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The Use of Myth

Hesiod stands at the beginning. He is the first to write down stories that had been circulating for centuries. His account is not a moral arc in the way the Hebrew tradition would later tell its story. Hesiod is part farmer’s almanac and part chronicler. This is how the seasons work, and this is whoContinue reading “The Use of Myth”

Orpheus

Orpheus enters the story before the world has settled. Before cities harden into law.Before heroism becomes labor.Before descent acquires technique. He is born from music, not violence. A son of Calliope, sometimes of Apollo. His power does not break resistance; it rearranges it. Stones move. Trees follow. Animals pause. What yields to Orpheus does notContinue reading “Orpheus”

KAIROS AND THE GEOMETRY OF TIMING

Book Five of the Iliad contains the most outrageous act of combat in all of Greek myth: a mortal wounds a god. Homer opens the Iliad with the anger of Achilles and his retreat from the field of battle. His mother, Thetis, bargains with Zeus, and the war is no longer a simple contest ofContinue reading “KAIROS AND THE GEOMETRY OF TIMING”