champion to box with him. Little does he know that onboard the Argo is the greatest boxer in the world, the hero twin Polydeuces! (AKA Pollux of “Castor and”.)
13:50.
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