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A recent discovery of a shark tooth at an archaeological site near Cam-bridge has indicated that sharks may once have roamed the prehistoric seas of Cambridgeshire.

The tooth that was discovered is thought to have belonged to a member of the Orthadocus family, an extinct type of shark which lived in the Cretaceous period approximately 100 million years ago.

The fi nd was made at Barrington Quay by amateur geologist John Drayton, 61, from Impington, and is the fi rst tooth of its kind to be exca-vated in Europe.

The discovery of the shark tooth is expected to help enhance our under-standing of where and when sharks may have lived in the Fens.

The newly-discovered Orthado-cus is not the only creature to have traversed the waters of Cambridge millions of years ago. The tooth was actually unearthed just metres from the remnants of an Ichthyosaur, a giant marine reptile which resembled a cross between a fi sh and a dolphin.

Dr Preston Miracle, from the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, said, “Clearly we need to be doing all we can to protect and preserve the UK’s cultural and natural heritage – and that is true for discoveries of things that are millions of years old as well as others that may be only a few cen-turies old.”

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the halls of the Cambridge Union. The much-anticipated speaker entertained a rapt audience with vehement pledges of allegiance to close friend, Hugo Chávez, contending that the Venezuelan Prime Minister is far from a dictator. Livingstone also declared his intention to run for offi ce again in 2012. Livingstone’s substantial term as Mayor of London (2000-8) saw many notable achievements, including a successful bid for the 2012 Olympics in London and the establishment of the fi rst register for civil partnerships in the UK. Visit varsitv.co.uk to see a two-minute interview with the Labour politician, and see next week’s issue of Var-sity for an extended interview. AVANTIKA CHILKOTI

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The Vice-Chancellor has publicly challenged the idea that anticipated cuts in higher education funding will damage universities’ ability to teach an increasing number of students.

In an interview for the BBC’s Hardtalk programme, Professor Alison Richard claimed that the furore surrounding funding cuts approaching £450 million was subject to “exaggerations and distortions”.

She told interviewer Stephen Sackur, “Is there a challenge? Yes there is. Are universities in this country incredibly imaginative and entrepreneurial? By and large yes they are. But to paint this as a land-scape of disaster is a mistake.”

The Vice-Chancellor’s comments come amid a climate of uncertainty surrounding university funding. The Universities Secretary, Lord Man-delson, has promised to cut public spending on higher education by £950 million over the next three years, with £449 million worth of cuts to fall in the year 2010-2011.

The latest fi gures released by the Higher Education Funding Coun-cil for England (HEFCE) show that while funding for research will increase by £32 million, recurrent funding for teaching will fall in real terms by nearly £76 million compared with 2009-2010.

The tuition funding shortfall is likely to have its greatest impact on student numbers, at a time when universities face pressure from the Government to widen access to

higher education courses, particu-larly to applicants whose school or family do not have a history of pursu-ing higher education.

Around 6,000 university places are expected to be cut for 2010-2011 to balance university budgets, as fi g-ures released by UCAS show that university applications have risen by more than one fi fth.

Professor Steve Smith, President of Universities UK, warned that cuts could damage the quality of educa-tion that students receive. “In terms of university applications, we expect to see a further increase in numbers this year,” he said. “With the confi r-mation that student numbers will be capped again this year, we are going to see even more pressure on places and the possibility of many well-qualifi ed students missing out. The higher education sector is prepared to take its share of the pain.”

The Vice-Chancellor also spoke in favour of an increase in student num-bers, at university or in “some other form of further training” despite fi nancial pressures.

She said, “Country after country is investing not simply in the qual-ity of its higher education but in the breadth of it, increasing places. What that is telling us is that as economies mature you do need to have a work-force, and citizens, whose technical skills, training and education goes beyond that of school leavers.

“If you cast that more broadly and say, ‘Do we need to build, expand and multiply the opportunities for tertiary education?’ I would say abso-lutely, ‘Yes.’”

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Researchers at the University of Cambridge’s Computer Laboratory have uncovered vulnerabilities in the chip and PIN system. They have found that it is possible to use credit and debit cards without knowing the correct PIN number, by exploiting the way the remote reader contacts the main shop terminal. Professor Anderson described how criminals with little technical expertise could buy a pre-confi gured ‘kit’, which would send a signal to the main terminal, telling it that the correct PIN had been entered. Particularly worrying is the fact that banks would not be able to tell when such fraud has occurred - the receipt still says ‘verified by PIN’ and, as a result, victims would struggle to reclaim their money. As yet there are no known instances of such an attack occurring. DUNCAN EVANS

Students at King’s have voted to leave the controversial Hammer & Sickle, the insignia of the Soviet

Union, hanging in their College Bar. After 48 hours of voting, results show that 203 students wanted the symbol to remain where it is, 111 wanted it replaced with something else, and only 55

wanted it removed outright. The controversial symbol has been hung in the College bar since 2004 after repeated cases of vandals paint-ing the symbol on the bar walls. The fl ag has attracted fi erce debate from many who fi nd the image to be objectionable and offensive.Speak-ing after the vote, KCSU President Juan Zober de Francisco predicted that “probably in less than fi ve years time - there will be another debate about the fl ag”. HUGO SCHMIDT

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Rose Crescent has been nominated as one of the Best Fashion streets in the country in a competition being run by Google. The Google Street View Awards celebrate “Britain’s best-loved streets”. Glamour Magazine editor Jo Elvin and TV personality Brix Smith Start, who are both members of the judging panel, nominated Rose Crescent, citing its high numbers of

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The total amount donated to the University of Cambridge’s 800th Anniversary Campaign reached £940 million in 2008-09, according to a recent report.

The goal of the fundraising initiative, described as “the most ambitious in British educational history”, is to enable the Univer-sity to secure its future as one of the world’s leading centres for education and research by raising £1 billion for

the University by 2012.£139 million was raised by the

campaign in 2008-09, according to the report. Nearly half of this sum was given in the form of gifts to individ-ual colleges, such as the £30 million given to Murray Edwards College by alumna Dr Rosalind Smith and her husband Steven Edwards.

Substantial donations have also been received by the University itself, as well as by individual institu-tions such as the Fitzwilliam Museum and the University Library.

Thirty-fi ve per cent of the money

raised will be immediately set aside to add to the University’s endow-ment, an investment fund which provides a steady stream of income.

Some of the donations, however, are already being used to fund new projects within the University. These include the new Sainsbury Laboratory in the Botanic Garden, thats construction was made possi-ble by an £82 million donation from the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, as well as a new building for the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, which will be constructed

with support from the Wolfson Foundation.

An endowed professorship in Metallurgy has been established, thanks to a donation from Tata Steel, and a professorship in Sustainable Urban Design has been created with support from the D G Marshall of Cambridge Trust.

Of the funds raised, nearly a third has come from former students of the University, a fact which, according to Professor Martin Daunton, Master of Trinity Hall and Chairman of the Colleges’ Committee, “suggests that

a ‘culture of giving’ has taken root among our alumni”– analogous to the alumni-based system of university funding which is already prevalent in the United States of America.

Cambridge’s fundraising campaign is not the only one being carried out by a British university, or even the largest: the University of Oxford is running a campaign with a fundrais-ing target of £1.25 billion, though the overall sum which has been raised since its launch in May 2008, at £784 million, is slightly less than the Cambridge total.

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Anglia Ruskin University has been named in a recent BBC investigation into fi nancially pressured universi-ties who accept overseas students despite their inadequate English skills.

Undergraduates from the Univer-sity of Cambridge have also been implicated in the affair, by doing work for other students.

The problems at Anglia Ruskin were highlighted by former lecturer Jan Farndale, who left two years ago, dissatisfi ed with the standard of language skills. “I think the big problem was money,” she told the BBC. “We were recruiting students who were academically not capable and the important issue was that they could pay.”

Anglia Ruskin have denied that there are any issues with language ability at the University. Sandra Hollis, Vice-President of Interna-tional and Development Services, said that she was “surprised” to hear of the accusations.

A spokesperson from the Univer-sity told Varsity: “We use the same internationally recognised English language tests used by every other higher education provider in the UK.

“All of our students are tested on arrival to assess areas of profi -ciency that require additional initial support.”

Students at the University of Cambridge have been involved in doing the work of students from other universities for money.

One former English graduate claimed: “I did writing on Business Studies, European Law, Green Economics...I am highly surprised that it wasn’t fl agged up that these students were perhaps achieving a 2:1 and writing reasonably fl uidly, when they couldn’t speak English particularly well, let alone write it.”

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The famous rowers’ pub, the Penny Ferry in Chesterton, is to close after more than 150 years of service.

The well-known landmark was originally named the Pike and Eel and has been a fi xture on the Cam since the 1850s. The pub is to be demolished and development plans have been accepted to build several four-bedroom houses on the site.

The closure follows several troublesome years for the Greene King pub, with a rumoured eight years of losses behind it. The Penny Ferry has shared its premises with an Indian takeaway restaurant since 2007 but this has not been enough to save the once-thriving pub.

Michael Bond, head of the Old Chesterton Residents’ Associa-tion, blames local behaviour for the closure, claiming “it’s not ideal when you have clientele who like to smash things, which unfortunately is a problem in this area”.

He went on to say that “unless you have a very strong landlord who is willing to exercise his right to throw people out, it’s easy for a pub’s reputation to go downhill and it’s not easy to recover from that”.

The Penny Ferry is not the only pub to fall victim to the recession in Chesterton, with both the Dog and Pheasant and the Yorkshire Grey also closing. This leaves only 2 out of the original 5 public houses still open in the East Chesterton area.

Overall, 9 pubs out of 243 in Cambridge have recently been forced to close. Many residents blame the availability of cheap supermar-ket booze for the downturn in the British Pub Culture.

The Penny Ferry has a corner named after it on the Cam and features in the famous Bumps race as a landmark before the men’s fi nish. The pub is also recommended by several guide websites as the perfect place to watch the races. One St Catharine’s boatie said of the closure, “it’s a shame that such an icon of Cambridge rowing has fallen victim to the economic downturn”.

The houses which are to replace

the pub are designed to mimic boathouses in appearance. They will also be built on raised platforms in order to preserve the local fl oodplain and cause minimum destruction to the course of the Cam.

The news has not gone down well with some members of the rowing

community, causing one Wolfson rower to comment: “Just what we need, more boathouses.”

Another third year Queens’ rower has fond memories of the pub, describing how “during bumps we would always stop there after racing in one division and rest outside the

pub with a drink before heading off to race in the next division”.

He went on to lament the closure, describing the pub as “part of the rowing lingo” and commenting “I don’t think it would be the same rowing past that spot and just seeing a bunch of houses.”

SARAH MARTIN

The fate of the much-loved Trinity Street Post Offi ce has been decided after months of debate over its future.

The Post Offi ce could be closed down by April, with a new branch opening in a newsagent on King Street. A sub-master has already been hired to work at the new location.

However, the decision will only be fi nalised with public approval. A consultation has been initiated to

gauge the opinions of students and residents.

A Post Offi ce spokesman said: “Our priority is to safeguard Post Offi ce services to the local community in the longer term. The relocation of Trinity Street post offi ce will allow us to maintain access to those services for customers in the local area.”

However, the choice of King Street for the new branch has caused dismay.

Trinity student Matt Philips told Varsity: “It’s really sad and disappointing - it used to be really convenient. It’s a shame that an

arrangement couldn’t be made between the College and the post office, especially as the College are meant to do loads of business there.”

Cambridge City Councillor Tim Bick admitted: “Clearly, there will be a number of people who will not be happy with the fact that the Post Offi ce will move some distance from Trinity Street to King Street.

“The new one will be closer to St Andrew’s Street, where we already have a main offi ce, and further from Castle Street, which lost its Post Offi ce recently. So although the hiccup with Trinity Street has been solved, services are now not evenly spread throughout the city.”

The Post Offi ce was originally to close on Friday December 11th last year due to allegedly exorbitant rental rates charged by site owner Trinity College.

The College charges £20,000 per year rent for the site, which store manager Jack Zalewski claimed was too high. “They want the money and we don’t have the money. It’s as simple as that.”

However, a last minute interven-tion from Cambridge’s wealthiest College saved the Post Offi ce from closure. Trinity College’s wider commitment to the support of small businesses in the area promoted the move.

Trinity Street Post Office could be closed by April

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The 150 year old Penny Ferry pub in Chesterton, which is set to close

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Local charities and voluntary groups are increasingly starting to attract student attention, even as interna-tional charities remain the prime draw for students looking to gain volunteer experience.

Varsity spoke to several local char-ities and volunteers and found that recent years have seen an increase in interest, although many still grav-itate towards overseas volunteer experiences.

Frances Meegan, Careers Adviser at the University of Cambridge Careers Service, spoke to Varsity about the different reasons why students may prefer to work with international charities rather than local ones. “Often students are doing volunteer work during their vacations, and so they may want to have some element of international experience.”

She added, “Fields such as interna-tional development often get a lot of media attention, which is why there is a bigger draw towards them.”

The greater interest in interna-tional work is refl ected in the projects funded by the Public Interest Vaca-tion Experience bursaries offered by the Careers Service. The bursaries of up to £500 are given to students who wish to pursue volunteer work over the long vacation.

Since the bursary scheme began three years ago, 46 volunteer projects

have been funded. Of these, only 11 were based in the UK, and only one in Cambridge. The remaining were based internationally, in virtually every part of the world from East Asia to Africa and Latin America.

Meegan emphasized that the number of UK-based projects has steadily increased since the scheme began. In the fi rst year, only one bur-sary was awarded to a UK-based project, while last year the fi gure had gone up to seven. The majority, how-ever, remain internationally-based.

There is a sense that international volunteer work is perceived as being more “glamorous” than local work. In the words of one fi rst-year stu-dent, “For some reason, volunteering internationally is seen as a more glamorous and exciting thing to do. People have these romantic notions that they’ll ‘fi nd themselves’ when they go overseas to volunteer.”

He added, “Of course, getting to know another culture is a big part of it, but I do think that local volun-tary work can be just as rewarding, as you have the chance to contribute directly to your community.”

For many local charities, the big-gest hurdle to attracting student attention is advertising. Without extensive resources at their dis-posal, local charities fi nd it diffi cult to promote their organisations to students who are only in town for a few months each year.

According to the Volunteer Coordi-nator at one Cambridgeshire charity,

“It’s hard for us to advertise in the papers, so we look for other avenues like [the] Freshers’ Fair.”

He added, “While hundreds of students sign up at these events, usually only a handful are able to volunteer regularly because of aca-demic commitments.”

There are, however, several Uni-versity societies that have helped to

bridge the gap between students and local charities.

Student Community Action (SCA), a student-run initiative, offers more than 70 local volunteering opportuni-ties for both Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin students.

According to Beth Oldham, a member of SCA’s Steering Group and a TESL volunteer, “SCA is really

trying to make the interaction with the local community part of the Cam-bridge experience. We really want to foster a two-way relationship.”

Jonny Walker, Project Leader for the Big Siblings and the Bounce Projects at SCA, is the ‘big sibling’ to a ten-year old boy who he visits once a week. “It’s the best choice I made so far in Uni,” says Walker.

Local charities vie for students’ attention

Students volunteering with Student Community Action host a party for local kids

Cambridge students are increasingly turning to local charities and voluntary groups, despite the allure of overseas work

The University of Cambridge has been one of few winners in the latest battle for government research funds.

The Times Higher Education has produced modelling which shows that changes in the funding policy of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) will see Cambridge receive a £2.8 million rise in research funding from 2010-11. The fi gure represents a 3.7 per cent increase over the previous year.

The increase comes as HEFCE simultaneously reduces funding for half the Russell Group and most of the 1994 Group of research-focused universities, and almost all the teach-ing-focused universities in England.

Cambridge has benefi ted from a change to HEFCE’s funding formula, which has been prompted by a shift in government policy to university-based research in the UK.

Recent government policy has been in favour of greater research concentration. As a result, HEFCE has altered its funding formula to give a bigger weighting to “world-leading” (4*) research in the 2010-11 allocations.

Other institutions that will benefi t from the new policy include Oxford, UCL, Imperial, and LSE.

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Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, will address students at the University of Cambridge next Thursday February 25th.

Clegg will speak to students about the Lib Dems’ promises for the future in a question and answer ses-sion at Trinity Hall.

He aims to reinforce his election pledges and discuss the Liberal Democrats’ main policies, such as the abolition of tuition fees and the scrapping of the national ID cards system.

Clegg has stated that he intends to phase out tuition fees over a six year programme, and scrap fees for fi nal year students in his fi rst year in offi ce. He also pledges to remove all innocent people from the DNA database.

The Cambridge Liberal Demo-crats have invited Clegg to the city, where he will be welcomed by Julian Huppert, Liberal Democrat Parlia-mentary Candidate for Cambridge.

Huppert said: “This is an excel-lent opportunity for students to fi nd out where Nick Clegg and the party nationally stand on major issues which directly affect them.

“I know the students will have

plenty of questions on the issues which they see as crucial in the run-up to the general election.”

Dom Weldon, Chair of CU Lib-eral Democrats, added: “Nationally, everything is still up for grabs at the next election; there is no clear winner yet.

“Nick Clegg’s visit will be a great chance for students to engage with national politics and fi nd out more about a real alternative for govern-ment, the Liberal Democrats and Julian Huppert in Cambridge.”

The talk will be held at 2pm in the Lecture Theatre at Trinity Hall.

ELIZABETH BATEMAN

Nick Clegg to speak atTrinity Hall next Thursday

Nick Clegg, leader of the Lib Dems

A Victorian villa at 7 West Road, built in 1875, is to be demolished later this month to make way for a mixed humanities and social sciences building.

The villa is among the last of many that once graced West Road. Profes-sor Peter Mandler, a director of the Cambridge Victorian Studies Group, said, “There’s nothing particularly special about this villa – it’s a good example of its type, but that type was widespread in late Victorian Britain.”

West Road has been losing its Vic-torian villas for decades, but others remain on Grange Road and nearby. Among those standing, 23 West Road was home to the historian G.M. Trev-elyan from 1928-1962.

The villa at 3 West Road, demol-ished in the 1960s to make way for Caius’ Harvey Court, was the site of a notorious murder, when a King’s student shot his supervisor in his rooms with a pistol.

Most recently, Stephen Hawking’s old family home at 5 West Road was demolished in order for a new first year accommodation block and con-ference centre to be built by Gonville and Caius College.

A Caius porter lamented, “it’s a shame to see all these old buildings go. It’s the end of an era really”. Nev-ertheless, one resident believes “The Stephen Hawking Building provides

great living standards for many first years at Caius, and thus was worthwhile.”

The four-storey build planned for the 7 West Road site will be home to seven institutions. These include the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CRASSH), the Department of Poli-tics and International Studies, as well as Centres for African, South Asian, and Latin-American Studies.

Each institution will have its own door, but there will be a main atrium and several shared conference rooms. There will also be a new café open to all Sidgwick site users.

Tom Chigbo, CUSU President, sat on a council meeting about the new build. He said that he is “keen for Cambridge to provide a new dedicated space for the various dif-ferent centres and departments in humanities that currently sit in lots of random locations.”

The new building has been designed to fit its architecturally modern surroundings, and will use buff-coloured bricks and anodized aluminium. It has been assessed as ‘excellent’ for energy efficiency. The total cost of the build is estimated at around £16m, with yearly running costs of £204,000.

Professor Mandler, who won a University Teaching Award last year, argues “it would make sense to ‘finish off’ the site with a few more buildings in a modern style.”

He continued, “It’s probably not

appreciated how much of a showcase for modern architecture the Sidgwick site already is – it features buildings by many of the greatest architects of the late 20th century.”

Most of the green space surround-ing the current villa will be lost to the larger new building. Two tall fir trees to the north of the Law faculty, and other trees in front of the villa, will be removed.

Construction is projected to start around May 7th to and continue through Easter term. This has caused dismay among students at Caius, who have a large accommoda-tion block next door, as well as those who attend faculty libraries on the Sidgwick site.

A worker on site informed Var-sity reporters that the University is in discussion with the construction company about noise levels.

A Caius student living in the neigh-bouring Stephen Hawking Building said, “We have not been told about the demolition, or of any work taking place at 7 West Road. The only reason I knew about it was because of pass-ing the house on the way to lectures.

“I would be worried about it dis-turbing me in my room, especially as my room backs onto the house.”

Given the level of work proposed, another student concluded, “that’s going to piss me off during exam term.”

The building should be completed next year and is projected to open to the University on August 20th 2011.

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Victorian villa on West Road to be demolished

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The Victorian villa at 7 West Road that is scheduled for demolition

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new space on Sidgwick Site will be occupied by humanities and Social Sciences research centres

An ambitious project, started by University of Cambridge students, that aims to eradicate global pov-erty, is set to launch next week.

At 7pm on Friday February 26th at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, members of the public will be given an exclusive opportunity to view the ‘1.4 Billion Reasons’ presentation before the Global Poverty Project officially launches across the UK.

The Project, established by Hugh Evans, a current postgraduate at Cambridge, aims to invigorate the global movement to eradicate extreme world poverty within a generation.

With this goal in mind, members of the project have developed the ‘1.4 Billion Reasons’ presentation. Since premiering in Melbourne in 2009, the presentation has travelled across the world.

The 90-minute presentation, which takes its name from the 1.4 billion people who live in poverty worldwide, aims both to communicate facts about extreme poverty and arm individuals with the tools, knowledge, and inspi-ration needed to take action.

The project is keen to assert that it is “not after your money”, but is

instead focused on explaining how everyday actions can be connected to the elimination of extreme poverty.

Evans told Varsity, “The particular appeal of the Global Poverty Proj-ect is that it is strategic, inspiring, educational and pragmatic. It has a clear goal - to eradicate extreme poverty - and the founders know

exactly how to accomplish this. Vast amounts of effort and planning have been put into the way in which GPP will address the very real concerns of extreme poverty.

“I would encourage anyone who has ever wanted to make a difference and wants to be involved in a move-ment that will catalyse worldwide

efforts to attend the presentation on Friday 26th February. It’s a free event that I believe will offer people an opportunity to have a pivotal role in the emancipation of the world’s 1.4 billion people who live in conditions of extreme poverty.”

Global Poverty Project works directly with advisors from NGOs,

governments, academics, and civil society in order to harness powerful ideas and build on the strong support that exists in the community.

The project also encourages people to “make a commitment” on its web-site. Commitments can range from hosting a screening of the presen-tation, volunteering overseas, or making a monetary donation, to buying more Fairtrade products or simply spreading the word.

Global Poverty Project has already received widespread acclaim. Salil Shetty, director of the United Nations’ Millennium Campaign, praised the scheme, saying, “We strongly support this initiative.”

In addition, Achmat Dangor, CEO of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, asserted, “We’re impressed particu-larly by the very practical approach towards mobilising communities and policymakers around the world so that they can take practical and mea-sureable steps to combat poverty.”

Cambridge students have also commended Evans. One student said, “It’s wonderful to see someone from our own community doing so much. The abolition of global poverty seems like a daunting prospect, but this kind of commitment reminds us that there is still hope.”

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Global Poverty Project set to launch next weekambitious student-led initiative hopes to eliminate extreme poverty around the world by generating practical solutions

Hugh Evans, founder of the Global Poverty Project

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CU Tea Society

Everyone loves a cuppa, right? If you’re anything like me then every hour of study is punctu-ated by a trip to the kitchen to brew another. But fi ve weeks and three multi packs of PG Tips into term, I’m feeling uninspired. Help, however, may be on the way.

The Cambridge University Tea Society was launched by its three founding members in Michaelmas 2009, and convenes every Friday and Sunday for a couple of hours. They sample different types of tea each meeting, ranging from black to herbal and green to chai, and as long as members bring a mug and a pound, they can enjoy unlimited cups all after-noon. The gatherings are often themed, with recent meetings including high altitude teas and teas from Japan.

Yet there’s no need to be a tea aficionado to attend meetings. They are a chance to experiment with different infusions without taking out another student loan to pay for a whole pack. Even Presi-dent Domini Hogg admits she hated tea before last summer, when she was forced to drink it constantly on a trip to China. Now she wants to enlighten other students to the joys of tea too.

Perhaps contrary to assump-tions about membership, Domini says that the society is as popular with boys and girls alike, and there is a good mix of arts and science students, as well as attendance by post-grads and students from Anglia Ruskin.

Although the society sources its teas from a specialist in Winchester, if you want a change to your daily brew but can’t make it to the meetings, then the market is recom-mended. If you’re going to take your tea seriously then always try to opt for loose teas, which give a smoother blend and more subtle fl avour. In particular Domini says that ‘Blue Sky’, a darjeeling-based tea with fl oral infusions, hits the spot, or the more adventurous can try a hand at making a personally tailored concoction at home. MILLY DERBYSHIRE

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If nothing else, the staid climate of British politics makes for some entertaining columns; whilst politi-cians expound the merits of nothing in particular lest they should be branded judgemental or “out of touch”, respect is due to those who do not mince their words.

Simon Heffer is aware of his detractors, but they will not stop him from slamming the welfare state or labelling Portugal a “banana republic”. Now I am not convinced by all of his arguments concerning welfarism, and I happen to have had a lovely holiday in Portugal some years ago, but I appreciate the honesty nonetheless.

One thing we do agree on is that Gordon Brown’s interview with Piers Morgan on Sunday night was a cringe-fest, so this is where we begin. I ask Heffer if he thinks Brown’s attempt to appear more personable will help his election campaign. “I think Brown has quite a commendable natural reserve,” Heffer begins, “in that he doesn’t parade his emotions everywhere. So I fi nd it sad that he chose to parade them all in that television interview.

“I saw the interview David Cameron gave on Scottish Televi-sion over the weekend where he talks about the death of his child. I’ve got two children and I’m immensely sorry for anybody who loses a child, but for a public fi gure I think it’s something which is best kept within the family.

“I’m not interested in voting for anybody because they know how to emote, I’m interested in voting for people because they have an idea of what’s wrong with this country and more to the point they know how to put it right.”

I had a feeling we’d come on to Cameron; Heffer’s columns since 2005 have displayed a palpable frustration with the Leader of the

Opposition. Top on his list of griev-ances are Cameron’s economic policies, or lack thereof. “I am particularly angry that the Conser-vative party has not specifi ed that it will reverse the 50% tax rate,” he begins.

“What they seem to forget is that so-called ‘rich people’ – and we’re talking about people who earn more than £150,000 a year, I know many of these people who are by no stretch of the imagination rich – use their disposable income to keep people who do not earn £150,000 a year in work. They buy things that they make, they use their services. There are going to be a lot of people earning very small amounts of money in this country who are going to suffer very hard because of the 50% tax rate.”

In that case what was Darling’s motivation behind this policy? “It was spite. He has been told by the Treasury that this tax rise will not make any money because people will evade it or avoid it or go abroad. So it’s purely grandstand-ing, it’s saying to poorer people, “we’re giving these toffs a real hiding to teach them a lesson!”

Our talk of Cameron persists, and I suggest that there might be a wider problem in British politics these days whereby no mainstream parties are willing to make an express ideological commitment. Heffer is nodding his agreement.

“We had a very low turnout at the last election of about 60%, and that wasn’t just caused by disil-lusionment with Blair, though there was quite a lot of that, it was also caused by disillusionment with the Tory Party. I got emails from people every day saying, “we don’t regard the Conservative party as being a Conservative Party.”

“I think a lot of people who read my columns are going to vote UKIP,

because UKIP believe in all sorts of things that the Tory party should believe in. They believe in cutting taxes, they believe in cutting the size of the state, they believe in getting out of Europe, they believe in grammar schools. UKIP might not win any seats but they will, as they showed last time, do a very

good job of preventing the Tories from winning seats.”

But is this ideological sheepish-ness really so new? Presumably Margaret Thatcher wasn’t nearly so brazen in 1979 as she would later become whilst in power.

“The fi rst time I ever voted was in 1979,” Heffer retorts. “I knew bloody well what Mrs Thatcher stood for. She said very clearly, ‘I’m coming in, I’m going to roll back the frontiers of the state, I’m going to tame the trade unions.’ Now that was enough, she didn’t have to say anything else.”

Well then, if there is such reluctance to make an ideological commitment, is that not partly a result of the media’s insatiable demand for a sound bite? “You

have to divide the media up into its constituent parts. I don’t think newspapers have done anything to contribute to this, I think we’ve behaved extremely well. We have provided an opposition in this country in the past thirteen years when the Conservative party was incapable of mounting one.”

We continue into the topic of free speech more generally, and Heffer makes the case that deviance from today’s political orthodoxy is increasingly frowned upon.

“There are politicians who feel very constrained; that’s a great mistake and serves this country very badly. One reason why we’re in this mess at the moment is that the consensus view that the welfare state must be maintained not just in terms of giving money to people but also in giving jobs to people; nobody wants to challenge that... I’m not happy to pay taxes for people who work in a bureaucracy and decide where the paperclips are placed.

“I hope that people will vote for parties who are not the mainstream (and I expressly do not include the BNP in this who I regard as an abomination) – whether it’s the Green Party or UKIP or many of the independent candidates who are standing. We need people who are dissatisfi ed with the erosion of our democracy and want to be more democratic.”

This is a surprisingly forceful call to arms from a writer whom many regard as a beacon of the establishment. But then, for Heffer, the establishment has radically altered. His columns do not repre-sent a reactionary denunciation of innovation; rather, they encapsulate an increasingly common position – the rationalization of right-of-centre policies in response to an increasingly entrenched centre-left orthodoxy.

Simon He� er’s acerbic columns on British politics have become notorious. Ma� hew Symington speaks to him on the erosion of democracy in Britain

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“I’m not interested in voting for anybody because they know how to emote, I’m interested in voting for people who know what’s wrong with this country.”

MICHAEL DERRINGER

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Cambridge Spies

Cheeky Churchill

Wanted: The cheeky couple who took the free love theme to the line, and then crossed it. After a Hard Day’s Night, one of Winston’s wonderful workers stumbled across the pair, “Fixing a Hole”. Hastily dressing, they scarpered like Beatles, only to be caught and thrown out, ending their Magical Mystery Tour. From the gates the bouncer called, “Hello, Goodbye”!Reward: A guided tour of Abbey Road

Fancy Footwork

Wanted: The greediest guest at the Winston’s Ball, who let his footwear fetish fl y completely out of control. Making the school-boy error of getting caught, this mysterious fi gure was thrown out directly, all for his shoe-stealing japes.Reward: A pair of Louboutins

TV Trauma

Unwanted: The receipt for a 92” plasma screen TV. Discov-ered in the email inbox of one of Clare’s most chilled-out enter-tainers last Monday, this bill was met with a shriek and is not welcome in the least. Much to the horror of our heroine, the receipt and the bar tab that preceded it, amounted to a rather Grand fee. Lovely lady seeking kind, gallant donor, to take this bill away.Reward: TV session, Clare Common Room.

Viva la Viva

Wanted: The glittering girlfriend of one muscle-stacked fresher, whose idea of Bad Taste made her less than popular. Part-way through the Bop, her dignity was shed and her sparkles thus spread. But her terrible taste tempted trouble amongst the Trinity Hall Massive. The authorities saw red but in the morning she fl ed, leaving her darling to clear up the havoc in her wake.Reward: Glue for your glitter

University of East AngliaFollowing the release of a string of emails in November, which pointed to researchers at the University of East Anglia hiding information regarding climate change, the institution has

ordered a review of the work of the research-ers involved in the scandal. The review

will determine whether or not the accusations are correct. The university’s Climatic Research Unit is one of the world’s great-est data banks on environmental change and has contributed to

United Nations climate reports. The emails, which were leaked globally after the centre’s computer network was hacked,

point to the distortion of data relating to the infl uence of man on global warming. If scientists at the centre are found to have manipu-lated data by the review, the faith of the general public in statistics, which are cited as warnings that we should lower carbon emissions, will be severely shaken.

Professor Michael Lamb

Michael Lamb, who made headlines in America recently for crucial evidence in the ‘Proposition 8’ gay-rights court case, is a consummate example of why studying at Cambridge is so spectacular. A world-renowned expert in his fi eld, yet still teaching fi rst-year undergraduates, Lamb is head of the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology.

He grew up, lived, taught and carried out research in South Africa, Zimbabwe, America and the UK, and has amassed a breath-taking body of work across a spectrum of core issues of psychology. He is also frank, modest and dedicated to his interests.

As a key witness in Perry v Schwarzenegger, the California trial that is considered likely to reach the Supreme Court and could result in the enforced legality of gay marriage across all 50 states, Lamb testifi ed that sexual orientation does not negatively impact the ability to raise well-adjusted children.

“I have been interested in the development of parent-child relation-ships and the factors that affect children’s adjustment for more than 35 years,” he explains, “my research and reading (and I represent a very large body of research) show that the quality of parent-child relationships has an important impact on children’s adjustment.”

“The research also shows that the same factors predict positive devel-opmental trajectories whether one

is talking of mothers or fathers, and whether one is talking of ‘straight’ or ‘gay/lesbian’ parents,” he adds.

Lamb is a leading authority on infant and child psychology, with a focus on parent-child relationships, and was asked by the Perry trial’s plaintiffs, the celebrity lawyers Olson and Boies (who worked on opposing sides of the Bush v. Gore case during the 2000 Presidential election) to act as an expert witness in a key area of their case – refuting the long-held belief that same-sex couples are less well-equipped to raise children.

However, Lamb also points out that in many cases, such as Califor-nia, although homosexual couples cannot marry, they are allowed to have children, and “the worst irony” is that the lack of a secure marriage can be more detrimental than the sexual orientation. “The part that is lost in all this debate is about withholding a certain status,” he points out, “and its hard not to see this as refl ecting some kind of preju-dice against these people.”

Yet Lamb remains a calm and collected individual, despite the fi ve-hour cross-examination he endured in California, which he described as “stressful”. Sticking to the huge body of scientifi c evidence that backs his point, he managed to stand fi rm against persistent and repetitive questioning which aimed to make him contradict himself. “It was frustrat-ing as a witness,” he admits. But it makes a big difference. JOHN WALLIS

VARSITY PROFILE

University of Sussex The University of Sussex has been highly criti-cised following its announcement that it will no longer offer teaching and research into pre-1700 British history. The decision comes on the heels of budget cuts which mean that the uni-versity must fi nd a way to save £3 million. A fo-cus on the past 300 years of history means that such events as the Norman Conquest and the reign of Elizabeth I will no longer be taught

to History students at the univer-sity. European history will also be cut and be taught only from 1900 onwards. Although the

study of history will be dra-matically diminished at the institution, growth of such subjects as me-dia and fi lm will contin-ue. This fact is partially in response to student demand as well as the strain on the Universi-ty’s budget caused by the funding of a broad history department. ESMÉ NICHOLSON

Pyongyang UniversitySouth Korean Dr Kim Chin-Kyung has kept an extraordinary promise he made to God 60 years ago lying wounded on a Korean battle-fi eld. In 1950, 15 year-old Kim made an oath to one day show his enemies, who at the time were the Chinese and North Koreans, love if he survived. He has done so by founding two universities: fi rst the Yanbian University of Science and Technology in Northern China in 1992, and, in September 2009, the Pyongyang University of Science and Technol-ogy, which is set to begin classes in April. He hopes the new institution will help to open diplomatic channels between the Koreas. Kim has gone so far as to sell his house and devote his life savings to the businesses which have funded the founding of North Korea’s fi rst privately funded university due to his belief in the power of education. Although there is scepti-cism about the success of the institution due to strict teaching constraints in communist North Korea, Kim is optimistic that education is the way forward for the country.

DYLAN SPENCER-DAVIDSON

The Cambridge professor at the centre of America’s gay rights ba� le

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A top stem cell researcher at the University of Cambridge has been awarded one of the most prestigious medical prizes in Europe.

Professor Austin Smith, Direc-tor of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, has won the annual Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine, which is given to the best biomedical researchers in Europe and is worth £350,000.

Professor Smith, the Centre, and Cambridge have played a pivotal role in stem cell research in the last few years. The University’s Department of Genetics discovered unique properties of stem cells in the 1980s, a breakthrough that led to the principal researcher, Profes-sor Sir Martin Evans, winning the 2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine.

Professor Smith himself is focused on researching the proper-ties of stem cells by determining their basic biology, which is still not fully comprehended by researchers. Only when scientists actually know

how the cells really function will their clinical applications, particu-larly their potential for treating human diseases, become more than a theoretical possibility.

It is the ability of stem cells to manufacture every other type of cell in the body – so-called pluripotency – that has fascinated Professor Smith throughout his research career.

The Louis-Jeantet prize money will be invaluable for the Centre for Stem Cell Research, coming at a time when researchers are working to overcome a significant barrier in the field, namely the question of why pluripotent cells in mice and rats behave so differently to those in humans.

According to Professor Smith, “It’s a problem that’s slowing up the field at the moment, so this funding will help us investigate pluripo-tency in species other than mice and rats. It’s a very basic question but the answer could have profound implications.”

He explained, “At the moment, we think human stem cells are not the same ‘blank slate’ as stem cells

in rodents. We think human stem cells don’t all behave the same because they carry different molec-ular baggage.

“This makes the field difficult because things aren’t consistent. If you can solve that problem you would have a standardized starting material.”

Cambridge professor wins £350,000 prize for stem cell research

Broers Building completed on West Cambridge site

The completion of the Broers Build-ing on the West Cambridge site earlier this month has marked the latest stage in the expansion of the University’s science and technology campus.

Named in honour of the former Vice-Chancellor of the University, the Broers Building hopes to provide a leading centre for research collabo-ration between the University and local and international businesses.

Although plans for the 163-acre expansion of the West site were drawn up in 1999, the site is only 25 per cent complete. A significant

number of renowned research facilities have already been located there, including the University’s Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Medicine, and the Whittle Laboratory.

In addition to academic buildings, a growing number of commercial organisations such as Microsoft, Hitachi and Nokia, have also taken space in the site.

Despite expectations that the West site would provide a success-ful forum for business and academia to mingle, it has recently been the subject of much criticism.

There has been condemnation of plans which place some of the Univer-sity’s most important research and

education facilities on the outskirts of the city.

Speaking to Varsity, Peter Carolin, Chairman of Cambridge Futures, acknowledged that the site is “like a business park; the buildings are very spaced out and roads dominate the site. It relates in no way to the surrounding residential areas – it is an isolated enclave.”

He goes on to lament the fact that, planned differently, the site could have been integrated into the city, to the immense benefit of employees and residents

However, Carolin went on to praise the Broers Building, explain-ing that its completion has elicited excitement for the future of the site. The construction of the build-ing, adjacent to a central café and an Entrepreneurship Centre, will hopefully create more opportunities for researchers and academics to meet and foster ideas.

Liz Pride, Director of MJP archi-tects, Master Planners of the site, defended their plans, saying that although recent press reports criticise the location as lacking in liveliness, this is a “25-year devel-opment project” and “the next stage, which is soon to be lodged for Planning Approval, provides the site’s main public squares, forming a social focus for the nascent science community.”

Mr Carolin wants all sections of the city to meet for a research project to sort out the future of Cambridge.

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Schools may be over-predicting A level grades

Dr Geoff Parks, Director of Undergraduate Admissions at the University of Cambridge, has expressed concern that some schools may be exaggerating the predicted A level grades of applicants in order to improve their chances of receiving a conditional offer.

The problem has become more acute in the run-up to this summer’s introduction of the new A* A level grade, which will form part of the University’s standard A level condi-tional offer for the majority of 2010 entrants.

In fact, Varsity reported last week that 76 conditional offers were made this year requiring students to achieve a minimum of two A* grades and one A grade in their A level exams. Such unprecedented offers have increasingly put pressure on schools to be optimistic in their grade predictions.

However, the practice of over-predicting grades – which is being carried out by schools and not by applicants themselves – is not a new one.

Even before the introduction of the new A* grade at A level, schools’ predictions of their students’ A level scores were known for their optimism, predicting high grades which were not borne out by the candidates’ examination results.

The introduction of the new A* grade last year, however, has increased the scope for exaggerated predictions at the higher end of the scale.

As it is the only university which requests the raw Uniform Mark Scheme (UMS) examination scores

of all of its candidates, it is easier for Cambridge to detect cases of overly confident grade predictions than it is for other universities.

“Using [UMS scores] we can, in effect, make our own predictions,” Dr Parks said. “It is on this evidence that we can say that some of the school predictions have been extremely optimistic.”

He added, “If other universities have been using A* predictions as a basis for selection, they may have been misled.”

It is likely that the problem of over-predicting grades is a result of the confusion caused by the introduction of the new grade, rather than any deliberate intention on the part of schools to mislead university admis-sions tutors.

In fact, the University recom-mended to UCAS, the national body responsible for university admis-sions, that schools should be asked to refrain from predicting A* grades until their effect on the system was better understood.

The recommendation was not adopted due to concerns that it would affect UCAS’s research into the accuracy of predicted grades.

Dr Parks, however, is confident that the University’s decisions on whether to admit applicants have not been influenced by inaccurate predictions.

The University will not be discrimi-nating between predicted A* and A grades until the new grade becomes more established.

The introduction of the new A* grade was welcomed by the Univer-sity. Last year, one in every eight A level students achieved three A grades, making it difficult to identify the best performers.

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Prof. Austin Smith

I am consistently surprised by the number of Cambridge students who are completely

unfamiliar with the excitements of gambling. Political betting, in particular, always struck me as a sideline that had the potential to appeal to the average Cambridge undergraduate. Its practice has a long and interesting history, it provides a fascinating study for students from a wide range of academic persuasions, and it becomes increasingly lucrative as one harnesses a more fi nely tuned sense of emotional detachment.

Wagering on political outcomes has a long history across Europe and the United States, dating back to the election of Washington and

existing in organised markets since the administration of Lincoln. By the 1930s, most of the (illegal) wagers in the United States were six-fi gure sums on political markets, and during election campaigns, political wagering would exceed trading on the New York stock-market. In 1916 political wagering in the US more than doubled the total campaign costs of the Presi-dential candidates and, although the relative sums of money bet on election campaigns have since declined, the main political parties continue to use betting odds in order to gauge the public mood. When working for the Labour Party, I have been repeatedly advised to disregard reams of data from polls, market research fi rms and expert psephologists in favour of the latest odds from leading bookmakers: it is commonly held

that they possess a predictive power unknown to any researcher, and often remarked that they are “never wrong”.

My experience of political betting stems back to the London Mayoral election of 2008. I had developed a complete fascination with the campaign, and found myself perus-ing the available odds online; this was the effect of curiosity-sprung-from-boredom, rather than any genuinely enterprising spirit. Given the poor showing of the Labour candidate, Ken Livingstone, in the published polls, I was seeking comfort and reassurance from another source – in much the same way that one frequently seeks out favour-able predictions,

disregarding those that displease. To my astonishment, however, I could fi nd no encouragement from betfair.com or, indeed, any of its competitors: the odds on a Labour victory, if I remember correctly, were 7/2. My ideological bias kicked in, and I banked £300 on it.

So foolishly confi dent was I of my impending victory that I spent the next three weeks planning how exactly I would spend my winnings. So cheated did I feel when Ken Livingstone lost, in a landslide

victory to his foppish Conservative rival, that I determined to recoup my loss by making more cynical political bets on clear favourites, and made a few small profi ts in by-elections. Small profi ts, however, are not terribly satisfying, and

so I began exploring spreads and accumulators as ways of increasing my potential profi t. As it happens, this was a stellar strategy, and I made a gargantuan profi t on the US Presidential election (compiling a series of odds to predict the precise extent of Obama’s victory). I’ve been hooked ever since.

I believe that you, Cambridge, are missing out on one of life’s great pleasures. As a simple hobby, a gainful sideline, or otherwise, political betting lends itself to your particular talents: success in this fi eld requires a willingness to invest in an intellectual game and a foolhardy belief in your own ability to bluff your way into and out of everything. No other qualities are necessary. “Try everything once,” Sir Thomas Beecham famously said, “except folk dancing and incest.” And now, I urge you to be tempted.

CommentWhen lipstick feminism falls apart

The general election: place your bets

If you had asked me three years ago if I was a feminist, I would have said no. I would have told

you that a woman’s place was in the home and that my dearest wish was to get married, have babies and bake fairy cakes. My mother was, is, a feminist: a corporate high-fl ying, ball-breaking, glass-ceiling smashing, chairman (never chair-woman) of boards.

If you asked me today if I was a feminist, I would say yes, fi rmly, yes. Not because Cambridge has been a bastion of sexism but because Cambridge did what universities are supposed to do: broadened my horizons, gave me confi dence, instilled a modicum of ambition. I understand now why bath-time and bed-time and fairy cakes weren’t enough for my mother. I don’t think they would be enough for me.

Feminism is back in the public eye this month. Natasha Walter, a ‘lipstick feminist’ and a graduate of St John’s College has published a new book, Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism. The book has been serialised in The Sunday Times, reviewed by every paper, and Walter was given a full-page

interview in The Guardian. Walter is an interesting case

study. She doesn’t go in for the sackcloth and ashes branch of feminism, hasn’t burnt her bra or embraced the dungaree. She worked at Vogue. In the 1990s she wrote The New Feminism which declared that a woman could wear lipstick, could have a white wedding and a city career, and could consume pornography. Girl Power.

Twelve years on and Walter believes that something has gone wrong. The creed of empowerment has mutated. We are all in thrall to pornography, the acceptable image of femininity has narrowed, and

intellectual ambition is less impor-tant than a Brazilian wax.

Living Dolls opens in a nightclub where Nuts is hosting a ‘modelling’ competition. Local girls hoping for a contract bare their breasts, kiss each other on demand and writhe

dutifully for the cameras. The compère introduces that week’s cover girl: “Buy her, take her home and have a wank!”

Walter’s research takes her to pole dancing clubs and the homes of prostitutes and pornography addicts. In interview after inter-view, Walter discovers a gulf between the public face of the sex industry – Billie Piper as Belle de Jour – and its reality, the situa-tion of desperate women, abused, traffi cked, and reliant on drugs. She speaks to one prostitute who tells her that “you consent to being raped for money.”

Walter is particularly perturbed by the rise of pornography. While an enterprising teenage boy of the 1960s might have seen a handful of smutty images, a boy turning thirteen today will have seen tens, hundreds, thousands of porno-graphic videos online. What might once have been taboo – lesbianism, anal sex, group sex, sadism – is now mainstream.

On much of this I agree with Walter. But I also feel let down. Walter paints a compelling panorama of twenty-fi rst-century sexism, but there is no battle-cry,

no rallying of the troops. I wanted Walter to provide a manifesto, an action plan for young women to stop being living dolls and start fi ghting against the returning tide of sexism. At the end of the book she lists ten organisations which do carry the torch of feminism, but this smacks of ‘If you have been affected by any of the issues raised...’ Without mounting a counter-attack to the living doll strangle-hold, the book is nothing more than a catalogue of abused women and confused men.

It is not enough to be a Cassan-dra listing the ails of society – the Sunday supplements are full of female columnists worrying about lap-dancing and casual sex – what young women need is a call to arms. Choice should not mean being a Page 3 girl because that’s your best chance of marrying a footballer. Most girls don’t marry a footballer, and once The Sun’s readership has seen your breasts your stock falls

rapidly. But what’s the alternative? A lifetime behind the check-out in Tesco?

Feminism is failing young women and it is failing those from the poorest backgrounds most. Our living dolls must be offered an alternative. Aspiring to be the

object of masturbatory fantasy is as limiting as aspir-

ing to have your husband’s dinner

on the table at seven every night. We must fi nd new role models. We must do better than to equate

Michelle Obama with her toned

biceps. She is a Harvard-educated

lawyer. She gives careers talks at inner city schools. We must celebrate intelligent, articulate women like Anya Hindmarch, Jo Malone, and Natalie Massenet, all entrepreneurs behind successful creative companies, as alternatives to living doll priestess Katie Price. We must count on Teach First to get motivated, inspiring female graduates into schools. Every girl should aspire to something more than fairy cakes and the cover of Nuts.

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Why everyone should gamble on politics

“Our living dolls must be offered an alternative.”

“Questions of dope and gender bubble under all areas of contemporary sport.” VANESSA HEGGIECom

LAURA FREEMAN

EMMA VIOLET

He may have an airport named after him and have been the recipient of

awards from a Nobel Prize to a host of honorary doctorates, but

given that he ‘invented the radio’, Guglielmo Marconi is hardly a household name. What’s more, despite being a prolific inventor and scientist, Marconi’s political and personal lives were far from dull. From attending the Versailles Peace Conference in Paris in 1919, to joining the Italian Fascist party in 1923; changing his religion, to having Mussolini as best man at his second wedding, he lived a colour-ful life.

At just 22 years old, Marconi patented wireless telegraphy. He sent the first wireless waves over open sea successfully and, with further developments to his own work, the list of patents under his name continued to grow. Worldwide recognition came

when, aged 27, he performed the first successful transatlantic wireless transmission, and in 1909, he received the Nobel Prize for Physics.

Called to service with the Italian army and navy, he refined his wireless technology tirelessly. His name then became that of a benefactor of humanity when, in 1912, the transmission of an SOS message led to the rescue of approximately 700 of the 2300 people on board the Titanic.

But Marconi wasn’t all innocence and charity: within a few years, the scandals were erupting like volca-nic acne. Rumours flew regarding assistance given to his company by British ministers who, as shareholders, would have benefited

financially from the passage of a bill setting up the British Imperial Wireless Network. The sever-ity of this meant that Asquith’s government was almost brought down. Further outrage surrounded Marconi’s originality: having built on the discoveries of other scientists (as well patenting some suspiciously unoriginal develop-ments under his own name), legal challenges were raised in several countries, the results of which included the US Supreme Court overturning most of his patents.

Not one to dwell on the airing of his dirty laundry, Marconi changed religion and remarried. Having had two daughters and a son with his first wife, a descendent of Irish royalty, he moved on to the second,

a well-connected Italian noble-woman. Through her, he received the title of Marchese in 1929. Given that Mussolini had been his best man, it is perhaps unsurprising that he was also appointed Presi-dent of the Royal Academy of Italy, part of the Fascist Grand Council, and that his death was met with an Italian state funeral.

He has had some recognition, though; a worldwide radio wave silence in his tribute when he died, and the release of a commemora-tive British two pound coin in 2001. His scientific contributions, and the developments which have stemmed from them, should certainly be rated highly: without them, our lifestyles would be unimaginably different. anna harper

Your editorial ‘Twilight Zone’ (Feb. 12th) forgets that childhood and adolescence are unique and incred-ible parts of life, and understanding

them means understanding us. The flippant, uninformed and conde-scending opinion expressed in your editorial is exactly what we don’t need at a time when Education – along with all other social sciences – is being placed under scrutiny. What we do need is an academic body to replace the old wives’ tales and pseudo-wisdom. Children are incredibly responsive and sensitive, so we should be similarly respon-sive and sensitive when we are looking at what they are looking at. Knowing how our next generation ticks is arguably more important than many of the arts degrees offered at Cambridge. No-one is suggesting it should be made into

an undergraduate degree. The essayist [Sarah Duncan] has a better understanding of the fact that even, and especially, authors of “light” fiction can be “formidable” – and hence worth studying.Andrew EdgarChurchill

Varsity’s claim that “drinking two or more [soft drinks] carries 87% increased risk of developing cancer” is disappointing. In fact, the study concerned is specific to pancreatic cancer, a relatively rare type, rather than a generic form as you suggest. Considering cancer isresponsible for between one quarter to a third of all deaths in this country, statements like those above – while perhaps innocent – only heighten the lack of under-standing surrounding the issue and are tantamount to scaremongering.Ben RichardsonChrist’s

In your editorial you describe the recent CUSU referenda as “excit-ing” and “encouraging”. The focal point of this excitement is, it seems, the surprisingly high turnout, which you regard as an inherently good thing. You fail completely, however, to explain why this should

be such a boon. Why should we care about CUSU? On a national stage politics intrude into almost every facet of life, but student politics, by contrast, too often seem obsessed with self-promotion and the entrenchment of ‘power’ by mastering the arts of bureaucracy. They have little impact on the life of the average undergraduate. Your implication that all students must engage with CUSU or else be apathetic and out-of-touch cannot go unchallenged.Hugo GyeTrinity

In Varsity’s review of Selwyn Jazz vs Fitz Swing at Clare Cellars, you claim that “Selwyn were there for the crack”. I was playing with FitzSwing that night; nobody told us that drugs would be available to enhance our experience of the evening.Alastair AppletonSelwyn

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Charity begins at homeFor a number of us, our major experiences of voluntary charity work may have come on gap years, working abroad for one of the various relevant agencies. Such work is a wonderful opportunity; not only can it help a foreign community, it simultaneously allows us experiences of different cultures. However, as our investigation this week into student volunteering shows, there has been an increasing trend in altruism closer to home.

An initial search of the list of Cambridge-based charities (see cambridgeonline.com) shows that the city is not lacking in institutions to get involved with. For instance, the Student Community Action group is perhaps one of the easiest to get involved with and is aimed directly at recruiting people at university. Run by a committee of students, the charity has been helping the underprivileged areas of Cambridge for over 30 years, offering a variety of programmes: Bounce!, Big Sibs and Teaching English as a Second Language are all brilliant ways of helping children from poorer backgrounds or with special needs (see cambridgesca.org.uk for details). And Jimmy’s Night Shelter (jimmyscambridge.org.uk) aims to provide up to 30 homeless people with a warm bed and hot meal every night, not just as an emergency reaction, but with the aim of taking a more holistic approach by working with local agencies and welfare services. Jimmy’s has had incredible success since it started in 1995, though it is, like so many local charities, heavily reliant on volunteer help.

As students, we’re incredibly lucky to live in this beautiful city for three years, or longer, but it is easy to miss the problems that lie just below the surface. If you’re considering getting involved with some charity work, by all means think of international organisations – but why not have a look at what’s on our doorstep first.

So farewell then...While it’s good news that the Trinity Street Post Office is likely to survive past April, albeit probably in a new King Street location, it’s worth taking a moment to eulogize its soon-to-be-former location. In its heyday, the Trinity Street Post Office was a warm and welcoming haven for Cambridge students without a cause. The excellent collection of postcards and notecards, not to mention the outstanding confectionery, selection of cigarettes and eclectic souvenirs such as scarves, backpacks and tea towels, were, in their way, even more mouth-watering than Mr Simms’ plentiful collection of sweets. And of course, the Post Office itself was a convenient stop on the trail of normal student errands, right between Heffers (where newspapers are half-price Monday through Saturday) and the shortcut to Sainsbury’s along All Saints Passage.

In all seriousness: although we do hope students and residents will vote to preserve the Post Office by approving its move to King Street, we can’t pretend we won’t be a little bit nostalgic for the small-time Cambridge landmark we’re about to lose.

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The Science of Cheating Not-Sci

Robot Revolution?

Can a robot write a symphony? Can it turn a blank canvas into a beautiful masterpiece? These questions were asked by detec-tive Spooner in Isaac Asimov’s novel I, Robot, and subsequently immortalised by Will Smith on the big screen when he interro-gates the artificially intelligent machine, Sonny. Sonny’s response: “Can you?”

Sonny’s question can be extended: does the capability of a robot solely depend on the capabilities of those who designed it? Can they ever replace humans? The back and forth debate that contemplates the real intellectual capabili-ties of artificial machines was reignited last year when scientists in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge created a ‘robot scientist’ who they claimed made an ‘independent’ scien-tific discovery. And while the recent ‘chip and PIN’ furore in the media, after University of Cambridge scientists claimed the machine can be fooled, may be seemingly unrelated, the two stories demonstrate one thing. Machines may well be able to perform a million calculations a minute, quickly read incred-ibly complicated and encrypted information, and even make discoveries in an independent way, but only if they have been given specific instructions on how to do so. And they will inevitably contain failings which only humans can overcome.

While the press are always keen to claim advanced technol-ogy could eventually replace humans, they have neglected the fact that, so far, any piece of software or hardware that exists can only do what it has been programmed to do. It may be possible to write a program that writes a symphony, but that would depend on our own understanding of how to do that. One thing to remember is that most advanced technol-ogy is designed to process, sort through and output securely a lot of information quickly. But machines have yet to find a pattern between two seemingly unrelated things in a way that a stand up comedian, philosopher, or psychiatrist could. So take articles which imply machines could replace humans with a pinch of salt. SITA DINANAUTH

As we count down to the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic

Games, it is likely that we will see headlines about two key issues: one is cost, and the other is ‘cheating’. In the case of the Olympics, ‘cheat-ing’ is usually shorthand for drug use, or controversy about female athletes (other sports events have more inventive dramas about ball tampering, fake blood and putting extra players on the pitch). As recent high-profile cases have shown us, dope and gender are not issues that arise once every four years, but rather bubble under all areas of competitive sport, before erupting to cause hand-wringing, outraged blog posts, and new, often ‘scientific’ legislation.

The original rules against doping in the Olympic Games were intro-duced at the very first London Olympiad, in 1908. Competitors in the marathon were strictly forbidden to take dope of any sort, although without practical methods of testing for drugs this was more a request than a rule. The organisers probably had in mind two specific substances – alcohol and strychnine – that had been used by the winner of the last Olympic Marathon, at the 1904 St Louis Games. (This event had been a bit of a shambles; the original winner was disqualified when it emerged that he had been driven part of the way in a support car). We’re more likely now to think of these substances as a hindrance rather than a help, but they remain on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Prohibited List. However, the Olympic officials of 1908 turned a blind eye to another enhancement product – in fact, they arranged for it to be given for free to the runners during the race. The official caterers for the Olympic Marathon of 1908 were Oxo, who provided their beef extract in drinks to athletes; Oxo, derived from Liebig’s original Extract of Beef, was a tonic food, intended and expected to improve health and vitality. Could it aid performance? Probably more so than alcohol...

From these small beginnings, athletic bodies are now amongst the most surveilled of all (free) human beings. This ranges from the unrelenting media commentary on the femininity (or otherwise) of elite competitive sportswomen, to the literal surveillance of drug tests, where athletes have to tell international authorities where they are living, eating, and

sleeping. Athletic bodies are held up to standards which do not apply to the rest of us. In the 1960s and 70s it was quite possible to live your whole life as a woman, marry-ing, having children, and still be disqualified from the ‘women’s events’ of international sports. Social gender and sporting gender did not have to match. You or I can have a beer, a puff on our asthma inhaler, and a prescribed tablet of Viagra, and still go to work the next day in no fear of losing our jobs; this is not always true for the professional athlete in the first two cases, and Viagra is now under scrutiny by WADA. What other career demands that a man should choose between losing his job and sexual dysfunction?

It’s not always been like this. In the late 1930s the eccentric coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club claimed to be giving his lack-lustre players extracts of monkey glands to enliven their performance. Whilst there were some grumblings about this in the sporting and medical press (and a question raised in Parliament), there was absolutely no sugges-tion that any footballer taking hormone extracts for personal reasons should be banned for life. It was not until the middle of the twentieth century that we started to demand extraordinary purity of our athletes; the result of an unfortunate combination of Cold War suspicions, civilian drug and anti-drug movements, and the emergence of a medical specialism (sports medicine) which claimed that the athletic body was a distinct clinical object, not like the rest of us and subject to differ-ent laws, both physiological and sporting.

The debates surrounding dope and gender testing are useful, particularly to historians and

sociologists, because they tell us about more than just sport. Sport insists that human beings compete as one of just two genders; biology, psychology and culture tell us that life is more complicated than that. By looking at the clash between sports gender and social gender

we can understand both better. Likewise, drug bans assume a clear line between legitimate and illegitimate use, between nature and technology. None of those categories are straightforward, and increasingly, with blood doping and the possibility of genetic enhancement, discussions of ‘cheat-ing’ in sport require us to grapple with extremely difficult bioethical questions about what it is to be an embodied human being. Chang-ing attitudes towards what is fair and unfair, natural and unnatural, restorative or enhancing, reflect changing social and cultural condi-tions across the international sports community. For example: until the late 1960s training intensively (i.e. at a special site or camp) for more than four weeks in any Olympic year was considered ‘cheating’ by the International Olympic Committee.

Sporting competitions are funda-mentally a measure of inequality between people; they are also often arbitrary. We have invented rules and regulations, designed special tracks and fields, introduced the technology of the stopwatch, laser measurement and chemical tests,

in order to create a controlled environment in which a specific difference between human beings can be measured. Usain Bolt is not the fastest man in the world; he is the fastest human being who is a man according to our biosocial rules, who was cultur-ally privileged enough to gain a sporting education, and who, over a defined but arbitrary distance, on a specific day, on a specific track, against a selected group of competitors, at an event recogn-ised by international sports bodies, managed to cover the distance in the shortest time, measured by precisely defined timing technol-ogy, and fulfilled a stringent range of biochemical requirements about how much testosterone he had in his body. In those terms, it begins to be difficult to see sport as an expression of ‘natural talent’.

These arguments are just as relevant when we look at other ways to measure inequalities – for example in our education system. In terms of assessing ‘natural intellectual talent’, years at public school could be considered ‘cheat-ing’ as much as blood doping or genetic engineering. But if all we care about is the outcome, regard-less of how it is achieved, then we should be encouraging students to take the next generation of dope – the proliferating list of drugs which help memory and concentra-tion. What is the inequality we are trying to measure? And how do we – and should we – ensure that everyone competes on a level playing field?

“Athletic bodies are the most surveilled of all free human beings.”

Can runners ever compete on a level playing field? Vanessa heggie asks whether drug bans and gender testing have any place in modern sport and society

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - ‘Heads Will Roll’Yikes. A 5000 word essay is due tomorrow. ‘What is the function of Criticism? Discuss:’ Mind blank. Word count: 0

Aretha Franklin - ‘Save Me’No more excuses. Your supervisor didn’t buy into last week’s fable that your Austrian pen pal died while you were writing that essay on Hazlitt’s letters. Word count: 25 (Title and footnotes)

Cat Power - ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’Fix font. Check Facebook. Copy & paste from Wikipedia. Hermes. Re-fresh Facebook. Insert huge quotation. Coffee Break. Word count: 345.

Polar Bear - ‘To Touch The Red Brick’1.30am. Jazz interlude. (Helps the brain.) Your room’s messy. Time for some hoovering. And dusting. Maybe worth getting a Gardies? Word Count 1,456.

Yeasayer - ‘Sunrise’8.50am. Mabel the bedder prods you with her duster. Dragging your face off the keyboard, you’ve ten miutes to bash out 2,000 words. Easy.

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Which words do you most overuse?Thank you.If you weren’t in Cambridge, where would you like to be?Australia.What is Cambridge to you?Home – I’ve lived here all my life.What’s hot?Booking holidays – I’m going to the Greek Islands.What’s not?Not enough customers.What is your guiltiest pleasure?I can’t tell you that!Tell us a secret about yourselfI was on The Magic Roundabout 20 years ago.And finally, dogs or cats?Cats.

THOM YORKE The Oxford rocker is playing a one-o� show next week, at the Cambridge Corn Exchange.

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CHIC Dressing like a character from a Tim Burton film has never been so cool.

CHRISTINA HENDRICKS a.k.a. bombastic fantastic secretary Joan Harris from Mad Men. The epitome of opressed and glorious womanhood. We’re drooling.

PRIVATE EYE Sales figures are at their highest since 1992. Let’s hear it for our favourite Ian Hislop-edited satirical fortnighty.

GREGGS BAKERY The high street bakery is heading for a posh revamp. We prefer our

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ABBEY ROAD FOR SALE Macca’s joined the campaign to save the

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LIAM GALLAGHER Makes a tit of

himself at the Brit Awards. Again.

PUNCTURES Nothing is worse than that hissing sound, that sinking feeling when your wheels let you down and that trip to the Bicycle Ambulance. Damn.

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Award ceremony season continued in full red-carpet fl ourish with last Tuesday’s

Brit Awards. It was hosted by Peter Kay, which probably tells you everything you need to know. In a somewhat desperate attempt at sexual titillation, this year’s Awards have been billed as the “battle of the babes,” mainly because female musicians picked up several nominations.

Who set up this false rivalry between anybody with a micro-phone and a vagina? You never see metal fans screech, “Axl Rose can’t exist because James Hetfi eld did it better. Anyway, Hetfi eld has a better beard!” You also never hear anyone say, “Why don’t you do something more meaningful than argue over pop?” This is possibly because nobody wants to piss off

anybody whose idea of a good time is wading into a moshpit and break-ing someone’s nose while wailing “MAAASTER OF PUPPETS”. We suspect this might also have something to do with the fact that pop is traditionally seen as the superfi cial, female-friendly cousin to more rated genres like rock, which takes itself so seriously that bands like Kasabian consider strutting on a stage surounded by over-enthusi-astic fi re troughs to be the height of musical performance.

At least Liam Gallagher has embraced the fact that rock has disappeared up its own arse: he asked an interviewer backstage to take Class A drugs with him. The interviewer also happened to be his wife, Nicola Appleton. “Live forever,” he shouted from the podium, as Oasis picked up the

award for Best Album of 30 Years, resembling a middle-aged lesbian with a bad haircut. Really, Liam, let’s not.

But if there’s one thing the Brit Awards excels at, it’s at showing how better America is at this sort of thing. The main Awards highlights came courtesy of musicians from across the pond: Alicia Keys and Jay-Z’s energetic duet on ‘New York State of Mind’ and Lady Gaga’s sombre performance, which she dedicated to Alexander McQueen. Britain’s contribution to musical history was Cheryl Cole not quite miming along in time to the words (in fairness, she’s had a rough week) and a video appearance by Prince Harry (a.k.a. the not-balding one) dutifully reading off an autocue about the Brit Awards charity, and JLS winning two awards. A band

from X Factor, an ITV reality show, picking up prizes from the Brit Awards, an ITV awards show? Well, that’s just inconceivable. They really beat the odds to come this far.

The general effect of this juxtapo-sition is one not unlike the emotions roused by the Trainspotting scene in which Ewan McGregor, gazing upon the comely hinterlands of Scotland, rages thus (we’ve adjusted it slightly for our purposes): “It’s shite being in British music! We’re the lowest of the low. The most pastiche-ridden, X Factor obsessed trash ever shat into civilisation. Some hate Americans. I don’t. At least the Americans would never have nominated Keane for Best Album of 30 Years.”

Lady Gaga swept the awards with 3 nods. We applaud her. Anybody who turns up to a mainstream awards ceremony dressed like the

bastard lovechild of a meringue and a feather-duster deserves every-thing she gets – even if she did have to receive one from Jonathan Ross, who was dressed in what passes for ‘street wear’ around the Ross household: baggy jeans, a bowler hat, and a denim shirt last seen on your embarrassing great-uncle, the colour-blind one with chronic fl atulence.

So kudos to Lily Allen, who spent the entire night suitably pissed, entered the stage aloft on a glittery nuclear missile, giggled her way through her rendition of ‘The Fear’ and then tried to hide from the roving cameramen in an orange wig. Only she truly understood the ridiculous-ness of the Brit Awards. ZING TSJENG

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Date with Billy the KidPAUL SMITH

Billy Childish is a man of many words. During our interview, the 51 year old

talks for almost three hours on everything from Jackson Pollock (“phony”), Martin Amis (“I hate him”) to Tibetan Buddhism (“very sensible,” apparently). It’s unsur-prising that he has a lot to talk about. Childish is a fi ercely prolifi c multi-hyphenate producer of art, music, poetry, prose, biography, and press. He was Tracey Emin’s ex-boyfriend, his name embla-zoned across the inside of her infamous tent, Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995. He had a spat with Jack White, who

accused Childish of plagiarism. Childish replied: “I have a better moustache and a fully developed sense of humour.” He terrifi ed punters outside the Tate Britain during Martin Creed’s Work No. 850 (which featured people running through the gallery) by turning up in a bright yellow suit and a sandwich board that said “SON OF ART”. Little wonder Channel 4 approached him to appear on Celebrity Big Brother (he said no).

You have to admire the man, if only for his panache. And yes, he does have an impressive moustache: it spreads expan-sively across his upper lip like an enormous, furry Cupid’s bow. Paired with Victorian braces and a badge that proclaims him to be a “Hero of the Brit Art Resistance”, he is every inch the idiosyncratic artist. Yet despite his charm-ingly dysfunctional relationship with the public and inexhaustible creative spark (resulting in about a hundred albums, 40 books of poetry, four novels, and thousands of paintings), it is likely that you’ve never heard of him. He’s remained an underground folk hero, his music praised by the likes of PJ Harvey, and Jack White (at least, pre-spat). He’s been dismissed as a “Bayswater-Road style dauber”, but is enjoying a revival with a retrospective at the ICA. His poetry has been more immediately recognised, having been twice commended in the National Poetry Prize, and his writing has seen him described as the “better-looking British Bukowski”. This is an ex-alcoholic who was routinely

bullied as a child, sexually abused at age nine (him on the subject of his childhood: “I was bullied, I was emotionally and sexually abused, but apart from that I was happy”). He didn’t know how to read until he was 14, and was accepted under the ‘genius’ clause at Saint Martin’s School of Art, and then summarily expelled for publishing obscene poetry (“they told me that my attitude was not conducive to getting a degree”).

“Being a polymath is viewed

with great suspicion,” Childish says. “Coming from an uneducated background is considered very bad. It challenges the structure of how we do things; things are viewed as whether that person has the permission to do that. [Art schools] are actually fi nishing schools. Particular students are chosen to be polished up… and exhibited if they’re obedient enough to repre-sent their generation as an artist.”

Speaking of artists of the generation, what does he think of the YBAs? “I think there’s plenty of room [for the YBAs], I just don’t think it’s remarkable.” He solici-tously avoids speaking ill of Emin, whom he met while she was at fashion college, though he does say

this: “She did fashion, then she did art, she gave up art, and then went back into fashion. Called Brit Art.”

You’d think that there is plenty of room for him to be bitter: Hirst and his ilk have been raking in millions with their Swarovski-encrusted icy social commentary, while Childish remains compara-tively uncelebrated. He helped found a relatively less successful art movement, the Stuckists, who were pointedly anti-conceptual art. He still lives in Chatham,

Kent, where he grew up. His studio, where I meet him, hasn’t moved for the past decade or so: it remains on the second fl oor of his mother’s Whitstable house. And yet Childish seems to be uncon-cerned with success, and claims to be producing the art that he wants to see. “If art is done in a knowingly cocksure, ironic way,” Childish muses, “it’s considered clever. If it’s done with genuine feeling, it’s considered embarrass-ing and naïve.

“The good thing about art is that it can free you from delusion. In our society, we use art to compound it.” He warms to the subject, his moustache twitch-ing. “Art is about a hunger for

reality, rather than the collective delusion our society is obsessed with. Television. Celebrity. Bad food. Bad writing. Bad music. Everything that is pretending to be something. Our artists and musicians are complicit, so any talent or benefi t they have,” he gestures grandly, “is wanked into the pocket of death.” He explodes into laughter.

This is what you get with Child-ish: you’re never quite sure when he’s taking the piss. His eyes twinkle, his moustache quivers with a grin. He’s a bag of barely suppressed feelings, at once incredibly arch and then explo-sively emotional. At one point, his mother comes in to offer us pizza. We’re on the topic of love. Once she exits, he leans in and immedi-ately informs me that his mother did not love him, and that she was “not someone who has experienced love”. When she comes back into the room, he inquires with an almost excruciating amount of concern, if she’s eaten any of the pizza herself. You have no doubt that he means both sentiments – the concern and the pain behind the loveless childhood – but that he is compulsively unable to not be honest, and tempers that compul-

sion with an aggressive blend of trickster charm, a raised eyebrow that would challenge you to accept him as he is, were he already not so indifferent to what you think.

You see this emotional honesty in his work, too. His poetry and prose is deliberately uncensored, his haywire spelling (Childish has severe dyslexia) left untouched. His rock music, a blend of gutsy blues and garage, is as lo-fi as it gets: forget overproduction, there is barely any production at all. His mainly autobiographical, raw paintings are recklessly expres-sive; he doesn’t paint so much as attack the canvas. It’s not that he doesn’t know how – in his studio, I spot an early self-portrait from when he was 17 years old. It’s more immediately palatable than his current work, as if he’s trying to impress somebody with his obvious talent. He’s now spent his entire life working against that

instinct. “You jam the cork in, and some things are squirming around – what you’re trying to do is loosen the cork. I don’t think things are learnt. They’re present, just obscured. You need to fi nd ways to let it out.”

Later on in the interview, he grows philosophical. “A tree might have been a dinosaur tooth, and it’s all space dust.” Things are simultaneously everything else they can be? He turns to me, eyes twinkling with that peculiar brand of Puck-ish liveliness. “These are games of understanding. I always get into trouble because I talk in big generalisations. I say, so how the fuck else are you supposed to discuss anything?”

Painter, poet, musician – they’re all the same, he implies. Childish is everything he is: a mass of contra-dictions rubbing up against each other in varying levels of harmony. And that’s just Billy for you: unashamedly, unapologetically, irresistibly Childish.

“[Tracey] did fashion, then she did art, she gave up art and then went back into fashion. Called Brit Art.”

Child Line: The Life of Billy

1959 Born in Chatham, real name Steven John Hamper.

1981 Reads at the Cambridge International Poetry Festi-val as part of The Medway Poets.

1982 Expelled from Saint Martin’s College of Art & Design.

1999 Founds the Stuckist Art Movement after Tracey Emin’s remark “Your paint-ings are stuck, you are stuck!–Stuck! Stuck! Stuck!”

2006 Turns down an o� er to appear on Celebrity Big Brother.

2009 His first major retrospec-tive, Unknowable but Certain, is now on at the ICA until 18 April.

Artist, musician, poet, Tracey Emin’s ex... just don’t call him a celebrity. Zing Tsjeng meets the creative maverick that is Billy Childish

“The good thing about art is that it can free you from delusion. In our society, we use art to compound it.”

Kidding around with Billy

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les fleet of foot spake to her: “Thou knowest it; why should I tell this to thee that knowest all! We had fared to Thebe, the holy city of Eetion, and laid it waste and carried hither all the spoils. So the fared to Thebe, the holy city of Eetion, and laid it o the fared to Thebe, the holy city of Eetion, and laid it

sons of the Achaians divided waste and carried hither all the spoils. Ssons of the Achaians divided waste and carried hither all the spoils. So the sons of the Achaians divided o the among them all aright; and sons of the Achaians divided among them all aright; and sons of the Achaians divided for Atreides they set apart among them all aright; and for Atreides they set apart among them all aright; and Chryseis of the fair cheeks. for Atreides they set apart Chryseis of the fair cheeks. for Atreides they set apart But Chryses, priest of Apollo Chryseis of the fair cheeks. But Chryses, priest of Apollo Chryseis of the fair cheeks. the Far-darter, came unto the But Chryses, priest of Apollo the Far-darter, came unto the But Chryses, priest of Apollo fleet ships of the mail-clad the Far-darter, came unto the fleet ships of the mail-clad the Far-darter, came unto the Achaians to win his daugh-fleet ships of the mail-clad Achaians to win his daugh-fleet ships of the mail-clad ter’s freedom, and brouAchaians to win his daugh-ter’s freedom, and brouAchaians to win his daugh-ransom beyond telling, and ter’s freedom, and brouransom beyond telling, and ter’s freedom, and broubare in his hands the fillet of ransom beyond telling, and bare in his hands the fillet of ransom beyond telling, and Apollo the Far-darter upon a bare in his hands the fillet of Apollo the Far-darter upon a bare in his hands the fillet of golden staff, and made his Apollo the Far-darter upon a golden staff, and made his Apollo the Far-darter upon a prayer unto all the Achaians, golden staff, and made his prayer unto all the Achaians, golden staff, and made his and most of all to the two prayer unto all the Achaians, and most of all to the two prayer unto all the Achaians, sons of Atreus, orderers and most of all to the two sons of Atreus, orderers and most of all to the two of the host. Then all the sons of Atreus, orderers of the host. Then all the sons of Atreus, orderers other Achaiaof the host. Then all the other Achaiaof the host. Then all the assent, to rever-other Achaiaassent, to rever-other Achaiaassent, to rever-ence the priest assent, to rever-other Achaiaassent, to rever-other Achaiaence the priest other Achaiaassent, to rever-other Achaia

and accept his assent, to rever-and accept his assent, to rever-ence the priest and accept his ence the priest assent, to rever-ence the priest assent, to rever-and accept his assent, to rever-ence the priest assent, to rever-goodly ransom; and accept his goodly ransom; and accept his ence the priest and accept his ence the priest goodly ransom; ence the priest and accept his ence the priest yet the thing goodly ransom; yet the thing goodly ransom; and accept his goodly ransom; and accept his yet the thing and accept his goodly ransom; and accept his yet the thing pleased not the yet the thing goodly ransom; yet the thing goodly ransom; pleased not the goodly ransom; yet the thing goodly ransom; heart of Agamem-yet the thing heart of Agamem-yet the thing pleased not the heart of Agamem-pleased not the yet the thing pleased not the yet the thing heart of Agamem-yet the thing pleased not the yet the thing non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-pleased not the heart of Agamem-pleased not the non son of Atreus, pleased not the heart of Agamem-pleased not the but he roughly non son of Atreus, but he roughly non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-but he roughly heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-but he roughly sent him away but he roughly non son of Atreus, but he roughly non son of Atreus, sent him away non son of Atreus, but he roughly non son of Atreus, and laid stern but he roughly and laid stern but he roughly sent him away and laid stern sent him away but he roughly sent him away but he roughly and laid stern but he roughly sent him away but he roughly and laid stern charge upon and laid stern sent him away and laid stern sent him away charge upon sent him away and laid stern sent him away him. So the old and laid stern him. So the old and laid stern charge upon him. So the old charge upon and laid stern charge upon and laid stern him. So the old and laid stern charge upon and laid stern man went back him. So the old man went back him. So the old charge upon him. So the old charge upon man went back charge upon him. So the old charge upon man went back in anger; and man went back him. So the old man went back him. So the old in anger; and him. So the old man went back him. So the old Apollo heard his man went back Apollo heard his man went back in anger; and Apollo heard his in anger; and man went back in anger; and man went back Apollo heard his man went back in anger; and man went back Apollo heard his prayers, seeing Apollo heard his in anger; and Apollo heard his in anger; and prayers, seeing in anger; and Apollo heard his in anger; and hApollo heard his hApollo heard his prayers, seeing hprayers, seeing Apollo heard his prayers, seeing Apollo heard his hApollo heard his prayers, seeing Apollo heard his hehhehhis deadly darts. So the hehis deadly darts. So the hepeople began to perish in his deadly darts. So the people began to perish in his deadly darts. So the multitudes, and the god’s people began to perish in multitudes, and the god’s people began to perish in shafts ranged everywhither multitudes, and the god’s shafts ranged everywhither multitudes, and the god’s throughout the wide host shafts ranged everywhither throughout the wide host shafts ranged everywhither the Achaians. Then of full throughout the wide host the Achaians. Then of full throughout the wide host knowledge the seer declared the Achaians. Then of full knowledge the seer declared the Achaians. Then of full to us the oracle of the knowledge the seer declared to us the oracle of the knowledge the seer declared Far-darter. Forthwith I first to us the oracle of the Far-darter. Forthwith I first to us the oracle of the bade propitiate the god; but Far-darter. Forthwith I first bade propitiate the god; but Far-darter. Forthwith I first

wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ son thereat, and anon he wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ son thereat, and anon he wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ stood up and spake a threat-son thereat, and anon he stood up and spake a threat-son thereat, and anon he ening word, that hath now stood up and spake a threat-ening word, that hath now stood up and spake a threat-been accomplished. Her the ening word, that hath now been accomplished. Her the ening word, that hath now glancing- eyed Achaians are been accomplished. Her the glancing- eyed Achaians are been accomplished. Her the bringing on their fleet glancing- eyed Achaians are bringing on their fleet glancing- eyed Achaians are ship glancing- eyed Achaians are ship glancing- eyed Achaians are to Chryse, and bear with bringing on their fleet to Chryse, and bear with bringing on their fleet ship to Chryse, and bear with ship them offerings to the king; to Chryse, and bear with them offerings to the king; to Chryse, and bear with and the other but now the them offerings to the king; and the other but now the them offerings to the king; heralds went and took from and the other but now the heralds went and took from and the other but now the my hut, even the daughter of heralds went and took from my hut, even the daughter of heralds went and took from Briseus, whom the sons of my hut, even the daughter of Briseus, whom the sons of my hut, even the daughter of the Achaians gave me. Thou Briseus, whom the sons of the Achaians gave me. Thou Briseus, whom the sons of the Achaians gave me. Thou therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou anst, guard thine therefore, if indeed thou anst, guard thine therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou anst, guard thine

the Achaians gave me. Thou therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou anst, guard thine own son; betake anst, guard thine own son; betake thee to Olympus and own son; betake anst, guard thine own son; betake anst, guard thine

thee to Olympus and anst, guard thine own son; betake anst, guard thine

thee to Olympus and beseech Zeus by any thee to Olympus and own son; betake thee to Olympus and own son; betake beseech Zeus by any own son; betake thee to Olympus and own son; betake beseech Zeus by any word whereby thou beseech Zeus by any thee to Olympus and beseech Zeus by any thee to Olympus and word whereby thou thee to Olympus and beseech Zeus by any thee to Olympus and word whereby thou ever didst make glad word whereby thou beseech Zeus by any word whereby thou beseech Zeus by any ever didst make glad beseech Zeus by any word whereby thou beseech Zeus by any ever didst make glad his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad word whereby thou ever didst make glad word whereby thou his heart. For oft have word whereby thou ever didst make glad word whereby thou heard thee proclaim-his heart. For oft have heard thee proclaim-his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad heard thee proclaim-

ever didst make glad his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad heard thee proclaim-ing in my father’s heard thee proclaim-

halls and telling that ing in my father’s halls and telling that ing in my father’s heard thee proclaim-ing in my father’s heard thee proclaim-halls and telling that heard thee proclaim-ing in my father’s heard thee proclaim-

thou alone amid the halls and telling that thou alone amid the halls and telling that ing in my father’s halls and telling that ing in my father’s thou alone amid the ing in my father’s halls and telling that ing in my father’s immortals didst save thou alone amid the immortals didst save thou alone amid the halls and telling that thou alone amid the halls and telling that immortals didst save halls and telling that thou alone amid the halls and telling that the son of Kronos, immortals didst save the son of Kronos, immortals didst save the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, cloud, from shameful lord of the storm-cloud, from shameful lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, cloud, from shameful the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, cloud, from shameful wreck, when all the cloud, from shameful wreck, when all the other Olympians wreck, when all the cloud, from shameful wreck, when all the cloud, from shameful other Olympians cloud, from shameful wreck, when all the cloud, from shameful other Olympians would have bound other Olympians wreck, when all the other Olympians wreck, when all the would have bound wreck, when all the other Olympians wreck, when all the him, even Hera and would have bound him, even Hera and would have bound other Olympians would have bound other Olympians him, even Hera and other Olympians would have bound other Olympians him, even Hera and Poseidon and Pallas him, even Hera and Athene. Then didst Poseidon and Pallas Athene. Then didst Poseidon and Pallas him, even Hera and Poseidon and Pallas him, even Hera and Athene. Then didst him, even Hera and Poseidon and Pallas him, even Hera and thou, O goddess, Athene. Then didst thou, O goddess, Athene. Then didst thou, O goddess, enter in and loose thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, enter in and loose him from his bonds, enter in and loose thou, O goddess, enter in and loose thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, thou, O goddess, enter in and loose thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, having with speed him from his bonds, having with speed summoned to high having with speed him from his bonds, having with speed him from his bonds, summoned to high him from his bonds, having with speed him from his bonds, Olympus him of the summoned to high Olympus him of the summoned to high having with speed summoned to high having with speed Olympus him of the having with speed summoned to high having with speed hundred arOlympus him of the hundred arOlympus him of the summoned to high Olympus him of the summoned to high hundred arsummoned to high Olympus him of the summoned to high

ms whom Olympus him of the ms whom Olympus him of the hundred arms whom hundred arOlympus him of the hundred arOlympus him of the ms whom Olympus him of the hundred arOlympus him of the gods call Briareus, but all hundred argods call Briareus, but all hundred arms whom gods call Briareus, but all ms whom hundred arms whom hundred argods call Briareus, but all hundred arms whom hundred armen call Aigaion; for he gods call Briareus, but all men call Aigaion; for he gods call Briareus, but all is mightier even than his men call Aigaion; for he is mightier even than his men call Aigaion; for he father--so he sate him by is mightier even than his father--so he sate him by is mightier even than his Kronion’s side refather--so he sate him by Kronion’s side refather--so he sate him by joicing in father--so he sate him by joicing in father--so he sate him by Kronion’s side rejoicing in Kronion’s side refather--so he sate him by Kronion’s side refather--so he sate him by joicing in father--so he sate him by Kronion’s side refather--so he sate him by his triumph, and the blessed Kronion’s side rehis triumph, and the blessed Kronion’s side rejoicing in his triumph, and the blessed joicing in Kronion’s side rejoicing in Kronion’s side rehis triumph, and the blessed Kronion’s side rejoicing in Kronion’s side regods feared him withal and his triumph, and the blessed gods feared him withal and his triumph, and the blessed bound not Zeus. This bring Chryseis of the fair cheeks. bound not Zeus. This bring Chryseis of the fair cheeks. gods feared him withal and bound not Zeus. This bring gods feared him withal and thou to his remembrance Chryseis of the fair cheeks. thou to his remembrance Chryseis of the fair cheeks. bound not Zeus. This bring thou to his remembrance bound not Zeus. This bring Chryseis of the fair cheeks. bound not Zeus. This bring Chryseis of the fair cheeks. thou to his remembrance Chryseis of the fair cheeks. bound not Zeus. This bring Chryseis of the fair cheeks. and sit by him and clasp his Chryseis of the fair cheeks. and sit by him and clasp his Chryseis of the fair cheeks. thou to his remembrance and sit by him and clasp his thou to his remembrance Chryseis of the fair cheeks. thou to his remembrance Chryseis of the fair cheeks. and sit by him and clasp his Chryseis of the fair cheeks. thou to his remembrance Chryseis of the fair cheeks. knees, if perchance he will and sit by him and clasp his knees, if perchance he will and sit by him and clasp his give succour to the Trojans; knees, if perchance he will give succour to the Trojans; knees, if perchance he will and for the Achaians, hem them give succour to the Trojans; and for the Achaians, hem them give succour to the Trojans;

no long and for the Achaians, hem them

no long and for the Achaians, hem them

while; but now art thou made short- no long

while; but now art thou made short- no long

lived alike and lamentable beyond while; but now art thou made short-lived alike and lamentable beyond while; but now art thou made short-

all men; in an evil hour I bare thee lived alike and lamentable beyond all men; in an evil hour I bare thee lived alike and lamentable beyond

in our halls. But I will go myself to all men; in an evil hour I bare thee in our halls. But I will go myself to all men; in an evil hour I bare thee

snow-clad Olympus to tell this thy in our halls. But I will go myself to snow-clad Olympus to tell this thy in our halls. But I will go myself to

saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the snow-clad Olympus to tell this thy saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the snow-clad Olympus to tell this thy

thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the

the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of

may hearken to me. But tarry thou the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he may hearken to me. But tarry thou the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he

now amid thy fleet-faring ships, and may hearken to me. But tarry thou now amid thy fleet-faring ships, and may hearken to me. But tarry thou

continue wroth with the Achaians, now amid thy fleet-faring ships, and continue wroth with the Achaians, now amid thy fleet-faring ships, and

and refrain utterly from battle: continue wroth with the Achaians, and refrain utterly from battle: continue wroth with the Achaians,

r Zeus went yesterday to and refrain utterly from battle: r Zeus went yesterday to and refrain utterly from battle:

Okeanos, unto the noble r Zeus went yesterday to Okeanos, unto the noble r Zeus went yesterday to Ethiopians for a feast, and Okeanos, unto the noble Ethiopians for a feast, and Okeanos, unto the noble all the gods followed with Ethiopians for a feast, and all the gods followed with Ethiopians for a feast, and him; but on the twelfth day all the gods followed with him; but on the twelfth day all the gods followed with will he return to Olympus, him; but on the twelfth day will he return to Olympus, him; but on the twelfth day and then will I fare to Zeus’ will he return to Olympus, and then will I fare to Zeus’ will he return to Olympus, palace of the bronze thresh-and then will I fare to Zeus’ palace of the bronze thresh-and then will I fare to Zeus’ old, and will kneel to him palace of the bronze thresh-old, and will kneel to him palace of the bronze thresh-

ing she old, and will kneel to him ing she old, and will kneel to him

went her way ing she went her way ing she ing she went her way ing she and left him ing she went her way ing she there, vexed in went her way there, vexed in went her way ing she went her way ing she there, vexed in

ing she went her way ing she went her way and left him went her way there, vexed in went her way and left him went her way ing she went her way ing she and left him ing she went her way ing she there, vexed in

ing she went her way ing she and left him ing she went her way ing she there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in went her way there, vexed in went her way spirit for the went her way there, vexed in went her way and left him there, vexed in and left him spirit for the and left him there, vexed in and left him went her way and left him went her way there, vexed in went her way and left him went her way spirit for the went her way and left him went her way there, vexed in went her way and left him went her way there, vexed in fair-girdled there, vexed in there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in fair-girdled there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in woman’s sake, there, vexed in woman’s sake, there, vexed in fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled there, vexed in fair-girdled there, vexed in woman’s sake, there, vexed in fair-girdled there, vexed in spirit for the fair-girdled spirit for the woman’s sake, spirit for the fair-girdled spirit for the there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in fair-girdled there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in woman’s sake, there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in fair-girdled there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in whom they woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled whom they fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled spirit for the fair-girdled spirit for the woman’s sake, spirit for the fair-girdled spirit for the whom they spirit for the fair-girdled spirit for the woman’s sake, spirit for the fair-girdled spirit for the had taken whom they had taken whom they woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, had taken woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled whom they fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled had taken fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled whom they fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled p e r f o r c e had taken p e r f o r c e had taken whom they had taken whom they p e r f o r c e whom they had taken whom they woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, had taken woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, p e r f o r c e woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, had taken woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e had taken p e r f o r c e had taken despite his had taken p e r f o r c e had taken whom they had taken whom they p e r f o r c e whom they had taken whom they despite his whom they had taken whom they p e r f o r c e whom they had taken whom they w i l l : and p e r f o r c e w i l l : and p e r f o r c e p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e w i l l : and p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e meanwhile w i l l : and meanwhile w i l l : and p e r f o r c e w i l l : and p e r f o r c e meanwhile p e r f o r c e w i l l : and p e r f o r c e despite his w i l l : and despite his meanwhile despite his w i l l : and despite his p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e w i l l : and p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e meanwhile p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e w i l l : and p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e meanwhile O d y s s e u s meanwhile w i l l : and meanwhile w i l l : and O d y s s e u s w il l : and meanwhile w i l l : and despite his w i l l : and despite his meanwhile despite his w i l l : and despite his O d y s s e u s despite his w i l l : and despite his meanwhile despite his w i l l : and despite his c a m e to meanwhile c a m e to meanwhile O d y s s e u s c a m e to O d y s s e u s meanwhile O d y s s e u s meanwhile c a m e to meanwhile O d y s s e u s meanwhile Chryse with O d y s s e u s Chryse with O d y s s e u s c a m e to Chryse with c a m e to O d y s s e u s c a m e to O d y s s e u s Chryse with O d y s s e u s c a m e to O d y s s e u s

t h e h o l y wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ t h e h o l y wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ stood up and spake a threat-t h e h o l y stood up and spake a threat-h e c a tom b. t h e h o l y he c a tom b. t h e h o l y wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ t h e h o l y wrath gat hold upon Atreus’

h e c a tom b. wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ t h e h o l y wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ stood up and spake a threat-t h e h o l y stood up and spake a threat-h e c a tom b. stood up and spake a threat-t h e h o l y stood up and spake a threat-stood up and spake a threat-When tstood up and spake a threat-son thereat, and anon he stood up and spake a threat-son thereat, and anon he

When tson thereat, and anon he stood up and spake a threat-son thereat, and anon he stood up and spake a threat-t h e h o l y stood up and spake a threat-When tstood up and spake a threat-t h e h o l y stood up and spake a threat-t h e h o l y he c a tom b. t h e h o l y When tt h e h o l y he c a tom b. t h e h o l y stood up and spake a threat-t h e h o l y stood up and spake a threat-h e c a tom b. stood up and spake a threat-t h e h o l y stood up and spake a threat-When tstood up and spake a threat-t h e h o l y stood up and spake a threat-h e c a tom b. stood up and spake a threat-t h e h o l y stood up and spake a threat-t h e h o l y he c a tom b. t h e h o l y hey t h e h o l y he c a tom b. t h e h o l y

Then Chryses lifted father--so he sate him by Then Chryses lifted father--so he sate him by joicing in Then Chryses lifted joicing in father--so he sate him by joicing in father--so he sate him by Then Chryses lifted father--so he sate him by joicing in father--so he sate him by Then Chryses lifted Then Chryses lifted up his hands and Then Chryses lifted prayed aloud for them: Then Chryses lifted prayed aloud for them: Then Chryses lifted prayed aloud for them: Then Chryses lifted prayed aloud for them: Then Chryses lifted prayed aloud for them: up his hands and prayed aloud for them: up his hands and Then Chryses lifted up his hands and Then Chryses lifted prayed aloud for them: Then Chryses lifted up his hands and Then Chryses lifted “Hehis triumph, and the blessed “Hehis triumph, and the blessed gods feared him withal and “Hegods feared him withal and his triumph, and the blessed gods feared him withal and his triumph, and the blessed “Hehis triumph, and the blessed gods feared him withal and his triumph, and the blessed

bound not Zeus. This bring “Hebound not Zeus. This bring gods feared him withal and bound not Zeus. This bring gods feared him withal and “Hegods feared him withal and bound not Zeus. This bring gods feared him withal and prayed aloud for them: “Heprayed aloud for them: up his hands and prayed aloud for them: up his hands and “Heup his hands and prayed aloud for them: up his hands and prayed aloud for them: arken to me, god prayed aloud for them: up his hands and prayed aloud for them: up his hands and

arken to me, god up his hands and prayed aloud for them: up his hands and of the silver bow that prayed aloud for them: of the silver bow that prayed aloud for them: of the silver bow that prayed aloud for them: of the silver bow that prayed aloud for them: “Heof the silver bow that “Heprayed aloud for them: “Heprayed aloud for them: of the silver bow that prayed aloud for them: “Heprayed aloud for them: arken to me, god of the silver bow that arken to me, god prayed aloud for them: arken to me, god prayed aloud for them: of the silver bow that prayed aloud for them: arken to me, god prayed aloud for them: standest over Chryse of the silver bow that standest over Chryse of the silver bow that arken to me, god of the silver bow that arken to me, god standest over Chryse

arken to me, god of the silver bow that arken to me, god and holy Killa, and standest over Chryse and holy Killa, and standest over Chryse rulest Tenedos with and holy Killa, and rulest Tenedos with and holy Killa, and standest over Chryse and holy Killa, and standest over Chryse rulest Tenedos with standest over Chryse and holy Killa, and standest over Chryse might; even as erst rulest Tenedos with might; even as erst rulest Tenedos with and holy Killa, and rulest Tenedos with and holy Killa, and might; even as erst and holy Killa, and rulest Tenedos with and holy Killa, and thou heardest my might; even as erst thou heardest my might; even as erst thou heardest my prayer, and didst me thou heardest my might; even as erst thou heardest my might; even as erst prayer, and didst me might; even as erst thou heardest my might; even as erst prayer, and didst me honour, and mightily prayer, and didst me while; but now art thou made short-prayer, and didst me while; but now art thou made short-honour, and mightily while; but now art thou made short-prayer, and didst me while; but now art thou made short-thou heardest my prayer, and didst me thou heardest my honour, and mightily thou heardest my prayer, and didst me thou heardest my afflictest the people of while; but now art thou made short-afflictest the people of while; but now art thou made short-honour, and mightily afflictest the people of honour, and mightily while; but now art thou made short-honour, and mightily while; but now art thou made short-afflictest the people of while; but now art thou made short-honour, and mightily while; but now art thou made short-prayer, and didst me honour, and mightily prayer, and didst me afflictest the people of prayer, and didst me honour, and mightily prayer, and didst me while; but now art thou made short-prayer, and didst me while; but now art thou made short-honour, and mightily while; but now art thou made short-prayer, and didst me while; but now art thou made short-afflictest the people of while; but now art thou made short-prayer, and didst me while; but now art thou made short-honour, and mightily while; but now art thou made short-prayer, and didst me while; but now art thou made short-

the Achaians, even so afflictest the people of the Achaians, even so afflictest the people of honour, and mightily afflictest the people of honour, and mightily the Achaians, even so honour, and mightily afflictest the people of honour, and mightily now fulfil me this my the Achaians, even so now fulfil me this my the Achaians, even so afflictest the people of the Achaians, even so afflictest the people of now fulfil me this my afflictest the people of the Achaians, even so afflictest the people of desire: remove thou now fulfil me this my desire: remove thou now fulfil me this my the Achaians, even so now fulfil me this my the Achaians, even so desire: remove thou the Achaians, even so now fulfil me this my the Achaians, even so fronow fulfil me this my fronow fulfil me this my desire: remove thou frodesire: remove thou now fulfil me this my desire: remove thou now fulfil me this my fronow fulfil me this my desire: remove thou now fulfil me this my

m the Danaans forth-desire: remove thou m the Danaans forth-desire: remove thou with the loathly pestilence.”

saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the with the loathly pestilence.”

saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of with the loathly pestilence.”thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the

with the loathly pestilence.”saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the

the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he with the loathly pestilence.”the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of with the loathly pestilence.”thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of frowith the loathly pestilence.”from the Danaans forth-with the loathly pestilence.”m the Danaans forth-

So spake he in prayer, and with the loathly pestilence.”So spake he in prayer, and with the loathly pestilence.”Phoebus Apollo heard him. So spake he in prayer, and Phoebus Apollo heard him. So spake he in prayer, and Now when they had prayed continue wroth with the Achaians, Now when they had prayed continue wroth with the Achaians, Phoebus Apollo heard him. Now when they had prayed Phoebus Apollo heard him. and sprinkled the barley continue wroth with the Achaians, and sprinkled the barley continue wroth with the Achaians,

and refrain utterly from battle: and sprinkled the barley and refrain utterly from battle: continue wroth with the Achaians, and refrain utterly from battle: continue wroth with the Achaians, and sprinkled the barley continue wroth with the Achaians, and refrain utterly from battle: continue wroth with the Achaians, Now when they had prayed and sprinkled the barley Now when they had prayed continue wroth with the Achaians, Now when they had prayed continue wroth with the Achaians, and sprinkled the barley continue wroth with the Achaians, Now when they had prayed continue wroth with the Achaians,

meal, first they drew back the and sprinkled the barley meal, first they drew back the and sprinkled the barley continue wroth with the Achaians, and sprinkled the barley continue wroth with the Achaians, meal, first they drew back the

continue wroth with the Achaians, and sprinkled the barley continue wroth with the Achaians,

victims’ heads and slaugh-and refrain utterly from battle:

victims’ heads and slaugh-and refrain utterly from battle: meal, first they drew back the victims’ heads and slaugh-meal, first they drew back the

tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-and cut slices from the thigtered them and flayed them, and cut slices from the thigtered them and flayed them,

hs tered them and flayed them,

hs tered them and flayed them, and wrapped them in fat, making a double and cut slices from the thigand wrapped them in fat, making a double and cut slices from the thigfold, and laid raw collops thereon, and will he return to Olympus, fold, and laid raw collops thereon, and will he return to Olympus, and wrapped them in fat, making a double fold, and laid raw collops thereon, and and wrapped them in fat, making a double

the old man burnwill he return to Olympus, the old man burnwill he return to Olympus, will he return to Olympus, and then will I fare to Zeus’ will he return to Olympus, the old man burnwill he return to Olympus, and then will I fare to Zeus’ will he return to Olympus, fold, and laid raw collops thereon, and the old man burnfold, and laid raw collops thereon, and will he return to Olympus, fold, and laid raw collops thereon, and will he return to Olympus, the old man burnwill he return to Olympus, fold, and laid raw collops thereon, and will he return to Olympus, t them on cleft wood fold, and laid raw collops thereon, and

t them on cleft wood fold, and laid raw collops thereon, and

and made libation over them of gleaming and then will I fare to Zeus’ and made libation over them of gleaming and then will I fare to Zeus’ palace of the bronze thresh-and made libation over them of gleaming palace of the bronze thresh-and then will I fare to Zeus’ palace of the bronze thresh-and then will I fare to Zeus’ and made libation over them of gleaming and then will I fare to Zeus’ palace of the bronze thresh-and then will I fare to Zeus’ wine; and at his side the young men in their palace of the bronze thresh-wine; and at his side the young men in their palace of the bronze thresh-and made libation over them of gleaming wine; and at his side the young men in their and made libation over them of gleaming palace of the bronze thresh-and made libation over them of gleaming palace of the bronze thresh-wine; and at his side the young men in their palace of the bronze thresh-and made libation over them of gleaming palace of the bronze thresh-hands held five-pronged forkwine; and at his side the young men in their hands held five-pronged forkwine; and at his side the young men in their

when the thighs were burnt old, and will kneel to him

when the thighs were burnt old, and will kneel to him

went her way when the thighs were burnt went her way hands held five-pronged forkwhen the thighs were burnt hands held five-pronged fork

and they had tasted the went her way and they had tasted the went her way when the thighs were burnt and they had tasted the when the thighs were burnt went her way when the thighs were burnt went her way and they had tasted the went her way when the thighs were burnt went her way vitals, then sliced they all the went her way vitals, then sliced they all the went her way and they had tasted the vitals, then sliced they all the and they had tasted the went her way and they had tasted the went her way vitals, then sliced they all the went her way and they had tasted the went her way rest and pierced it through

went her way rest and pierced it through

went her way vitals, then sliced they all the rest and pierced it through vitals, then sliced they all the went her way vitals, then sliced they all the went her way rest and pierced it through

went her way vitals, then sliced they all the went her way with spits, and roasted it

woman’s sake, with spits, and roasted it

woman’s sake, rest and pierced it through with spits, and roasted it rest and pierced it through carefully, and drew all off woman’s sake, carefully, and drew all off woman’s sake, with spits, and roasted it carefully, and drew all off with spits, and roasted it

woman’s sake, with spits, and roasted it

woman’s sake, carefully, and drew all off woman’s sake, with spits, and roasted it

woman’s sake, again. So when they had woman’s sake, again. So when they had woman’s sake, woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, again. So when they had woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, carefully, and drew all off again. So when they had carefully, and drew all off woman’s sake, carefully, and drew all off woman’s sake, again. So when they had woman’s sake, carefully, and drew all off woman’s sake, woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, carefully, and drew all off woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, again. So when they had woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, carefully, and drew all off woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, rest from the task and had woman’s sake, rest from the task and had woman’s sake, woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, rest from the task and had woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, again. So when they had rest from the task and had again. So when they had woman’s sake, again. So when they had woman’s sake, rest from the task and had woman’s sake, again. So when they had woman’s sake, woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, again. So when they had woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, rest from the task and had woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, again. So when they had woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, made ready the banquet,

woman’s sake, made ready the banquet,

woman’s sake, whom they made ready the banquet, whom they woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, made ready the banquet,

woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, rest from the task and had made ready the banquet, rest from the task and had woman’s sake, rest from the task and had woman’s sake, made ready the banquet,

woman’s sake, rest from the task and had woman’s sake, woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, rest from the task and had woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, made ready the banquet,

woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, rest from the task and had woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, they feasted, nor was their

whom they they feasted, nor was their

whom they made ready the banquet, they feasted, nor was their made ready the banquet, whom they made ready the banquet, whom they they feasted, nor was their

whom they made ready the banquet, whom they heart aught stinted of the they feasted, nor was their heart aught stinted of the they feasted, nor was their fair banquet. But when they heart aught stinted of the fair banquet. But when they heart aught stinted of the had put away from them fair banquet. But when they had put away from them fair banquet. But when they the desirhad put away from them the desirhad put away from them e of meat fair banquet. But when they e of meat fair banquet. But when they had put away from them e of meat had put away from them fair banquet. But when they had put away from them fair banquet. But when they e of meat fair banquet. But when they had put away from them fair banquet. But when they

and drink, the had put away from them and drink, the had put away from them the desirand drink, the the desirhad put away from them the desirhad put away from them and drink, the had put away from them the desirhad put away from them e of meat and drink, the e of meat had put away from them e of meat had put away from them and drink, the had put away from them e of meat had put away from them

young men c a m e to young men c a m e to O d y s s e u s c a m e to O d y s s e u s young men O d y s s e u s c a m e to O d y s s e u s Chryse with young men Chryse with c a m e to Chryse with c a m e to young men c a m e to Chryse with c a m e to O d y s s e u s c a m e to O d y s s e u s Chryse with O d y s s e u s c a m e to O d y s s e u s young men O d y s s e u s c a m e to O d y s s e u s Chryse with O d y s s e u s c a m e to O d y s s e u s and drink, the young men and drink, the

crowned the bowls with he c a tom b. bowls with he c a tom b. crowned the bowls with crowned the he c a tom b. crowned the he c a tom b. bowls with he c a tom b. crowned the he c a tom b. wine, and gave he c a tom b. wine, and gave he c a tom b. he c a tom b. hey he c a tom b. wine, and gave he c a tom b. hey he c a tom b. t h e h o l y he c a tom b. t h e h o l y hey t h e h o l y he c a tom b. t h e h o l y wine, and gave t h e h o l y he c a tom b. t h e h o l y hey t h e h o l y he c a tom b. t h e h o l y bowls with wine, and gave bowls with he c a tom b. bowls with he c a tom b. wine, and gave he c a tom b. bowls with he c a tom b. crowned the bowls with crowned the wine, and gave crowned the bowls with crowned the he c a tom b. crowned the he c a tom b. bowls with he c a tom b. crowned the he c a tom b. wine, and gave he c a tom b. crowned the he c a tom b. bowls with he c a tom b. crowned the he c a tom b. wine, and gave each man his wine, and gave bowls with wine, and gave bowls with each man his bowls with wine, and gave bowls with portion after wine, and gave portion after wine, and gave wine, and gave each man his wine, and gave portion after wine, and gave each man his wine, and gave the dr ink-portion after the dr ink-portion after wine, and gave portion after wine, and gave the dr ink-wine, and gave portion after wine, and gave each man his portion after each man his the dr ink-each man his portion after each man his wine, and gave each man his wine, and gave portion after wine, and gave each man his wine, and gave the dr ink-wine, and gave each man his wine, and gave portion after wine, and gave each man his wine, and gave portion after the dr ink-portion after offering had portion after the dr ink-portion after been poured the dr ink-been poured the dr ink-portion after the dr ink-portion after been poured portion after the dr ink-portion after offering had been poured offering had the dr ink-offering had the dr ink-been poured the dr ink-offering had the dr ink-portion after the dr ink-portion after offering had portion after the dr ink-portion after been poured portion after the dr ink-portion after offering had portion after the dr ink-portion after into the cups. been poured into the cups. been poured offering had been poured offering had into the cups. offering had been poured offering had So all day long into the cups. So all day long into the cups. been poured into the cups. been poured So all day long been poured into the cups. been poured offering had been poured offering had into the cups. offering had been poured offering had So all day long offering had been poured offering had into the cups. offering had been poured offering had So all day long worshipped So all day long into the cups. So all day long into the cups. worshipped into the cups. So all day long into the cups. been poured into the cups. been poured So all day long been poured into the cups. been poured worshipped been poured into the cups. been poured So all day long been poured into the cups. been poured So all day long worshipped So all day long they the god So all day long worshipped So all day long into the cups. So all day long into the cups. worshipped into the cups. So all day long into the cups. they the god into the cups. So all day long into the cups. worshipped into the cups. So all day long into the cups. with music, So all day long with music, So all day long worshipped with music, worshipped So all day long worshipped So all day long with music, So all day long worshipped So all day long they the god with music, they the god worshipped they the god worshipped with music, worshipped they the god worshipped So all day long worshipped So all day long they the god So all day long worshipped So all day long with music, So all day long worshipped So all day long they the god So all day long worshipped So all day long they the god with music, they the god singing the they the god with music, they the god worshipped they the god worshipped with music, worshipped they the god worshipped singing the worshipped they the god worshipped with music, worshipped they the god worshipped b e a u t i f u l with music, b e a u t i f u l with music, they the god with music, they the god b e a u t i f u l they the god with music, they the god with music, singing the with music, b e a u t i f u l with music, singing the with music, they the god with music, they the god singing the they the god with music, they the god b e a u t i f u l they the god with music, they the god singing the they the god with music, they the god paean, the b e a u t i f u l paean, the b e a u t i f u l with music, b e a u t i f u l with music, paean, the with music, b e a u t i f u l with music, singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the paean, the singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the with music, singing the with music, b e a u t i f u l with music, singing the with music, paean, the with music, singing the with music, b e a u t i f u l with music, singing the with music, sons of the paean, the sons of the paean, the b e a u t i f u l paean, the b e a u t i f u l sons of the b e a u t i f u l paean, the b e a u t i f u l singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the paean, the singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the sons of the singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the paean, the singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the A c h a i a n s sons of the A c h a i a n s sons of the paean, the sons of the paean, the A c h a i a n s paean, the sons of the paean, the

music to A c h a i a n s music to A c h a i a n s the Far-darter [or, “the music to the Far-darter [or, “the music to

lence)]; the Far-darter [or, “the lence)]; the Far-darter [or, “the and his heart was glad to lence)]; and his heart was glad to lence)]; hear. And when the sun went and his heart was glad to hear. And when the sun went and his heart was glad to down and darkness came hear. And when the sun went down and darkness came hear. And when the sun went on them, they laid them down and darkness came on them, they laid them down and darkness came to sleep beside the ship’s on them, they laid them to sleep beside the ship’s on them, they laid them hawsers; and when rosy-to sleep beside the ship’s hawsers; and when rosy-to sleep beside the ship’s fingered Dawn appeared, hawsers; and when rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, hawsers; and when rosy-the child of morning, then fingered Dawn appeared, the child of morning, then fingered Dawn appeared, set they sail for the wide the child of morning, then set they sail for the wide the child of morning, then camp of the Achaians; and set they sail for the wide camp of the Achaians; and set they sail for the wide Apollo the Far-darter sent camp of the Achaians; and Apollo the Far-darter sent camp of the Achaians; and them a favouring gale. They Apollo the Far-darter sent them a favouring gale. They Apollo the Far-darter sent set up their mast and spread them a favouring gale. They set up their mast and spread them a favouring gale. They the white sails forth, and the set up their mast and spread the white sails forth, and the set up their mast and spread wind filled the sail’s belly the white sails forth, and the wind filled the sail’s belly the white sails forth, and the and the dark wave sang loud wind filled the sail’s belly and the dark wave sang loud wind filled the sail’s belly about the stem as the ship and the dark wave sang loud about the stem as the ship and the dark wave sang loud made way, and she sped about the stem as the ship made way, and she sped about the stem as the ship

the wave, accomplish-made way, and she sped the wave, accomplish-made way, and she sped

hey were now the wave, accomplish-hey were now the wave, accomplish-ing her journey. So when hey were now ing her journey. So when the wave, accomplish-ing her journey. So when the wave, accomplish-hey were now the wave, accomplish-ing her journey. So when the wave, accomplish-hey were now come to the hey were now ing her journey. So when hey were now ing her journey. So when come to the ing her journey. So when hey were now ing her journey. So when hey were now wide camp of hey were now hey were now come to the hey were now wide camp of hey were now come to the hey were now the Achaians, hey were now the Achaians, hey were now wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of hey were now wide camp of hey were now the Achaians, hey were now wide camp of hey were now come to the wide camp of come to the the Achaians, come to the wide camp of come to the hey were now come to the hey were now wide camp of hey were now come to the hey were now the Achaians, hey were now come to the hey were now wide camp of hey were now come to the hey were now they drew up wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of they drew up wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of their black the Achaians, their black the Achaians, wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of their black wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of their black they drew up their black they drew up the Achaians, they drew up the Achaians, their black the Achaians, they drew up the Achaians, wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of they drew up wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of their black wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of they drew up wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of their black ship to land their black the Achaians, their black the Achaians, ship to land the Achaians, their black the Achaians, they drew up their black they drew up ship to land they drew up their black they drew up the Achaians, they drew up the Achaians, their black the Achaians, they drew up the Achaians, ship to land the Achaians, they drew up the Achaians, their black the Achaians, they drew up the Achaians, high upon the their black high upon the their black they drew up their black they drew up high upon the they drew up their black they drew up ship to land high upon the ship to land their black ship to land their black high upon the their black ship to land their black they drew up their black they drew up ship to land they drew up their black they drew up high upon the they drew up their black they drew up ship to land they drew up their black they drew up sands, and set high upon the sands, and set high upon the ship to land high upon the ship to land sands, and set ship to land high upon the ship to land in line the long sands, and set in line the long sands, and set high upon the sands, and set high upon the in line the long high upon the sands, and set high upon the ship to land high upon the ship to land sands, and set ship to land high upon the ship to land in line the long ship to land high upon the ship to land sands, and set ship to land high upon the ship to land props beneath in line the long props beneath in line the long sands, and set in line the long sands, and set props beneath sands, and set in line the long sands, and set high upon the sands, and set high upon the in line the long high upon the sands, and set high upon the props beneath high upon the sands, and set high upon the in line the long high upon the sands, and set high upon the props beneath her ; and props beneath in line the long props beneath in line the long her ; and in line the long props beneath in line the long sands, and set in line the long sands, and set props beneath sands, and set in line the long sands, and set her ; and sands, and set in line the long sands, and set props beneath sands, and set in line the long sands, and set props beneath her ; and props beneath themselves props beneath her ; and props beneath in line the long props beneath in line the long her ; and in line the long props beneath in line the long themselves in line the long props beneath in line the long her ; and in line the long props beneath in line the long were scattered props beneath were scattered props beneath her ; and were scattered her ; and props beneath her ; and props beneath were scattered props beneath her ; and props beneath her ; and themselves her ; and were scattered her ; and themselves her ; and props beneath her ; and props beneath themselves props beneath her ; and props beneath were scattered props beneath her ; and props beneath themselves props beneath her ; and props beneath amid their were scattered amid their were scattered her ; and were scattered her ; and amid their her ; and were scattered her ; and themselves were scattered themselves amid their themselves were scattered themselves her ; and themselves her ; and were scattered her ; and themselves her ; and amid their her ; and themselves her ; and were scattered her ; and themselves her ; and amid their h u t s a n d amid their were scattered amid their were scattered h u t s a n d were scattered amid their were scattered s h i p s . B u t amid their s h i p s . B u t amid their h u t s a n d s h i p s . B u t h u t s a n d amid their h u t s a n d amid their s h i p s . B u t amid their h u t s a n d amid their s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t h u t s a n d s h i p s . B u t h u t s a n d he sat by his h u t s a n d s h i p s . B u t h u t s a n d swift-faring s h i p s . B u t swift-faring s h i p s . B u t s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t swift-faring s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring s h i p s . B u t swift-faring s h i p s . B u t sh ips , s t i l l s h i p s . B u t swift-faring s h i p s . B u t he sat by his swift-faring he sat by his sh ips , s t i l l he sat by his swift-faring he sat by his s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t swift-faring s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t sh ips , s t i l l s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t swift-faring s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t swift-faring wroth, even swift-faring swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring wroth, even swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring he sat by his swift-faring he sat by his sh ips , s t i l l he sat by his swift-faring he sat by his wroth, even he sat by his swift-faring he sat by his sh ips , s t i l l he sat by his swift-faring he sat by his the heaven- swift-faring the heaven- swift-faring wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even swift-faring wroth, even swift-faring the heaven- swift-faring wroth, even swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l wroth, even sh ips , s t i l l the heaven- sh ips , s t i l l wroth, even sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring wroth, even swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring the heaven- swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring wroth, even swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring the heaven- sprung son of the heaven- wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even sprung son of wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even sh ips , s t i l l wroth, even sh ips , s t i l l the heaven- sh ips , s t i l l wroth, even sh ips , s t i l l sprung son of sh ips , s t i l l wroth, even sh ips , s t i l l the heaven- sh ips , s t i l l wroth, even sh ips , s t i l l Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. the heaven- Peleus, Achil-the heaven- sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of the heaven- sprung son of the heaven- Peleus, Achil-the heaven- sprung son of the heaven- wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even sprung son of wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even Peleus, Achil-wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even sprung son of wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even les fleet of foot; Peleus, Achil-les fleet of foot; Peleus, Achil-sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of les fleet of foot; sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of les fleet of foot; he betook him les fleet of foot; Peleus, Achil-les fleet of foot; Peleus, Achil-he betook him Peleus, Achil-les fleet of foot; Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. les fleet of foot; Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. he betook him Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. les fleet of foot; Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of les fleet of foot; sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of he betook him sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of les fleet of foot; sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of les fleet of foot; he betook him les fleet of foot; neither to the les fleet of foot; he betook him les fleet of foot; Peleus, Achil-les fleet of foot; Peleus, Achil-he betook him Peleus, Achil-les fleet of foot; Peleus, Achil-neither to the Peleus, Achil-les fleet of foot; Peleus, Achil-he betook him Peleus, Achil-les fleet of foot; Peleus, Achil-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that les fleet of foot; assembly that les fleet of foot; he betook him assembly that he betook him les fleet of foot; he betook him les fleet of foot; assembly that les fleet of foot; he betook him les fleet of foot; neither to the assembly that neither to the victims’ heads and slaugh-neither to the victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-neither to the victims’ heads and slaugh-he betook him neither to the he betook him assembly that he betook him neither to the he betook him les fleet of foot; he betook him les fleet of foot; neither to the les fleet of foot; he betook him les fleet of foot; assembly that les fleet of foot; he betook him les fleet of foot; neither to the les fleet of foot; he betook him les fleet of foot; assembly that is the hero’s assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-is the hero’s victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-neither to the assembly that neither to the is the hero’s neither to the assembly that neither to the victims’ heads and slaugh-neither to the victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-neither to the victims’ heads and slaugh-is the hero’s victims’ heads and slaugh-neither to the victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-neither to the victims’ heads and slaugh-glory, neither assembly that glory, neither assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-glory, neither victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, glory, neither tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-glory, neither victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that is the hero’s assembly that glory, neither assembly that is the hero’s assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-is the hero’s victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-glory, neither victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-is the hero’s victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, is the hero’s tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, glory, neither tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, is the hero’s tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-is the hero’s victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-glory, neither victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-is the hero’s victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-assembly that victims’ heads and slaugh-tered them and flayed them, victims’ heads and slaugh-

to war, but tered them and flayed them, to war, but tered them and flayed them, glory, neither to war, but glory, neither tered them and flayed them, glory, neither tered them and flayed them, to war, but tered them and flayed them, glory, neither tered them and flayed them, assembly that glory, neither assembly that to war, but assembly that glory, neither assembly that tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, glory, neither tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, to war, but tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, glory, neither tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, is the hero’s glory, neither is the hero’s to war, but is the hero’s glory, neither is the hero’s tered them and flayed them, is the hero’s tered them and flayed them, glory, neither tered them and flayed them, is the hero’s tered them and flayed them, to war, but tered them and flayed them, is the hero’s tered them and flayed them, glory, neither tered them and flayed them, is the hero’s tered them and flayed them, assembly that is the hero’s assembly that glory, neither assembly that is the hero’s assembly that to war, but assembly that is the hero’s assembly that glory, neither assembly that is the hero’s assembly that tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, is the hero’s tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, glory, neither tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, is the hero’s tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, to war, but tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, is the hero’s tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, glory, neither tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, is the hero’s tered them and flayed them, assembly that tered them and flayed them, glory, neither to war, but glory, neither consumed his glory, neither to war, but glory, neither heart in tarry-glory, neither heart in tarry-glory, neither to war, but heart in tarry-to war, but glory, neither to war, but glory, neither heart in tarry-glory, neither to war, but glory, neither to war, but consumed his to war, but heart in tarry-to war, but consumed his to war, but glory, neither to war, but glory, neither consumed his glory, neither to war, but glory, neither heart in tarry-glory, neither to war, but glory, neither consumed his glory, neither to war, but glory, neither heart in tarry-ing in his place, heart in tarry-to war, but heart in tarry-to war, but ing in his place, to war, but heart in tarry-to war, but consumed his heart in tarry-consumed his ing in his place, consumed his heart in tarry-consumed his to war, but consumed his to war, but heart in tarry-to war, but consumed his to war, but ing in his place, to war, but consumed his to war, but heart in tarry-to war, but consumed his to war, but and yearned heart in tarry-ing in his place, heart in tarry-and yearned heart in tarry-ing in his place, heart in tarry-for the war-cry ing in his place, for the war-cry ing in his place, heart in tarry-ing in his place, heart in tarry-for the war-cry heart in tarry-ing in his place, heart in tarry-and yearned for the war-cry and yearned ing in his place, and yearned ing in his place, for the war-cry ing in his place, and yearned ing in his place, heart in tarry-ing in his place, heart in tarry-and yearned heart in tarry-ing in his place, heart in tarry-for the war-cry heart in tarry-ing in his place, heart in tarry-and yearned heart in tarry-ing in his place, heart in tarry-and for battle.for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry ing in his place, for the war-cry ing in his place, and for battle.ing in his place, for the war-cry ing in his place, and yearned for the war-cry and yearned and for battle.and yearned for the war-cry and yearned ing in his place, and yearned ing in his place, for the war-cry ing in his place, and yearned ing in his place, and for battle.ing in his place, and yearned ing in his place, for the war-cry ing in his place, and yearned ing in his place, Now when and for battle.Now when and for battle.for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry Now when for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry and yearned for the war-cry and yearned and for battle.and yearned for the war-cry and yearned Now when and yearned for the war-cry and yearned and for battle.and yearned for the war-cry and yearned Now when the twelfth Now when and for battle.Now when and for battle.the twelfth and for battle.Now when and for battle.for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry Now when for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry the twelfth for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry Now when for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry morn thereaf-Now when morn thereaf-Now when the twelfth morn thereaf-the twelfth Now when the twelfth Now when morn thereaf-Now when the twelfth Now when ter was come, morn thereaf-ter was come, morn thereaf-the twelfth morn thereaf-the twelfth ter was come, the twelfth morn thereaf-the twelfth ter was come, then the gods ter was come, morn thereaf-ter was come, morn thereaf-then the gods morn thereaf-ter was come, morn thereaf-that are for ter was come, that are for ter was come, ter was come, then the gods ter was come, that are for ter was come, then the gods ter was come, ever fared to that are for ever fared to that are for ter was come, that are for ter was come, ever fared to ter was come, that are for ter was come, then the gods that are for then the gods ever fared to then the gods that are for then the gods ter was come, then the gods ter was come, that are for ter was come, then the gods ter was come, ever fared to ter was come, then the gods ter was come, that are for ter was come, then the gods ter was come, Olympus all in ever fared to Olympus all in ever fared to that are for ever fared to that are for Olympus all in that are for ever fared to that are for then the gods that are for then the gods ever fared to then the gods that are for then the gods Olympus all in then the gods that are for then the gods ever fared to then the gods that are for then the gods Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in ever fared to Olympus all in ever fared to company, led ever fared to Olympus all in ever fared to Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in of Zeus. And Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in Thetis forgat they feasted, nor was their Thetis forgat they feasted, nor was their heart aught stinted of the Thetis forgat heart aught stinted of the they feasted, nor was their heart aught stinted of the they feasted, nor was their Thetis forgat they feasted, nor was their heart aught stinted of the they feasted, nor was their

fair banquet. But when they Thetis forgat fair banquet. But when they heart aught stinted of the fair banquet. But when they heart aught stinted of the Thetis forgat heart aught stinted of the fair banquet. But when they heart aught stinted of the had put away from them Thetis forgat had put away from them fair banquet. But when they had put away from them fair banquet. But when they Thetis forgat fair banquet. But when they had put away from them fair banquet. But when they fair banquet. But when they e of meat fair banquet. But when they Thetis forgat fair banquet. But when they e of meat fair banquet. But when they had put away from them e of meat had put away from them Thetis forgat had put away from them e of meat had put away from them fair banquet. But when they had put away from them fair banquet. But when they e of meat fair banquet. But when they had put away from them fair banquet. But when they Thetis forgat fair banquet. But when they had put away from them fair banquet. But when they e of meat fair banquet. But when they had put away from them fair banquet. But when they had put away from them e of meat had put away from them and drink, the had put away from them e of meat had put away from them Thetis forgat had put away from them e of meat had put away from them and drink, the had put away from them e of meat had put away from them

Olympus all in Thetis forgat Olympus all in company, led Thetis forgat company, led Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in Thetis forgat Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in of Zeus. And Thetis forgat of Zeus. And company, led of Zeus. And company, led Thetis forgat company, led of Zeus. And company, led Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in of Zeus. And Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in Thetis forgat Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in of Zeus. And Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in Thetis forgat not her son’s Thetis forgat of Zeus. And Thetis forgat of Zeus. And not her son’s of Zeus. And Thetis forgat of Zeus. And company, led of Zeus. And company, led Thetis forgat company, led of Zeus. And company, led not her son’s company, led of Zeus. And company, led Thetis forgat company, led of Zeus. And company, led charge, but Thetis forgat charge, but Thetis forgat Thetis forgat not her son’s Thetis forgat charge, but Thetis forgat not her son’s Thetis forgat rose up from not her son’s rose up from not her son’s Thetis forgat not her son’s Thetis forgat rose up from Thetis forgat not her son’s Thetis forgat charge, but rose up from charge, but Thetis forgat charge, but Thetis forgat rose up from Thetis forgat charge, but Thetis forgat not her son’s charge, but not her son’s rose up from not her son’s charge, but not her son’s Thetis forgat not her son’s Thetis forgat charge, but Thetis forgat not her son’s Thetis forgat rose up from Thetis forgat not her son’s Thetis forgat charge, but Thetis forgat not her son’s Thetis forgat the sea-wave, charge, but the sea-wave, charge, but rose up from the sea-wave, rose up from charge, but rose up from charge, but the sea-wave, charge, but rose up from charge, but

standest over Chryse and holy Killa, and standest over Chryse rulest Tenedos with and holy Killa, and rulest Tenedos with and holy Killa, and standest over Chryse and holy Killa, and standest over Chryse rulest Tenedos with standest over Chryse and holy Killa, and standest over Chryse might; even as erst rulest Tenedos with might; even as erst rulest Tenedos with and holy Killa, and rulest Tenedos with and holy Killa, and might; even as erst and holy Killa, and rulest Tenedos with and holy Killa, and thou heardest my might; even as erst thou heardest my might; even as erst thou heardest my prayer, and didst me thou heardest my might; even as erst thou heardest my might; even as erst prayer, and didst me might; even as erst thou heardest my might; even as erst honour, and mightily thou heardest my honour, and mightily thou heardest my prayer, and didst me honour, and mightily prayer, and didst me thou heardest my prayer, and didst me thou heardest my honour, and mightily thou heardest my prayer, and didst me thou heardest my afflictest the people of honour, and mightily afflictest the people of honour, and mightily prayer, and didst me honour, and mightily prayer, and didst me afflictest the people of prayer, and didst me honour, and mightily prayer, and didst me afflictest the people of the Achaians, even so afflictest the people of honour, and mightily afflictest the people of honour, and mightily the Achaians, even so honour, and mightily afflictest the people of honour, and mightily now fulfil me this my afflictest the people of now fulfil me this my afflictest the people of the Achaians, even so now fulfil me this my the Achaians, even so afflictest the people of the Achaians, even so afflictest the people of now fulfil me this my afflictest the people of the Achaians, even so afflictest the people of desire: remove thou now fulfil me this my desire: remove thou now fulfil me this my the Achaians, even so now fulfil me this my the Achaians, even so desire: remove thou the Achaians, even so now fulfil me this my the Achaians, even so

m the Danaans forth-desire: remove thou m the Danaans forth-desire: remove thou with the loathly pestilence.”m the Danaans forth-with the loathly pestilence.”m the Danaans forth-So spake he in prayer, and with the loathly pestilence.”So spake he in prayer, and with the loathly pestilence.”Phoebus Apollo heard him. So spake he in prayer, and Phoebus Apollo heard him. So spake he in prayer, and Phoebus Apollo heard him. Now when they had prayed Phoebus Apollo heard him.

in line the long props beneath in line the long in line the long props beneath in line the long her ; and in line the long props beneath in line the long themselves props beneath themselves props beneath in line the long props beneath in line the long themselves in line the long props beneath in line the long props beneath her ; and props beneath themselves props beneath her ; and props beneath in line the long props beneath in line the long her ; and in line the long props beneath in line the long themselves in line the long props beneath in line the long her ; and in line the long props beneath in line the long were scattered might; even as erst were scattered might; even as erst rulest Tenedos with might; even as erst rulest Tenedos with were scattered rulest Tenedos with might; even as erst rulest Tenedos with

thou heardest my were scattered thou heardest my might; even as erst thou heardest my might; even as erst were scattered might; even as erst thou heardest my might; even as erst thou heardest my prayer, and didst me thou heardest my were scattered thou heardest my prayer, and didst me thou heardest my might; even as erst thou heardest my might; even as erst prayer, and didst me might; even as erst thou heardest my might; even as erst were scattered might; even as erst thou heardest my might; even as erst prayer, and didst me might; even as erst thou heardest my might; even as erst themselves were scattered themselves props beneath themselves props beneath

were scattered props beneath themselves props beneath her ; and themselves her ; and were scattered her ; and themselves her ; and props beneath her ; and props beneath themselves props beneath her ; and props beneath were scattered props beneath her ; and props beneath themselves props beneath her ; and props beneath amid their were scattered amid their were scattered themselves were scattered themselves amid their themselves were scattered themselves her ; and themselves her ; and were scattered her ; and themselves her ; and amid their her ; and themselves her ; and were scattered her ; and themselves her ; and amid their h u t s a n d amid their were scattered amid their were scattered h u t s a n d were scattered amid their were scattered s h i p s . B u t amid their s h i p s . B u t amid their h u t s a n d s h i p s . B u t h u t s a n d amid their h u t s a n d amid their s h i p s . B u t amid their h u t s a n d amid their he sat by his s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t h u t s a n d s h i p s . B u t h u t s a n d he sat by his h u t s a n d s h i p s . B u t h u t s a n d s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t swift-faring s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t he sat by his swift-faring he sat by his sh ips , s t i l l he sat by his swift-faring he sat by his s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t swift-faring s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t sh ips , s t i l l s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t swift-faring s h i p s . B u t he sat by his s h i p s . B u t wroth, even now fulfil me this my wroth, even now fulfil me this my desire: remove thou wroth, even desire: remove thou now fulfil me this my desire: remove thou now fulfil me this my wroth, even now fulfil me this my desire: remove thou now fulfil me this my

m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-desire: remove thou m the Danaans forth-desire: remove thou wroth, even desire: remove thou m the Danaans forth-desire: remove thou he sat by his wroth, even he sat by his swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring wroth, even swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring he sat by his swift-faring he sat by his sh ips , s t i l l he sat by his swift-faring he sat by his wroth, even he sat by his swift-faring he sat by his sh ips , s t i l l he sat by his swift-faring he sat by his the heaven- wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-the heaven- m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l wroth, even sh ips , s t i l l the heaven- sh ips , s t i l l wroth, even sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-the heaven- m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring wroth, even swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring the heaven- swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring wroth, even swift-faring sh ips , s t i l l swift-faring

m the Danaans forth-swift-faring

m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-swift-faring

m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-swift-faring

m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-swift-faring

m the Danaans forth-the heaven- m the Danaans forth-swift-faring

m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-swift-faring

m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-swift-faring

m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-swift-faring

m the Danaans forth-wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even sprung son of wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-the heaven- m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-sprung son of m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-the heaven- m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l wroth, even sh ips , s t i l l the heaven- sh ips , s t i l l wroth, even sh ips , s t i l l sprung son of sh ips , s t i l l wroth, even sh ips , s t i l l the heaven- sh ips , s t i l l wroth, even sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-the heaven- m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-sprung son of m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-the heaven- m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-wroth, even m the Danaans forth-sh ips , s t i l l m the Danaans forth-

Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. the heaven- Peleus, Achil-the heaven- wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even Peleus, Achil-wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of the heaven- sprung son of the heaven- Peleus, Achil-the heaven- sprung son of the heaven- wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even sprung son of wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even Peleus, Achil-wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even sprung son of wroth, even the heaven- wroth, even sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of les fleet of foot; sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him. les fleet of foot; Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-les fleet of foot; Peleus, Achil-he betook him Peleus, Achil-les fleet of foot; Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. les fleet of foot; Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. he betook him Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. les fleet of foot; Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of les fleet of foot; sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of he betook him sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of les fleet of foot; sprung son of Peleus, Achil-sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him. les fleet of foot; Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him. he betook him Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him. les fleet of foot; Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him. Peleus, Achil-Phoebus Apollo heard him. sprung son of Phoebus Apollo heard him.

To Fingernails JULIA NICHOLSON

Oh shell-like beauties! Milky splendour fl owsAcross your ridges, moon to glowing moon.I gaze, full-wondrous: fi ngertips and toesAre capped by Nature’s steely-silver boon.Then why – oh why – abusèd tortured thingsComplain’st thou not when bored or tired I chew?Your glory stunted, trickling rim half-gone,You struggle on, my sad blunt friends: do youNot see that struggle is in vain? Your ringsWill never last: but when dies she who singsFar underground your battle will be won.

her of his own violent honour and keepeth her of his own violent honour and keepeth deed.”her of his own violent deed.”her of his own violent honour and keepeth her of his own violent honour and keepeth deed.”honour and keepeth her of his own violent honour and keepeth So spake he weepdeed.”So spake he weepdeed.” ing, and his lady mother heard So spake he weepand his lady mother heard So spake he weeping, and his lady mother heard ing, him as she sate in the and his lady mother heard him as she sate in the and his lady mother heard sea-depths beside her aged him as she sate in the sea-depths beside her aged him as she sate in the sire. With speed arose she sea-depths beside her aged sire. With speed arose she sea-depths beside her aged from the grey sea, like a sire. With speed arose she from the grey sea, like a sire. With speed arose she mist, and sate her before from the grey sea, like a mist, and sate her before from the grey sea, like a the face of her weeping son, mist, and sate her before the face of her weeping son, mist, and sate her before and stroked him with her the face of her weeping son, and stroked him with her the face of her weeping son, hand, and spake and called and stroked him with her hand, and spake and called and stroked him with her on his name: “My child, why hand, and spake and called on his name: “My child, why hand, and spake and called weepest thou? What sorrow on his name: “My child, why weepest thou? What sorrow on his name: “My child, why hath entered intoweepest thou? What sorrow hath entered intoweepest thou? What sorrow

they heart? weepest thou? What sorrow

they heart? weepest thou? What sorrow Speak it forth, hide it not in thy mind, that

they heart? Speak it forth, hide it not in thy mind, that

they heart?

both may know it.”Speak it forth, hide it not in thy mind, that both may know it.”Speak it forth, hide it not in thy mind, that

Then with heavy moan Achil-les fleet of foot spake to her: “Thou knowest it; why should I tell this to thee that knowest all! We had

the son of Kronos, immortals didst save the son of Kronos, immortals didst save the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, cloud, from shameful ing, cloud, from shameful ing, the son of Kronos, cloud, from shameful the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-cloud, from shameful lord of the storm-ing, lord of the storm-ing, cloud, from shameful ing, lord of the storm-ing, the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, cloud, from shameful the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, wreck, when all the ing, wreck, when all the ing, and his lady mother heard wreck, when all the and his lady mother heard ing, and his lady mother heard ing, wreck, when all the ing, and his lady mother heard ing, and his lady mother heard him as she sate in the and his lady mother heard wreck, when all the and his lady mother heard him as she sate in the and his lady mother heard cloud, from shameful wreck, when all the cloud, from shameful ing, cloud, from shameful ing, wreck, when all the ing, cloud, from shameful ing, wreck, when all the other Olympians wreck, when all the ing, wreck, when all the ing, other Olympians

ing, wreck, when all the ing, cloud, from shameful wreck, when all the cloud, from shameful other Olympians cloud, from shameful wreck, when all the cloud, from shameful ing, cloud, from shameful ing, wreck, when all the ing, cloud, from shameful ing, other Olympians

ing, cloud, from shameful ing, wreck, when all the ing, cloud, from shameful ing,

would have bound and his lady mother heard

would have bound and his lady mother heard him as she sate in the would have bound him as she sate in the and his lady mother heard him as she sate in the and his lady mother heard

would have bound and his lady mother heard him as she sate in the and his lady mother heard sea-depths beside her aged would have bound sea-depths beside her aged him as she sate in the sea-depths beside her aged him as she sate in the would have bound him as she sate in the sea-depths beside her aged him as she sate in the sea-depths beside her aged sire. With speed arose she sea-depths beside her aged would have bound sea-depths beside her aged sire. With speed arose she sea-depths beside her aged

wreck, when all the would have bound wreck, when all the and his lady mother heard wreck, when all the and his lady mother heard would have bound

and his lady mother heard wreck, when all the and his lady mother heard and his lady mother heard him as she sate in the and his lady mother heard wreck, when all the and his lady mother heard him as she sate in the and his lady mother heard would have bound

and his lady mother heard him as she sate in the and his lady mother heard wreck, when all the and his lady mother heard him as she sate in the and his lady mother heard other Olympians would have bound other Olympians wreck, when all the other Olympians wreck, when all the would have bound wreck, when all the other Olympians wreck, when all the him, even Hera and would have bound him, even Hera and would have bound other Olympians would have bound other Olympians him, even Hera and other Olympians would have bound other Olympians Poseidon and Pallas him, even Hera and Poseidon and Pallas him, even Hera and Athene. Then didst

sire. With speed arose she Athene. Then didst

sire. With speed arose she from the grey sea, like a Athene. Then didst from the grey sea, like a sire. With speed arose she from the grey sea, like a sire. With speed arose she Athene. Then didst

sire. With speed arose she from the grey sea, like a sire. With speed arose she mist, and sate her before Athene. Then didst mist, and sate her before from the grey sea, like a mist, and sate her before from the grey sea, like a Athene. Then didst from the grey sea, like a mist, and sate her before from the grey sea, like a the face of her weeping son, Athene. Then didst the face of her weeping son, mist, and sate her before the face of her weeping son, mist, and sate her before Athene. Then didst mist, and sate her before the face of her weeping son, mist, and sate her before Poseidon and Pallas Athene. Then didst Poseidon and Pallas him, even Hera and Poseidon and Pallas him, even Hera and

Athene. Then didst him, even Hera and Poseidon and Pallas him, even Hera and thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, and stroked him with her thou, O goddess, and stroked him with her the face of her weeping son, and stroked him with her the face of her weeping son, thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, and stroked him with her the face of her weeping son, Athene. Then didst thou, O goddess, Athene. Then didst the face of her weeping son, Athene. Then didst the face of her weeping son, thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, Athene. Then didst the face of her weeping son, thou, O goddess, enter in and loose thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, enter in and loose the face of her weeping son, thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, him from his bonds, thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, him from his bonds,

the face of her weeping son, thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, enter in and loose him from his bonds, enter in and loose thou, O goddess, enter in and loose thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, thou, O goddess, enter in and loose thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, enter in and loose the face of her weeping son, thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, him from his bonds,

the face of her weeping son, thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, enter in and loose the face of her weeping son, thou, O goddess, the face of her weeping son, him from his bonds, having with speed him from his bonds, summoned to high him from his bonds, summoned to high him from his bonds, having with speed summoned to high having with speed him from his bonds, having with speed him from his bonds, summoned to high him from his bonds, having with speed him from his bonds, Olympus him of the summoned to high Olympus him of the summoned to high having with speed summoned to high having with speed Olympus him of the having with speed summoned to high having with speed hundred arOlympus him of the hundred arOlympus him of the summoned to high Olympus him of the summoned to high hundred arsummoned to high Olympus him of the summoned to high gods call Briareus, but all Then with heavy moan Achil-gods call Briareus, but all Then with heavy moan Achil-hundred argods call Briareus, but all hundred armen call Aigaion; for he gods call Briareus, but all men call Aigaion; for he gods call Briareus, but all Then with heavy moan Achil-gods call Briareus, but all Then with heavy moan Achil-men call Aigaion; for he Then with heavy moan Achil-gods call Briareus, but all Then with heavy moan Achil-

is mightier even than his men call Aigaion; for he is mightier even than his men call Aigaion; for he father--so he sate him by is mightier even than his father--so he sate him by is mightier even than his

Song for Ulysses TIM WATERS

Ulysses heard the gull at the metro station,on the street, in his fl at, at coitus, at work,on his rustling bed, at the white saluting sunin the seconds only his heart recorded.

come home, come home, come home, long-hearted onewe have missed you in the loud chit-chat of the seawe have missed the brittle force of an Odysseyyou are a spine to hang from, an immanence of plot

One such as he, an arrow-headed manarced from himself, tawny, triumphantinto the broad recesses of the sea,a god in bloom among the algae.

and made libation over them of gleaming wine; and at his side the young men in their and made libation over them of gleaming wine; and at his side the young men in their and made libation over them of gleaming

hands held five-pronged forkwine; and at his side the young men in their hands held five-pronged forkwine; and at his side the young men in their s. Now wine; and at his side the young men in their s. Now wine; and at his side the young men in their

when the thighs were burnt hands held five-pronged forkwhen the thighs were burnt hands held five-pronged forks. Now when the thighs were burnt s. Now and they had tasted the when the thighs were burnt and they had tasted the when the thighs were burnt vitals, then sliced they all the and they had tasted the vitals, then sliced they all the and they had tasted the rest and pierced it through vitals, then sliced they all the rest and pierced it through vitals, then sliced they all the with spits, and roasted it rest and pierced it through with spits, and roasted it rest and pierced it through carefully, and drew all off with spits, and roasted it carefully, and drew all off with spits, and roasted it again. So when they had carefully, and drew all off again. So when they had carefully, and drew all off rest from the task and had again. So when they had rest from the task and had again. So when they had made ready the banquet, rest from the task and had made ready the banquet, rest from the task and had they feasted, nor was their made ready the banquet, they feasted, nor was their made ready the banquet,

for the war-cry and yearned for the war-cry and yearned ing in his place, and yearned ing in his place, for the war-cry ing in his place, and yearned ing in his place, for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry and yearned for the war-cry and yearned and for battle.and yearned for the war-cry and yearned ing in his place, and yearned ing in his place, for the war-cry ing in his place, and yearned ing in his place, and for battle.ing in his place, and yearned ing in his place, for the war-cry ing in his place, and yearned ing in his place, for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry Now when for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry and yearned for the war-cry and yearned and for battle.and yearned for the war-cry and yearned Now when and yearned for the war-cry and yearned and for battle.and yearned for the war-cry and yearned the twelfth and for battle.the twelfth and for battle.for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry the twelfth for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry Now when the twelfth Now when and for battle.Now when and for battle.the twelfth and for battle.Now when and for battle.for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry Now when for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry the twelfth for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry Now when for the war-cry and for battle.for the war-cry the twelfth morn thereaf-the twelfth Now when the twelfth Now when morn thereaf-Now when the twelfth Now when ter was come, the twelfth ter was come, the twelfth morn thereaf-ter was come, morn thereaf-the twelfth morn thereaf-the twelfth ter was come, the twelfth morn thereaf-the twelfth then the gods ter was come, then the gods ter was come, morn thereaf-ter was come, morn thereaf-then the gods morn thereaf-ter was come, morn thereaf-that are for then the gods that are for then the gods ter was come, then the gods ter was come, that are for ter was come, then the gods ter was come, then the gods that are for then the gods ever fared to then the gods that are for then the gods ter was come, then the gods ter was come, that are for ter was come, then the gods ter was come, ever fared to ter was come, then the gods ter was come, that are for ter was come, then the gods ter was come, Olympus all in made ready the banquet, Olympus all in made ready the banquet, that are for Olympus all in that are for then the gods that are for then the gods Olympus all in then the gods that are for then the gods ever fared to Olympus all in ever fared to that are for ever fared to that are for Olympus all in that are for ever fared to that are for then the gods that are for then the gods ever fared to then the gods that are for then the gods Olympus all in then the gods that are for then the gods ever fared to then the gods that are for then the gods Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in made ready the banquet, Olympus all in made ready the banquet, company, led made ready the banquet, Olympus all in made ready the banquet, ever fared to Olympus all in ever fared to company, led ever fared to Olympus all in ever fared to made ready the banquet, ever fared to made ready the banquet, Olympus all in made ready the banquet, ever fared to made ready the banquet, company, led made ready the banquet, ever fared to made ready the banquet, Olympus all in made ready the banquet, ever fared to made ready the banquet, Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in of Zeus. And Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in made ready the banquet, Olympus all in made ready the banquet, company, led made ready the banquet, Olympus all in made ready the banquet, of Zeus. And made ready the banquet, Olympus all in made ready the banquet, company, led made ready the banquet, Olympus all in made ready the banquet,

Thetis forgat they feasted, nor was their Thetis forgat they feasted, nor was their Olympus all in Thetis forgat Olympus all in Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in Thetis forgat Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in of Zeus. And Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in Thetis forgat Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in of Zeus. And Olympus all in company, led Olympus all in

Philoctetes: CATHERINE LOUGH

Leave me on the island, please just let the woundDrive you, its gaping mouthMarooned. “I served you once, I served you well”Our human temples feedSuch eager sacrifi ce.And earless trees don’t hear me tellTall tales, they only bleed their leaves.And the conch is no companion, but a shell.

fleet ships of the mail-clad the Far-darter, came unto the fleet ships of the mail-clad the Far-darter, came unto the Achaians to win his daugh-fleet ships of the mail-clad Achaians to win his daugh-fleet ships of the mail-clad ter’s freedom, and brouAchaians to win his daugh-ter’s freedom, and brouAchaians to win his daugh-ght a Achaians to win his daugh-ght a Achaians to win his daugh-ransom beyond telling, and ter’s freedom, and brouransom beyond telling, and ter’s freedom, and brought a ransom beyond telling, and ght a bare in his hands the fillet of ransom beyond telling, and bare in his hands the fillet of ransom beyond telling, and Apollo the Far-darter upon a bare in his hands the fillet of Apollo the Far-darter upon a bare in his hands the fillet of golden staff, and made his Apollo the Far-darter upon a golden staff, and made his Apollo the Far-darter upon a prayer unto all the Achaians, golden staff, and made his prayer unto all the Achaians, golden staff, and made his and most of all to the two prayer unto all the Achaians, and most of all to the two prayer unto all the Achaians, sons of Atreus, orderers and most of all to the two sons of Atreus, orderers and most of all to the two of the host. Then all the sons of Atreus, orderers of the host. Then all the sons of Atreus, orderers other Achaiaof the host. Then all the other Achaiaof the host. Then all the ns cried of the host. Then all the ns cried of the host. Then all the sons of Atreus, orderers of the host. Then all the sons of Atreus, orderers

ns cried sons of Atreus, orderers of the host. Then all the sons of Atreus, orderers

assent, to rever-other Achaiaassent, to rever-other Achaians cried assent, to rever-ns cried ence the priest assent, to rever-ence the priest assent, to rever-other Achaiaassent, to rever-other Achaiaence the priest other Achaiaassent, to rever-other Achaians cried assent, to rever-ns cried ence the priest

ns cried assent, to rever-ns cried ence the priest and accept his ence the priest assent, to rever-ence the priest assent, to rever-and accept his assent, to rever-ence the priest assent, to rever-goodly ransom; ence the priest goodly ransom; ence the priest and accept his goodly ransom; and accept his ence the priest and accept his ence the priest goodly ransom; ence the priest and accept his ence the priest yet the thing goodly ransom; yet the thing goodly ransom; and accept his goodly ransom; and accept his yet the thing and accept his goodly ransom; and accept his yet the thing pleased not the yet the thing goodly ransom; yet the thing goodly ransom; pleased not the goodly ransom; yet the thing goodly ransom; heart of Agamem-yet the thing heart of Agamem-yet the thing pleased not the heart of Agamem-pleased not the yet the thing pleased not the yet the thing heart of Agamem-yet the thing pleased not the yet the thing non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-pleased not the heart of Agamem-pleased not the non son of Atreus, pleased not the heart of Agamem-pleased not the non son of Atreus, but he roughly non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-but he roughly heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-sent him away but he roughly sent him away but he roughly non son of Atreus, but he roughly non son of Atreus, sent him away non son of Atreus, but he roughly non son of Atreus, and laid stern sent him away and laid stern sent him away but he roughly sent him away but he roughly and laid stern but he roughly sent him away but he roughly and laid stern charge upon and laid stern sent him away and laid stern sent him away charge upon sent him away and laid stern sent him away him. So the old and laid stern him. So the old and laid stern charge upon him. So the old charge upon and laid stern charge upon and laid stern him. So the old and laid stern charge upon and laid stern man went back him. So the old man went back him. So the old charge upon him. So the old charge upon man went back charge upon him. So the old charge upon man went back in anger; and man went back him. So the old man went back him. So the old in anger; and him. So the old man went back him. So the old in anger; and Apollo heard his in anger; and man went back in anger; and man went back Apollo heard his man went back in anger; and man went back prayers, seeing Apollo heard his prayers, seeing Apollo heard his in anger; and Apollo heard his in anger; and prayers, seeing in anger; and Apollo heard his in anger; and hprayers, seeing hprayers, seeing Apollo heard his prayers, seeing Apollo heard his hApollo heard his prayers, seeing Apollo heard his

e loved him greatly, and prayers, seeing e loved him greatly, and prayers, seeing hehhehe loved him greatly, and hee loved him greatly, and aimed against the Argives e loved him greatly, and aimed against the Argives e loved him greatly, and his deadly darts. So the hehis deadly darts. So the he aimed against the Argives his deadly darts. So the aimed against the Argives people began to perish in his deadly darts. So the people began to perish in his deadly darts. So the multitudes, and the god’s people began to perish in multitudes, and the god’s people began to perish in shafts ranged everywhither multitudes, and the god’s shafts ranged everywhither multitudes, and the god’s throughout the wide host shafts ranged everywhither throughout the wide host shafts ranged everywhither of shafts ranged everywhither of shafts ranged everywhither the Achaians. Then of full throughout the wide host the Achaians. Then of full throughout the wide host of the Achaians. Then of full of knowledge the seer declared the Achaians. Then of full knowledge the seer declared the Achaians. Then of full to us the oracle of the knowledge the seer declared to us the oracle of the knowledge the seer declared

give succour to the Trojans; Achaians to win his daugh-give succour to the Trojans; Achaians to win his daugh-knees, if perchance he will give succour to the Trojans; knees, if perchance he will and for the Achaians, hem them Achaians to win his daugh-and for the Achaians, hem them Achaians to win his daugh-give succour to the Trojans; and for the Achaians, hem them give succour to the Trojans; Achaians to win his daugh-give succour to the Trojans; Achaians to win his daugh-and for the Achaians, hem them Achaians to win his daugh-give succour to the Trojans; Achaians to win his daugh-among their ships’ ureth

Achaians to win his daugh-among their ships’ ureth

Achaians to win his daugh-and for the Achaians, hem them among their ships’ urethand for the Achaians, hem them Achaians to win his daugh-and for the Achaians, hem them Achaians to win his daugh-among their ships’ ureth

Achaians to win his daugh-and for the Achaians, hem them Achaians to win his daugh- no long

and for the Achaians, hem them no long

and for the Achaians, hem them

while; but now art thou made short-bare in his hands the fillet of while; but now art thou made short-bare in his hands the fillet of among their ships’ urethwhile; but now art thou made short-among their ships’ ureth no long while; but now art thou made short-

no long

lived alike and lamentable beyond while; but now art thou made short-lived alike and lamentable beyond while; but now art thou made short-

all men; in an evil hour I bare thee lived alike and lamentable beyond all men; in an evil hour I bare thee lived alike and lamentable beyond

in our halls. But I will go myself to prayer unto all the Achaians, in our halls. But I will go myself to prayer unto all the Achaians, all men; in an evil hour I bare thee in our halls. But I will go myself to all men; in an evil hour I bare thee

snow-clad Olympus to tell this thy prayer unto all the Achaians, snow-clad Olympus to tell this thy prayer unto all the Achaians, in our halls. But I will go myself to snow-clad Olympus to tell this thy in our halls. But I will go myself to prayer unto all the Achaians, in our halls. But I will go myself to prayer unto all the Achaians, snow-clad Olympus to tell this thy prayer unto all the Achaians, in our halls. But I will go myself to prayer unto all the Achaians, saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the

prayer unto all the Achaians, saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the

prayer unto all the Achaians, snow-clad Olympus to tell this thy saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the snow-clad Olympus to tell this thy prayer unto all the Achaians, snow-clad Olympus to tell this thy prayer unto all the Achaians, saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the

prayer unto all the Achaians, snow-clad Olympus to tell this thy prayer unto all the Achaians, thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of saying to Zeus, whose joy is in the

the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he

assent, to rever-the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he

assent, to rever-thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he thunder, [perhaps rather, “hurler of

may hearken to me. But tarry thou assent, to rever-may hearken to me. But tarry thou assent, to rever-the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he may hearken to me. But tarry thou the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he

assent, to rever-the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he

assent, to rever-may hearken to me. But tarry thou assent, to rever-the thunderbolt.”] if perchance he

assent, to rever-now amid thy fleet-faring ships, and assent, to rever-now amid thy fleet-faring ships, and assent, to rever-may hearken to me. But tarry thou now amid thy fleet-faring ships, and may hearken to me. But tarry thou assent, to rever-may hearken to me. But tarry thou assent, to rever-now amid thy fleet-faring ships, and assent, to rever-may hearken to me. But tarry thou assent, to rever-continue wroth with the Achaians,

assent, to rever-continue wroth with the Achaians,

assent, to rever-now amid thy fleet-faring ships, and continue wroth with the Achaians, now amid thy fleet-faring ships, and assent, to rever-now amid thy fleet-faring ships, and assent, to rever-continue wroth with the Achaians,

assent, to rever-now amid thy fleet-faring ships, and assent, to rever-and refrain utterly from battle: goodly ransom; and refrain utterly from battle: goodly ransom; continue wroth with the Achaians, and refrain utterly from battle: continue wroth with the Achaians,

fogoodly ransom; fogoodly ransom; and refrain utterly from battle: foand refrain utterly from battle: goodly ransom; and refrain utterly from battle: goodly ransom; fogoodly ransom; and refrain utterly from battle: goodly ransom; r Zeus went yesterday to and refrain utterly from battle: r Zeus went yesterday to and refrain utterly from battle:

Okeanos, unto the noble foOkeanos, unto the noble for Zeus went yesterday to Okeanos, unto the noble r Zeus went yesterday to Ethiopians for a feast, and heart of Agamem-Ethiopians for a feast, and heart of Agamem-Okeanos, unto the noble Ethiopians for a feast, and Okeanos, unto the noble

heart of Agamem-Okeanos, unto the noble

heart of Agamem-Ethiopians for a feast, and heart of Agamem-Okeanos, unto the noble

heart of Agamem-all the gods followed with heart of Agamem-all the gods followed with heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, all the gods followed with non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-all the gods followed with heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-but he roughly heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-all the gods followed with heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-but he roughly heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-Ethiopians for a feast, and all the gods followed with Ethiopians for a feast, and heart of Agamem-Ethiopians for a feast, and heart of Agamem-all the gods followed with heart of Agamem-Ethiopians for a feast, and heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus,

Ethiopians for a feast, and non son of Atreus, all the gods followed with non son of Atreus,

Ethiopians for a feast, and non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-Ethiopians for a feast, and heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-all the gods followed with heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-Ethiopians for a feast, and heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-him; but on the twelfth day non son of Atreus, him; but on the twelfth day non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-him; but on the twelfth day heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-all the gods followed with him; but on the twelfth day all the gods followed with non son of Atreus, all the gods followed with non son of Atreus, him; but on the twelfth day non son of Atreus, all the gods followed with non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-all the gods followed with heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-him; but on the twelfth day heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-all the gods followed with heart of Agamem-non son of Atreus, heart of Agamem-

will he return to Olympus, non son of Atreus, will he return to Olympus, non son of Atreus, but he roughly will he return to Olympus, but he roughly non son of Atreus, but he roughly non son of Atreus, will he return to Olympus, non son of Atreus, but he roughly non son of Atreus, but he roughly sent him away but he roughly will he return to Olympus, but he roughly sent him away but he roughly non son of Atreus, but he roughly non son of Atreus, sent him away non son of Atreus, but he roughly non son of Atreus, will he return to Olympus, non son of Atreus, but he roughly non son of Atreus, sent him away non son of Atreus, but he roughly non son of Atreus, him; but on the twelfth day will he return to Olympus, him; but on the twelfth day non son of Atreus, him; but on the twelfth day non son of Atreus, will he return to Olympus, non son of Atreus, him; but on the twelfth day non son of Atreus,

and then will I fare to Zeus’ but he roughly and then will I fare to Zeus’ but he roughly sent him away and then will I fare to Zeus’ sent him away but he roughly sent him away but he roughly and then will I fare to Zeus’ but he roughly sent him away but he roughly will he return to Olympus, and then will I fare to Zeus’ will he return to Olympus, but he roughly will he return to Olympus, but he roughly and then will I fare to Zeus’ but he roughly will he return to Olympus, but he roughly but he roughly sent him away but he roughly will he return to Olympus, but he roughly sent him away but he roughly and then will I fare to Zeus’ but he roughly sent him away but he roughly will he return to Olympus, but he roughly sent him away but he roughly palace of the bronze thresh-and then will I fare to Zeus’ palace of the bronze thresh-and then will I fare to Zeus’ old, and will kneel to him palace of the bronze thresh-old, and will kneel to him palace of the bronze thresh-and think to win him.”old, and will kneel to him and think to win him.”old, and will kneel to him ing she old, and will kneel to him ing she old, and will kneel to him and think to win him.”ing she and think to win him.”old, and will kneel to him and think to win him.”old, and will kneel to him ing she old, and will kneel to him and think to win him.”old, and will kneel to him

went her way man went back went her way man went back him. So the old man went back him. So the old went her way him. So the old man went back him. So the old charge upon him. So the old charge upon man went back charge upon him. So the old charge upon

went her way charge upon him. So the old charge upon man went back charge upon him. So the old charge upon in anger; and went her way in anger; and man went back in anger; and man went back went her way man went back in anger; and man went back him. So the old man went back him. So the old in anger; and him. So the old man went back him. So the old went her way him. So the old man went back him. So the old in anger; and him. So the old man went back him. So the old in anger; and Apollo heard his in anger; and went her way in anger; and Apollo heard his in anger; and man went back in anger; and man went back Apollo heard his man went back in anger; and man went back went her way man went back in anger; and man went back Apollo heard his man went back in anger; and man went back prayers, seeing

went her way prayers, seeing in anger; and prayers, seeing in anger; and went her way in anger; and prayers, seeing in anger; and Apollo heard his prayers, seeing Apollo heard his went her way Apollo heard his prayers, seeing Apollo heard his in anger; and Apollo heard his in anger; and prayers, seeing in anger; and Apollo heard his in anger; and went her way in anger; and Apollo heard his in anger; and prayers, seeing in anger; and Apollo heard his in anger; and went her way and think to win him.”went her way and think to win him.”So saywent her way So sayand think to win him.”So sayand think to win him.”went her way and think to win him.”So sayand think to win him.”ing she went her way ing she and think to win him.”ing she and think to win him.”went her way and think to win him.”ing she and think to win him.”went her way and left him went her way So saywent her way So sayand left him So saywent her way So saying she went her way ing she and left him ing she went her way ing she

there, vexed in went her way there, vexed in went her way and left him there, vexed in and left him went her way and left him went her way there, vexed in went her way and left him went her way ing she went her way ing she and left him ing she went her way ing she there, vexed in

ing she went her way ing she and left him ing she went her way ing she there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in and left him there, vexed in and left him spirit for the and left him there, vexed in and left him went her way and left him went her way there, vexed in went her way and left him went her way spirit for the went her way and left him went her way there, vexed in went her way and left him went her way there, vexed in fair-girdled there, vexed in there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in fair-girdled there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in woman’s sake,

prayers, seeing woman’s sake,

prayers, seeing e loved him greatly, and woman’s sake, e loved him greatly, and prayers, seeing e loved him greatly, and prayers, seeing woman’s sake,

prayers, seeing e loved him greatly, and prayers, seeing aimed against the Argives woman’s sake, aimed against the Argives e loved him greatly, and aimed against the Argives e loved him greatly, and woman’s sake, e loved him greatly, and aimed against the Argives e loved him greatly, and there, vexed in

woman’s sake, there, vexed in fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled there, vexed in fair-girdled there, vexed in woman’s sake, there, vexed in fair-girdled there, vexed in spirit for the fair-girdled spirit for the woman’s sake, spirit for the fair-girdled spirit for the there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in fair-girdled there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in woman’s sake, there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in fair-girdled there, vexed in spirit for the there, vexed in whom they aimed against the Argives whom they aimed against the Argives his deadly darts. So the whom they his deadly darts. So the aimed against the Argives his deadly darts. So the aimed against the Argives whom they aimed against the Argives his deadly darts. So the aimed against the Argives

people began to perish in whom they people began to perish in his deadly darts. So the people began to perish in his deadly darts. So the whom they his deadly darts. So the people began to perish in his deadly darts. So the multitudes, and the god’s whom they multitudes, and the god’s people began to perish in multitudes, and the god’s people began to perish in whom they people began to perish in multitudes, and the god’s people began to perish in shafts ranged everywhither

whom they shafts ranged everywhither multitudes, and the god’s shafts ranged everywhither multitudes, and the god’s whom they multitudes, and the god’s shafts ranged everywhither multitudes, and the god’s

woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, aimed against the Argives woman’s sake, aimed against the Argives whom they aimed against the Argives woman’s sake, aimed against the Argives his deadly darts. So the woman’s sake, his deadly darts. So the whom they his deadly darts. So the woman’s sake, his deadly darts. So the aimed against the Argives his deadly darts. So the aimed against the Argives woman’s sake, aimed against the Argives his deadly darts. So the aimed against the Argives whom they aimed against the Argives his deadly darts. So the aimed against the Argives woman’s sake, aimed against the Argives his deadly darts. So the aimed against the Argives people began to perish in woman’s sake, people began to perish in whom they people began to perish in woman’s sake, people began to perish in his deadly darts. So the people began to perish in his deadly darts. So the woman’s sake, his deadly darts. So the people began to perish in his deadly darts. So the whom they his deadly darts. So the people began to perish in his deadly darts. So the woman’s sake, his deadly darts. So the people began to perish in his deadly darts. So the fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled whom they fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled spirit for the fair-girdled spirit for the woman’s sake, spirit for the fair-girdled spirit for the

whom they spirit for the fair-girdled spirit for the woman’s sake, spirit for the fair-girdled spirit for the woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, had taken woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled whom they fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled had taken fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled whom they fair-girdled woman’s sake, fair-girdled p e r f o r c e whom they p e r f o r c e whom they woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, p e r f o r c e woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, had taken p e r f o r c e had taken whom they had taken whom they p e r f o r c e whom they had taken whom they woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, had taken woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, p e r f o r c e woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, had taken woman’s sake, whom they woman’s sake, p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e had taken p e r f o r c e had taken despite his had taken p e r f o r c e had taken whom they had taken whom they p e r f o r c e whom they had taken whom they despite his whom they had taken whom they p e r f o r c e whom they had taken whom they w i l l : and shafts ranged everywhither w i l l : and shafts ranged everywhither of w i l l : and of shafts ranged everywhither of shafts ranged everywhither w i l l : and shafts ranged everywhither of shafts ranged everywhither

the Achaians. Then of full w i l l : and the Achaians. Then of full of the Achaians. Then of full of w i l l : and of the Achaians. Then of full of knowledge the seer declared w i l l : and knowledge the seer declared the Achaians. Then of full knowledge the seer declared the Achaians. Then of full w i l l : and the Achaians. Then of full knowledge the seer declared the Achaians. Then of full

p e r f o r c e w i l l : and p e r f o r c e p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e w i l l : and p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e w i l l : and meanwhile w i l l : and p e r f o r c e w i l l : and p e r f o r c e meanwhile p e r f o r c e w i l l : and p e r f o r c e despite his w i l l : and despite his meanwhile despite his w i l l : and despite his p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e w i l l : and p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e meanwhile p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e w i l l : and p e r f o r c e despite his p e r f o r c e O d y s s e u s w il l : and O d y s s e u s w il l : and meanwhile O d y s s e u s meanwhile w i l l : and meanwhile w i l l : and O d y s s e u s w il l : and meanwhile w i l l : and despite his w i l l : and despite his meanwhile despite his w i l l : and despite his O d y s s e u s despite his w i l l : and despite his meanwhile despite his w i l l : and despite his O d y s s e u s c a m e to O d y s s e u s meanwhile O d y s s e u s meanwhile c a m e to meanwhile O d y s s e u s meanwhile O d y s s e u s Chryse with O d y s s e u s O d y s s e u s c a m e to O d y s s e u s Chryse with O d y s s e u s c a m e to O d y s s e u s

Joker STEPHANIE DAVIN

“How did you see? No, really – how?”“I just did.”“You ruined my punchline.”Two-and-a-bit years of togetherness spawns a familiarity that ruins jokes at

dinner parties. He begins telling one, but at the twitching of the left side of his upper lip she knows what is happening. That one sign released, her shoulders shake and she laughs. This stops the process too soon – not stretching their disbe-lief far enough, he is robbed of his moment of shine.

He cries later at this fl op, feeling unappreciated. She loves him, so tries to unlearn her attentiveness. She stops watching so closely. Consequently, three-and-a-bit years produces a more distant care, which slowly drifts from her and wraps him up. Now, they’re a stunning young pair possessing dazzling social success, due to the long-suspended fantasies he unveils with skill over coffee and tea.

Two routes remain from this height – the fi rst, more distance and increasing social success, or (the second) an elastic ping back to what they used to have. Sadly, the forceful comedian loves his storytelling so much that the fi rst path is what comes to pass. At fourteen-and-a-bit years her concern for him is so dissi-pated that it happens upon cats; she begins to collect them furiously. Her husband comes home for lunch and often sits on a cat brazenly occupying his chair – this makes her giggle. By twenty-two-and-a-bit years they buy rocking chairs, and enjoy fulfi lling the cliché which began with her kitten obsession. They bob back and forth, avoiding the tails of the ever-breeding cats, while he tells jokes.

Meanwhile, during daily rocking, she grows pensive, wishing that they’d had option two. In the real world, she plays along and laughs at his jokes as they rock prematurely back and forth. But she is angry at having been pushed away – for her, punchlines were less important than being given leave to count the bristles in his beard and grow ever-closer. And one day, after a particularly intense bout of joke-telling, she grabs the nearest pussy and tenderly winds its furry tail around his neck like a scarf – twist, fl ick, tug, and the old joker turns blue. Happily she snuggles down and pets the deadly feline, body still entwined around the head of a husband of twenty-nine-and-a-bit, by the end, and strokes and laughs and rocks herself to sleep.

stood up and spake a threat-ening word, that hath now stood up and spake a threat-ening word, that hath now stood up and spake a threat-been accomplished. Her the ening word, that hath now been accomplished. Her the ening word, that hath now glancing- eyed Achaians are been accomplished. Her the glancing- eyed Achaians are been accomplished. Her the

ship glancing- eyed Achaians are ship glancing- eyed Achaians are to Chryse, and bear with ship to Chryse, and bear with ship them offerings to the king; to Chryse, and bear with them offerings to the king; to Chryse, and bear with and the other but now the them offerings to the king; and the other but now the them offerings to the king; heralds went and took from and the other but now the heralds went and took from and the other but now the my hut, even the daughter of heralds went and took from my hut, even the daughter of heralds went and took from Briseus, whom the sons of my hut, even the daughter of Briseus, whom the sons of my hut, even the daughter of the Achaians gave me. Thou Briseus, whom the sons of the Achaians gave me. Thou Briseus, whom the sons of therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou anst, guard thine therefore, if indeed thou anst, guard thine therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou anst, guard thine

the Achaians gave me. Thou therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou anst, guard thine own son; betake anst, guard thine

thee to Olympus and anst, guard thine

thee to Olympus and anst, guard thine own son; betake thee to Olympus and own son; betake anst, guard thine own son; betake anst, guard thine

thee to Olympus and anst, guard thine own son; betake anst, guard thine

beseech Zeus by any thee to Olympus and beseech Zeus by any thee to Olympus and own son; betake thee to Olympus and own son; betake beseech Zeus by any own son; betake thee to Olympus and own son; betake beseech Zeus by any word whereby thou beseech Zeus by any thee to Olympus and beseech Zeus by any thee to Olympus and word whereby thou thee to Olympus and beseech Zeus by any thee to Olympus and ever didst make glad beseech Zeus by any ever didst make glad beseech Zeus by any word whereby thou ever didst make glad word whereby thou beseech Zeus by any word whereby thou beseech Zeus by any ever didst make glad beseech Zeus by any word whereby thou beseech Zeus by any ever didst make glad his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad word whereby thou ever didst make glad word whereby thou his heart. For oft have word whereby thou ever didst make glad word whereby thou heard thee proclaim-

ever didst make glad heard thee proclaim-

ever didst make glad his heart. For oft have heard thee proclaim-his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad heard thee proclaim-

ever didst make glad his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad heard thee proclaim-ing in my father’s heard thee proclaim-

halls and telling that heard thee proclaim-

halls and telling that heard thee proclaim-ing in my father’s halls and telling that ing in my father’s heard thee proclaim-ing in my father’s heard thee proclaim-

halls and telling that heard thee proclaim-ing in my father’s heard thee proclaim-

halls and telling that thou alone amid the halls and telling that ing in my father’s halls and telling that ing in my father’s thou alone amid the ing in my father’s halls and telling that ing in my father’s immortals didst save thou alone amid the immortals didst save thou alone amid the halls and telling that thou alone amid the halls and telling that immortals didst save halls and telling that thou alone amid the halls and telling that the son of Kronos, immortals didst save the son of Kronos, immortals didst save lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, cloud, from shameful lord of the storm-cloud, from shameful lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, cloud, from shameful the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, wreck, when all the cloud, from shameful wreck, when all the cloud, from shameful wreck, when all the other Olympians wreck, when all the cloud, from shameful wreck, when all the cloud, from shameful other Olympians cloud, from shameful wreck, when all the cloud, from shameful would have bound wreck, when all the would have bound wreck, when all the other Olympians would have bound other Olympians wreck, when all the other Olympians wreck, when all the would have bound wreck, when all the other Olympians wreck, when all the him, even Hera and would have bound him, even Hera and would have bound other Olympians would have bound other Olympians him, even Hera and other Olympians would have bound other Olympians him, even Hera and Poseidon and Pallas him, even Hera and Athene. Then didst him, even Hera and Athene. Then didst him, even Hera and Poseidon and Pallas Athene. Then didst Poseidon and Pallas him, even Hera and Poseidon and Pallas him, even Hera and Athene. Then didst him, even Hera and Poseidon and Pallas him, even Hera and thou, O goddess, Athene. Then didst thou, O goddess, Athene. Then didst thou, O goddess, enter in and loose thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, thou, O goddess, enter in and loose him from his bonds, enter in and loose thou, O goddess, enter in and loose thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, thou, O goddess, enter in and loose thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, having with speed him from his bonds, summoned to high him from his bonds, summoned to high him from his bonds, having with speed summoned to high having with speed him from his bonds, having with speed him from his bonds, summoned to high him from his bonds, having with speed him from his bonds, Olympus him of the summoned to high Olympus him of the summoned to high having with speed summoned to high having with speed Olympus him of the having with speed summoned to high having with speed

ms whom Olympus him of the ms whom Olympus him of the gods call Briareus, but all ms whom gods call Briareus, but all ms whom men call Aigaion; for he gods call Briareus, but all men call Aigaion; for he gods call Briareus, but all is mightier even than his men call Aigaion; for he is mightier even than his men call Aigaion; for he father--so he sate him by is mightier even than his father--so he sate him by is mightier even than his father--so he sate him by joicing in father--so he sate him by

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hey were now hey entered within hey were now hey haven, they entered within haven, they entered within the deep haven, they the deep entered within the deep entered within haven, they entered within the deep entered within furled their the deep furled their the deep haven, they furled their haven, they the deep haven, they the deep furled their the deep haven, they the deep sails and laid furled their sails and laid furled their the deep furled their the deep sails and laid the deep furled their the deep haven, they furled their haven, they sails and laid haven, they furled their haven, they the deep haven, they the deep furled their the deep haven, they the deep sails and laid the deep haven, they the deep furled their the deep haven, they the deep them in the furled their them in the furled their sails and laid them in the sails and laid furled their sails and laid furled their them in the furled their sails and laid furled their haven, they furled their haven, they sails and laid haven, they furled their haven, they them in the haven, they furled their haven, they sails and laid haven, they furled their haven, they them in the black ship, them in the sails and laid them in the sails and laid black ship, sails and laid them in the sails and laid and lowered them in the and lowered them in the black ship, and lowered black ship, them in the black ship, them in the and lowered them in the black ship, them in the the mast by and lowered the mast by and lowered black ship, and lowered black ship, the mast by black ship, and lowered black ship, the forestays the mast by the forestays the mast by and lowered the mast by and lowered the forestays and lowered the mast by and lowered black ship, and lowered black ship, the mast by black ship, and lowered black ship, the forestays black ship, and lowered black ship, the mast by black ship, and lowered black ship, the forestays and brought the forestays the mast by the forestays the mast by and brought the mast by the forestays the mast by

it the mast by

it the mast by the forestays it the forestays the mast by the forestays the mast by

it the mast by the forestays the mast by to the crutch with speed, and

beseech Zeus by any to the crutch with speed, and

beseech Zeus by any to the crutch with speed, and the forestays to the crutch with speed, and the forestays and brought to the crutch with speed, and and brought the forestays and brought the forestays to the crutch with speed, and the forestays and brought the forestays it to the crutch with speed, and it the forestays it the forestays to the crutch with speed, and the forestays it the forestays rowed her with oars to the to the crutch with speed, and rowed her with oars to the to the crutch with speed, and and brought to the crutch with speed, and and brought rowed her with oars to the and brought to the crutch with speed, and and brought anchorage. Then they cast beseech Zeus by any anchorage. Then they cast beseech Zeus by any anchorage. Then they cast rowed her with oars to the anchorage. Then they cast rowed her with oars to the out the mooring stones and anchorage. Then they cast out the mooring stones and anchorage. Then they cast made fast the hawsers, and out the mooring stones and made fast the hawsers, and out the mooring stones and so themselves went forth on heard thee proclaim-so themselves went forth on heard thee proclaim-made fast the hawsers, and so themselves went forth on made fast the hawsers, and

heard thee proclaim-made fast the hawsers, and

heard thee proclaim-so themselves went forth on heard thee proclaim-made fast the hawsers, and

heard thee proclaim-to the sea-beach, and forth heard thee proclaim-to the sea-beach, and forth heard thee proclaim-so themselves went forth on to the sea-beach, and forth so themselves went forth on heard thee proclaim-so themselves went forth on heard thee proclaim-to the sea-beach, and forth heard thee proclaim-so themselves went forth on heard thee proclaim-they brought the hecatomb to the sea-beach, and forth they brought the hecatomb to the sea-beach, and forth heard thee proclaim-to the sea-beach, and forth heard thee proclaim-they brought the hecatomb

heard thee proclaim-to the sea-beach, and forth heard thee proclaim-for the Far-darter Apollo, they brought the hecatomb for the Far-darter Apollo, they brought the hecatomb and forth came Chryseis for the Far-darter Apollo, and forth came Chryseis for the Far-darter Apollo, withthe son of Kronos, withthe son of Kronos, and forth came Chryseis withand forth came Chryseis

the son of Kronos, and forth came Chryseis

the son of Kronos, withthe son of Kronos, and forth came Chryseis

the son of Kronos, al from the seafaring ship. Then and forth came Chryseis

al from the seafaring ship. Then and forth came Chryseis Odysseus of many counsels brought the son of Kronos, Odysseus of many counsels brought the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-Odysseus of many counsels brought lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, Odysseus of many counsels brought the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, al from the seafaring ship. Then Odysseus of many counsels brought

al from the seafaring ship. Then

her to the altar and gave her into lord of the storm-her to the altar and gave her into lord of the storm-Odysseus of many counsels brought her to the altar and gave her into Odysseus of many counsels brought the son of Kronos, Odysseus of many counsels brought the son of Kronos, her to the altar and gave her into

the son of Kronos, Odysseus of many counsels brought the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-Odysseus of many counsels brought lord of the storm-her to the altar and gave her into lord of the storm-Odysseus of many counsels brought lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, Odysseus of many counsels brought the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, her to the altar and gave her into

the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, Odysseus of many counsels brought the son of Kronos, lord of the storm-the son of Kronos, her father’s arms, and spake unto her to the altar and gave her into her father’s arms, and spake unto her to the altar and gave her into

him: “Chryses, Agameher father’s arms, and spake unto him: “Chryses, Agameher father’s arms, and spake unto

mnon king of her father’s arms, and spake unto

mnon king of her father’s arms, and spake unto

men sent me hither to bring thee thy him: “Chryses, Agamemen sent me hither to bring thee thy him: “Chryses, Agamemnon king of men sent me hither to bring thee thy

mnon king of

daughter, and to offer to Phoebus men sent me hither to bring thee thy daughter, and to offer to Phoebus men sent me hither to bring thee thy

a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’ daughter, and to offer to Phoebus a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’ daughter, and to offer to Phoebus

behalf, wherewith to propitiate the thou, O goddess,

behalf, wherewith to propitiate the thou, O goddess,

a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’ behalf, wherewith to propitiate the a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’

king that hath now brought sorrow thou, O goddess, king that hath now brought sorrow thou, O goddess, behalf, wherewith to propitiate the king that hath now brought sorrow behalf, wherewith to propitiate the

thou, O goddess, behalf, wherewith to propitiate the

thou, O goddess, king that hath now brought sorrow thou, O goddess, behalf, wherewith to propitiate the

thou, O goddess, and lamentation on the Argives.”thou, O goddess, and lamentation on the Argives.”thou, O goddess, thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, thou, O goddess, and lamentation on the Argives.”thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, thou, O goddess, king that hath now brought sorrow

and lamentation on the Argives.”king that hath now brought sorrow thou, O goddess, king that hath now brought sorrow thou, O goddess, and lamentation on the Argives.”thou, O goddess, king that hath now brought sorrow thou, O goddess, So saying he gave her thim from his bonds, So saying he gave her thim from his bonds, and lamentation on the Argives.”So saying he gave her tand lamentation on the Argives.”thou, O goddess, and lamentation on the Argives.”thou, O goddess, So saying he gave her t

thou, O goddess, and lamentation on the Argives.”thou, O goddess, thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, thou, O goddess, and lamentation on the Argives.”thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, thou, O goddess,

So saying he gave her tthou, O goddess, him from his bonds, thou, O goddess, and lamentation on the Argives.”thou, O goddess, him from his bonds, thou, O goddess,

o his arms, and lamentation on the Argives.”o his arms, and lamentation on the Argives.”

and he gladly took his dear him from his bonds, and he gladly took his dear him from his bonds, So saying he gave her tand he gladly took his dear So saying he gave her thim from his bonds, So saying he gave her thim from his bonds, and he gladly took his dear him from his bonds, So saying he gave her thim from his bonds, o his arms, and he gladly took his dear o his arms, child; and anon they set in and he gladly took his dear child; and anon they set in and he gladly took his dear him from his bonds, and he gladly took his dear him from his bonds, child; and anon they set in

him from his bonds, and he gladly took his dear him from his bonds, order for the god the holy child; and anon they set in order for the god the holy child; and anon they set in order for the god the holy horder for the god the holy order for the god the holy ecatomb about his order for the god the holy child; and anon they set in order for the god the holy child; and anon they set in ecatomb about his

child; and anon they set in order for the god the holy child; and anon they set in

well-builded altar; Olympus him of the well-builded altar; Olympus him of the ms whom well-builded altar; ms whom Olympus him of the ms whom Olympus him of the well-builded altar; Olympus him of the ms whom Olympus him of the gods call Briareus, but all well-builded altar; gods call Briareus, but all ms whom gods call Briareus, but all ms whom well-builded altar; ms whom gods call Briareus, but all ms whom

order for the god the holy well-builded altar; order for the god the holy hwell-builded altar; horder for the god the holy horder for the god the holy well-builded altar; order for the god the holy horder for the god the holy ecatomb about his well-builded altar; ecatomb about his order for the god the holy ecatomb about his order for the god the holy well-builded altar; order for the god the holy ecatomb about his order for the god the holy well-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; their hands and took well-builded altar; their hands and took well-builded altar; next washed they their hands and took next washed they well-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; their hands and took well-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; up the barley meal. their hands and took up the barley meal. their hands and took next washed they their hands and took next washed they up the barley meal. next washed they their hands and took next washed they Then Chryses lifted is mightier even than his Then Chryses lifted is mightier even than his father--so he sate him by Then Chryses lifted father--so he sate him by is mightier even than his father--so he sate him by is mightier even than his Then Chryses lifted is mightier even than his father--so he sate him by is mightier even than his father--so he sate him by joicing in father--so he sate him by Then Chryses lifted father--so he sate him by joicing in father--so he sate him by Then Chryses lifted up the barley meal. Then Chryses lifted up the barley meal. Then Chryses lifted up his hands and Then Chryses lifted up the barley meal. Then Chryses lifted up the barley meal. up his hands and up the barley meal. Then Chryses lifted up the barley meal.

wine, and gave he c a tom b. wine, and gave he c a tom b. hey wine, and gave hey he c a tom b. hey he c a tom b. wine, and gave he c a tom b. hey he c a tom b. t h e h o l y he c a tom b. t h e h o l y hey t h e h o l y he c a tom b. t h e h o l y wine, and gave t h e h o l y he c a tom b. t h e h o l y hey t h e h o l y he c a tom b. t h e h o l y were now wine, and gave were now hey were now hey wine, and gave hey were now hey were now entered within were now wine, and gave were now entered within were now hey were now hey entered within hey were now hey wine, and gave hey were now hey entered within hey were now hey bowls with wine, and gave bowls with he c a tom b. bowls with he c a tom b. wine, and gave he c a tom b. bowls with he c a tom b. wine, and gave each man his wine, and gave he c a tom b. wine, and gave he c a tom b. each man his he c a tom b. wine, and gave he c a tom b. bowls with wine, and gave bowls with each man his bowls with wine, and gave bowls with he c a tom b. bowls with he c a tom b. wine, and gave he c a tom b. bowls with he c a tom b. each man his he c a tom b. bowls with he c a tom b. wine, and gave he c a tom b. bowls with he c a tom b. wine, and gave each man his wine, and gave portion after wine, and gave each man his wine, and gave

the dr ink-were now the dr ink-were now haven, they the dr ink-haven, they furled their the dr ink-furled their haven, they furled their haven, they the dr ink-haven, they furled their haven, they

wine, and gave the dr ink-wine, and gave hey wine, and gave hey the dr ink-

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black ship, worshipped black ship, sails and laid black ship, sails and laid worshipped sails and laid black ship, sails and laid them in the black ship, them in the worshipped them in the black ship, them in the sails and laid them in the sails and laid black ship, sails and laid them in the sails and laid worshipped sails and laid them in the sails and laid black ship, sails and laid them in the sails and laid black ship, and lowered black ship, worshipped black ship, and lowered black ship, them in the black ship, them in the and lowered them in the black ship, them in the worshipped them in the black ship, them in the and lowered them in the black ship, them in the black ship, So all day long black ship, worshipped black ship, So all day long black ship, black ship, been poured

black ship, So all day long black ship, been poured

black ship, worshipped black ship, been poured

black ship, So all day long black ship, been poured

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black ship, been poured

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black ship, into the cups. black ship, been poured

black ship, worshipped black ship, been poured

black ship, into the cups. black ship, been poured

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black ship, into the cups. black ship, been poured

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the forestays black ship, and lowered black ship, the mast by black ship, and lowered black ship, worshipped black ship, and lowered black ship, the mast by black ship, and lowered black ship, the forestays black ship, and lowered black ship, the mast by black ship, and lowered black ship, with music, black ship, and lowered black ship, the mast by black ship, and lowered black ship, the forestays black ship, and lowered black ship, the mast by black ship, and lowered black ship, worshipped black ship, and lowered black ship, the mast by black ship, and lowered black ship, the forestays black ship, and lowered black ship, the mast by black ship, and lowered black ship, they the god with music, they the god the mast by they the god the mast by with music, the mast by they the god the mast by worshipped they the god worshipped with music, worshipped they the god worshipped black ship, worshipped black ship, they the god black ship, worshipped black ship, with music, black ship, worshipped black ship, they the god black ship, worshipped black ship, black ship, the mast by black ship, worshipped black ship, the mast by black ship, they the god black ship, the mast by black ship, worshipped black ship, the mast by black ship, with music, black ship, the mast by black ship, worshipped black ship, the mast by black ship, they the god black ship, the mast by black ship, worshipped black ship, the mast by black ship, So all day long worshipped So all day long they the god So all day long worshipped So all day long

with music, So all day long worshipped So all day long they the god So all day long worshipped So all day long black ship, So all day long black ship, worshipped black ship, So all day long black ship, they the god black ship, So all day long black ship, worshipped black ship, So all day long black ship, with music, black ship, So all day long black ship, worshipped black ship, So all day long black ship, they the god black ship, So all day long black ship, worshipped black ship, So all day long black ship, they the god with music, they the god singing the they the god with music, they the god worshipped they the god worshipped with music, worshipped they the god worshipped singing the worshipped they the god worshipped with music, worshipped they the god worshipped black ship, worshipped black ship, they the god black ship, worshipped black ship, with music, black ship, worshipped black ship, they the god black ship, worshipped black ship, singing the

black ship, worshipped black ship, they the god black ship, worshipped black ship, with music, black ship, worshipped black ship, they the god black ship, worshipped black ship, b e a u t i f u l with music, b e a u t i f u l with music, they the god with music, they the god b e a u t i f u l they the god with music, they the god singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the with music, singing the with music, b e a u t i f u l with music, singing the with music, they the god with music, they the god singing the they the god with music, they the god b e a u t i f u l they the god with music, they the god singing the they the god with music, they the god singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the paean, the singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the with music, singing the with music, b e a u t i f u l with music, singing the with music, paean, the with music, singing the with music, b e a u t i f u l with music, singing the with music, sons of the b e a u t i f u l sons of the b e a u t i f u l singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the sons of the singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the paean, the sons of the paean, the b e a u t i f u l paean, the b e a u t i f u l sons of the b e a u t i f u l paean, the b e a u t i f u l singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the paean, the singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the sons of the singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the paean, the singing the b e a u t i f u l singing the A c h a i a n s to the crutch with speed, and A c h a i a n s to the crutch with speed, and rowed her with oars to the A c h a i a n s rowed her with oars to the to the crutch with speed, and rowed her with oars to the to the crutch with speed, and A c h a i a n s to the crutch with speed, and rowed her with oars to the to the crutch with speed, and

anchorage. Then they cast A c h a i a n s anchorage. Then they cast rowed her with oars to the anchorage. Then they cast rowed her with oars to the A c h a i a n s rowed her with oars to the anchorage. Then they cast rowed her with oars to the anchorage. Then they cast out the mooring stones and anchorage. Then they cast A c h a i a n s anchorage. Then they cast out the mooring stones and anchorage. Then they cast A c h a i a n s sons of the A c h a i a n s sons of the paean, the sons of the paean, the A c h a i a n s paean, the sons of the paean, the making A c h a i a n s making A c h a i a n s sons of the A c h a i a n s sons of the making sons of the A c h a i a n s sons of the paean, the sons of the paean, the A c h a i a n s paean, the sons of the paean, the making paean, the sons of the paean, the A c h a i a n s paean, the sons of the paean, the

music to A c h a i a n s music to A c h a i a n s the Far-darter [or, “the making the Far-darter [or, “the making music to the Far-darter [or, “the music to Averter” (of pestithe Far-darter [or, “the Averter” (of pestithe Far-darter [or, “the making the Far-darter [or, “the making Averter” (of pestimaking the Far-darter [or, “the making

lence)]; the Far-darter [or, “the lence)]; the Far-darter [or, “the and his heart was glad to Averter” (of pestiand his heart was glad to Averter” (of pestilence)]; and his heart was glad to lence)]; hear. And when the sun went for the Far-darter Apollo, hear. And when the sun went for the Far-darter Apollo, and his heart was glad to hear. And when the sun went and his heart was glad to down and darkness came for the Far-darter Apollo, down and darkness came for the Far-darter Apollo, hear. And when the sun went down and darkness came hear. And when the sun went for the Far-darter Apollo, hear. And when the sun went for the Far-darter Apollo, down and darkness came for the Far-darter Apollo, hear. And when the sun went for the Far-darter Apollo, on them, they laid them for the Far-darter Apollo, on them, they laid them for the Far-darter Apollo, down and darkness came on them, they laid them down and darkness came for the Far-darter Apollo, down and darkness came for the Far-darter Apollo, on them, they laid them for the Far-darter Apollo, down and darkness came for the Far-darter Apollo, to sleep beside the ship’s on them, they laid them to sleep beside the ship’s on them, they laid them hawsers; and when rosy-to sleep beside the ship’s hawsers; and when rosy-to sleep beside the ship’s fingered Dawn appeared, hawsers; and when rosy-fingered Dawn appeared, hawsers; and when rosy-the child of morning, then fingered Dawn appeared, the child of morning, then fingered Dawn appeared, set they sail for the wide the child of morning, then set they sail for the wide the child of morning, then camp of the Achaians; and set they sail for the wide camp of the Achaians; and set they sail for the wide Apollo the Far-darter sent men sent me hither to bring thee thy Apollo the Far-darter sent men sent me hither to bring thee thy

a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’ Apollo the Far-darter sent

a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’

camp of the Achaians; and Apollo the Far-darter sent camp of the Achaians; and them a favouring gale. They a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’ them a favouring gale. They a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’ Apollo the Far-darter sent them a favouring gale. They Apollo the Far-darter sent

a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’ Apollo the Far-darter sent

a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’ them a favouring gale. They a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’ Apollo the Far-darter sent

a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’ set up their mast and spread them a favouring gale. They set up their mast and spread them a favouring gale. They a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’ them a favouring gale. They a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’ set up their mast and spread a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’ them a favouring gale. They a holy hecatomb on the Danaans’

the white sails forth, and the set up their mast and spread the white sails forth, and the set up their mast and spread wind filled the sail’s belly king that hath now brought sorrow wind filled the sail’s belly king that hath now brought sorrow

o his arms, wind filled the sail’s belly o his arms, the white sails forth, and the wind filled the sail’s belly the white sails forth, and the and the dark wave sang loud o his arms, and the dark wave sang loud o his arms, wind filled the sail’s belly and the dark wave sang loud wind filled the sail’s belly o his arms, wind filled the sail’s belly o his arms, and the dark wave sang loud o his arms, wind filled the sail’s belly o his arms, about the stem as the ship and he gladly took his dear about the stem as the ship and he gladly took his dear and the dark wave sang loud about the stem as the ship and the dark wave sang loud o his arms, and the dark wave sang loud o his arms, about the stem as the ship o his arms, and the dark wave sang loud o his arms, and he gladly took his dear and the dark wave sang loud and he gladly took his dear about the stem as the ship and he gladly took his dear and the dark wave sang loud and he gladly took his dear o his arms, and he gladly took his dear o his arms, and the dark wave sang loud o his arms, and he gladly took his dear o his arms, about the stem as the ship o his arms, and he gladly took his dear o his arms, and the dark wave sang loud o his arms, and he gladly took his dear o his arms, made way, and she sped about the stem as the ship made way, and she sped about the stem as the ship acrossmade way, and she sped acrossmade way, and she sped the wave, accomplish-made way, and she sped the wave, accomplish-made way, and she sped ing her journey. So when acrossing her journey. So when acrosstwell-builded altar; twell-builded altar; well-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; twell-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; ing her journey. So when ting her journey. So when hey were now acrosshey were now across the wave, accomplish-hey were now the wave, accomplish-ing her journey. So when hey were now ing her journey. So when acrossing her journey. So when acrosshey were now acrossing her journey. So when across the wave, accomplish-ing her journey. So when the wave, accomplish-hey were now the wave, accomplish-ing her journey. So when the wave, accomplish-

come to the ing her journey. So when come to the ing her journey. So when tcome to the ting her journey. So when ting her journey. So when come to the ing her journey. So when ting her journey. So when hey were now come to the hey were now ing her journey. So when hey were now ing her journey. So when come to the ing her journey. So when hey were now ing her journey. So when

wide camp of well-builded altar; wide camp of well-builded altar; next washed they wide camp of next washed they well-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; wide camp of well-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; next washed they their hands and took next washed they wide camp of next washed they their hands and took next washed they well-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; their hands and took well-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; wide camp of well-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; their hands and took well-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. next washed they up the barley meal. next washed they wide camp of next washed they up the barley meal. next washed they their hands and took up the barley meal. their hands and took wide camp of their hands and took up the barley meal. their hands and took next washed they their hands and took next washed they up the barley meal. next washed they their hands and took next washed they wide camp of next washed they their hands and took next washed they up the barley meal. next washed they their hands and took next washed they up the barley meal. Then Chryses lifted up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. Then Chryses lifted up the barley meal.

twide camp of twell-builded altar; twell-builded altar; wide camp of well-builded altar; twell-builded altar; well-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; twell-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; wide camp of well-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; twell-builded altar; next washed they well-builded altar; come to the wide camp of come to the tcome to the twide camp of tcome to the they were now come to the hey were now wide camp of hey were now come to the hey were now wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. the Achaians, up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. come to the wide camp of come to the the Achaians, come to the wide camp of come to the hey were now come to the hey were now wide camp of hey were now come to the hey were now the Achaians, hey were now come to the hey were now wide camp of hey were now come to the hey were now they drew up the Achaians, they drew up the Achaians, up the barley meal. the Achaians, up the barley meal. they drew up up the barley meal. the Achaians, up the barley meal. wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of they drew up wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. the Achaians, up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. they drew up up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. the Achaians, up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. they drew up their black they drew up the Achaians, they drew up the Achaians, their black the Achaians, they drew up the Achaians, up the barley meal. the Achaians, up the barley meal. they drew up up the barley meal. the Achaians, up the barley meal. their black up the barley meal. the Achaians, up the barley meal. they drew up up the barley meal. the Achaians, up the barley meal. wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of they drew up wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of their black wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of they drew up wide camp of the Achaians, wide camp of up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. the Achaians, up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. they drew up up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. the Achaians, up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. their black up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. the Achaians, up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. they drew up up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. the Achaians, up the barley meal. wide camp of up the barley meal. they drew up their black they drew up ship to land they drew up their black they drew up the Achaians, they drew up the Achaians, their black the Achaians, they drew up the Achaians, ship to land the Achaians, they drew up the Achaians, their black the Achaians, they drew up the Achaians,

Like It Is LIZZIE FRANCIS

“Just keep it real,” she advised, the acrylic point of her index fi nger distractedly tracing the contours of her ash-blonde plait. We huddled closer around the screen. Of course, we’d already watched the videos of Last Year’s Winner and grown intoxicated by the promise they seemed to make. That could be you, meeting the press in white fringed cowboy boots. You too could be interviewed on daytime TV, in between a chat with Björn from Abba and a special report on sex crimes in the South East.

I’d cut out the advert with a vague sense of living on the edge. So unlike me! I thought, as I collected my number. 4371. I positioned it on my stomach and joined the others for the video introduction.

The auditions were lengthy. Group exercises, followed by individual screen tests and tea from plastic cups. We lined up along a wall and waited to be summoned one by one. The girl next to me was called Jodie. She was kind and had purple dreadlocks. ‘I tell it like it is,’ Jodie explained. I wondered what I would say when it was my turn. ‘I tailor my words to what the other person wants to hear’?; ‘If someone upsets me I suppress it and watch re-runs of The Avengers until I’ve lost all feeling’?

We spent the morning falling into each other’s arms – it was a trust exercise. My partner was a contortionist from Bristol. He got me tea and offered to show me how to put my leg behind my head. ‘You’re a wonderful girl, babe,’ he said when we parted. It was sweet, but I’m not so sure. I try to be myself but it’s hard when the real you likes to spend her day eating tinned peaches and imagining what kind of husband Malcolm Tucker would be.

We went round the circle showing off our party pieces. Disappearing coins, imper-sonations of celebrity chefs. The contortionist dislocated the wrong shoulder and had to be examined by a St John’s Ambulance volunteer.

That kind of show is so outdated, my sister had said. You’d be better off on Deal or No Deal.

Jodie had been called. Keep it real. Didn’t she know I was trying? I glanced helplessly at the pile of magazines on the table before me. Toughen up a tea dress with gladiator sandals, one suggested.

‘4371? It’s you.’

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less main; the bound-less main; the bound-gazing across the bound-gazing across less main; gazing across the bound-gazing across less main; he stretched less main; the bound-less main; the bound-he stretched the bound-less main; the bound-gazing across the bound-gazing across less main; gazing across the bound-gazing across he stretched gazing across the bound-gazing across less main; gazing across the bound-gazing across less main; he stretched less main; f o r t h h i s less main; he stretched less main; hands and he stretched hands and he stretched less main; he stretched less main; hands and less main; he stretched less main; f o r t h h i s hands and f o r t h h i s he stretched f o r t h h i s he stretched hands and he stretched f o r t h h i s he stretched less main; he stretched less main; f o r t h h i s less main; he stretched less main; hands and less main; he stretched less main; f o r t h h i s less main; he stretched less main; p r a y e d hands and p r a y e d hands and f o r t h h i s hands and f o r t h h i s p r a y e d f o r t h h i s hands and f o r t h h i s p r a y e d instantly to his p r a y e d hands and p r a y e d hands and instantly to his hands and p r a y e d hands and dear mother: p r a y e d dear mother: p r a y e d p r a y e d instantly to his p r a y e d dear mother: p r a y e d instantly to his p r a y e d “ M o t h e r , dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: p r a y e d dear mother: p r a y e d “ M o t h e r , p r a y e d dear mother: p r a y e d instantly to his dear mother: instantly to his “ M o t h e r , instantly to his dear mother: instantly to his p r a y e d instantly to his p r a y e d dear mother: p r a y e d instantly to his p r a y e d “ M o t h e r , p r a y e d instantly to his p r a y e d dear mother: p r a y e d instantly to his p r a y e d “ M o t h e r , seeing thou “ M o t h e r , dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: seeing thou dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: instantly to his dear mother: instantly to his “ M o t h e r , instantly to his dear mother: instantly to his seeing thou instantly to his dear mother: instantly to his “ M o t h e r , instantly to his dear mother: instantly to his didst of a truth “ M o t h e r , didst of a truth “ M o t h e r , seeing thou didst of a truth seeing thou “ M o t h e r , seeing thou “ M o t h e r , didst of a truth “ M o t h e r , seeing thou “ M o t h e r , bear me todidst of a truth bear me todidst of a truth seeing thou didst of a truth seeing thou bear me toseeing thou didst of a truth seeing thou “ M o t h e r , seeing thou “ M o t h e r , didst of a truth “ M o t h e r , seeing thou “ M o t h e r , bear me to“ M o t h e r , seeing thou “ M o t h e r , didst of a truth “ M o t h e r , seeing thou “ M o t h e r ,

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seeing thou didst of a truth seeing thou span of life, honour at the bear me tospan of life, honour at the bear me to so brief span of life, honour at the so brief least ought the Olympian span of life, honour at the least ought the Olympian span of life, honour at the

wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ beach of the grey sea, wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ beach of the grey sea, the bound-wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ the bound- beach of the grey sea, the bound- beach of the grey sea, wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ beach of the grey sea, the bound- beach of the grey sea, son thereat, and anon he the bound-son thereat, and anon he the bound-wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ son thereat, and anon he wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ the bound-wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ the bound-son thereat, and anon he the bound-wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ the bound- beach of the grey sea, the bound- beach of the grey sea, wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ beach of the grey sea, the bound- beach of the grey sea, son thereat, and anon he beach of the grey sea, the bound- beach of the grey sea, wrath gat hold upon Atreus’ beach of the grey sea, the bound- beach of the grey sea, stood up and spake a threat-the bound-stood up and spake a threat-the bound-son thereat, and anon he stood up and spake a threat-son thereat, and anon he the bound-son thereat, and anon he the bound-stood up and spake a threat-the bound-son thereat, and anon he the bound-ening word, that hath now stood up and spake a threat-ening word, that hath now stood up and spake a threat-the bound-stood up and spake a threat-the bound-ening word, that hath now the bound-stood up and spake a threat-the bound-been accomplished. Her the less main; been accomplished. Her the less main; ening word, that hath now been accomplished. Her the ening word, that hath now glancing- eyed Achaians are been accomplished. Her the glancing- eyed Achaians are been accomplished. Her the bringing on their fleet glancing- eyed Achaians are bringing on their fleet glancing- eyed Achaians are to Chryse, and bear with dear mother: to Chryse, and bear with dear mother: bringing on their fleet to Chryse, and bear with bringing on their fleet them offerings to the king; dear mother: them offerings to the king; dear mother: “ M o t h e r , them offerings to the king; “ M o t h e r , dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: them offerings to the king; dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: to Chryse, and bear with them offerings to the king; to Chryse, and bear with dear mother: to Chryse, and bear with dear mother: them offerings to the king; dear mother: to Chryse, and bear with dear mother: and the other but now the “ M o t h e r , and the other but now the “ M o t h e r , dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: and the other but now the dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: them offerings to the king; and the other but now the them offerings to the king; “ M o t h e r , them offerings to the king; “ M o t h e r , and the other but now the “ M o t h e r , them offerings to the king; “ M o t h e r , dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: them offerings to the king; dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: and the other but now the dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: them offerings to the king; dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: heralds went and took from “ M o t h e r , heralds went and took from “ M o t h e r , dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: heralds went and took from dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: and the other but now the heralds went and took from and the other but now the “ M o t h e r , and the other but now the “ M o t h e r , heralds went and took from “ M o t h e r , and the other but now the “ M o t h e r , dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: and the other but now the dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: heralds went and took from dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: and the other but now the dear mother: “ M o t h e r , dear mother: my hut, even the daughter of “ M o t h e r , my hut, even the daughter of “ M o t h e r , heralds went and took from my hut, even the daughter of heralds went and took from “ M o t h e r , heralds went and took from “ M o t h e r , my hut, even the daughter of “ M o t h e r , heralds went and took from “ M o t h e r , Briseus, whom the sons of my hut, even the daughter of Briseus, whom the sons of my hut, even the daughter of the Achaians gave me. Thou Briseus, whom the sons of the Achaians gave me. Thou Briseus, whom the sons of therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou therefore, if indeed thou ctherefore, if indeed thou therefore, if indeed thou anst, guard thine therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou anst, guard thine

the Achaians gave me. Thou therefore, if indeed thou the Achaians gave me. Thou

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have granted me, even span of life, honour at the least ought the Olympian span of life, honour at the

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on high; but now doth Zeus that thundereth on high; but now doth Zeus that thundereth have granted me, even Zeus that thundereth have granted me, even on high; but now doth have granted me, even Zeus that thundereth have granted me, even he not honour me, no, on high; but now doth he not honour me, no, on high; but now doth he not honour me, no, not one whit. Verily he not honour me, no, on high; but now doth he not honour me, no, on high; but now doth not one whit. Verily on high; but now doth he not honour me, no, on high; but now doth Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, not one whit. Verily Atreus’ son, wide-not one whit. Verily he not honour me, no, not one whit. Verily he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, not one whit. Verily he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-not one whit. Verily Atreus’ son, wide-not one whit. Verily ruling Agamemnon, not one whit. Verily Atreus’ son, wide-not one whit. Verily hath done me dishon-Atreus’ son, wide-hath done me dishon-Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-hath done me dishon-Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-our; for he hath taken hath done me dishon-our; for he hath taken hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, our; for he hath taken ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon,

canst, guard thine therefore, if indeed thou anst, guard thine therefore, if indeed thou own son; betake cown son; betake canst, guard thine own son; betake anst, guard thine thee to Olympus and own son; betake thee to Olympus and own son; betake anst, guard thine own son; betake anst, guard thine thee to Olympus and anst, guard thine own son; betake anst, guard thine

thee to Olympus and beseech Zeus by any thee to Olympus and own son; betake thee to Olympus and own son; betake beseech Zeus by any own son; betake thee to Olympus and own son; betake

he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no, on high; but now doth he not honour me, no, on high; but now doth word whereby thou on high; but now doth he not honour me, no, on high; but now doth he not honour me, no, not one whit. Verily he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no, not one whit. Verily he not honour me, no, on high; but now doth he not honour me, no, on high; but now doth not one whit. Verily on high; but now doth he not honour me, no, on high; but now doth word whereby thou on high; but now doth he not honour me, no, on high; but now doth not one whit. Verily on high; but now doth he not honour me, no, on high; but now doth Atreus’ son, wide-

word whereby thou Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, not one whit. Verily Atreus’ son, wide-not one whit. Verily word whereby thou not one whit. Verily Atreus’ son, wide-not one whit. Verily he not honour me, no, not one whit. Verily he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, not one whit. Verily he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no, not one whit. Verily he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, not one whit. Verily he not honour me, no, he not honour me, no,

thee to Olympus and he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no,

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he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no, thee to Olympus and

he not honour me, no, beseech Zeus by any he not honour me, no, thee to Olympus and

he not honour me, no, word whereby thou ever didst make glad word whereby thou he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no, ever didst make glad he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no, beseech Zeus by any word whereby thou beseech Zeus by any ever didst make glad beseech Zeus by any word whereby thou beseech Zeus by any he not honour me, no, beseech Zeus by any he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no, beseech Zeus by any he not honour me, no, ever didst make glad he not honour me, no, beseech Zeus by any he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no, beseech Zeus by any he not honour me, no, his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad Atreus’ son, wide-ever didst make glad Atreus’ son, wide-his heart. For oft have Atreus’ son, wide-ever didst make glad Atreus’ son, wide-Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ever didst make glad Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-his heart. For oft have Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ever didst make glad Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-word whereby thou ever didst make glad word whereby thou his heart. For oft have word whereby thou ever didst make glad word whereby thou

Atreus’ son, wide-word whereby thou

Atreus’ son, wide-ever didst make glad Atreus’ son, wide-word whereby thou

Atreus’ son, wide-his heart. For oft have Atreus’ son, wide-word whereby thou

Atreus’ son, wide-ever didst make glad Atreus’ son, wide-word whereby thou

Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, ever didst make glad he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no,

his heart. For oft have he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, ever didst make glad he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no, word whereby thou he not honour me, no, Atreus’ son, wide-he not honour me, no,

IAtreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-IAtreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, Iruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-hath done me dishon-Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-IAtreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-hath done me dishon-Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-his heart. For oft have Ihis heart. For oft have Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-his heart. For oft have Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-IAtreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-his heart. For oft have Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ever didst make glad his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad

Iever didst make glad his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ever didst make glad Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-his heart. For oft have Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ever didst make glad Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-IAtreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ever didst make glad Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-his heart. For oft have Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ever didst make glad Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide- heard thee proclaim-his heart. For oft have heard thee proclaim-his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad heard thee proclaim-

ever didst make glad his heart. For oft have ever didst make glad ing in my father’s ruling Agamemnon, ing in my father’s ruling Agamemnon, ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, ing in my father’s ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, Iing in my father’s Iruling Agamemnon, Iruling Agamemnon, ing in my father’s ruling Agamemnon, Iruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-IAtreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ing in my father’s

Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-IAtreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, Iruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, ing in my father’s ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, Iruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-hath done me dishon-Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-IAtreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-hath done me dishon-Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-

ing in my father’s Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-hath done me dishon-Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-IAtreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide-hath done me dishon-Atreus’ son, wide-ruling Agamemnon, Atreus’ son, wide- heard thee proclaim-ing in my father’s heard thee proclaim-

halls and telling that hath done me dishon-halls and telling that hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, halls and telling that

ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, ing in my father’s halls and telling that ing in my father’s ruling Agamemnon, ing in my father’s ruling Agamemnon, halls and telling that

ruling Agamemnon, ing in my father’s ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ing in my father’s hath done me dishon-halls and telling that hath done me dishon-ing in my father’s hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, ing in my father’s ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, halls and telling that

ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, ing in my father’s ruling Agamemnon, hath done me dishon-ruling Agamemnon, heard thee proclaim-ing in my father’s heard thee proclaim-halls and telling that heard thee proclaim-ing in my father’s heard thee proclaim-

least ought the Olympian span of life, honour at the least ought the Olympian span of life, honour at the least ought the Olympian have granted me, even least ought the Olympian span of life, honour at the least ought the Olympian span of life, honour at the have granted me, even span of life, honour at the least ought the Olympian span of life, honour at the therefore, if indeed thou ctherefore, if indeed thou ctherefore, if indeed thou anst, guard thine therefore, if indeed thou anst, guard thine therefore, if indeed thou

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andatearlymorn mounted up to great heaven andatearlmounted up to great heaven andatearlymorn mounted up to great heaven ymorn and Olympus. There found mounted up to great heaven and Olympus. There found mounted up to great heaven she Kronos’ son of the and Olympus. There found she Kronos’ son of the and Olympus. There found far-soundinshe Kronos’ son of the far-soundinshe Kronos’ son of the apart from all on the topmost far-soundinapart from all on the topmost far-soundinpeak of many-ridged apart from all on the topmost peak of many-ridged apart from all on the topmost Olympus. So she sat before peak of many-ridged Olympus. So she sat before peak of many-ridged his face and with her left Olympus. So she sat before his face and with her left Olympus. So she sat before hand clasped his knees, and his face and with her left hand clasped his knees, and his face and with her left with her right touched him hand clasped his knees, and with her right touched him hand clasped his knees, and bwith her right touched him bwith her right touched him

eneath his chin, and spake in prayer to with her right touched him

eneath his chin, and spake in prayer to with her right touched him king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus,

eneath his chin, and spake in prayer to king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus,

eneath his chin, and spake in prayer to

if king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, if king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus,

ever I gave thee aid amidking Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus,

ever I gave thee aid amidking Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus,

gods, whether by word or deed, fulfil thou ever I gave thee aid amid

gods, whether by word or deed, fulfil thou ever I gave thee aid amid

this my desire: do honour to my son, that is gods, whether by word or deed, fulfil thou this my desire: do honour to my son, that is gods, whether by word or deed, fulfil thou

doomed to earliest death of all men: now this my desire: do honour to my son, that is doomed to earliest death of all men: now this my desire: do honour to my son, that is

hath Agamemnon king of men done him doomed to earliest death of all men: now him doomed to earliest death of all men: now

dishonour, for he hath taken hath Agamemnon king of men donedishonour, for he hath taken hath Agamemnon king of men done

away his meed of honour dishonour, for he hath taken away his meed of honour dishonour, for he hath taken and keepeth her of his own away his meed of honour and keepeth her of his own away his meed of honour violent deed. But honour and keepeth her of his own violent deed. But honour and keepeth her of his own thou him, Zeus of Olympus, violent deed. But honour thou him, Zeus of Olympus, violent deed. But honour lord of counsel; grant thou thou him, Zeus of Olympus, lord of counsel; grant thou thou him, Zeus of Olympus, victory to the Trojans the lord of counsel; grant thou victory to the Trojans the lord of counsel; grant thou while until the Achaians do victory to the Trojans the while until the Achaians do victory to the Trojans the my son honour and exalt while until the Achaians do my son honour and exalt while until the Achaians do him with recompense.”my son honour and exalt him with recompense.”my son honour and exalt So spake she; but Zeus the him with recompense.”So spake she; but Zeus the him with recompense.”cloud-gatherer said no word So spake she; but Zeus the cloud-gatherer said no word So spake she; but Zeus the to her, and sat long time in cloud-gatherer said no word to her, and sat long time in cloud-gatherer said no word to her, and sat long time in sto her, and sat long time in to her, and sat long time in ilence. But even as to her, and sat long time in cloud-gatherer said no word to her, and sat long time in cloud-gatherer said no word ilence. But even as

cloud-gatherer said no word to her, and sat long time in cloud-gatherer said no word

Thetis hto her, and sat long time in Thetis hto her, and sat long time in sThetis hsto her, and sat long time in sto her, and sat long time in Thetis hto her, and sat long time in sto her, and sat long time in ilence. But even as Thetis hilence. But even as to her, and sat long time in ilence. But even as to her, and sat long time in Thetis hto her, and sat long time in ilence. But even as to her, and sat long time in

his knees, so held Thetis hhis knees, so held Thetis hshe by him clinging, his knees, so held she by him clinging, his knees, so held and questioned him she by him clinging, and questioned him she by him clinging, his knees, so held she by him clinging, his knees, so held and questioned him his knees, so held she by him clinging, his knees, so held yet a second time: and questioned him yet a second time: and questioned him she by him clinging, and questioned him she by him clinging, yet a second time: she by him clinging, and questioned him she by him clinging,

“Promise me now this yet a second time: “Promise me now this yet a second time: and questioned him yet a second time: and questioned him “Promise me now this and questioned him yet a second time: and questioned him thing verily, and bow “Promise me now this thing verily, and bow “Promise me now this yet a second time: “Promise me now this yet a second time: thing verily, and bow yet a second time: “Promise me now this yet a second time: thy head thereto; or thing verily, and bow thy head thereto; or thing verily, and bow thy head thereto; or else deny me, seeing thy head thereto; or thing verily, and bow thy head thereto; or thing verily, and bow else deny me, seeing thing verily, and bow thy head thereto; or thing verily, and bow there is naught for thy head thereto; or there is naught for thy head thereto; or else deny me, seeing there is naught for else deny me, seeing thy head thereto; or else deny me, seeing thy head thereto; or there is naught for thy head thereto; or else deny me, seeing thy head thereto; or thee to fear; that I there is naught for thee to fear; that I there is naught for else deny me, seeing there is naught for else deny me, seeing thee to fear; that I else deny me, seeing there is naught for else deny me, seeing thee to fear; that I may know full well thee to fear; that I there is naught for thee to fear; that I there is naught for may know full well there is naught for thee to fear; that I there is naught for how I among all gods thee to fear; that I how I among all gods thee to fear; that I may know full well how I among all gods may know full well thee to fear; that I may know full well thee to fear; that I how I among all gods thee to fear; that I may know full well thee to fear; that I ahow I among all gods ahow I among all gods m least in honour.”how I among all gods m least in honour.”how I among all gods Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, aThen Zeus the cloud-gatherer, am least in honour.”Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, m least in honour.”sore troubled, spake to her: Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, sore troubled, spake to her: Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer,

“Verily it is a sorry matter, if sore troubled, spake to her: “Verily it is a sorry matter, if sore troubled, spake to her: thou wilt set me at variance “Verily it is a sorry matter, if thou wilt set me at variance “Verily it is a sorry matter, if with Hera, whene’er she thou wilt set me at variance with Hera, whene’er she thou wilt set me at variance provoketh me with taunt-with Hera, whene’er she provoketh me with taunt-with Hera, whene’er she ing words. Even now she provoketh me with taunt-ing words. Even now she provoketh me with taunt-upbraideth me ever amid ing words. Even now she upbraideth me ever amid ing words. Even now she thupbraideth me ever amid thupbraideth me ever amid upbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid ing words. Even now she upbraideth me ever amid ing words. Even now she e immortal gods,

ing words. Even now she upbraideth me ever amid ing words. Even now she

and saith that I upbraideth me ever amid and saith that I upbraideth me ever amid thand saith that I thupbraideth me ever amid thupbraideth me ever amid and saith that I upbraideth me ever amid thupbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid and saith that I upbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid

aid the Trojans and saith that I aid the Trojans and saith that I thand saith that I thaid the Trojans thand saith that I the immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods, aid the Trojans e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods,

aid the Trojans in battle. But do aid the Trojans and saith that I aid the Trojans and saith that I in battle. But do and saith that I aid the Trojans and saith that I thou now depart aid the Trojans thou now depart aid the Trojans in battle. But do thou now depart in battle. But do aid the Trojans in battle. But do aid the Trojans thou now depart aid the Trojans in battle. But do aid the Trojans again, lest Hera thou now depart again, lest Hera thou now depart in battle. But do thou now depart in battle. But do again, lest Hera in battle. But do thou now depart in battle. But do again, lest Hera mark aught; and I again, lest Hera thou now depart again, lest Hera thou now depart mark aught; and I thou now depart again, lest Hera thou now depart will take thought again, lest Hera will take thought again, lest Hera mark aught; and I will take thought mark aught; and I again, lest Hera mark aught; and I again, lest Hera will take thought again, lest Hera mark aught; and I again, lest Hera will take thought for these things will take thought mark aught; and I will take thought mark aught; and I for these things mark aught; and I will take thought mark aught; and I to fulfil them. will take thought to fulfil them. will take thought for these things to fulfil them. for these things will take thought for these things will take thought to fulfil them. will take thought for these things will take thought to fulfil them. Come now, I will to fulfil them. for these things to fulfil them. for these things Come now, I will for these things to fulfil them. for these things Come now, I will bow my head to Come now, I will to fulfil them. Come now, I will to fulfil them. bow my head to to fulfil them. Come now, I will to fulfil them. thee, that thou bow my head to thee, that thou bow my head to Come now, I will bow my head to Come now, I will thee, that thou Come now, I will bow my head to Come now, I will thee, that thou mayestthee, that thou bow my head to thee, that thou bow my head to mayestbow my head to thee, that thou bow my head to courage; for that, thee, that thou courage; for that, thee, that thou mayestcourage; for that, mayestthee, that thou mayestthee, that thou courage; for that, thee, that thou mayestthee, that thou be of good courage; for that, be of good thee, that thou be of good thee, that thou courage; for that, thee, that thou be of good thee, that thou courage; for that, of my part, is courage; for that, mayestcourage; for that, mayestof my part, is mayestcourage; for that, mayest be of good courage; for that, be of good of my part, is

be of good courage; for that, be of good the surest token courage; for that, the surest token courage; for that, of my part, is the surest token of my part, is courage; for that, of my part, is courage; for that, the surest token courage; for that, of my part, is courage; for that, amid the immor-the surest token amid the immor-the surest token of my part, is the surest token of my part, is amid the immor-of my part, is the surest token of my part, is tals; no word of the surest token tals; no word of the surest token tals; no word of amid the immor-tals; no word of amid the immor-the surest token amid the immor-the surest token tals; no word of the surest token amid the immor-the surest token mintals; no word of mintals; no word of amid the immor-tals; no word of amid the immor-minamid the immor-tals; no word of amid the immor-

e is revocable nor tals; no word of e is revocable nor tals; no word of false nor unfulfilled when minfalse nor unfulfilled when mine is revocable nor false nor unfulfilled when e is revocable nor the bowing of my head hath false nor unfulfilled when the bowing of my head hath false nor unfulfilled when pledged it.”the bowing of my head hath pledged it.”the bowing of my head hath Kronion spake, and bowed pledged it.”Kronion spake, and bowed pledged it.”his dark brow, and the Kronion spake, and bowed his dark brow, and the Kronion spake, and bowed ambrosial locks waved from his dark brow, and the ambrosial locks waved from his dark brow, and the the king’s immortal head; ambrosial locks waved from the king’s immortal head; ambrosial locks waved from and he made great Olympus the king’s immortal head; and he made great Olympus the king’s immortal head; quake.and he made great Olympus quake.and he made great Olympus Thus the twain took counsel quake.Thus the twain took counsel quake.and parted; she leapt there-Thus the twain took counsel and parted; she leapt there-Thus the twain took counsel with into the deep sea froand parted; she leapt there-with into the deep sea froand parted; she leapt there-glittering Olympus, and Zeus fared with into the deep sea froglittering Olympus, and Zeus fared with into the deep sea froto his own palace. All the gods in glittering Olympus, and Zeus fared to his own palace. All the gods in glittering Olympus, and Zeus fared

company arose before their father’s face; neither company arose before their father’s face; neither company arose

ventured any to await his coming, before their father’s face; neither ventured any to await his coming, before their father’s face; neither

but stood up all before him. So he ventured any to await his coming, but stood up all before him. So he ventured any to await his coming,

sate him there upon his throne; but but stood up all before him. So he sate him there upon his throne; but but stood up all before him. So he

Hera saw, and was not ignorant how that the daughter of the Hera saw, and was nohow that the daughter of the Hera saw, and was not ignorant how that the daughter of the t ignorant Ancient of the sea, Thetis the how that the daughter of the Ancient of the sea, Thetis the how that the daughter of the silver-footed, had devised Ancient of the sea, Thetis the silver-footed, had devised Ancient of the sea, Thetis the counsel with him. Anon with silver-footed, had devised counsel with him. Anon with silver-footed, had devised taunting words spake she counsel with him. Anon with taunting words spake she counsel with him. Anon with to Zeus the son of Kronos: taunting words spake she to Zeus the son of Kronos: taunting words spake she Now who among the to Zeus the son of Kronos: Now who among the to Zeus the son of Kronos: taunting words spake she to Zeus the son of Kronos: taunting words spake she Now who among the taunting words spake she to Zeus the son of Kronos: taunting words spake she

gods, thou crafty of Now who among the gods, thou crafty of Now who among the gods, thou crafty of mind, hath devised gods, thou crafty of Now who among the gods, thou crafty of Now who among the mind, hath devised Now who among the gods, thou crafty of Now who among the counsel with thee? gods, thou crafty of counsel with thee? gods, thou crafty of mind, hath devised counsel with thee? mind, hath devised gods, thou crafty of mind, hath devised gods, thou crafty of counsel with thee? gods, thou crafty of mind, hath devised gods, thou crafty of It is ever thy good counsel with thee? It is ever thy good counsel with thee? mind, hath devised counsel with thee? mind, hath devised It is ever thy good mind, hath devised counsel with thee? mind, hath devised It is ever thy good pleasure to hold It is ever thy good aloof from me and It is ever thy good aloof from me and It is ever thy good pleasure to hold aloof from me and pleasure to hold It is ever thy good pleasure to hold It is ever thy good aloof from me and It is ever thy good pleasure to hold It is ever thy good in secret meditation aloof from me and in secret meditation aloof from me and pleasure to hold aloof from me and pleasure to hold in secret meditation pleasure to hold aloof from me and pleasure to hold to give thy judgments, in secret meditation to give thy judgments, in secret meditation to give thy judgments, nor of thine own to give thy judgments, good will hast thou to give thy judgments, good will hast thou to give thy judgments, nor of thine own good will hast thou nor of thine own to give thy judgments, nor of thine own to give thy judgments, good will hast thou to give thy judgments, nor of thine own to give thy judgments, ever brought thyself good will hast thou ever brought thyself good will hast thou to declare unto good will hast thou to declare unto good will hast thou ever brought thyself to declare unto ever brought thyself good will hast thou ever brought thyself good will hast thou to declare unto good will hast thou ever brought thyself good will hast thou

courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, my heart; that the further from my heart; that the further from courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, my heart; that courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, courage; for that, shall be even the courage; for that, courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, shall be even the courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, my heart; that shall be even the my heart; that courage; for that, my heart; that courage; for that, shall be even the courage; for that, my heart; that courage; for that, the further from my heart; that the further from shall be even the the further from my heart; that the further from courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, my heart; that courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, shall be even the courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, my heart; that courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, worse for thee. my heart; that worse for thee. my heart; that worse for thee. courage; for that, worse for thee. courage; for that, be of good courage; for that, be of good worse for thee.

be of good courage; for that, be of good the surest token worse for thee. the surest token courage; for that, the surest token courage; for that, worse for thee. courage; for that, the surest token courage; for that, amid the immor-worse for thee. amid the immor-the surest token amid the immor-the surest token worse for thee. the surest token amid the immor-the surest token shall be even the worse for thee. shall be even the courage; for that, shall be even the courage; for that, worse for thee. courage; for that, shall be even the courage; for that, my heart; that shall be even the my heart; that

worse for thee. my heart; that shall be even the my heart; that courage; for that, my heart; that courage; for that, shall be even the courage; for that, my heart; that courage; for that, worse for thee. courage; for that, my heart; that courage; for that, shall be even the courage; for that, my heart; that courage; for that, And if it be so, amid the immor-And if it be so, amid the immor-worse for thee. And if it be so, worse for thee. courage; for that, worse for thee. courage; for that, And if it be so,

courage; for that, worse for thee. courage; for that, amid the immor-worse for thee. amid the immor-And if it be so, amid the immor-worse for thee. amid the immor-

shall be even the worse for thee. shall be even the And if it be so, shall be even the worse for thee. shall be even the courage; for that, shall be even the courage; for that, worse for thee. courage; for that, shall be even the courage; for that, And if it be so,

courage; for that, shall be even the courage; for that, worse for thee. courage; for that, shall be even the courage; for that, then such must And if it be so, then such must And if it be so, amid the immor-And if it be so, amid the immor-then such must amid the immor-And if it be so, amid the immor-worse for thee. And if it be so, worse for thee. then such must worse for thee. And if it be so, worse for thee. amid the immor-worse for thee. amid the immor-And if it be so, amid the immor-worse for thee. amid the immor-then such must amid the immor-worse for thee. amid the immor-And if it be so, amid the immor-worse for thee. amid the immor-

y good pleasure be. Abide then such must y good pleasure be. Abide then such must thou in silence and hearken y good pleasure be. Abide thou in silence and hearken y good pleasure be. Abide to my bidding, lest all the thou in silence and hearken to my bidding, lest all the thou in silence and hearken

n Olympus to my bidding, lest all the n Olympus to my bidding, lest all the keep not off from thee my n Olympus keep not off from thee my n Olympus

I put fokeep not off from thee my I put fokeep not off from thee my rth keep not off from thee my rth keep not off from thee my my hands unapproachable I put fomy hands unapproachable I put forth my hands unapproachable rth

He said, and Hera the ox-eyed queen was afraid, and sat in silence, He said, and Hera the ox-eyed queen was afraid, and sat in silence, He said, and Hera the ox-eyed

curbing her heart; but throughout queen was afraid, and sat in silence, curbing her heart; but throughout queen was afraid, and sat in silence,

Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven curbing her heart; but throughout Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven curbing her heart; but throughout

were troubled. Then Hephaistos Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven were troubled. Then Hephaistos Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven

the famed craftsman began to were troubled. Then Hephaistos the famed craftsman began to were troubled. Then Hephaistos

make harangue among them, to the famed craftsman began to make harangue among them, to the famed craftsman began to

do kindness to his mother, whmake harangue among them, to do kindness to his mother, whmake harangue among them, to ite-make harangue among them, to ite-make harangue among them, to

armed Hera: “Verily this will do kindness to his mother, wharmed Hera: “Verily this will do kindness to his mother, white-armed Hera: “Verily this will ite-be a sorry matter, neither ventured any to await his coming, be a sorry matter, neither ventured any to await his coming, armed Hera: “Verily this will be a sorry matter, neither armed Hera: “Verily this will any more endurable, if ye ventured any to await his coming, any more endurable, if ye ventured any to await his coming, be a sorry matter, neither any more endurable, if ye be a sorry matter, neither ventured any to await his coming, be a sorry matter, neither ventured any to await his coming, any more endurable, if ye ventured any to await his coming, be a sorry matter, neither ventured any to await his coming, twain thus fight for mortals’

ventured any to await his coming, twain thus fight for mortals’

ventured any to await his coming, any more endurable, if ye twain thus fight for mortals’ any more endurable, if ye ventured any to await his coming, any more endurable, if ye ventured any to await his coming, twain thus fight for mortals’

ventured any to await his coming, any more endurable, if ye ventured any to await his coming,

sakes, and bring wrangling twain thus fight for mortals’ sakes, and bring wrangling twain thus fight for mortals’

among the gods; neither agods; neither among the gods; neither mong the will there any Ancient of the sea, Thetis the will there any Ancient of the sea, Thetis the how that the daughter of the Ancient of the sea, Thetis the how that the daughter of the will there any

how that the daughter of the Ancient of the sea, Thetis the how that the daughter of the silver-footed, had devised will there any silver-footed, had devised Ancient of the sea, Thetis the silver-footed, had devised Ancient of the sea, Thetis the will there any Ancient of the sea, Thetis the silver-footed, had devised Ancient of the sea, Thetis the counsel with him. Anon with will there any counsel with him. Anon with silver-footed, had devised counsel with him. Anon with silver-footed, had devised will there any silver-footed, had devised counsel with him. Anon with silver-footed, had devised taunting words spake she

will there any taunting words spake she counsel with him. Anon with taunting words spake she counsel with him. Anon with will there any counsel with him. Anon with taunting words spake she counsel with him. Anon with

awill there any agods; neither will there any gods; neither agods; neither awill there any agods; neither among the gods; neither mong the will there any mong the gods; neither mong the gods; neither will there any gods; neither more be joy gods; neither will there any gods; neither mong the gods; neither mong the will there any mong the gods; neither mong the more be joy mong the gods; neither mong the will there any mong the gods; neither mong the will there any of the goodly will there any gods; neither will there any gods; neither

of the goodly gods; neither will there any gods; neither will there any more be joy will there any of the goodly will there any more be joy will there any gods; neither will there any gods; neither more be joy gods; neither will there any gods; neither of the goodly gods; neither will there any gods; neither more be joy gods; neither will there any gods; neither feast, seeing will there any feast, seeing will there any of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly will there any of the goodly will there any feast, seeing will there any of the goodly will there any more be joy of the goodly more be joy feast, seeing more be joy of the goodly more be joy will there any more be joy will there any of the goodly will there any more be joy will there any feast, seeing will there any more be joy will there any of the goodly will there any more be joy will there any tha t ev i l feast, seeing that ev i l feast, seeing of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly tha t ev i l of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly more be joy of the goodly more be joy feast, seeing more be joy of the goodly more be joy that ev i l more be joy of the goodly more be joy feast, seeing more be joy of the goodly more be joy triumpheth.

counsel with thee? triumpheth.

counsel with thee? t ha t ev i l triumpheth. tha t ev i l feast, seeing that ev i l feast, seeing triumpheth. feast, seeing that ev i l feast, seeing of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly tha t ev i l of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly triumpheth. of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly tha t ev i l of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly So I give counsel with thee? So I give counsel with thee? triumpheth. So I give triumpheth.

counsel with thee? triumpheth.

counsel with thee? So I give counsel with thee? triumpheth.

counsel with thee? t ha t ev i l triumpheth. tha t ev i l So I give that ev i l triumpheth. tha t ev i l feast, seeing that ev i l feast, seeing triumpheth. feast, seeing that ev i l feast, seeing So I give feast, seeing that ev i l feast, seeing triumpheth. feast, seeing that ev i l feast, seeing So I give counsel to So I give triumpheth. So I give triumpheth. counsel to triumpheth. So I give triumpheth. So I give counsel to So I give my mother, So I give counsel to So I give triumpheth. So I give triumpheth. counsel to triumpheth. So I give triumpheth. my mother, triumpheth. So I give triumpheth. counsel to triumpheth. So I give triumpheth. though herself So I give though herself So I give counsel to though herself counsel to So I give counsel to So I give though herself So I give counsel to So I give my mother, though herself my mother, counsel to my mother, counsel to though herself counsel to my mother, counsel to So I give counsel to So I give my mother, So I give counsel to So I give though herself So I give counsel to So I give my mother, So I give counsel to So I give though herself is wise, to do though herself my mother, though herself my mother, is wise, to do my mother, though herself my mother, though herself is wise, to do though herself kindness to though herself is wise, to do though herself my mother, though herself my mother, is wise, to do my mother, though herself my mother, kindness to my mother, though herself my mother, is wise, to do my mother, though herself my mother, is wise, to do our dear father is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, though herself is wise, to do though herself our dear father though herself is wise, to do though herself is wise, to do kindness to is wise, to do our dear father is wise, to do kindness to is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, kindness to to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, kindness to to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, though herself is wise, to do though herself kindness to though herself is wise, to do though herself our dear father though herself is wise, to do though herself kindness to though herself is wise, to do though herself Zeus, that our to give thy judgments, Zeus, that our to give thy judgments,

ever brought thyself Zeus, that our

ever brought thyself our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, Zeus, that our to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, Zeus, that our to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, kindness to our dear father kindness to Zeus, that our kindness to our dear father kindness to to give thy judgments, kindness to to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, kindness to to give thy judgments, Zeus, that our to give thy judgments, kindness to to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, kindness to to give thy judgments, is wise, to do kindness to is wise, to do our dear father is wise, to do kindness to is wise, to do Zeus, that our is wise, to do kindness to is wise, to do our dear father is wise, to do kindness to is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, kindness to to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, kindness to to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, Zeus, that our to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, kindness to to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, kindness to to give thy judgments, is wise, to do

to give thy judgments, father upbraid Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our to give thy judgments, Zeus, that our to give thy judgments, father upbraid

to give thy judgments, Zeus, that our to give thy judgments, our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father father upbraid our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, Zeus, that our to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, father upbraid

to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, Zeus, that our to give thy judgments, our dear father to give thy judgments, Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our us not again Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our father upbraid and cast the father upbraid Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our and cast the Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our father upbraid us not again father upbraid and cast the father upbraid us not again father upbraid Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our us not again Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our and cast the Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our us not again Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our father upbraid and cast the father upbraid banquet in father upbraid and cast the father upbraid us not again and cast the us not again banquet in us not again and cast the us not again father upbraid us not again father upbraid and cast the father upbraid us not again father upbraid banquet in father upbraid us not again father upbraid and cast the father upbraid us not again father upbraid banquet in confubanquet in and cast the banquet in and cast the confuand cast the banquet in and cast the us not again and cast the us not again banquet in us not again and cast the us not again confuus not again and cast the us not again banquet in us not again and cast the us not again banquet in confubanquet in What if the banquet in confubanquet in What if the O l y mp ia n, What if the confuWhat if the confuOl y mpia n, confuWhat if the confubanquet in confubanquet in What if the banquet in confubanquet in O l y mp ia n, banquet in confubanquet in What if the banquet in confubanquet in O l y mp ia n, the lord of the O l y mp ia n, What if the O l y mp ia n, What if the the lord of the What if the O l y mp ia n, What if the lightning, withe lord of the lightning, withe lord of the O l y mp ia n, the lord of the O l y mp ia n, lightning, wiO l y mp ia n, the lord of the O l y mp ia n, lightning, wito dash us from our seats! lightning, wifor he is strongest far. Nay, to dash us from our seats! for he is strongest far. Nay, to dash us from our seats! lightning, wito dash us from our seats! lightning, wifor he is strongest far. Nay, lightning, wito dash us from our seats! lightning, wiapproach thou him with for he is strongest far. Nay, approach thou him with for he is strongest far. Nay, gentle words, then will the approach thou him with gentle words, then will the approach thou him with Olympian forthwith be gentle words, then will the Olympian forthwith be gentle words, then will the gracious unto us.”Olympian forthwith be gracious unto us.”Olympian forthwith be So speaking he rose up gracious unto us.”So speaking he rose up gracious unto us.”and sat in his dear mother’s So speaking he rose up and sat in his dear mother’s So speaking he rose up hand the twy-handled cup, and sat in his dear mother’s hand the twy-handled cup, and sat in his dear mother’s and spake to her: “Be of hand the twy-handled cup, and spake to her: “Be of hand the twy-handled cup, good courage, mother mine, and spake to her: “Be of good courage, mother mine, and spake to her: “Be of and endure, though thou good courage, mother mine, and endure, though thou good courage, mother mine, art vexed, lest I behold thee, and endure, though thou art vexed, lest I behold thee, and endure, though thou thou art so dear, chastised art vexed, lest I behold thee, thou art so dear, chastised art vexed, lest I behold thee, before mine eyes, and then thou art so dear, chastised before mine eyes, and then thou art so dear, chastised shall I not be able for all my before mine eyes, and then shall I not be able for all my before mine eyes, and then shall I not be able for all my sorrow to save thee; for shall I not be able for all my Olympian is a hard sorrow to save thee; for Olympian is a hard sorrow to save thee; for shall I not be able for all my sorrow to save thee; for shall I not be able for all my Olympian is a hard shall I not be able for all my sorrow to save thee; for shall I not be able for all my Olympian is a hard foe to face. Yea, once Olympian is a hard foe to face. Yea, once ere this, when I was foe to face. Yea, once Olympian is a hard foe to face. Yea, once Olympian is a hard ere this, when I was Olympian is a hard foe to face. Yea, once Olympian is a hard ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was foe to face. Yea, once ere this, when I was foe to face. Yea, once fain to save thee, he foe to face. Yea, once ere this, when I was foe to face. Yea, once fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was caught me by my foot ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was caught me by my foot and hurled me from caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he and hurled me from fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he the heavenly thresh-and hurled me from the heavenly thresh-and hurled me from caught me by my foot and hurled me from caught me by my foot the heavenly thresh-caught me by my foot and hurled me from caught me by my foot the heavenly thresh-old; all day I flew, and the heavenly thresh-old; all day I flew, and at the set of sun I fell old; all day I flew, and the heavenly thresh-old; all day I flew, and the heavenly thresh-at the set of sun I fell the heavenly thresh-old; all day I flew, and the heavenly thresh-in Lemnos, and little at the set of sun I fell in Lemnos, and little at the set of sun I fell old; all day I flew, and at the set of sun I fell old; all day I flew, and in Lemnos, and little old; all day I flew, and at the set of sun I fell old; all day I flew, and in Lemnos, and little life was in me. There in Lemnos, and little did the Sintian folk life was in me. There did the Sintian folk life was in me. There in Lemnos, and little life was in me. There in Lemnos, and little did the Sintian folk in Lemnos, and little life was in me. There in Lemnos, and little forthwith tend me for did the Sintian folk forthwith tend me for did the Sintian folk my fall.”forthwith tend me for my fall.”forthwith tend me for He spake, and the my fall.”He spake, and the my fall.”He spake, and the white-armed goddess He spake, and the my fall.”He spake, and the my fall.”white-armed goddess my fall.”He spake, and the my fall.”white-armed goddess Hera smiled, and white-armed goddess He spake, and the white-armed goddess He spake, and the Hera smiled, and He spake, and the white-armed goddess He spake, and the smiling took the cupHera smiled, and smiling took the cupHera smiled, and white-armed goddess Hera smiled, and white-armed goddess smiling took the cupwhite-armed goddess Hera smiled, and white-armed goddess at her son’s hand. Then smiling took the cupat her son’s hand. Then smiling took the cuphe poured wine to all the at her son’s hand. Then he poured wine to all the at her son’s hand. Then other gods from right to he poured wine to all the other gods from right to he poured wine to all the left, ladling the sweet nectar other gods from right to left, ladling the sweet nectar other gods from right to from the bowl. And laughter left, ladling the sweet nectar from the bowl. And laughter left, ladling the sweet nectar unquenchable arose amid from the bowl. And laughter unquenchable arose amid from the bowl. And laughter the blessed gods to see unquenchable arose amid the blessed gods to see unquenchable arose amid Hephaistos bustling through the blessed gods to see Hephaistos bustling through the blessed gods to see the palace.worse for thee. the palace.worse for thee. Hephaistos bustling through the palace.Hephaistos bustling through So feasted they al day till worse for thee. So feasted they al day till worse for thee. worse for thee. And if it be so, worse for thee. So feasted they al day till worse for thee. And if it be so, worse for thee. the palace.So feasted they al day till the palace.worse for thee. the palace.worse for thee. So feasted they al day till worse for thee. the palace.worse for thee. the setting of the sun; nor worse for thee. the setting of the sun; nor worse for thee. And if it be so, the setting of the sun; nor And if it be so, worse for thee. And if it be so, worse for thee. the setting of the sun; nor worse for thee. And if it be so, worse for thee. So feasted they al day till the setting of the sun; nor So feasted they al day till worse for thee. So feasted they al day till worse for thee. the setting of the sun; nor worse for thee. So feasted they al day till worse for thee. worse for thee. And if it be so, worse for thee. So feasted they al day till worse for thee. And if it be so, worse for thee. the setting of the sun; nor worse for thee. And if it be so, worse for thee. So feasted they al day till worse for thee. And if it be so, worse for thee. was their soul aught stinted And if it be so, was their soul aught stinted And if it be so,

y good pleasure be. Abide was their soul aught stinted

y good pleasure be. Abide the setting of the sun; nor was their soul aught stinted the setting of the sun; nor And if it be so, the setting of the sun; nor And if it be so, was their soul aught stinted And if it be so, the setting of the sun; nor And if it be so, of the fair banquet, nor of was their soul aught stinted of the fair banquet, nor of was their soul aught stinted And if it be so, was their soul aught stinted And if it be so, of the fair banquet, nor of

And if it be so, was their soul aught stinted And if it be so, the beautewas their soul aught stinted ous lyre was their soul aught stinted of the fair banquet, nor of ous lyre of the fair banquet, nor of was their soul aught stinted of the fair banquet, nor of was their soul aught stinted ous lyre was their soul aught stinted of the fair banquet, nor of was their soul aught stinted

that Apollo of the fair banquet, nor of that Apollo of the fair banquet, nor of the beautethat Apollo the beauteof the fair banquet, nor of the beauteof the fair banquet, nor of that Apollo of the fair banquet, nor of the beauteof the fair banquet, nor of ous lyre that Apollo ous lyre of the fair banquet, nor of ous lyre of the fair banquet, nor of that Apollo of the fair banquet, nor of ous lyre of the fair banquet, nor of that Apollo held, and the that Apollo the beautethat Apollo the beauteheld, and the the beautethat Apollo the beauteous lyre that Apollo ous lyre held, and the ous lyre that Apollo ous lyre Muses singing keep not off from thee my Muses singing keep not off from thee my that Apollo Muses singing that Apollo that Apollo held, and the that Apollo Muses singing that Apollo held, and the that Apollo ous lyre that Apollo ous lyre held, and the ous lyre that Apollo ous lyre Muses singing

ous lyre that Apollo ous lyre held, and the ous lyre that Apollo ous lyre Muses singing alternately Muses singing that Apollo Muses singing that Apollo alternately that Apollo Muses singing that Apollo held, and the Muses singing held, and the alternately held, and the Muses singing held, and the that Apollo held, and the that Apollo Muses singing that Apollo held, and the that Apollo alternately that Apollo held, and the that Apollo Muses singing that Apollo held, and the that Apollo

keep not off from thee my with sweet keep not off from thee my n Olympus keep not off from thee my n Olympus with sweet

n Olympus keep not off from thee my n Olympus rth with sweet rth keep not off from thee my rth keep not off from thee my with sweet keep not off from thee my rth keep not off from thee my

my hands unapproachable with sweet my hands unapproachable rth my hands unapproachable rth with sweet rth my hands unapproachable rth Muses singing with sweet Muses singing keep not off from thee my Muses singing keep not off from thee my with sweet keep not off from thee my Muses singing keep not off from thee my alternately with sweet alternately Muses singing alternately Muses singing with sweet Muses singing alternately Muses singing held, and the Muses singing held, and the alternately held, and the Muses singing held, and the with sweet held, and the Muses singing held, and the alternately held, and the Muses singing held, and the voice.my hands unapproachable voice.my hands unapproachable with sweet voice.with sweet keep not off from thee my with sweet keep not off from thee my voice.

keep not off from thee my with sweet keep not off from thee my rth with sweet rth voice.rth with sweet rth keep not off from thee my rth keep not off from thee my with sweet keep not off from thee my rth keep not off from thee my voice.

keep not off from thee my rth keep not off from thee my with sweet keep not off from thee my rth keep not off from thee my my hands unapproachable with sweet my hands unapproachable voice.my hands unapproachable with sweet my hands unapproachable rth my hands unapproachable rth with sweet rth my hands unapproachable rth voice.rth my hands unapproachable rth with sweet rth my hands unapproachable rth

Muses singing with sweet Muses singing voice.Muses singing with sweet Muses singing keep not off from thee my Muses singing keep not off from thee my with sweet keep not off from thee my Muses singing keep not off from thee my voice.

keep not off from thee my Muses singing keep not off from thee my with sweet keep not off from thee my Muses singing keep not off from thee my alternately with sweet alternately voice.alternately with sweet alternately Muses singing alternately Muses singing with sweet Muses singing alternately Muses singing voice.Muses singing alternately Muses singing with sweet Muses singing alternately Muses singing Now when the with sweet Now when the with sweet alternately with sweet alternately Now when the alternately with sweet alternately Now when the voice.Now when the voice.with sweet voice.with sweet Now when the with sweet voice.with sweet alternately with sweet alternately voice.alternately with sweet alternately Now when the alternately with sweet alternately voice.alternately with sweet alternately Now when the bright light of Now when the voice.Now when the voice.bright light of voice.Now when the voice.the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence, the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence, Now when the the sun was Now when the bright light of the sun was bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, Now when the bright light of Now when the the sun was Now when the bright light of Now when the bright light of the sun was bright light of set, these bright light of the sun was bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, set, these queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence,

went each queen was afraid, and sat in silence,

went each queen was afraid, and sat in silence, curbing her heart; but throughout went each curbing her heart; but throughout queen was afraid, and sat in silence, curbing her heart; but throughout queen was afraid, and sat in silence,

went each queen was afraid, and sat in silence, curbing her heart; but throughout queen was afraid, and sat in silence,

Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven went each Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven curbing her heart; but throughout Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven curbing her heart; but throughout went each curbing her heart; but throughout Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven curbing her heart; but throughout

were troubled. Then Hephaistos went each were troubled. Then Hephaistos Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven were troubled. Then Hephaistos Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven went each Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven were troubled. Then Hephaistos Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven

the sun was went each the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence, the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence,

went each queen was afraid, and sat in silence, the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of the sun was bright light of

went each bright light of the sun was bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence,

went each queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, set, these went each set, these the sun was set, these the sun was went each the sun was set, these the sun was bright light of the sun was bright light of set, these bright light of the sun was bright light of

went each bright light of the sun was bright light of set, these bright light of the sun was bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, set, these queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence,

went each queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, set, these queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence, the sun was queen was afraid, and sat in silence, bright light of queen was afraid, and sat in silence,

to his own went each to his own went each set, these went each set, these to his own set, these went each set, these to his own house to sleep, to his own went each to his own went each house to sleep, went each to his own went each set, these went each set, these to his own set, these went each set, these house to sleep, set, these went each set, these to his own set, these went each set, these where each the famed craftsman began to where each the famed craftsman began to

were troubled. Then Hephaistos the famed craftsman began to were troubled. Then Hephaistos

where each were troubled. Then Hephaistos the famed craftsman began to were troubled. Then Hephaistos

make harangue among them, to where each make harangue among them, to the famed craftsman began to make harangue among them, to the famed craftsman began to where each the famed craftsman began to make harangue among them, to the famed craftsman began to

ite-where each ite-make harangue among them, to ite-make harangue among them, to where each make harangue among them, to ite-make harangue among them, to to his own where each to his own house to sleep, where each house to sleep,

ite-house to sleep,

ite-where each ite-house to sleep,

ite-to his own house to sleep, to his own where each to his own house to sleep, to his own house to sleep, where each house to sleep, one had his house to sleep, where each house to sleep,

ite-house to sleep,

ite-where each ite-house to sleep,

ite-one had his ite-house to sleep,

ite-where each ite-house to sleep,

ite-palace made ite-palace made ite-ite-where each ite-palace made ite-where each ite-ite-house to sleep,

ite-where each ite-house to sleep,

ite-palace made ite-house to sleep,

ite-where each ite-house to sleep,

ite-one had his palace made one had his ite-one had his ite-palace made ite-one had his ite-where each one had his where each palace made where each one had his where each ite-where each ite-one had his ite-where each ite-palace made ite-where each ite-one had his ite-where each ite-house to sleep, where each house to sleep, one had his house to sleep, where each house to sleep, palace made house to sleep, where each house to sleep, one had his house to sleep, where each house to sleep,

ite-house to sleep,

ite-where each ite-house to sleep,

ite-one had his ite-house to sleep,

ite-where each ite-house to sleep,

ite-palace made ite-house to sleep,

ite-where each ite-house to sleep,

ite-one had his ite-house to sleep,

ite-where each ite-house to sleep,

ite-with cunning armed Hera: “Verily this will with cunning armed Hera: “Verily this will be a sorry matter, neither with cunning be a sorry matter, neither armed Hera: “Verily this will be a sorry matter, neither armed Hera: “Verily this will with cunning armed Hera: “Verily this will be a sorry matter, neither armed Hera: “Verily this will

any more endurable, if ye with cunning any more endurable, if ye be a sorry matter, neither any more endurable, if ye be a sorry matter, neither with cunning be a sorry matter, neither any more endurable, if ye be a sorry matter, neither twain thus fight for mortals’

with cunning twain thus fight for mortals’ any more endurable, if ye twain thus fight for mortals’ any more endurable, if ye with cunning any more endurable, if ye twain thus fight for mortals’ any more endurable, if ye

palace made with cunning palace made one had his palace made one had his with cunning one had his palace made one had his palace made with cunning palace made d e v i c e palace made with cunning palace made by famed twain thus fight for mortals’ by famed twain thus fight for mortals’ with cunning by famed with cunning

twain thus fight for mortals’ with cunning

twain thus fight for mortals’ by famed twain thus fight for mortals’ with cunning

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twain thus fight for mortals’ with cunning

twain thus fight for mortals’ d e v i c e twain thus fight for mortals’ with cunning

twain thus fight for mortals’ by famed twain thus fight for mortals’ with cunning

twain thus fight for mortals’ d e v i c e twain thus fight for mortals’ with cunning

twain thus fight for mortals’ palace made with cunning palace made d e v i c e palace made with cunning palace made by famed palace made with cunning palace made d e v i c e palace made with cunning palace made

Hephaistos the lame god; gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither gods; neither will there any gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither will there any gods; neither Hephaistos the lame god; Hephaistos gods; neither Hephaistos gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither Hephaistos gods; neither the lame god; and Zeus the the lame god; gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither and Zeus the gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither Hephaistos the lame god; Hephaistos and Zeus the Hephaistos the lame god; Hephaistos gods; neither Hephaistos gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither Hephaistos gods; neither and Zeus the gods; neither Hephaistos gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither Hephaistos gods; neither O l y mp ia n, the lame god; O l y mp ia n, the lame god; the lame god; and Zeus the the lame god; O l y mp ia n, the lame god; and Zeus the the lame god; Hephaistos the lame god; Hephaistos and Zeus the Hephaistos the lame god; Hephaistos O l y mp ia n, Hephaistos the lame god; Hephaistos and Zeus the Hephaistos the lame god; Hephaistos O l y mp ia n, the lord of O l y mp ia n, the lame god; O l y mp ia n, the lame god; the lord of the lame god; O l y mp ia n, the lame god; and Zeus the O l y mp ia n, and Zeus the the lord of and Zeus the O l y mp ia n, and Zeus the the lame god; and Zeus the the lame god; O l y mp ia n, the lame god; and Zeus the the lame god; the lord of the lame god; and Zeus the the lame god; O l y mp ia n, the lame god; and Zeus the the lame god; l i g h t n i n g , O l y mp ia n, l i g h t n i n g , O l y mp ia n, the lord of l i g h t n i n g , the lord of O l y mp ia n, the lord of O l y mp ia n, l i g h t n i n g , O l y mp ia n, the lord of O l y mp ia n, departed to l i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g , the lord of l i g h t n i n g , the lord of departed to the lord of l i g h t n i n g , the lord of O l y mp ia n, the lord of O l y mp ia n, l i g h t n i n g , O l y mp ia n, the lord of O l y mp ia n, departed to O l y mp ia n, the lord of O l y mp ia n, l i g h t n i n g , O l y mp ia n, the lord of O l y mp ia n, his couch departed to his couch departed to l i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g , his couch l i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g , where he washis couch where he washis couch departed to his couch departed to where he wasdeparted to his couch departed to l i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g , his couch l i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g , where he wasl i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g , his couch l i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g , wont of old to take his rest, where he waswont of old to take his rest, where he waswhenever sweet sleep visited wont of old to take his rest, whenever sweet sleep visited wont of old to take his rest, him. There went he up and whenever sweet sleep visited him. There went he up and whenever sweet sleep visited slept, and beside him was him. There went he up and slept, and beside him was him. There went he up and Hera of the golden throne.slept, and beside him was Hera of the golden throne.slept, and beside him was Now all other gods and Hera of the golden throne.Now all other gods and Hera of the golden throne.chariot-driving men slept all Now all other gods and chariot-driving men slept all Now all other gods and

was not chariot-driving men slept all was not chariot-driving men slept all holden of sweet sleep; rather was not holden of sweet sleep; rather was not was he pondering in his heart holden of sweet sleep; rather was he pondering in his heart holden of sweet sleep; rather how he should do honour to was he pondering in his heart how he should do honour to was he pondering in his heart Achilles and destroy many how he should do honour to Achilles and destroy many how he should do honour to beside the Achaians’ ships. Achilles and destroy many beside the Achaians’ ships. Achilles and destroy many And this design seemed to beside the Achaians’ ships. And this design seemed to beside the Achaians’ ships. his mind the best, to wit, to And this design seemed to his mind the best, to wit, to And this design seemed to send a baneful dream upon his mind the best, to wit, to send a baneful dream upon his mind the best, to wit, to Agamemnon son of Atreus. send a baneful dream upon Agamemnon son of Atreus. send a baneful dream upon So he spake, and uttered to Agamemnon son of Atreus. So he spake, and uttered to Agamemnon son of Atreus. him winged words: “Come So he spake, and uttered to him winged words: “Come So he spake, and uttered to

ow, thou baneful Dream, go to the him winged words: “Come

ow, thou baneful Dream, go to the him winged words: “Come Achaians’ fleet ships, enter into the hut

ow, thou baneful Dream, go to the Achaians’ fleet ships, enter into the hut

ow, thou baneful Dream, go to the

of Agamemnon son of Atreus, and tell Achaians’ fleet ships, enter into the hut of Agamemnon son of Atreus, and tell Achaians’ fleet ships, enter into the hut

him every word plainly as I charge thee. of Agamemnon son of Atreus, and tell him every word plainly as I charge thee. of Agamemnon son of Atreus, and tell

Bid him call to arms the flowing-haired him every word plainly as I charge thee. Bid him call to arms the flowing-haired him every word plainly as I charge thee.

Achaians with all speed, for that now he Bid him call to arms the flowing-haired Achaians with all speed, for that now he Bid him call to arms the flowing-haired

e-wayed cAchaians with all speed, for that now he e-wayed cAchaians with all speed, for that now he ity of Achaians with all speed, for that now he ity of Achaians with all speed, for that now he

the Trojans. For the immor-e-wayed cthe Trojans. For the immor-e-wayed city of the Trojans. For the immor-ity of tals that dwell in the halls the Trojans. For the immor-tals that dwell in the halls the Trojans. For the immor-of Olympus are no longer tals that dwell in the halls of Olympus are no longer tals that dwell in the halls divided in counsel, since of Olympus are no longer divided in counsel, since of Olympus are no longer Hera hath turned the minds divided in counsel, since Hera hath turned the minds divided in counsel, since of all by her beseeching, and Hera hath turned the minds of all by her beseeching, and Hera hath turned the minds over the Trojans sorrows of all by her beseeching, and over the Trojans sorrows of all by her beseeching, and hang.”So spake he, and the over the Trojans sorrows hang.”So spake he, and the over the Trojans sorrows Dream went his way when hang.”So spake he, and the Dream went his way when hang.”So spake he, and the he had heard the charge. Dream went his way when he had heard the charge. Dream went his way when With speed he came to the he had heard the charge. With speed he came to the he had heard the charge. Achaians’ fleet ships, and With speed he came to the Achaians’ fleet ships, and With speed he came to the went to Agamemnon son of Achaians’ fleet ships, and went to Agamemnon son of Achaians’ fleet ships, and Atreus, and found him sleep-went to Agamemnon son of Atreus, and found him sleep-went to Agamemnon son of ing in his hut, and ambrosial Atreus, and found him sleep-ing in his hut, and ambrosial Atreus, and found him sleep-slumber poured over him. ing in his hut, and ambrosial slumber poured over him. ing in his hut, and ambrosial slumber poured over him. o he stood over his slumber poured over him. ing in his hut, and ambrosial slumber poured over him. ing in his hut, and ambrosial o he stood over his

ing in his hut, and ambrosial slumber poured over him. ing in his hut, and ambrosial

head in seeming slumber poured over him. head in seeming slumber poured over him. o he stood over his head in seeming o he stood over his slumber poured over him. o he stood over his slumber poured over him. head in seeming slumber poured over him. o he stood over his slumber poured over him.

like unto the son of head in seeming like unto the son of head in seeming Neleus, even Nestor, forthwith tend me for Neleus, even Nestor, forthwith tend me for head in seeming Neleus, even Nestor, head in seeming like unto the son of Neleus, even Nestor, like unto the son of head in seeming like unto the son of head in seeming Neleus, even Nestor, head in seeming like unto the son of head in seeming

forthwith tend me for whom most of all forthwith tend me for Neleus, even Nestor, whom most of all Neleus, even Nestor, forthwith tend me for Neleus, even Nestor, forthwith tend me for whom most of all forthwith tend me for Neleus, even Nestor, forthwith tend me for the elders Agamem-Neleus, even Nestor, the elders Agamem-Neleus, even Nestor, whom most of all the elders Agamem-whom most of all Neleus, even Nestor, whom most of all Neleus, even Nestor, the elders Agamem-Neleus, even Nestor, whom most of all Neleus, even Nestor, non honoured; in the elders Agamem-non honoured; in the elders Agamem-non honoured; in his likeness spake non honoured; in the elders Agamem-non honoured; in the elders Agamem-his likeness spake the elders Agamem-non honoured; in the elders Agamem-to him the heavenly non honoured; in to him the heavenly non honoured; in his likeness spake to him the heavenly his likeness spake non honoured; in his likeness spake non honoured; in to him the heavenly non honoured; in his likeness spake non honoured; in to him the heavenly Dream:“Sleepto him the heavenly his likeness spake to him the heavenly his likeness spake Dream:“Sleephis likeness spake to him the heavenly his likeness spake

est to him the heavenly est to him the heavenly his likeness spake to him the heavenly his likeness spake est

his likeness spake to him the heavenly his likeness spake thou, son of wise to him the heavenly thou, son of wise to him the heavenly Dream:“Sleepthou, son of wise Dream:“Sleepto him the heavenly Dream:“Sleepto him the heavenly thou, son of wise to him the heavenly Dream:“Sleepto him the heavenly est thou, son of wise est to him the heavenly est to him the heavenly thou, son of wise to him the heavenly est to him the heavenly Atreus tamer of thou, son of wise Atreus tamer of thou, son of wise Dream:“Sleepthou, son of wise Dream:“SleepAtreus tamer of Dream:“Sleepthou, son of wise Dream:“Sleephorses? To sleep Atreus tamer of horses? To sleep Atreus tamer of thou, son of wise Atreus tamer of thou, son of wise horses? To sleep thou, son of wise Atreus tamer of thou, son of wise all night through horses? To sleep all night through horses? To sleep all night through beseemeth not one all night through horses? To sleep all night through horses? To sleep beseemeth not one horses? To sleep all night through horses? To sleep that is a counsellor, all night through that is a counsellor, all night through beseemeth not one that is a counsellor, beseemeth not one all night through beseemeth not one all night through that is a counsellor, all night through beseemeth not one all night through that is a counsellor, to whom peoples that is a counsellor, are entrusted and so that is a counsellor, are entrusted and so that is a counsellor, to whom peoples are entrusted and so to whom peoples that is a counsellor, to whom peoples that is a counsellor, are entrusted and so that is a counsellor, to whom peoples that is a counsellor, many cares belong. are entrusted and so many cares belong. are entrusted and so to whom peoples are entrusted and so to whom peoples many cares belong. to whom peoples are entrusted and so to whom peoples But now hearken straightway many cares belong. But now hearken straightway many cares belong. to me, for I am a messen-But now hearken straightway to me, for I am a messen-But now hearken straightway ger to thee from Zeus, who to me, for I am a messen-ger to thee from Zeus, who to me, for I am a messen-though he be afar yet hath ger to thee from Zeus, who though he be afar yet hath ger to thee from Zeus, who great care for thee and pity. though he be afar yet hath great care for thee and pity. though he be afar yet hath He biddeth thee call to arms great care for thee and pity. He biddeth thee call to arms great care for thee and pity. the flowing-haired Achaians He biddeth thee call to arms the flowing-haired Achaians He biddeth thee call to arms with all speed, for that now the flowing-haired Achaians with all speed, for that now the flowing-haired Achaians thou mayest take the wide-with all speed, for that now thou mayest take the wide-with all speed, for that now with all speed, for that now y of the with all speed, for that now thou mayest take the wide-y of the thou mayest take the wide-with all speed, for that now thou mayest take the wide-with all speed, for that now y of the with all speed, for that now thou mayest take the wide-with all speed, for that now

Trojans. For thou mayest take the wide-Trojans. For thou mayest take the wide-y of the Trojans. For y of the thou mayest take the wide-y of the thou mayest take the wide-Trojans. For thou mayest take the wide-y of the thou mayest take the wide-

the immor-Trojans. For the immor-Trojans. For y of the Trojans. For y of the the immor-y of the Trojans. For y of the tals that dwell the immor-tals that dwell the immor-Trojans. For the immor-Trojans. For tals that dwell Trojans. For the immor-Trojans. For y of the Trojans. For y of the the immor-y of the Trojans. For y of the tals that dwell

y of the Trojans. For y of the the immor-y of the Trojans. For y of the in the halls tals that dwell in the halls tals that dwell the immor-tals that dwell the immor-in the halls the immor-tals that dwell the immor-Trojans. For the immor-Trojans. For tals that dwell Trojans. For the immor-Trojans. For in the halls Trojans. For the immor-Trojans. For tals that dwell Trojans. For the immor-Trojans. For in the halls of Olympus in the halls tals that dwell in the halls tals that dwell of Olympus tals that dwell in the halls tals that dwell are no longer in the halls are no longer in the halls of Olympus are no longer of Olympus in the halls of Olympus in the halls are no longer in the halls of Olympus in the halls are no longer divided in are no longer of Olympus are no longer of Olympus divided in of Olympus are no longer of Olympus counsel, since are no longer counsel, since are no longer are no longer divided in are no longer counsel, since are no longer divided in are no longer of Olympus are no longer of Olympus divided in of Olympus are no longer of Olympus counsel, since of Olympus are no longer of Olympus divided in of Olympus are no longer of Olympus counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since are no longer counsel, since are no longer Hera hath are no longer counsel, since are no longer divided in counsel, since divided in Hera hath divided in counsel, since divided in are no longer divided in are no longer counsel, since are no longer divided in are no longer Hera hath are no longer divided in are no longer counsel, since are no longer divided in are no longer turned the counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since turned the counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since minds of all by counsel, since minds of all by counsel, since Hera hath minds of all by Hera hath counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since minds of all by counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since minds of all by turned the minds of all by turned the Hera hath turned the Hera hath minds of all by Hera hath turned the Hera hath counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since turned the counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since minds of all by counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since turned the counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since her beseech-minds of all by her beseech-minds of all by turned the minds of all by turned the her beseech-turned the minds of all by turned the ing, and minds of all by ing, and minds of all by her beseech-ing, and her beseech-minds of all by her beseech-minds of all by ing, and minds of all by her beseech-minds of all by over her beseech-over her beseech-minds of all by her beseech-minds of all by over minds of all by her beseech-minds of all by

hath Agamemnon king of men done him dishonour, for he hath taken hath Agamemnon king of men donedishonour, for he hath taken hath Agamemnon king of men done him dishonour, for he hath taken him away his meed of honour dishonour, for he hath taken away his meed of honour dishonour, for he hath taken and keepeth her of his own away his meed of honour and keepeth her of his own away his meed of honour violent deed. But honour and keepeth her of his own violent deed. But honour and keepeth her of his own thou him, Zeus of Olympus, violent deed. But honour thou him, Zeus of Olympus, violent deed. But honour lord of counsel; grant thou thou him, Zeus of Olympus, lord of counsel; grant thou thou him, Zeus of Olympus, victory to the Trojans the lord of counsel; grant thou victory to the Trojans the lord of counsel; grant thou while until the Achaians do victory to the Trojans the while until the Achaians do victory to the Trojans the my son honour and exalt while until the Achaians do my son honour and exalt while until the Achaians do him with recompense.”my son honour and exalt him with recompense.”my son honour and exalt So spake she; but Zeus the him with recompense.”So spake she; but Zeus the him with recompense.”cloud-gatherer said no word So spake she; but Zeus the cloud-gatherer said no word So spake she; but Zeus the to her, and sat long time in cloud-gatherer said no word to her, and sat long time in cloud-gatherer said no word ilence. But even as to her, and sat long time in ilence. But even as to her, and sat long time in cloud-gatherer said no word to her, and sat long time in cloud-gatherer said no word ilence. But even as

cloud-gatherer said no word to her, and sat long time in cloud-gatherer said no word

Thetis hilence. But even as Thetis hilence. But even as to her, and sat long time in ilence. But even as to her, and sat long time in Thetis hto her, and sat long time in ilence. But even as to her, and sat long time in

ad clasped to her, and sat long time in

ad clasped to her, and sat long time in ilence. But even as ad clasped ilence. But even as to her, and sat long time in ilence. But even as to her, and sat long time in

ad clasped to her, and sat long time in ilence. But even as to her, and sat long time in

his knees, so held Thetis hhis knees, so held Thetis had clasped his knees, so held ad clasped she by him clinging,

ad clasped she by him clinging,

ad clasped his knees, so held she by him clinging, his knees, so held ad clasped his knees, so held ad clasped she by him clinging,

ad clasped his knees, so held ad clasped she by him clinging, and questioned him she by him clinging, his knees, so held she by him clinging, his knees, so held and questioned him his knees, so held she by him clinging, his knees, so held yet a second time: she by him clinging, yet a second time: she by him clinging, and questioned him yet a second time: and questioned him she by him clinging, and questioned him she by him clinging, yet a second time: she by him clinging, and questioned him she by him clinging, yet a second time: “Promise me now this yet a second time: and questioned him yet a second time: and questioned him “Promise me now this and questioned him yet a second time: and questioned him thing verily, and bow yet a second time: thing verily, and bow yet a second time: “Promise me now this thing verily, and bow “Promise me now this yet a second time: “Promise me now this yet a second time: thing verily, and bow yet a second time: “Promise me now this yet a second time: thy head thereto; or thing verily, and bow thy head thereto; or thing verily, and bow thy head thereto; or else deny me, seeing thy head thereto; or thing verily, and bow thy head thereto; or thing verily, and bow else deny me, seeing thing verily, and bow thy head thereto; or thing verily, and bow there is naught for thy head thereto; or there is naught for thy head thereto; or else deny me, seeing there is naught for else deny me, seeing thy head thereto; or else deny me, seeing thy head thereto; or there is naught for thy head thereto; or else deny me, seeing thy head thereto; or thee to fear; that I there is naught for thee to fear; that I there is naught for else deny me, seeing there is naught for else deny me, seeing thee to fear; that I else deny me, seeing there is naught for else deny me, seeing may know full well thee to fear; that I may know full well thee to fear; that I there is naught for thee to fear; that I there is naught for may know full well there is naught for thee to fear; that I there is naught for how I among all gods may know full well how I among all gods may know full well thee to fear; that I may know full well thee to fear; that I how I among all gods thee to fear; that I may know full well thee to fear; that I

m least in honour.”how I among all gods m least in honour.”how I among all gods Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, m least in honour.”Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, m least in honour.”sore troubled, spake to her: Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, sore troubled, spake to her: Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer,

“Verily it is a sorry matter, if sore troubled, spake to her: “Verily it is a sorry matter, if sore troubled, spake to her: thou wilt set me at variance “Verily it is a sorry matter, if thou wilt set me at variance “Verily it is a sorry matter, if with Hera, whene’er she thou wilt set me at variance with Hera, whene’er she thou wilt set me at variance provoketh me with taunt-with Hera, whene’er she provoketh me with taunt-with Hera, whene’er she ing words. Even now she provoketh me with taunt-ing words. Even now she provoketh me with taunt-upbraideth me ever amid ing words. Even now she upbraideth me ever amid ing words. Even now she e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid ing words. Even now she upbraideth me ever amid ing words. Even now she e immortal gods,

ing words. Even now she upbraideth me ever amid ing words. Even now she e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid

and saith that I upbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid and saith that I aid the Trojans and saith that I e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods, aid the Trojans e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods,

in battle. But do aid the Trojans in battle. But do aid the Trojans and saith that I aid the Trojans and saith that I in battle. But do and saith that I aid the Trojans and saith that I thou now depart in battle. But do thou now depart in battle. But do aid the Trojans in battle. But do aid the Trojans thou now depart aid the Trojans in battle. But do aid the Trojans thou now depart again, lest Hera thou now depart in battle. But do thou now depart in battle. But do again, lest Hera in battle. But do thou now depart in battle. But do mark aught; and I again, lest Hera mark aught; and I again, lest Hera thou now depart again, lest Hera thou now depart mark aught; and I thou now depart again, lest Hera thou now depart will take thought mark aught; and I will take thought mark aught; and I again, lest Hera mark aught; and I again, lest Hera will take thought again, lest Hera mark aught; and I again, lest Hera will take thought for these things will take thought mark aught; and I will take thought mark aught; and I for these things mark aught; and I will take thought mark aught; and I to fulfil them. will take thought to fulfil them. will take thought for these things to fulfil them. for these things will take thought for these things will take thought to fulfil them. will take thought for these things will take thought to fulfil them. Come now, I will to fulfil them. for these things to fulfil them. for these things Come now, I will for these things to fulfil them. for these things bow my head to to fulfil them. bow my head to to fulfil them. Come now, I will bow my head to Come now, I will to fulfil them. Come now, I will to fulfil them. bow my head to to fulfil them. Come now, I will to fulfil them. thee, that thou bow my head to thee, that thou bow my head to Come now, I will bow my head to Come now, I will thee, that thou Come now, I will bow my head to Come now, I will thee, that thou mayestthee, that thou bow my head to thee, that thou bow my head to mayestbow my head to thee, that thou bow my head to

be of good bow my head to

be of good bow my head to thee, that thou be of good thee, that thou bow my head to thee, that thou bow my head to

be of good bow my head to thee, that thou bow my head to courage; for that, thee, that thou courage; for that, thee, that thou thee, that thou mayestthee, that thou courage; for that, thee, that thou mayestthee, that thou be of good courage; for that, be of good thee, that thou be of good thee, that thou courage; for that, thee, that thou be of good thee, that thou

ever brought thyself to declare unto ever brought thyself to declare unto ever brought thyself me the thing thou to declare unto me the thing thou to declare unto ever brought thyself to declare unto ever brought thyself me the thing thou ever brought thyself to declare unto ever brought thyself purposest.”me the thing thou purposest.”me the thing thou Then the father of me the thing thou Then the father of me the thing thou Then the father of

away his meed of honour Then the father of

away his meed of honour and keepeth her of his own Then the father of and keepeth her of his own away his meed of honour and keepeth her of his own away his meed of honour Then the father of

away his meed of honour and keepeth her of his own away his meed of honour violent deed. But honour Then the father of violent deed. But honour and keepeth her of his own violent deed. But honour and keepeth her of his own Then the father of and keepeth her of his own violent deed. But honour and keepeth her of his own purposest.”Then the father of purposest.”me the thing thou purposest.”me the thing thou

Then the father of me the thing thou purposest.”me the thing thou gods and men made violent deed. But honour gods and men made violent deed. But honour thou him, Zeus of Olympus, gods and men made thou him, Zeus of Olympus, violent deed. But honour thou him, Zeus of Olympus, violent deed. But honour gods and men made violent deed. But honour thou him, Zeus of Olympus, violent deed. But honour Then the father of gods and men made Then the father of violent deed. But honour Then the father of violent deed. But honour gods and men made violent deed. But honour Then the father of violent deed. But honour purposest.”Then the father of purposest.”gods and men made purposest.”Then the father of purposest.”answer her: “Hera, gods and men made answer her: “Hera, gods and men made thou him, Zeus of Olympus, gods and men made thou him, Zeus of Olympus, answer her: “Hera, thou him, Zeus of Olympus, gods and men made thou him, Zeus of Olympus, violent deed. But honour thou him, Zeus of Olympus, violent deed. But honour gods and men made violent deed. But honour thou him, Zeus of Olympus, violent deed. But honour answer her: “Hera,

violent deed. But honour thou him, Zeus of Olympus, violent deed. But honour gods and men made violent deed. But honour thou him, Zeus of Olympus, violent deed. But honour think not thou to

thou him, Zeus of Olympus, think not thou to

thou him, Zeus of Olympus, thou him, Zeus of Olympus, gods and men made thou him, Zeus of Olympus, think not thou to

thou him, Zeus of Olympus, gods and men made thou him, Zeus of Olympus, answer her: “Hera, think not thou to answer her: “Hera, thou him, Zeus of Olympus, answer her: “Hera, thou him, Zeus of Olympus, think not thou to

thou him, Zeus of Olympus, answer her: “Hera, thou him, Zeus of Olympus, gods and men made answer her: “Hera, gods and men made think not thou to gods and men made answer her: “Hera, gods and men made thou him, Zeus of Olympus, gods and men made thou him, Zeus of Olympus, answer her: “Hera, thou him, Zeus of Olympus, gods and men made thou him, Zeus of Olympus, think not thou to

thou him, Zeus of Olympus, gods and men made thou him, Zeus of Olympus, answer her: “Hera, thou him, Zeus of Olympus, gods and men made thou him, Zeus of Olympus, know answer her: “Hera, know answer her: “Hera,

all my sayings; hard they are think not thou to all my sayings; hard they are think not thou to know all my sayings; hard they are know for thee, even though thou all my sayings; hard they are for thee, even though thou all my sayings; hard they are art my wife. But whichso-for thee, even though thou art my wife. But whichso-for thee, even though thou ever it is seemly for thee art my wife. But whichso-ever it is seemly for thee art my wife. But whichso-to hear, none sooner than ever it is seemly for thee to hear, none sooner than ever it is seemly for thee thou shall know, be he god to hear, none sooner than thou shall know, be he god to hear, none sooner than or man. Only when I will to thou shall know, be he god or man. Only when I will to thou shall know, be he god take thought aloof from the or man. Only when I will to take thought aloof from the or man. Only when I will to gods, then do not thou ask

she by him clinging, gods, then do not thou ask

she by him clinging, take thought aloof from the gods, then do not thou ask take thought aloof from the of every matter nor make she by him clinging, of every matter nor make she by him clinging, gods, then do not thou ask of every matter nor make gods, then do not thou ask

she by him clinging, gods, then do not thou ask

she by him clinging, of every matter nor make she by him clinging, gods, then do not thou ask

she by him clinging, qshe by him clinging, qshe by him clinging, of every matter nor make qof every matter nor make she by him clinging, of every matter nor make she by him clinging, qshe by him clinging, of every matter nor make she by him clinging, uestion.”of every matter nor make

uestion.”of every matter nor make Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made

she by him clinging, Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made

she by him clinging, yet a second time: Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made yet a second time: she by him clinging, yet a second time: she by him clinging,

Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made she by him clinging, yet a second time: she by him clinging, and questioned him yet a second time: and questioned him Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made and questioned him yet a second time: and questioned him she by him clinging, and questioned him she by him clinging, yet a second time: she by him clinging, and questioned him she by him clinging,

Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made she by him clinging, and questioned him she by him clinging, yet a second time: she by him clinging, and questioned him she by him clinging, yet a second time: “Promise me now this yet a second time: Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made yet a second time: “Promise me now this yet a second time: and questioned him yet a second time: and questioned him “Promise me now this and questioned him yet a second time: and questioned him Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made and questioned him yet a second time: and questioned him “Promise me now this and questioned him yet a second time: and questioned him qThen Hera the ox-eyed queen made

qshe by him clinging, qshe by him clinging, Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made

she by him clinging, qshe by him clinging, answer to him. “Most dread son yet a second time: answer to him. “Most dread son yet a second time: yet a second time:

thing verily, and bow yet a second time: answer to him. “Most dread son yet a second time: thing verily, and bow yet a second time: Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made

answer to him. “Most dread son Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made yet a second time: Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made yet a second time: answer to him. “Most dread son yet a second time: Then Hera the ox-eyed queen made yet a second time: of Kronos, what word is this thou

thy head thereto; or of Kronos, what word is this thou

thy head thereto; or hast spoken? Yea, surely of old thy head thereto; or hast spoken? Yea, surely of old thy head thereto; or of Kronos, what word is this thou hast spoken? Yea, surely of old of Kronos, what word is this thou

thy head thereto; or of Kronos, what word is this thou

thy head thereto; or hast spoken? Yea, surely of old thy head thereto; or of Kronos, what word is this thou

thy head thereto; or Iof Kronos, what word is this thou

Iof Kronos, what word is this thou

have not asked thee nthy head thereto; or have not asked thee nthy head thereto; or thy head thereto; or there is naught for thy head thereto; or have not asked thee nthy head thereto; or there is naught for thy head thereto; or hast spoken? Yea, surely of old

have not asked thee nhast spoken? Yea, surely of old thy head thereto; or hast spoken? Yea, surely of old thy head thereto; or have not asked thee nthy head thereto; or hast spoken? Yea, surely of old thy head thereto; or or made hast spoken? Yea, surely of old or made hast spoken? Yea, surely of old Ior made Iquestion, but in my heart there is naught for question, but in my heart there is naught for

thy head thereto; or there is naught for thy head thereto; or

question, but in my heart thy head thereto; or there is naught for thy head thereto; or have not asked thee nquestion, but in my heart have not asked thee nthy head thereto; or have not asked thee nthy head thereto; or

question, but in my heart thy head thereto; or have not asked thee nthy head thereto; or there is naught for

have not asked thee nthere is naught for question, but in my heart there is naught for

have not asked thee nthere is naught for thy head thereto; or there is naught for thy head thereto; or have not asked thee nthy head thereto; or there is naught for thy head thereto; or

question, but in my heart thy head thereto; or there is naught for thy head thereto; or have not asked thee nthy head thereto; or there is naught for thy head thereto; or or made question, but in my heart or made

sore afraid lest thou have there is naught for sore afraid lest thou have there is naught for question, but in my heart sore afraid lest thou have question, but in my heart there is naught for question, but in my heart there is naught for sore afraid lest thou have there is naught for question, but in my heart there is naught for been won over by silver-

there is naught for been won over by silver-

there is naught for sore afraid lest thou have been won over by silver-sore afraid lest thou have there is naught for sore afraid lest thou have there is naught for been won over by silver-

there is naught for sore afraid lest thou have there is naught for footed Thetis, daughter of been won over by silver-footed Thetis, daughter of been won over by silver-the Ancient of the sea, for she

Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, the Ancient of the sea, for she

Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, the Ancient of the sea, for she footed Thetis, daughter of the Ancient of the sea, for she footed Thetis, daughter of

Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, at early morn sat Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, the Ancient of the sea, for she at early morn sat the Ancient of the sea, for she

Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, the Ancient of the sea, for she

Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, at early morn sat Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, the Ancient of the sea, for she

Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, the Ancient of the sea, for she by thee the Ancient of the sea, for she footed Thetis, daughter of the Ancient of the sea, for she footed Thetis, daughter of

by thee footed Thetis, daughter of the Ancient of the sea, for she footed Thetis, daughter of

and clasped thy the Ancient of the sea, for she and clasped thy the Ancient of the sea, for she and clasped thy the Ancient of the sea, for she and clasped thy the Ancient of the sea, for she and clasped thy Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, and clasped thy Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, at early morn sat and clasped thy at early morn sat Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, at early morn sat Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, and clasped thy Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, at early morn sat Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, the Ancient of the sea, for she at early morn sat the Ancient of the sea, for she and clasped thy the Ancient of the sea, for she at early morn sat the Ancient of the sea, for she

Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, the Ancient of the sea, for she

Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, at early morn sat Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, the Ancient of the sea, for she

Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, and clasped thy Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, the Ancient of the sea, for she

Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, at early morn sat Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, the Ancient of the sea, for she

Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, by thee and clasped thy by thee the Ancient of the sea, for she by thee the Ancient of the sea, for she and clasped thy the Ancient of the sea, for she by thee the Ancient of the sea, for she

knees. To her I and clasped thy knees. To her I and clasped thy Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, and clasped thy Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, knees. To her I Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, and clasped thy Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, at early morn sat and clasped thy at early morn sat knees. To her I at early morn sat and clasped thy at early morn sat Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, at early morn sat Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, and clasped thy Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, at early morn sat Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, knees. To her I Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, at early morn sat Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, and clasped thy Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, at early morn sat Then Zeus the cloud-gatherer, by thee and clasped thy by thee knees. To her I

by thee and clasped thy by thee deem thou gavest knees. To her I deem thou gavest knees. To her I and clasped thy knees. To her I and clasped thy deem thou gavest and clasped thy knees. To her I and clasped thy a sure pledge knees. To her I a sure pledge knees. To her I deem thou gavest a sure pledge deem thou gavest knees. To her I deem thou gavest knees. To her I a sure pledge knees. To her I deem thou gavest knees. To her I that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do deem thou gavest that thou wilt do deem thou gavest a sure pledge that thou wilt do a sure pledge

provoketh me with taunt-a sure pledge

provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-a sure pledge

provoketh me with taunt-deem thou gavest a sure pledge deem thou gavest that thou wilt do deem thou gavest a sure pledge deem thou gavest honour to Achil-that thou wilt do honour to Achil-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-honour to Achil-provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-a sure pledge that thou wilt do a sure pledge honour to Achil-a sure pledge that thou wilt do a sure pledge

provoketh me with taunt-a sure pledge

provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-a sure pledge

provoketh me with taunt-honour to Achil-provoketh me with taunt-a sure pledge

provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-a sure pledge

provoketh me with taunt-les, and lay many provoketh me with taunt-les, and lay many provoketh me with taunt-

e immortal gods, les, and lay many e immortal gods, les, and lay many provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-les, and lay many provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-honour to Achil-les, and lay many honour to Achil-provoketh me with taunt-honour to Achil-provoketh me with taunt-les, and lay many provoketh me with taunt-honour to Achil-provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do honour to Achil-that thou wilt do les, and lay many that thou wilt do honour to Achil-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-honour to Achil-provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-les, and lay many provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-honour to Achil-provoketh me with taunt-that thou wilt do provoketh me with taunt-les, and lay many low beside the les, and lay many e immortal gods, les, and lay many e immortal gods, low beside the e immortal gods, les, and lay many e immortal gods, honour to Achil-les, and lay many honour to Achil-low beside the honour to Achil-les, and lay many honour to Achil-Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid Achaians’ ships.”upbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid

and saith that I upbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid Achaians’ ships.”upbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid and saith that I upbraideth me ever amid e immortal gods, upbraideth me ever amid les, and lay many

Achaians’ ships.”les, and lay many e immortal gods, les, and lay many e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, les, and lay many e immortal gods, low beside the Achaians’ ships.”low beside the e immortal gods, low beside the e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, low beside the e immortal gods, les, and lay many low beside the les, and lay many Achaians’ ships.”les, and lay many low beside the les, and lay many e immortal gods, les, and lay many e immortal gods, low beside the e immortal gods, les, and lay many e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, les, and lay many e immortal gods, low beside the e immortal gods, les, and lay many e immortal gods, To her made and saith that I To her made and saith that I e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods, To her made e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods, and saith that I aid the Trojans and saith that I To her made and saith that I aid the Trojans and saith that I e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods,

aid the Trojans e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods, To her made e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods,

aid the Trojans e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods,

in battle. But do To her made in battle. But do and saith that I in battle. But do and saith that I To her made and saith that I in battle. But do and saith that I aid the Trojans in battle. But do aid the Trojans To her made aid the Trojans in battle. But do aid the Trojans and saith that I aid the Trojans and saith that I in battle. But do and saith that I aid the Trojans and saith that I To her made and saith that I aid the Trojans and saith that I in battle. But do and saith that I aid the Trojans and saith that I To her made Achaians’ ships.”To her made Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, To her made e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, and saith that I Achaians’ ships.”and saith that I To her made and saith that I Achaians’ ships.”and saith that I e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods, To her made e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, and saith that I e immortal gods, in battle. But do

Achaians’ ships.”in battle. But do To her made in battle. But do

Achaians’ ships.”in battle. But do and saith that I in battle. But do and saith that I Achaians’ ships.”and saith that I in battle. But do and saith that I To her made and saith that I in battle. But do and saith that I Achaians’ ships.”and saith that I in battle. But do and saith that I low beside the Achaians’ ships.”low beside the

To her made low beside the Achaians’ ships.”low beside the e immortal gods, low beside the e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, low beside the e immortal gods, To her made e immortal gods, low beside the e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, low beside the e immortal gods, answer Zeus the To her made answer Zeus the To her made Achaians’ ships.”To her made Achaians’ ships.”answer Zeus the Achaians’ ships.”To her made Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, To her made e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, answer Zeus the

e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, To her made e immortal gods, Achaians’ ships.”e immortal gods, cloud-gatherer: To her made cloud-gatherer: To her made answer Zeus the cloud-gatherer: answer Zeus the To her made answer Zeus the To her made cloud-gatherer: To her made answer Zeus the To her made “Lady, Good thou now depart “Lady, Good thou now depart in battle. But do thou now depart in battle. But do “Lady, Good in battle. But do thou now depart in battle. But do aid the Trojans in battle. But do aid the Trojans

thou now depart aid the Trojans in battle. But do aid the Trojans

“Lady, Good aid the Trojans in battle. But do aid the Trojans thou now depart aid the Trojans in battle. But do aid the Trojans thou now depart again, lest Hera thou now depart “Lady, Good thou now depart again, lest Hera thou now depart in battle. But do thou now depart in battle. But do again, lest Hera in battle. But do thou now depart in battle. But do “Lady, Good in battle. But do thou now depart in battle. But do again, lest Hera in battle. But do thou now depart in battle. But do mark aught; and I “Lady, Good mark aught; and I thou now depart mark aught; and I thou now depart “Lady, Good thou now depart mark aught; and I thou now depart again, lest Hera mark aught; and I again, lest Hera “Lady, Good again, lest Hera mark aught; and I again, lest Hera thou now depart again, lest Hera thou now depart mark aught; and I thou now depart again, lest Hera thou now depart “Lady, Good thou now depart again, lest Hera thou now depart mark aught; and I thou now depart again, lest Hera thou now depart mark aught; and I will take thought mark aught; and I “Lady, Good mark aught; and I will take thought mark aught; and I again, lest Hera mark aught; and I again, lest Hera will take thought again, lest Hera mark aught; and I again, lest Hera “Lady, Good again, lest Hera mark aught; and I again, lest Hera will take thought again, lest Hera mark aught; and I again, lest Hera “Lady, Good

answer Zeus the “Lady, Good answer Zeus the cloud-gatherer: “Lady, Good cloud-gatherer: answer Zeus the cloud-gatherer: answer Zeus the “Lady, Good answer Zeus the cloud-gatherer: answer Zeus the “Lady, Good lack! ever art “Lady, Good cloud-gatherer: “Lady, Good cloud-gatherer: lack! ever art cloud-gatherer: “Lady, Good cloud-gatherer: thou imagining,

to fulfil them. thou imagining,

to fulfil them.

“Lady, Good thou imagining, “Lady, Good lack! ever art thou imagining, lack! ever art “Lady, Good lack! ever art “Lady, Good thou imagining, “Lady, Good lack! ever art “Lady, Good thou imagining, nor can I escape thou imagining, lack! ever art thou imagining, lack! ever art nor can I escape lack! ever art thou imagining, lack! ever art thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. thou imagining, thee; yet shalt thou imagining,

to fulfil them. thou imagining,

to fulfil them. thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. thou imagining,

to fulfil them. nor can I escape thee; yet shalt nor can I escape to fulfil them. nor can I escape to fulfil them. thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. nor can I escape to fulfil them. thou imagining, nor can I escape thou imagining, thee; yet shalt thou imagining, nor can I escape thou imagining,

to fulfil them. thou imagining,

to fulfil them. nor can I escape to fulfil them. thou imagining,

to fulfil them. thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. thou imagining,

to fulfil them. nor can I escape to fulfil them. thou imagining,

to fulfil them. thou in no wise to fulfil them. thou in no wise to fulfil them. thee; yet shalt thou in no wise thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. thou in no wise to fulfil them. thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. nor can I escape thee; yet shalt nor can I escape thou in no wise nor can I escape thee; yet shalt nor can I escape to fulfil them. nor can I escape to fulfil them. thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. nor can I escape to fulfil them. thou in no wise to fulfil them. nor can I escape to fulfil them. thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. nor can I escape to fulfil them. have power to thee; yet shalt have power to thee; yet shalt thou in no wise have power to thou in no wise thee; yet shalt thou in no wise thee; yet shalt have power to thee; yet shalt thou in no wise thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. thou in no wise to fulfil them. thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. have power to to fulfil them. thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. thou in no wise to fulfil them. thee; yet shalt to fulfil them. fulfil, but wilt be thou in no wise fulfil, but wilt be thou in no wise fulfil, but wilt be have power to fulfil, but wilt be have power to thou in no wise have power to thou in no wise fulfil, but wilt be thou in no wise have power to thou in no wise the further from courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, fulfil, but wilt be the further from fulfil, but wilt be

courage; for that, fulfil, but wilt be

courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, fulfil, but wilt be

courage; for that, have power to fulfil, but wilt be have power to the further from have power to fulfil, but wilt be have power to my heart; that fulfil, but wilt be my heart; that fulfil, but wilt be the further from my heart; that the further from courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, my heart; that courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, fulfil, but wilt be the further from fulfil, but wilt be my heart; that fulfil, but wilt be the further from fulfil, but wilt be

courage; for that, fulfil, but wilt be

courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, fulfil, but wilt be

courage; for that, my heart; that courage; for that, fulfil, but wilt be

courage; for that, the further from courage; for that, fulfil, but wilt be

courage; for that,

father upbraid and cast the father upbraid and cast the father upbraid banquet in and cast the banquet in and cast the father upbraid and cast the father upbraid banquet in father upbraid and cast the father upbraid us not again and cast the us not again banquet in us not again and cast the us not again father upbraid us not again father upbraid and cast the father upbraid us not again father upbraid banquet in father upbraid us not again father upbraid and cast the father upbraid us not again father upbraid banquet in confubanquet in and cast the banquet in and cast the confuand cast the banquet in and cast the us not again and cast the us not again banquet in us not again and cast the us not again confuus not again and cast the us not again banquet in us not again and cast the us not again What if the

me the thing thou What if the

me the thing thou Then the father of What if the Then the father of me the thing thou Then the father of me the thing thou

What if the me the thing thou Then the father of me the thing thou gods and men made What if the gods and men made Then the father of gods and men made Then the father of What if the Then the father of gods and men made Then the father of answer her: “Hera,

What if the answer her: “Hera, gods and men made answer her: “Hera, gods and men made What if the gods and men made answer her: “Hera, gods and men made

banquet in What if the banquet in banquet in confubanquet in What if the banquet in confubanquet in What if the O l y mp ia n, What if the banquet in What if the banquet in O l y mp ia n, banquet in What if the banquet in confuWhat if the confuOl y mpia n, confuWhat if the confubanquet in confubanquet in What if the banquet in confubanquet in O l y mp ia n, banquet in confubanquet in What if the banquet in confubanquet in the lord of the answer her: “Hera, the lord of the answer her: “Hera, What if the the lord of the What if the

answer her: “Hera, What if the

answer her: “Hera, the lord of the answer her: “Hera, What if the

answer her: “Hera, O l y mp ia n, the lord of the O l y mp ia n, answer her: “Hera, O l y mp ia n, answer her: “Hera, the lord of the answer her: “Hera, O l y mp ia n, answer her: “Hera, What if the O l y mp ia n, What if the the lord of the What if the O l y mp ia n, What if the

answer her: “Hera, What if the

answer her: “Hera, O l y mp ia n, answer her: “Hera, What if the

answer her: “Hera, the lord of the answer her: “Hera, What if the

answer her: “Hera, O l y mp ia n, answer her: “Hera, What if the

answer her: “Hera, lightning, withe lord of the lightning, withe lord of the answer her: “Hera, the lord of the answer her: “Hera, lightning, wianswer her: “Hera, the lord of the answer her: “Hera, O l y mp ia n, the lord of the O l y mp ia n, lightning, wiO l y mp ia n, the lord of the O l y mp ia n, answer her: “Hera, O l y mp ia n, answer her: “Hera, the lord of the answer her: “Hera, O l y mp ia n, answer her: “Hera, lightning, wianswer her: “Hera, O l y mp ia n, answer her: “Hera, the lord of the answer her: “Hera, O l y mp ia n, answer her: “Hera, to dash us from our seats! lightning, wito dash us from our seats! lightning, wifor he is strongest far. Nay, art my wife. But whichso-for he is strongest far. Nay, art my wife. But whichso-to dash us from our seats! for he is strongest far. Nay, to dash us from our seats! lightning, wito dash us from our seats! lightning, wifor he is strongest far. Nay, lightning, wito dash us from our seats! lightning, wiapproach thou him with art my wife. But whichso-approach thou him with art my wife. But whichso-for he is strongest far. Nay, approach thou him with for he is strongest far. Nay, art my wife. But whichso-for he is strongest far. Nay, art my wife. But whichso-approach thou him with art my wife. But whichso-for he is strongest far. Nay, art my wife. But whichso-gentle words, then will the

art my wife. But whichso-gentle words, then will the

art my wife. But whichso-approach thou him with gentle words, then will the approach thou him with art my wife. But whichso-approach thou him with art my wife. But whichso-gentle words, then will the

art my wife. But whichso-approach thou him with art my wife. But whichso-Olympian forthwith be gentle words, then will the Olympian forthwith be gentle words, then will the gracious unto us.”Olympian forthwith be gracious unto us.”Olympian forthwith be So speaking he rose up gracious unto us.”So speaking he rose up gracious unto us.”and sat in his dear mother’s So speaking he rose up and sat in his dear mother’s So speaking he rose up hand the twy-handled cup, and sat in his dear mother’s hand the twy-handled cup, and sat in his dear mother’s and spake to her: “Be of hand the twy-handled cup, and spake to her: “Be of hand the twy-handled cup, good courage, mother mine, and spake to her: “Be of good courage, mother mine, and spake to her: “Be of and endure, though thou good courage, mother mine, and endure, though thou good courage, mother mine, art vexed, lest I behold thee, and endure, though thou art vexed, lest I behold thee, and endure, though thou thou art so dear, chastised art vexed, lest I behold thee, thou art so dear, chastised art vexed, lest I behold thee, before mine eyes, and then thou art so dear, chastised before mine eyes, and then thou art so dear, chastised shall I not be able for all my before mine eyes, and then shall I not be able for all my before mine eyes, and then sorrow to save thee; for

been won over by silver-sorrow to save thee; for

been won over by silver-shall I not be able for all my sorrow to save thee; for shall I not be able for all my Olympian is a hard been won over by silver-Olympian is a hard been won over by silver-sorrow to save thee; for Olympian is a hard sorrow to save thee; for

been won over by silver-sorrow to save thee; for

been won over by silver-Olympian is a hard been won over by silver-sorrow to save thee; for

been won over by silver-shall I not be able for all my sorrow to save thee; for shall I not be able for all my Olympian is a hard shall I not be able for all my sorrow to save thee; for shall I not be able for all my

foe to face. Yea, once been won over by silver-foe to face. Yea, once been won over by silver-Olympian is a hard foe to face. Yea, once Olympian is a hard been won over by silver-Olympian is a hard been won over by silver-foe to face. Yea, once been won over by silver-Olympian is a hard been won over by silver-foe to face. Yea, once ere this, when I was foe to face. Yea, once been won over by silver-foe to face. Yea, once been won over by silver-ere this, when I was

been won over by silver-foe to face. Yea, once been won over by silver-Olympian is a hard foe to face. Yea, once Olympian is a hard ere this, when I was Olympian is a hard foe to face. Yea, once Olympian is a hard been won over by silver-Olympian is a hard been won over by silver-foe to face. Yea, once been won over by silver-Olympian is a hard been won over by silver-ere this, when I was

been won over by silver-Olympian is a hard been won over by silver-foe to face. Yea, once been won over by silver-Olympian is a hard been won over by silver-fain to save thee, he and clasped thy fain to save thee, he and clasped thy foe to face. Yea, once fain to save thee, he foe to face. Yea, once ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was foe to face. Yea, once ere this, when I was foe to face. Yea, once fain to save thee, he foe to face. Yea, once ere this, when I was foe to face. Yea, once fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was caught me by my foot ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was and hurled me from and clasped thy and hurled me from and clasped thy fain to save thee, he and hurled me from fain to save thee, he and clasped thy fain to save thee, he and clasped thy and hurled me from and clasped thy fain to save thee, he and clasped thy caught me by my foot and hurled me from caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he and hurled me from fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he the heavenly thresh-

and clasped thy the heavenly thresh-

and clasped thy and hurled me from the heavenly thresh-and hurled me from and clasped thy and hurled me from and clasped thy the heavenly thresh-

and clasped thy and hurled me from and clasped thy caught me by my foot and hurled me from caught me by my foot the heavenly thresh-caught me by my foot and hurled me from caught me by my foot the heavenly thresh-old; all day I flew, and the heavenly thresh-at the set of sun I fell honour to Achil-at the set of sun I fell honour to Achil-the heavenly thresh-at the set of sun I fell the heavenly thresh-old; all day I flew, and at the set of sun I fell old; all day I flew, and the heavenly thresh-old; all day I flew, and the heavenly thresh-at the set of sun I fell the heavenly thresh-old; all day I flew, and the heavenly thresh-in Lemnos, and little honour to Achil-in Lemnos, and little honour to Achil-at the set of sun I fell in Lemnos, and little at the set of sun I fell honour to Achil-at the set of sun I fell honour to Achil-in Lemnos, and little honour to Achil-at the set of sun I fell honour to Achil-old; all day I flew, and at the set of sun I fell old; all day I flew, and in Lemnos, and little old; all day I flew, and at the set of sun I fell old; all day I flew, and

honour to Achil-old; all day I flew, and

honour to Achil-at the set of sun I fell honour to Achil-old; all day I flew, and

honour to Achil-in Lemnos, and little honour to Achil-old; all day I flew, and

honour to Achil-at the set of sun I fell honour to Achil-old; all day I flew, and

honour to Achil-life was in me. There honour to Achil-life was in me. There honour to Achil-in Lemnos, and little life was in me. There in Lemnos, and little honour to Achil-in Lemnos, and little honour to Achil-life was in me. There honour to Achil-in Lemnos, and little honour to Achil-did the Sintian folk life was in me. There did the Sintian folk life was in me. There honour to Achil-life was in me. There honour to Achil-did the Sintian folk

honour to Achil-life was in me. There honour to Achil-in Lemnos, and little life was in me. There in Lemnos, and little did the Sintian folk in Lemnos, and little life was in me. There in Lemnos, and little honour to Achil-in Lemnos, and little honour to Achil-life was in me. There honour to Achil-in Lemnos, and little honour to Achil-did the Sintian folk

honour to Achil-in Lemnos, and little honour to Achil-life was in me. There honour to Achil-in Lemnos, and little honour to Achil-forthwith tend me for

les, and lay many forthwith tend me for

les, and lay many Achaians’ ships.”forthwith tend me for Achaians’ ships.”les, and lay many Achaians’ ships.”les, and lay many

forthwith tend me for les, and lay many Achaians’ ships.”les, and lay many did the Sintian folk forthwith tend me for did the Sintian folk Achaians’ ships.”did the Sintian folk Achaians’ ships.”forthwith tend me for Achaians’ ships.”did the Sintian folk Achaians’ ships.”my fall.”Achaians’ ships.”my fall.”Achaians’ ships.”forthwith tend me for my fall.”forthwith tend me for Achaians’ ships.”forthwith tend me for Achaians’ ships.”my fall.”Achaians’ ships.”forthwith tend me for Achaians’ ships.”

He spake, and the Achaians’ ships.”

He spake, and the Achaians’ ships.”my fall.”He spake, and the my fall.”Achaians’ ships.”my fall.”Achaians’ ships.”

He spake, and the Achaians’ ships.”my fall.”Achaians’ ships.”

white-armed goddess To her made

white-armed goddess To her made cloud-gatherer: white-armed goddess cloud-gatherer: To her made cloud-gatherer: To her made

white-armed goddess To her made cloud-gatherer: To her made cloud-gatherer: “Lady, Good cloud-gatherer: white-armed goddess cloud-gatherer: “Lady, Good cloud-gatherer: cloud-gatherer: “Lady, Good cloud-gatherer: lack! ever art cloud-gatherer: “Lady, Good cloud-gatherer: white-armed goddess cloud-gatherer: “Lady, Good cloud-gatherer: lack! ever art cloud-gatherer: “Lady, Good cloud-gatherer: He spake, and the white-armed goddess He spake, and the my fall.”He spake, and the my fall.”

white-armed goddess my fall.”He spake, and the my fall.”Hera smiled, and white-armed goddess Hera smiled, and white-armed goddess He spake, and the white-armed goddess He spake, and the Hera smiled, and He spake, and the white-armed goddess He spake, and the smiling took the cupthou imagining, smiling took the cupthou imagining, Hera smiled, and smiling took the cupHera smiled, and white-armed goddess Hera smiled, and white-armed goddess smiling took the cupwhite-armed goddess Hera smiled, and white-armed goddess at her son’s hand. Then thou imagining, at her son’s hand. Then thou imagining, smiling took the cupat her son’s hand. Then smiling took the cupthou imagining, smiling took the cupthou imagining, at her son’s hand. Then thou imagining, smiling took the cupthou imagining, he poured wine to all the thou imagining, he poured wine to all the thou imagining, at her son’s hand. Then he poured wine to all the at her son’s hand. Then thou imagining, at her son’s hand. Then thou imagining, he poured wine to all the thou imagining, at her son’s hand. Then thou imagining, other gods from right to he poured wine to all the other gods from right to he poured wine to all the thou imagining, he poured wine to all the thou imagining, other gods from right to

thou imagining, he poured wine to all the thou imagining, left, ladling the sweet nectar other gods from right to left, ladling the sweet nectar other gods from right to from the bowl. And laughter left, ladling the sweet nectar from the bowl. And laughter left, ladling the sweet nectar unquenchable arose amid from the bowl. And laughter unquenchable arose amid from the bowl. And laughter the blessed gods to see unquenchable arose amid the blessed gods to see unquenchable arose amid the blessed gods to see Hephaistos bustling through the blessed gods to see

Pistachio Vigne� e WINNER AMBER MEDLAND

A blind man is standing on the corner. An empty dog-lead is hanging around his neck. He fi ngers it like a rosary. The dog is nowhere to be seen.I look around for it and am met by your smile brimming over like a hazelnut-half- shell. It is unexpected against your paleness. I was not ready for it. You kiss my nose and your fi nger traces circles on my palm. I want to make our bodies read like all the shapes of the alphabet.

What do you think he can see, you ask, eyes closed.I didn’t know that you had noticed him. He is calm and prophet-like, an island in sunlight. I wonder if his dog will come back. We sit on the wall in front of the church and watch him.I haven’t forgotten what you said earlier. I am trying to pretend that I’m not thinking about it.

I don’t know, I say. Maybe nothing. Maybe the bit at the end of a fi lm. Maybe dark space.

You sigh, I knew you’d say that.You knew I’d say dark space?You hesitate, Well you would, wouldn’t you. You’d assume there was nothingness.

Your jawline is tense. You fi x your eyes on the blind man.I wish you hadn’t said that. I won’t be able to forget.You pull up your sleeve to show me the new freckle you told me about on the phone last night. The freckle looks hopeful.

What’s that supposed to mean? I can’t help it, I ask – That I’m pessimistic? That I wouldn’t see past my eyelids? That’s right isn’t it. Because I can never see anything from anyone else’s perspective.You walk away from me, past the blind man, around the corner. I am so sick of your tilting-back-in-chair assumption that you know all of my possibilities, like I’m a pattern you can learn. Like if a piano fell out of the sky, you know which way I would step. You come back with an ice cream towered high like the fi rst Christmas tree I was allowed to decorate myself. You hold it up to my lips. I can’t help it. It is pistachio.

Maybe what he sees is like the bottom of the ocean, you say. Maybe everything is a bit blurred and drowned and has grown pinkish gills around the edges (you see my expression, and try harder). Maybe it’s all a oneness, you say. Maybe every-thing is orange-marinaded and his world tastes like a tangerine. Or maybe it’s like being trapped in a white-walled nightmare, like spending hours staring at your ceiling, numb-struck. Maybe he has to grit his teeth to leave his house because he is caged behind glass that one stone could shatter. Maybe it’s like when you stare straight at the sun and everything is purple splotched. Maybe he wanted to be a mime artist. Maybe he thinks that orchids are like pom-pom-dahlias (you know I like this word). Maybe there isn’t a dog, he is applying for a job, and thought the lead was his tie. Maybe his eyes and ears have fused, maybe the morning is a sob-wracked summer night when he hears a nocturne, and when his neighbours make love with wall-thudding moans (you moan), he blushes, and,

I raise the ice cream to your lips, and you just can’t help it. It is pistachio.

gods; neither will there any gods; neither mong the gods; neither mong the will there any mong the gods; neither mong the gods; neither will there any gods; neither more be joy gods; neither will there any gods; neither mong the gods; neither mong the will there any mong the gods; neither mong the more be joy mong the gods; neither mong the will there any mong the gods; neither mong the

of the goodly more be joy of the goodly more be joy will there any more be joy will there any of the goodly will there any more be joy will there any gods; neither will there any gods; neither more be joy gods; neither will there any gods; neither of the goodly gods; neither will there any gods; neither more be joy gods; neither will there any gods; neither of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly more be joy of the goodly more be joy feast, seeing more be joy of the goodly more be joy will there any more be joy will there any of the goodly will there any more be joy will there any feast, seeing will there any more be joy will there any of the goodly will there any more be joy will there any of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly tha t ev i l of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly more be joy of the goodly more be joy feast, seeing more be joy of the goodly more be joy that ev i l more be joy of the goodly more be joy feast, seeing more be joy of the goodly more be joy triumpheth. of the goodly triumpheth. of the goodly feast, seeing triumpheth. feast, seeing of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly triumpheth. of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly tha t ev i l triumpheth. tha t ev i l feast, seeing that ev i l feast, seeing triumpheth. feast, seeing that ev i l feast, seeing of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly tha t ev i l of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly triumpheth. of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly tha t ev i l of the goodly feast, seeing of the goodly triumpheth. 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So I give triumpheth. though herself my mother, though herself my mother, counsel to my mother, counsel to though herself counsel to my mother, counsel to So I give counsel to So I give my mother, So I give counsel to So I give though herself So I give counsel to So I give my mother, So I give counsel to So I give though herself is wise, to do though herself my mother, though herself my mother, is wise, to do my mother, though herself my mother, though herself is wise, to do though herself kindness to though herself is wise, to do though herself my mother, though herself my mother, is wise, to do my mother, though herself my mother, kindness to my mother, though herself my mother, is wise, to do my mother, though herself my mother, our dear father though herself our dear father though herself is wise, to do our dear father is wise, to do though herself is wise, to do though herself our dear father though herself is wise, to do though herself is wise, to do kindness to is wise, to do our dear father is wise, to do kindness to is wise, to do though herself is wise, to do though herself kindness to though herself is wise, to do though herself our dear father though herself is wise, to do though herself kindness to though herself is wise, to do though herself Zeus, that our our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father is wise, to do our dear father is wise, to do Zeus, that our is wise, to do our dear father is wise, to do kindness to our dear father kindness to Zeus, that our kindness to our dear father kindness to is wise, to do kindness to is wise, to do our dear father is wise, to do kindness to is wise, to do Zeus, that our is wise, to do kindness to is wise, to do our dear father is wise, to do kindness to is wise, to do father upbraid Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father father upbraid our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father us not again father upbraid us not again father upbraid Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our us not again Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our father upbraid us not again father upbraid and cast the father upbraid us not again father upbraid Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our us not again Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our and cast the Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our us not again Zeus, that our father upbraid Zeus, that our banquet in us not again banquet in us not again father upbraid us not again father upbraid banquet in father upbraid us not again father upbraid and cast the banquet in and cast the us not again and cast the us not again banquet in us not again and cast the us not again father upbraid us not again father upbraid and cast the father upbraid us not again father upbraid banquet in father upbraid us not again father upbraid and cast the father upbraid us not again father upbraid banquet in confubanquet in and cast the banquet in and cast the confuand cast the banquet in and cast the us not again and cast the us not again banquet in us not again and cast the us not again confuus not again and cast the us not again banquet in us not again and cast the us not again

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ll O l y mp ia n,

ll O l y mp ia n, the lord of the ll the lord of the O l y mp ia n, the lord of the O l y mp ia n,

ll O l y mp ia n, the lord of the O l y mp ia n, to dash us from our seats! lightning, wito dash us from our seats! lightning, will to dash us from our seats! ll for he is strongest far. Nay, to dash us from our seats! for he is strongest far. Nay, to dash us from our seats! lightning, wito dash us from our seats! lightning, wifor he is strongest far. Nay, lightning, wito dash us from our seats! lightning, wiapproach thou him with for he is strongest far. Nay, approach thou him with for he is strongest far. Nay, gentle words, then will the approach thou him with gentle words, then will the approach thou him with Olympian forthwith be gentle words, then will the Olympian forthwith be gentle words, then will the gracious unto us.”Olympian forthwith be gracious unto us.”Olympian forthwith be So speaking he rose up gracious unto us.”So speaking he rose up gracious unto us.”and sat in his dear mother’s So speaking he rose up and sat in his dear mother’s So speaking he rose up hand the twy-handled cup, and sat in his dear mother’s hand the twy-handled cup, and sat in his dear mother’s and spake to her: “Be of hand the twy-handled cup, and spake to her: “Be of hand the twy-handled cup, good courage, mother mine, and spake to her: “Be of good courage, mother mine, and spake to her: “Be of and endure, though thou good courage, mother mine, and endure, though thou good courage, mother mine, art vexed, lest I behold thee, and endure, though thou art vexed, lest I behold thee, and endure, though thou thou art so dear, chastised art vexed, lest I behold thee, thou art so dear, chastised art vexed, lest I behold thee, before mine eyes, and then thou art so dear, chastised before mine eyes, and then thou art so dear, chastised shall I not be able for all my before mine eyes, and then shall I not be able for all my before mine eyes, and then shall I not be able for all my sorrow to save thee; for shall I not be able for all my shall I not be able for all my the shall I not be able for all my before mine eyes, and then shall I not be able for all my before mine eyes, and then

the before mine eyes, and then shall I not be able for all my before mine eyes, and then

Olympian is a hard shall I not be able for all my Olympian is a hard shall I not be able for all my sorrow to save thee; for Olympian is a hard sorrow to save thee; for shall I not be able for all my sorrow to save thee; for shall I not be able for all my Olympian is a hard shall I not be able for all my sorrow to save thee; for shall I not be able for all my the Olympian is a hard the shall I not be able for all my the shall I not be able for all my Olympian is a hard shall I not be able for all my the shall I not be able for all my

foe to face. Yea, once Olympian is a hard foe to face. Yea, once Olympian is a hard foe to face. Yea, once ere this, when I was foe to face. Yea, once Olympian is a hard foe to face. Yea, once Olympian is a hard ere this, when I was Olympian is a hard foe to face. Yea, once Olympian is a hard fain to save thee, he foe to face. Yea, once fain to save thee, he foe to face. Yea, once ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was foe to face. Yea, once ere this, when I was foe to face. Yea, once fain to save thee, he foe to face. Yea, once ere this, when I was foe to face. Yea, once caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was caught me by my foot ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was caught me by my foot and hurled me from caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he and hurled me from fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he the heavenly thresh-caught me by my foot the heavenly thresh-caught me by my foot and hurled me from the heavenly thresh-and hurled me from caught me by my foot and hurled me from caught me by my foot the heavenly thresh-caught me by my foot and hurled me from caught me by my foot the heavenly thresh-old; all day I flew, and the heavenly thresh-at the set of sun I fell old; all day I flew, and at the set of sun I fell old; all day I flew, and the heavenly thresh-old; all day I flew, and the heavenly thresh-at the set of sun I fell the heavenly thresh-old; all day I flew, and the heavenly thresh-in Lemnos, and little at the set of sun I fell in Lemnos, and little at the set of sun I fell old; all day I flew, and at the set of sun I fell old; all day I flew, and in Lemnos, and little old; all day I flew, and at the set of sun I fell old; all day I flew, and in Lemnos, and little life was in me. There in Lemnos, and little did the Sintian folk in Lemnos, and little life was in me. There in Lemnos, and little did the Sintian folk in Lemnos, and little life was in me. There in Lemnos, and little

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the lord of the lame god; and Zeus the the lame god; O l y mp ia n, the lame god; and Zeus the the lame god; gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither and Zeus the gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither O l y mp ia n, gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither and Zeus the gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither the lord of

gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither and Zeus the gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither O l y mp ia n, gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither and Zeus the gods; neither the lame god; gods; neither l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. the lord of l i g h t n i n g , the lord of O l y mp ia n, the lord of O l y mp ia n, l i g h t n i n g , O l y mp ia n, the lord of O l y mp ia n, l i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g , the lord of l i g h t n i n g , the lord of departed to the lord of l i g h t n i n g , the lord of O l y mp ia n, the lord of O l y mp ia n, l i g h t n i n g , O l y mp ia n, the lord of O l y mp ia n, departed to O l y mp ia n, the lord of O l y mp ia n, l i g h t n i n g , O l y mp ia n, the lord of O l y mp ia n,

triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. his couch triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g , his couch l i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. departed to triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. his couch triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. departed to triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. where he wastriumpheth. where he wastriumpheth. feast, seeing triumpheth. feast, seeing where he was

feast, seeing triumpheth. feast, seeing that ev i l triumpheth. tha t ev i l where he wasthat ev i l triumpheth. tha t ev i l feast, seeing that ev i l feast, seeing triumpheth. feast, seeing that ev i l feast, seeing where he was

feast, seeing that ev i l feast, seeing triumpheth. feast, seeing that ev i l feast, seeing triumpheth. counsel to triumpheth. where he wastriumpheth. counsel to triumpheth. my mother, where he wasmy mother, triumpheth. my mother, triumpheth. where he wastriumpheth. my mother, triumpheth. counsel to my mother, counsel to where he wascounsel to my mother, counsel to triumpheth. counsel to triumpheth. my mother, triumpheth. counsel to triumpheth. where he wastriumpheth. counsel to triumpheth. my mother, triumpheth. counsel to triumpheth. triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. where he wastriumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. his couch where he washis couch triumpheth. his couch triumpheth. where he wastriumpheth. his couch triumpheth. triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. his couch triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. where he wastriumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. his couch triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. departed to his couch departed to where he wasdeparted to his couch departed to triumpheth. departed to triumpheth. his couch triumpheth. departed to triumpheth. where he wastriumpheth. departed to triumpheth. his couch triumpheth. departed to triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g , his couch l i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g ,

where he wasl i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g , his couch l i g h t n i n g , departed to l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. departed to triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. his couch triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. departed to triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. where he wastriumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. departed to triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. his couch triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. departed to triumpheth. l i g h t n i n g , triumpheth. wont of old to take his rest, my mother, wont of old to take his rest, my mother, my mother, though herself my mother, wont of old to take his rest, my mother, though herself my mother, where he waswont of old to take his rest, where he wasmy mother, where he wasmy mother, wont of old to take his rest, my mother, where he wasmy mother, whenever sweet sleep visited my mother, whenever sweet sleep visited my mother, my mother, though herself my mother, whenever sweet sleep visited my mother, though herself my mother, wont of old to take his rest, whenever sweet sleep visited wont of old to take his rest, my mother, wont of old to take his rest, my mother, whenever sweet sleep visited my mother, wont of old to take his rest, my mother, my mother, though herself my mother, wont of old to take his rest, my mother, though herself my mother, whenever sweet sleep visited my mother, though herself my mother, wont of old to take his rest, my mother, though herself my mother, him. There went he up and my mother, him. There went he up and my mother, whenever sweet sleep visited him. There went he up and whenever sweet sleep visited my mother, whenever sweet sleep visited my mother, him. There went he up and my mother, whenever sweet sleep visited my mother, slept, and beside him was our dear father slept, and beside him was our dear father him. There went he up and slept, and beside him was him. There went he up and my mother, him. There went he up and my mother, slept, and beside him was

my mother, him. There went he up and my mother, Hera of the golden throne.our dear father Hera of the golden throne.our dear father our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father Hera of the golden throne.our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father slept, and beside him was Hera of the golden throne.slept, and beside him was our dear father slept, and beside him was our dear father Hera of the golden throne.our dear father slept, and beside him was our dear father Now all other gods and Zeus, that our Now all other gods and Zeus, that our our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father Now all other gods and our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father Hera of the golden throne.Now all other gods and Hera of the golden throne.our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father Hera of the golden throne.our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father Now all other gods and our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father Hera of the golden throne.our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father chariot-driving men slept all Zeus, that our chariot-driving men slept all Zeus, that our Now all other gods and chariot-driving men slept all Now all other gods and Zeus, that our Now all other gods and Zeus, that our chariot-driving men slept all Zeus, that our Now all other gods and Zeus, that our our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father Now all other gods and our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father chariot-driving men slept all our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father Now all other gods and our dear father Zeus, that our our dear father night long, only Zeus Zeus, that our night long, only Zeus Zeus, that our chariot-driving men slept all night long, only Zeus chariot-driving men slept all Zeus, that our chariot-driving men slept all Zeus, that our night long, only Zeus Zeus, that our chariot-driving men slept all Zeus, that our was not chariot-driving men slept all was not chariot-driving men slept all holden of sweet sleep; rather night long, only Zeus holden of sweet sleep; rather night long, only Zeus was not holden of sweet sleep; rather was not was he pondering in his heart s ion. was he pondering in his heart s ion. holden of sweet sleep; rather was he pondering in his heart holden of sweet sleep; rather how he should do honour to s ion. how he should do honour to s ion. was he pondering in his heart how he should do honour to was he pondering in his heart s ion. was he pondering in his heart s ion. how he should do honour to s ion. was he pondering in his heart s ion. Achilles and destroy many s ion. Achilles and destroy many s ion. O l y mp ia n, Achilles and destroy many O l y mp ia n, s ion. O l y mp ia n, s ion. Achilles and destroy many s ion. O l y mp ia n, s ion. how he should do honour to Achilles and destroy many how he should do honour to s ion. how he should do honour to s ion. Achilles and destroy many s ion. how he should do honour to s ion. beside the Achaians’ ships. O l y mp ia n, beside the Achaians’ ships. O l y mp ia n, Achilles and destroy many beside the Achaians’ ships. Achilles and destroy many O l y mp ia n, Achilles and destroy many O l y mp ia n, beside the Achaians’ ships. O l y mp ia n, Achilles and destroy many O l y mp ia n, s ion. O l y mp ia n, s ion. Achilles and destroy many s ion. O l y mp ia n, s ion. beside the Achaians’ ships. s ion. O l y mp ia n, s ion. Achilles and destroy many s ion. O l y mp ia n, s ion. And this design seemed to O l y mp ia n, And this design seemed to O l y mp ia n, beside the Achaians’ ships. And this design seemed to beside the Achaians’ ships. O l y mp ia n, beside the Achaians’ ships. O l y mp ia n, And this design seemed to O l y mp ia n, beside the Achaians’ ships. O l y mp ia n, his mind the best, to wit, to O l y mp ia n, his mind the best, to wit, to O l y mp ia n, And this design seemed to his mind the best, to wit, to And this design seemed to O l y mp ia n, And this design seemed to O l y mp ia n, his mind the best, to wit, to O l y mp ia n, And this design seemed to O l y mp ia n, send a baneful dream upon his mind the best, to wit, to send a baneful dream upon his mind the best, to wit, to O l y mp ia n, his mind the best, to wit, to O l y mp ia n, send a baneful dream upon

O l y mp ia n, his mind the best, to wit, to O l y mp ia n, Agamemnon son of Atreus. to dash us from our seats! Agamemnon son of Atreus. to dash us from our seats! for he is strongest far. Nay, Agamemnon son of Atreus. for he is strongest far. Nay, to dash us from our seats! for he is strongest far. Nay, to dash us from our seats! Agamemnon son of Atreus. to dash us from our seats! for he is strongest far. Nay, to dash us from our seats! send a baneful dream upon Agamemnon son of Atreus. send a baneful dream upon So he spake, and uttered to for he is strongest far. Nay, So he spake, and uttered to for he is strongest far. Nay, Agamemnon son of Atreus. So he spake, and uttered to Agamemnon son of Atreus. for he is strongest far. Nay, Agamemnon son of Atreus. for he is strongest far. Nay, So he spake, and uttered to for he is strongest far. Nay, Agamemnon son of Atreus. for he is strongest far. Nay, him winged words: “Come for he is strongest far. Nay, him winged words: “Come for he is strongest far. Nay, So he spake, and uttered to him winged words: “Come So he spake, and uttered to for he is strongest far. Nay, So he spake, and uttered to for he is strongest far. Nay, him winged words: “Come for he is strongest far. Nay, So he spake, and uttered to for he is strongest far. Nay, nhim winged words: “Come nhim winged words: “Come

ow, thou baneful Dream, go to the him winged words: “Come

ow, thou baneful Dream, go to the him winged words: “Come Achaians’ fleet ships, enter into the hut

ow, thou baneful Dream, go to the Achaians’ fleet ships, enter into the hut

ow, thou baneful Dream, go to the

of Agamemnon son of Atreus, and tell Achaians’ fleet ships, enter into the hut of Agamemnon son of Atreus, and tell Achaians’ fleet ships, enter into the hut

him every word plainly as I charge thee. of Agamemnon son of Atreus, and tell him every word plainly as I charge thee. of Agamemnon son of Atreus, and tell

Bid him call to arms the flowing-haired hand the twy-handled cup, Bid him call to arms the flowing-haired hand the twy-handled cup, him every word plainly as I charge thee. Bid him call to arms the flowing-haired him every word plainly as I charge thee.

Achaians with all speed, for that now he hand the twy-handled cup, Achaians with all speed, for that now he hand the twy-handled cup, hand the twy-handled cup, and spake to her: “Be of hand the twy-handled cup, Achaians with all speed, for that now he hand the twy-handled cup, and spake to her: “Be of hand the twy-handled cup, Bid him call to arms the flowing-haired Achaians with all speed, for that now he Bid him call to arms the flowing-haired hand the twy-handled cup, Bid him call to arms the flowing-haired hand the twy-handled cup, Achaians with all speed, for that now he hand the twy-handled cup, Bid him call to arms the flowing-haired hand the twy-handled cup, may take the wid

hand the twy-handled cup, may take the wid

hand the twy-handled cup, Achaians with all speed, for that now he may take the widAchaians with all speed, for that now he hand the twy-handled cup, Achaians with all speed, for that now he hand the twy-handled cup, may take the wid

hand the twy-handled cup, Achaians with all speed, for that now he hand the twy-handled cup, e-wayed cAchaians with all speed, for that now he e-wayed cAchaians with all speed, for that now he

the Trojans. For the immor-good courage, mother mine, the Trojans. For the immor-good courage, mother mine, may take the widthe Trojans. For the immor-may take the widgood courage, mother mine, may take the widgood courage, mother mine, the Trojans. For the immor-good courage, mother mine, may take the widgood courage, mother mine, e-wayed cthe Trojans. For the immor-e-wayed ctals that dwell in the halls art vexed, lest I behold thee, tals that dwell in the halls art vexed, lest I behold thee, the Trojans. For the immor-tals that dwell in the halls the Trojans. For the immor-good courage, mother mine, the Trojans. For the immor-good courage, mother mine, tals that dwell in the halls good courage, mother mine, the Trojans. For the immor-good courage, mother mine, of Olympus are no longer art vexed, lest I behold thee, of Olympus are no longer art vexed, lest I behold thee, tals that dwell in the halls of Olympus are no longer tals that dwell in the halls art vexed, lest I behold thee, tals that dwell in the halls art vexed, lest I behold thee, of Olympus are no longer art vexed, lest I behold thee, tals that dwell in the halls art vexed, lest I behold thee, divided in counsel, since of Olympus are no longer divided in counsel, since of Olympus are no longer art vexed, lest I behold thee, of Olympus are no longer art vexed, lest I behold thee, divided in counsel, since art vexed, lest I behold thee, of Olympus are no longer art vexed, lest I behold thee, Hera hath turned the minds divided in counsel, since Hera hath turned the minds divided in counsel, since of all by her beseeching, and Hera hath turned the minds of all by her beseeching, and Hera hath turned the minds over the Trojans sorrows of all by her beseeching, and over the Trojans sorrows of all by her beseeching, and hang.”So spake he, and the over the Trojans sorrows hang.”So spake he, and the over the Trojans sorrows Dream went his way when hang.”So spake he, and the Dream went his way when hang.”So spake he, and the he had heard the charge. Dream went his way when he had heard the charge. Dream went his way when With speed he came to the fain to save thee, he With speed he came to the fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was With speed he came to the ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was

caught me by my foot With speed he came to the caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he With speed he came to the fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was caught me by my foot ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was With speed he came to the ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was caught me by my foot ere this, when I was fain to save thee, he ere this, when I was caught me by my foot and hurled me from caught me by my foot With speed he came to the caught me by my foot and hurled me from caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he and hurled me from fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he With speed he came to the fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he and hurled me from fain to save thee, he caught me by my foot fain to save thee, he he had heard the charge. With speed he came to the he had heard the charge.

Achaians’ fleet ships, and With speed he came to the Achaians’ fleet ships, and With speed he came to the went to Agamemnon son of caught me by my foot went to Agamemnon son of caught me by my foot

the heavenly thresh-went to Agamemnon son of the heavenly thresh-caught me by my foot the heavenly thresh-caught me by my foot went to Agamemnon son of caught me by my foot the heavenly thresh-caught me by my foot Achaians’ fleet ships, and went to Agamemnon son of Achaians’ fleet ships, and the heavenly thresh-

Achaians’ fleet ships, and the heavenly thresh-went to Agamemnon son of the heavenly thresh-

Achaians’ fleet ships, and the heavenly thresh-Atreus, and found him sleep-the heavenly thresh-Atreus, and found him sleep-the heavenly thresh-went to Agamemnon son of Atreus, and found him sleep-went to Agamemnon son of the heavenly thresh-went to Agamemnon son of the heavenly thresh-Atreus, and found him sleep-the heavenly thresh-went to Agamemnon son of the heavenly thresh-ing in his hut, and ambrosial the heavenly thresh-ing in his hut, and ambrosial the heavenly thresh-Atreus, and found him sleep-ing in his hut, and ambrosial Atreus, and found him sleep-the heavenly thresh-Atreus, and found him sleep-the heavenly thresh-ing in his hut, and ambrosial the heavenly thresh-Atreus, and found him sleep-the heavenly thresh-

slumber poured over him. ing in his hut, and ambrosial slumber poured over him. ing in his hut, and ambrosial Sslumber poured over him. Sslumber poured over him. slumber poured over him. o he stood over his slumber poured over him. ing in his hut, and ambrosial slumber poured over him. ing in his hut, and ambrosial o he stood over his

ing in his hut, and ambrosial slumber poured over him. ing in his hut, and ambrosial

head in seeming slumber poured over him. head in seeming slumber poured over him. Shead in seeming Sslumber poured over him. Sslumber poured over him. head in seeming slumber poured over him. Sslumber poured over him. o he stood over his head in seeming o he stood over his slumber poured over him. o he stood over his slumber poured over him. head in seeming slumber poured over him. o he stood over his slumber poured over him.

like unto the son of head in seeming like unto the son of head in seeming

Pyrrha RUNNER UP SIMON HAINES what tender boy drenched in perfume strewn on roses holds you to him in sea rent hollow who watches you tie up waves of burntgold hair so simply

he

who will weep at you trickling fi delitywill gaze green eyed at his changing star & sea turned;

still now

soft boy enjoys you smooth boy knows you will always always be still unknows breezes treachery

—wretches— see you shimmer not you rocks, you wreck–

me

I laywrung dry my clotheson sand on land dedicated to gods below

and Olympus. There found mounted up to great heaven and Olympus. There found mounted up to great heaven she Kronos’ son of the and Olympus. There found she Kronos’ son of the and Olympus. There found far-soundinshe Kronos’ son of the far-soundinshe Kronos’ son of the g voice sitting she Kronos’ son of the g voice sitting she Kronos’ son of the apart from all on the topmost far-soundinapart from all on the topmost far-sounding voice sitting apart from all on the topmost g voice sitting peak of many-ridged apart from all on the topmost peak of many-ridged apart from all on the topmost Olympus. So she sat before peak of many-ridged Olympus. So she sat before peak of many-ridged his face and with her left Olympus. So she sat before his face and with her left Olympus. So she sat before hand clasped his knees, and his face and with her left hand clasped his knees, and his face and with her left with her right touched him hand clasped his knees, and with her right touched him hand clasped his knees, and

eneath his chin, and spake in prayer to with her right touched him

eneath his chin, and spake in prayer to with her right touched him king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus,

eneath his chin, and spake in prayer to king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus,

eneath his chin, and spake in prayer to

ever I gave thee aid amidking Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus,

ever I gave thee aid amidking Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus,

the immortal king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus,

the immortal king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus,

gods, whether by word or deed, fulfil thou ever I gave thee aid amid

gods, whether by word or deed, fulfil thou ever I gave thee aid amid

silver-footed, had devised counsel with him. Anon with silver-footed, had devised counsel with him. Anon with silver-footed, had devised taunting words spake she counsel with him. Anon with taunting words spake she counsel with him. Anon with to Zeus the son of Kronos: taunting words spake she to Zeus the son of Kronos: taunting words spake she “

g voice sitting “

g voice sitting apart from all on the topmost “apart from all on the topmost g voice sitting apart from all on the topmost g voice sitting “

g voice sitting apart from all on the topmost g voice sitting to Zeus the son of Kronos: “to Zeus the son of Kronos: Now who among the to Zeus the son of Kronos: Now who among the to Zeus the son of Kronos: taunting words spake she to Zeus the son of Kronos: taunting words spake she Now who among the taunting words spake she to Zeus the son of Kronos: taunting words spake she

gods, thou crafty of Now who among the gods, thou crafty of Now who among the mind, hath devised gods, thou crafty of mind, hath devised gods, thou crafty of Now who among the gods, thou crafty of Now who among the mind, hath devised Now who among the gods, thou crafty of Now who among the mind, hath devised counsel with thee? mind, hath devised gods, thou crafty of mind, hath devised gods, thou crafty of counsel with thee? gods, thou crafty of mind, hath devised gods, thou crafty of It is ever thy good mind, hath devised It is ever thy good mind, hath devised counsel with thee? It is ever thy good counsel with thee? mind, hath devised counsel with thee? mind, hath devised It is ever thy good mind, hath devised counsel with thee? mind, hath devised It is ever thy good pleasure to hold It is ever thy good aloof from me and king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, aloof from me and king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus,

It is ever thy good aloof from me and It is ever thy good pleasure to hold aloof from me and pleasure to hold It is ever thy good pleasure to hold It is ever thy good aloof from me and It is ever thy good pleasure to hold It is ever thy good in secret meditation king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, in secret meditation king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, aloof from me and in secret meditation aloof from me and king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, aloof from me and king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, in secret meditation king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, aloof from me and king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, pleasure to hold aloof from me and pleasure to hold in secret meditation pleasure to hold aloof from me and pleasure to hold to give thy judgments,

king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, to give thy judgments,

king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, in secret meditation to give thy judgments, in secret meditation king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, in secret meditation king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, to give thy judgments,

king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, in secret meditation king Zeus son of Kronos: “Father Zeus, to give thy judgments, nor of thine own to give thy judgments,

Definition PAUL MERCHANT

Mindle, noun: the part of a tree likely to snap in a storm, or else be turned to shoddy weaving frames; the place where the length of a needle becomes the point; the stick kept for fi replace stories.

Or, to Mindle, verb, the stagger used to fi ght the rain at 3am; half-hearted rummaging through loved ones’ things; the thinking of thoughts two seconds before sleep.

forthwith tend me for He spake, and the He spake, and the white-armed goddess He spake, and the Hera smiled, and He spake, and the Hera smiled, and He spake, and the white-armed goddess Hera smiled, and white-armed goddess He spake, and the white-armed goddess He spake, and the Hera smiled, and He spake, and the white-armed goddess He spake, and the smiling took the cupHera smiled, and smiling took the cupHera smiled, and white-armed goddess Hera smiled, and white-armed goddess smiling took the cupwhite-armed goddess Hera smiled, and white-armed goddess at her son’s hand. Then smiling took the cupat her son’s hand. Then smiling took the cuphe poured wine to all the at her son’s hand. Then he poured wine to all the at her son’s hand. Then other gods from right to he poured wine to all the other gods from right to he poured wine to all the left, ladling the sweet nectar other gods from right to left, ladling the sweet nectar other gods from right to from the bowl. And laughter left, ladling the sweet nectar from the bowl. And laughter left, ladling the sweet nectar unquenchable arose amid from the bowl. And laughter unquenchable arose amid from the bowl. And laughter the blessed gods to see unquenchable arose amid the blessed gods to see unquenchable arose amid Hephaistos bustling through the blessed gods to see Hephaistos bustling through the blessed gods to see

So feasted they al day till the setting of the sun; nor So feasted they al day till the setting of the sun; nor So feasted they al day till was their soul aught stinted the setting of the sun; nor was their soul aught stinted the setting of the sun; nor of the fair banquet, nor of was their soul aught stinted of the fair banquet, nor of was their soul aught stinted was their soul aught stinted ous lyre was their soul aught stinted of the fair banquet, nor of ous lyre of the fair banquet, nor of was their soul aught stinted of the fair banquet, nor of was their soul aught stinted ous lyre was their soul aught stinted of the fair banquet, nor of was their soul aught stinted

that Apollo of the fair banquet, nor of that Apollo of the fair banquet, nor of ous lyre that Apollo ous lyre of the fair banquet, nor of ous lyre of the fair banquet, nor of that Apollo of the fair banquet, nor of ous lyre of the fair banquet, nor of that Apollo held, and the that Apollo ous lyre that Apollo ous lyre held, and the ous lyre that Apollo ous lyre Muses singing that Apollo Muses singing that Apollo that Apollo held, and the that Apollo Muses singing that Apollo held, and the that Apollo ous lyre that Apollo ous lyre held, and the ous lyre that Apollo ous lyre Muses singing

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whom most of all forthwith tend me for whom most of all forthwith tend me for He spake, and the whom most of all He spake, and the

Neleus, even Nestor, whom most of all Neleus, even Nestor, forthwith tend me for Neleus, even Nestor, forthwith tend me for whom most of all forthwith tend me for Neleus, even Nestor, forthwith tend me for the elders Agamem-whom most of all the elders Agamem-whom most of all Neleus, even Nestor, whom most of all Neleus, even Nestor, the elders Agamem-Neleus, even Nestor, whom most of all Neleus, even Nestor, the elders Agamem-non honoured; in the elders Agamem-non honoured; in his likeness spake non honoured; in the elders Agamem-non honoured; in the elders Agamem-his likeness spake the elders Agamem-non honoured; in the elders Agamem-to him the heavenly his likeness spake to him the heavenly his likeness spake non honoured; in his likeness spake non honoured; in to him the heavenly non honoured; in his likeness spake non honoured; in to him the heavenly Dream:“Sleepto him the heavenly his likeness spake to him the heavenly his likeness spake Dream:“Sleephis likeness spake to him the heavenly his likeness spake thou, son of wise to him the heavenly thou, son of wise to him the heavenly Dream:“Sleepthou, son of wise Dream:“Sleepto him the heavenly Dream:“Sleepto him the heavenly thou, son of wise to him the heavenly Dream:“Sleepto him the heavenly Atreus tamer of he poured wine to all the Atreus tamer of he poured wine to all the other gods from right to Atreus tamer of other gods from right to he poured wine to all the other gods from right to he poured wine to all the Atreus tamer of he poured wine to all the other gods from right to he poured wine to all the

left, ladling the sweet nectar Atreus tamer of left, ladling the sweet nectar other gods from right to left, ladling the sweet nectar other gods from right to Atreus tamer of other gods from right to left, ladling the sweet nectar other gods from right to thou, son of wise Atreus tamer of thou, son of wise Dream:“Sleepthou, son of wise Dream:“SleepAtreus tamer of Dream:“Sleepthou, son of wise Dream:“Sleephorses? To sleep Atreus tamer of horses? To sleep Atreus tamer of thou, son of wise Atreus tamer of thou, son of wise horses? To sleep thou, son of wise Atreus tamer of thou, son of wise all night through left, ladling the sweet nectar all night through left, ladling the sweet nectar from the bowl. And laughter all night through from the bowl. And laughter left, ladling the sweet nectar from the bowl. And laughter left, ladling the sweet nectar all night through left, ladling the sweet nectar from the bowl. And laughter left, ladling the sweet nectar horses? To sleep all night through horses? To sleep all night through beseemeth not one all night through horses? To sleep all night through horses? To sleep beseemeth not one horses? To sleep all night through horses? To sleep that is a counsellor,

from the bowl. And laughter that is a counsellor,

from the bowl. And laughter all night through that is a counsellor, all night through from the bowl. And laughter all night through from the bowl. And laughter that is a counsellor,

from the bowl. And laughter all night through from the bowl. And laughter beseemeth not one that is a counsellor, beseemeth not one all night through beseemeth not one all night through that is a counsellor, all night through beseemeth not one all night through to whom peoples that is a counsellor, to whom peoples that is a counsellor, are entrusted and so to whom peoples are entrusted and so to whom peoples that is a counsellor, to whom peoples that is a counsellor, are entrusted and so that is a counsellor, to whom peoples that is a counsellor, many cares belong. are entrusted and so many cares belong. are entrusted and so to whom peoples are entrusted and so to whom peoples many cares belong. to whom peoples are entrusted and so to whom peoples But now hearken straightway the setting of the sun; nor But now hearken straightway the setting of the sun; nor many cares belong. But now hearken straightway many cares belong. to me, for I am a messen-the setting of the sun; nor to me, for I am a messen-the setting of the sun; nor But now hearken straightway to me, for I am a messen-But now hearken straightway the setting of the sun; nor But now hearken straightway the setting of the sun; nor to me, for I am a messen-the setting of the sun; nor But now hearken straightway the setting of the sun; nor ger to thee from Zeus, who to me, for I am a messen-ger to thee from Zeus, who to me, for I am a messen-though he be afar yet hath ger to thee from Zeus, who though he be afar yet hath ger to thee from Zeus, who great care for thee and pity. though he be afar yet hath great care for thee and pity. though he be afar yet hath He biddeth thee call to arms alternately He biddeth thee call to arms alternately great care for thee and pity. He biddeth thee call to arms great care for thee and pity. the flowing-haired Achaians a lternately the flowing-haired Achaians a lternately He biddeth thee call to arms the flowing-haired Achaians He biddeth thee call to arms alternately He biddeth thee call to arms alternately the flowing-haired Achaians a lternately He biddeth thee call to arms alternately with all speed, for that now alternately with all speed, for that now alternately Muses singing alternately Muses singing with all speed, for that now Muses singing alternately Muses singing the flowing-haired Achaians with all speed, for that now the flowing-haired Achaians a lternately the flowing-haired Achaians a lternately with all speed, for that now alternately the flowing-haired Achaians a lternately thou mayest take the wide-a lternately thou mayest take the wide-a lternately with all speed, for that now thou mayest take the wide-with all speed, for that now alternately with all speed, for that now alternately thou mayest take the wide-a lternately with all speed, for that now alternately with all speed, for that now y of the with all speed, for that now thou mayest take the wide-y of the thou mayest take the wide-with all speed, for that now thou mayest take the wide-with all speed, for that now y of the with all speed, for that now thou mayest take the wide-with all speed, for that now

Trojans. For alternately

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thou mayest take the wide-Trojans. For thou mayest take the wide-a lternately thou mayest take the wide-a lternately Trojans. For

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a lternately thou mayest take the wide-a lternately Trojans. For

alternately thou mayest take the wide-a lternately wayed cit

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tals that dwell Trojans. For tals that dwell Trojans. For the immor-tals that dwell the immor-Trojans. For the immor-Trojans. For tals that dwell Trojans. For the immor-Trojans. For y of the Trojans. For y of the the immor-y of the Trojans. For y of the tals that dwell

y of the Trojans. For y of the the immor-y of the Trojans. For y of the tals that dwell in the halls tals that dwell the immor-tals that dwell the immor-in the halls the immor-tals that dwell the immor-Trojans. For the immor-Trojans. For tals that dwell Trojans. For the immor-Trojans. For in the halls Trojans. For the immor-Trojans. For tals that dwell Trojans. For the immor-Trojans. For of Olympus tals that dwell of Olympus tals that dwell in the halls of Olympus in the halls tals that dwell in the halls tals that dwell of Olympus tals that dwell in the halls tals that dwell are no longer house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, of Olympus are no longer of Olympus house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, in the halls of Olympus in the halls are no longer in the halls of Olympus in the halls of Olympus are no longer of Olympus divided in of Olympus are no longer of Olympus house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, divided in house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, are no longer divided in are no longer counsel, since are no longer divided in are no longer house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, divided in house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, divided in house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, of Olympus are no longer of Olympus divided in of Olympus are no longer of Olympus counsel, since of Olympus are no longer of Olympus divided in of Olympus are no longer of Olympus house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, divided in house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, divided in house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, of Olympus house to sleep, house to sleep, Hera hath house to sleep, house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, Hera hath house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, Hera hath house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, Hera hath house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, divided in counsel, since divided in Hera hath divided in counsel, since divided in house to sleep, divided in house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, divided in house to sleep, Hera hath house to sleep, divided in house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, divided in house to sleep, are no longer divided in are no longer counsel, since are no longer divided in are no longer Hera hath are no longer divided in are no longer counsel, since are no longer divided in are no longer house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, divided in house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, divided in house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, Hera hath house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, divided in house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, divided in house to sleep, are no longer house to sleep, turned the

house to sleep, turned the

house to sleep, Hera hath turned the Hera hath house to sleep, Hera hath house to sleep, turned the

house to sleep, Hera hath house to sleep, counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since turned the counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, Hera hath house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, turned the

house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, Hera hath house to sleep, counsel, since house to sleep, turned the minds of all by turned the Hera hath turned the Hera hath minds of all by Hera hath turned the Hera hath counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since turned the counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since minds of all by counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since turned the counsel, since Hera hath counsel, since

Whilst you’re gone MARIA HANNAH BASS

My body is the land from here to Euston.Fields without meaning lie fallowin the shade of cranes, shot through withtunnels that eat deep and gape at the skin.The hills have grown grey and hard with frost,the trees sag under the weight of the sky.The sky is sick with the smell of biscuitfactories, scrapheaps where carcassedcars entwine the thicket. Clandestinecongregations meet, of post lorries andbroken buses at the arse end of houses.Dragged out of half-hearted hamlets,a boredom of carparks and shopping centres,warehouses brutish and anonymous, half-fullwith parts of parts of parts.Strung along a cable, the threadbare birdshave lost the will to sing, and the music hereis the tidal roar of bypass and highway,and tired trains on tired tracks throughconcrete valleys spraypaint-scarred and dankwith moss. I exist for this line, this longest,longest grind into the station, intothe heart, that feels like a lifetime,a lifetime of waiting,waiting to arrive again, for glassand stone that sing in the sun, to tastemy soul at the back of my tongue, to feelit in the roots of my hair, to hearit in the surge of my lungs.

amid the immor-the surest token amid the immor-the surest token of my part, is the surest token of my part, is amid the immor-of my part, is the surest token of my part, is tals; no word of amid the immor-tals; no word of amid the immor-the surest token amid the immor-the surest token tals; no word of the surest token amid the immor-the surest token

e is revocable nor tals; no word of e is revocable nor tals; no word of false nor unfulfilled when e is revocable nor false nor unfulfilled when e is revocable nor the bowing of my head hath false nor unfulfilled when the bowing of my head hath false nor unfulfilled when

Kronion spake, and bowed his dark brow, and the Kronion spake, and bowed his dark brow, and the Kronion spake, and bowed ambrosial locks waved from his dark brow, and the ambrosial locks waved from his dark brow, and the the king’s immortal head; ambrosial locks waved from the king’s immortal head; ambrosial locks waved from and he made great Olympus the king’s immortal head; and he made great Olympus the king’s immortal head;

Thus the twain took counsel and parted; she leapt there-Thus the twain took counsel and parted; she leapt there-Thus the twain took counsel with into the deep sea froand parted; she leapt there-with into the deep sea froand parted; she leapt there-

m and parted; she leapt there-

m and parted; she leapt there-glittering Olympus, and Zeus fared with into the deep sea froglittering Olympus, and Zeus fared with into the deep sea froto his own palace. All the gods in glittering Olympus, and Zeus fared to his own palace. All the gods in glittering Olympus, and Zeus fared

company arose from their seats to his own palace. All the gods in

from their seats to his own palace. All the gods in

before their father’s face; neither company arose before their father’s face; neither company arose

amid the immor-And if it be so, amid the immor-amid the immor-tals; no word of amid the immor-And if it be so, amid the immor-tals; no word of amid the immor-then such must amid the immor-then such must amid the immor-And if it be so, then such must And if it be so, amid the immor-And if it be so, amid the immor-then such must amid the immor-And if it be so, amid the immor-mthen such must mthen such must y good pleasure be. Abide then such must y good pleasure be. Abide then such must thou in silence and hearken e is revocable nor thou in silence and hearken e is revocable nor mthou in silence and hearken my good pleasure be. Abide thou in silence and hearken y good pleasure be. Abide to my bidding, lest all the thou in silence and hearken to my bidding, lest all the thou in silence and hearken gods that are ito my bidding, lest all the gods that are ito my bidding, lest all the n Olympus to my bidding, lest all the n Olympus to my bidding, lest all the keep not off from thee my gods that are ikeep not off from thee my gods that are in Olympus keep not off from thee my n Olympus visitation, whenkeep not off from thee my visitation, whenkeep not off from thee my I put fokeep not off from thee my I put fokeep not off from thee my my hands unapproachable visitation, whenmy hands unapproachable visitation, when I put fomy hands unapproachable I put foagainst thee.”my hands unapproachable against thee.”my hands unapproachable He said, and Hera the ox-eyed against thee.”He said, and Hera the ox-eyed against thee.”queen was afraid, and sat in silence, He said, and Hera the ox-eyed queen was afraid, and sat in silence, He said, and Hera the ox-eyed

curbing her heart; but throughout queen was afraid, and sat in silence, curbing her heart; but throughout queen was afraid, and sat in silence,

Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven and parted; she leapt there-Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven and parted; she leapt there-curbing her heart; but throughout Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven curbing her heart; but throughout

and parted; she leapt there-curbing her heart; but throughout

and parted; she leapt there-Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven and parted; she leapt there-curbing her heart; but throughout

and parted; she leapt there-were troubled. Then Hephaistos and parted; she leapt there-were troubled. Then Hephaistos and parted; she leapt there-Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven were troubled. Then Hephaistos Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven and parted; she leapt there-Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven and parted; she leapt there-were troubled. Then Hephaistos and parted; she leapt there-Zeus’ palace the gods of heaven and parted; she leapt there-the famed craftsman began to were troubled. Then Hephaistos the famed craftsman began to were troubled. Then Hephaistos

make harangue among them, to the famed craftsman began to make harangue among them, to the famed craftsman began to

do kindness to his mother, whmake harangue among them, to do kindness to his mother, whmake harangue among them, to

armed Hera: “Verily this will do kindness to his mother, wharmed Hera: “Verily this will do kindness to his mother, wharmed Hera: “Verily this will be a sorry matter, neither armed Hera: “Verily this will

Funeral BRENDAN GILLOTT

Of my grandmother’s funeralThe deepest memory isThe coffi n, the feel of the thing,Its hard sharp polished edge diggingBiting my fourteen year old shoulder.Its weight, its sheer heft, the six menWho carried it heaving, gasping,Young and strong still, or wavering like dead woodLabouring under the drag of her death.In life so frail, so light.

The rattled blessings of sprinkled earth.A sunfl ower on the lacquered wood.Six men bent under six foot of oak,The way she knelt to prune roses.

On your bike...Whi� lesey

For £8.70 student return fare and a 50 minute train journey, you can escape to Whi� lesey, an ancient Fenland town six miles east of Peterborough. With the River Nene meandering by and a pub for every week of the year, there’s no be� er place to escape college library repetitive strain injury.

Wandlebury Ring

One of the largest Iron Age hill forts in England. Dug in 5th Century BC, it forms part of Wandlebury Country Park. To get there, grab the Stagecoach Citiplus X13 and X13a service between Cambridge & Haverhill.

Gog Magog Downs

Although a university decree of 1574 forbade students to visit the ‘Gogs’ on pain of a fine, times have thankfully changed. Wandlebury is, in fact, part of the Gog Magog Downs. The myth runs that the Downs are the bodies of hyper-borean giants who lay down exhaustedly south of Cambridge where eventually chalk formed over them.

Granchester

Many students wander along the towpath to Grantchester, famous for its pubs and Brooke’s favoured haunt, The Orchard Tea Garden . Beyond the village, keep going and you’ll find more isolation, peace and maybe even a li� le wildness. Just keep walking (or cycling)...

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Arts Editors: Alice Hancock and Lara Prendergastarts@varsity.co.ukARTS20

In 2007 Jon Krakauer’s book Into The Wild got the Hollywood treatment to some considerable critical acclaim. For

those who don’t know the story, American student Christopher McCandless, in a fi t of frustration with modern materialist lifestyle, destroys his credit cards, gives away the majority of his life savings to Oxfam, takes his beloved Datsun and drives off in search of isolation in America’s wildest state, Alaska. There are twists and turns and in the end it’s pretty tragic, but the point is this: there is still something that drives us towards the wild and the remote. What is it?

For Robert Macfarlane, it’s “not so much about fi nding ourselves as about forgetting ourselves”. Macfarlane, a Fellow at Em-manuel, knows what it is to feel stuck in the bubble of everyday life and believes in the power of the wild as a release. “Cambridge teaches us to manicure our brains endlessly. It’s all about fi ne-tuning and fi nessing our sense of ourselves but actually that can be very fatiguing.” Looking out over Parker’s Piece, he cites the American author Wallace Stegner, who he also refers to in his book The Wild Places, “Stegner talks about fi nding a sense of bigness outside yourself and a sense of distraction, modesty, humility.”

Despite the tame surroundings, Mac-farlane’s eyes gaze beyond the Cambridge skyline to the mountains. He has a deep-rooted passion for the wild stemming from his formative childhood years. With a grandfather who was a diplomat and an “ac-

complished and serious moun-taineer”, Macfarlane grew up to the tune of stories from the reaches of far-fl ung mountains. He tells how, in the thirties, a time when Fascist body worship and mountaineering’s desire to claim peaks naturally coincided, his grandfather climbed a mountain in Turkey only to discover a Nazi pennant claiming the summit. “He took it down to show the local villagers and to say that the Nazis were trying to take over their landscape. The pennant still exists, I saw it the other day.” He also spent a lot of time with his parents in Scotland and the Lake District and, unsurprisingly, his fi rst book Mountains of the Mind is “partly about this but also partly tries to explain why wild, particularly mountainous, landscapes have such a hold over us to the degree that people are willing to die for them – for love of a lump of rock and ice.”

Ironically, this fi rst book was written below sea level in the basement room Macfarlane lived in whilst studying for his PhD, only a few hundred metres round the corner from where we meet. Soon after this he got mar-ried and his dreams of Himalayan exploration

metamor-phosed into the safer option of discovering the wild closer to home, hence The Wild Places. He describes the book as “a coming to terms with England, with the local and the lateral and the coastal rather than the distant, the vertical and the mountainous.” For someone who has been reared on mountainous landscapes it can’t be easy to exist in a setting that is almost the polar opposite, but Macfarlane is realistic: “I have learnt to love this region more and more but it takes patience and a different kind of looking”.

The arable landscape of the Fens has in recent years spawned a small explosion of literature about the wild: Richard Mabey, Roger Deakin, Mark Cocker, Macfarlane

himself. It seems paradoxical but it might actually make sense. In this most cultivated of England’s land-

scapes we just have to look that little bit harder to fi nd the untouched bits. It

was the Essex landscape that provided the scenery for the desolate prose of J.A.

Baker’s The Peregrine, a book Macfarlane describes as “incredible”. Baker’s account of tracking a pair of peregrine fal-cons from autumn to spring, takes the human desire for the wild to different plane, a point at which the author’s sense of self is lost, merging into the consciousness of a hawk. Finding this ‘sense of bigness’ is not limited to the grandiose vistas of the Scottish moors or the rugged slopes of Northern England, but is even in something as small as a bird.

Artists over past centuries have found myriad ways of responding to landscape. Even the Neolithic bluestones of Stonehenge are part of this tradition. Skipping forward into more recent years, the Land Art move-ment has risen to prominence thanks to the work of Richard Long, Andy Goldsworthy, David Nash, et al. But, isn’t the taking of elements from natural landscapes and reorganizing them almost counter-intuitive, even counterproductive? “Or counter feral?” Macfarlane laughs. They may make us look

at landscape dif-ferently but “it’s

complicated,” as he admits. “In Richard Long’s work, walk-

ing becomes a sculptural act and his foot becomes the stylus with which he writes a mark on the land. You can see mark-making as antagonistic to the wild and in some senses there’s nothing better than getting a train to the coast, sit[ting] on a Norfolk beach and discover[ing] that you’re in one of the great migration fl yways of Northern Europe”.

So in a world Google Earth seems to have vacuumed of mystery, how can we really fi nd the wild? “To walk” is Macfarlane’s instant response, “above all it is to walk. At the very least, people could walk to Granchester along the river path and I’m sure most people do do that at some point. That tow-path is in itself a story. Woolf has walked it, Rupert Brooke has walked it and swum it, Sylvia Plath hurled a clay head of herself somewhere into

the river mud. People talk about breaking the Cambridge bubble

and usually that means going home or going to London

but it could just mean catching a train up to Whittlesey and walking

along the dykes and lode paths there.”

Escaping “oppressive” Cambridge for Mac-farlane, as he describes in the fi rst chapter of his book, often means climbing his favourite ‘observatory’ tree. Ever since revealing this, though, there have been a spate of people trying to fi nd it. I try my hand at prizing out the information. “It’s just near Wandlebury, in a Beech plantation, but no, I won’t reveal exactly which one!” And that, after all, is the key. When we come over all Christopher Mc-Candless and need to step outside the daily drudge, it’s all about fi nding our own space and our very own ‘sense of bigness’.

A Walk on the Wild SideAlice Hancock meets Robert Macfarlane to talk mountains and materialism

“Cambridge teaches us to manicure our brains endlessly”

MATILDA BATHURST

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As we approach the next general election, we are especially in need of scathing pen and ink. Politi-

cal cartoonists can achieve things regular journalists can’t. For one, they can actually draw “shit.” And shit, according to the politi-cal cartoonist Steve Bell, is everywhere at the moment. It’s on the radio, on TV, on massive billboards, it is fi lling column inches by the second. It is at times like these that we need someone to rip the piss mercilessly. Steve Bell is that perfect someone.

If you don’t know the political cartoonist Steve Bell by name, you’re sure to recognize his images. His witty, cruel and bitingly clever pen and ink watercolours have appeared in The Guardian since the eighties. It is he who brought us Blair’s bulging mad left eye, Bush the ape, John Major in oversized underpants and, most recently, Cameron’s shiny pink head squeezed into a condom.

Looking at Bell, it is hard to imagine how such delicate, detailed drawings are produced. He bears a resemblance to Hagrid, with unruly, thick black hair and the slight stoop of someone unusually tall. He mutters and looks away until suddenly out of the blue he roars an enormous guffaw and it is as if a cartoon speech bubble has blown up above his head with a capitalised ‘Hahaha!’ When he draws, he wraps his whole body around a minuscule nib and presses his face close to the paper.

He works in a narrow shed up a hill in Brighton. A million varieties of watercolour clutter his desk and pens, nibs and inkpots spill out of drawers. This shed seems too small to hold him. Yet one shouldn’t be surprised, for this seeming contradiction corresponds exactly to his work: his tiny detailed drawings explode with energy, satirical wit and dozens of references. You could look at them – you could read them – for hours.

Steve Bell was not always an artist. He began

as an art

teacher. But he was “crap” so he tried his hand at drawing. After a lot of knockbacks, including a rejection from the Beano, he got a hand in some lefty magazines and worked upwards from there. I suggest to him that perhaps what he does now is not so far from teaching. An abashed roar shoots out, and then he mumbles with a smirk “yes… well, educating the population!”

Graphic satire has always been about educating. But rather than morbidly moral-izing, the graphic satirist takes the piss; he dresses up his social and political commentary in caustic wit and makes it bitterly palatable. Bell is at the forefront of a tradition of graphic satire stretching back to Hogarth. But it is his “utterly political” hero, James Gillray, whom Bell resembles most. Political cartoons have often been regarded as a “lowly art form” but Bell regards himself “as much as an artist as anyone at the Tate or any of those YBA

wankers.” When I ask Bell what the purpose

of satire is, he seems at a loss. Then, suddenly, he jumps on it: “It’s about hitting back at all the shit that pours out at us all. You want to get your

own back.” He refers to what he does as a “game” with a “target”. “You’re attacking something. It’s a very negative medium. You can’t imagine a positive cartoon-ist, it would make you want to

vomit!” What the political

cartoonist does is “build perception: you’re examin-

ing the imagery of what’s going

on in the world. Most people

don’t understand it. But you get it, you’re mucking about with it and

you’re articulating it to your own ends”. Bell is aware that this could give off a hint of self-importance. “Satire demands a base level of arrogance,” he smiles. “We’re necessarily arrogant bastards.”

An awareness of the tradition of satire runs through Bell’s work. Often you fi nd, in the bottom left hand corner of one of his cartoons, a scribbled ‘After Delacroix’, ‘After

Rembrandt’, or ‘After Gillray’. In 2001, Bell reworked Gillray’s Light Expelling Darkness… (1795). In Bell’s version, a

six-packed, half-naked Blair takes the place of the heroic Pitt; Prescott the

British Bulldog and Brown the clumsy elephant replace the British Lion and

Hanoverian Horse. Britannia is refi g-ured as Ginger Spice.

This cartoon appears in My Vision For A New You, Bell’s satiri-

cal tour of Blair’s fi nal years. Near the Gillray is a homage to Hogarth. Here, Bell “defaces” Hogarth’s 1762 engrav-ing Credulity, Superstition and Fanaticism. Blair replaces the fanatic

Methodist in the pulpit, Brown becomes the bored and

boring clerk,

Tories make up the lunatics on the pews; and best of all,

Bell transforms Hogarth’s grotesque chandelier into Thatcher’s monstrous face. One irony of graphic satire

is its reliance on the media of the past in its articulation of a message that must be highly contemporary. At a time when the future of print is up in the air, the future of cartoons is equally uncertain. With national newspapers

read increasingly online, the images that accompany them in print are being left behind. “Nobody knows where print is

going,” Bell sighs. The picture Bell paints of life in print

is a grim one, fi lled with “bastards trying to steal your rights.” The Guardian is the worst offender in this underhand pillaging of copyright. “This values stuff is such bullshit,” spits Bell. “What The Guardian and other papers are doing is attacking basic standards of journalism by degrading the skills of illus-trators, writers and photographers”, when, for example, they get a photo taken with a camera phone or “get a couple of bloggers and take it off the wires – call that newspa-pers?” Bell shakes his head.

It’s an apocalyptic scene Bell presents: a world where integrity is pinched, the talent-less get ahead and “graphic robots” schooled in the “so obviously mechanical” skill of Photoshop fi ll identical pages. “But,” he concludes, “we’ll never get shot of drawing. It’s such an effi cient and wonderfully techno-logically advanced way to work.” He grins: “All you need is a notepad and a pen.” (And a bit of shit to hit back at.)

Steve Bell’s work is featured daily in The Guardian’s G2 supplement. His book, My Vision For A New You, is out now.

If... UncoveredLegendary political cartoonist Steve Bell talks to Anna Trench about the sharp side of his pen

A reinterpretation of Gillray’s ‘Light Expelling Darkness...’ (1795). In Bell’s words ‘The Sun of the Constitution rising superior to the Clouds of Opposition’

We all know that music piracy is evil. Just as any self-respecting, delicately-

fragranced member of polite society would never dream of pinching a handbag or slipping the odd Twix into their underwear at the corner-shop, so, too, would they dissolve into fi ts of terror and revulsion when confronted with a ‘Download’ button, knowing what havoc its clicking would wreak upon the life of an unsuspecting proto-rockstar.

So, when it emerged last week that Google had deleted numer-ous prominent music blogs on the grounds of multiple copyright claims made by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, the world rejoiced.

Except, it didn’t. Despite the attempted smear campaigns of a handful of record companies, most people don’t actually believe that music piracy is all that bad. The majority of us came to the conclu-sion some time ago that enjoying one of infi nite potential copies of

something you wouldn’t have paid for anyway doesn’t really qualify as theft, and that many of the organizations involved in tackling fi lesharing have motivations which are, at best, questionable.

The deletion of those blogs was particularly dubious; most of the popular websites involved operated entirely above board. For some time, record labels, promoters and musicians have been supplying

them with MP3s of their latest material. In other words, they don’t need to pirate anything. Blogs are good for music, and they are good for the industry.

These websites work so well

because they are written by hobby-ists and music-lovers; the bloggers who have become successful have because they use their enthusiasm (and good taste) to inspire a similar excitement in their readership. Even when the law is not on their side, it’s not so much a case of piracy as of music-sharing, carried out with only charming intentions.

The result is a new journalism, preoccupied with any song that makes its hair stand on end and its feet twitch. Where it excels is in discovering unknown artists and nurturing them; the genius of the music blog is to give you what you don’t even know you want yet.

The blogosphere has proven an invaluable resource in its short life so far, offering independent artists like Vampire Weekend

an alternative path to success and helping to bring bands like Justice and Animal Collective into the limelight. Along with more obviously piratical branches of the fi lesharing world, it has also brought about an explosion in

remixing which continues to bring a welcome infl ux of

creativity into the music world.

More and more, the industry is coming to embrace this new medium. Unfortunately, there still exists a cadre of

cave-dwelling suit-wearers who remain mired in the

paranoid belief that they are waging a war against a public of thieves and incapable of recognis-ing the blogs for what they are: an invaluable PR resource – an oppor-tunity to foster a loyal fan base of gig attendees free of charge.

They will continue to mar this universally benefi cial resource, as they have in the Google case, until someone achieves the impressive feat of convincing them of their own short-sighted stupidity. Still, look on the bright side: they all have to die off eventually.

Arts CommentMusic blogs are good for you—and for the record industry, too

Classics Revisited

FOOD & DRINK

Finger, leg, torso-lickin’ good

3 tbsp cooking oil 3 garlic cloves1 inch piece of ginger 4 onions 18 phat pork sausages 3 peppers3 cans of tomatoes 2 tbsp tomato purée Any leftover veg 2 apples1 cup of apple juice 1 kilo of riceAny herbs/spices/booze you fancy throwing in the frying pan

1. Begin by heating some oil in the largest heavy bottomed frying pan you can fi nd.

2. Chop up the garlic and ginger real fi ne and cook until soft. Have someone who wears contacts (top tip) chop the onion and add those to the pan and fry until soft.

3. Next, slice your sausages (buying a slightly more expensive and meaty one does make a heck of a difference) and add to the pan, followed by the chopped peppers, tomatoes, puree and any other veg.

4. When everything is bubbling throw in some cubed, unpeeled apple (something fl avoursome like a Cox works well) and the apple juice.

5.Cook until the apple is soft and the sauce has thickened slightly. Season with salt, pepper and spices TASTING AS YOU GO. Serve with rice, yoghurt and maybe even a little cheese. Nom.

First, an admission: until the Churchill Spring Ball committee asked me to cook

for them, I had never heard of The Rumble Strips. A bit of Spotifying later I realised I loved this brass-tinged, honey-voice, Dutch-pop band hailing from Devon, but did I hell know what to cook for them. Help arrived in the form of the band’s ‘hospitality rider’ – no, that’s not a domestic groupie, but actually a piece of paper listing, in precise detail, no fewer than 23 dressing room essentials. Making 160 trian-gular sandwiches is not a problem to a seasoned kitchen dogsbody such as myself, but who on earth wants fresh chillies to eat with their Jameson Whisky?

The superstar rider had mythological status in the world of showbiz. Perhaps the most famous diva is Jennifer Lopez, who routinely demands a white dress-ing room with white curtains and white roses and a security guard who must remain within four feet of her at all times and refer to her as ‘No.1’, although Jim Carrey’s pet iguana who demands its own vegetarian cook on location comes in a close second. I have great respect for Britney Spears, who, when playing on Top of the Pops, demanded a bowl of fresh tuna

salad, with Hellmann’s mayo, eggs, relish and albacore tuna only. Well, I may not be able to tell albacore tuna from the bog-standard dolphin-friendly, but one has to respect a member of the trans-national elite plumping for this nation’s (arguably) most famous condiment. Another albacore tuna-eating star is Mariah Carey who notoriously requested a litter of puppies and kittens for an MTV appearance – not to eat, obviously. On many levels the Spring Ball committee came off lightly; The Rumble Strips only demanded fi ve ‘clean, dry towels’ to P Diddy’s 204.

Eventually I decided that these canny lads with a penchant for local ales would appreciate that greatest of County Durham dishes – sausage casserole with rice. Ladling it out to the ravenous band I was struck by just how much I resembled their mother, making sure that they all had a good dinner in them before they went on stage. I tried hard not be piqued when the keyboard player cut up a chilli to sprinkle over his casserole – sign of a decrepit palate. Despite this effrontery, four members even had seconds, fi lling me with mater-nal pride. Perched on a saxophone case I chatted to the boys about life on the road and the perils of

trying to eat well before gigs. “So, is this a change from takeaways? What do you tend to eat on tour?” I asked. “Er…this,” said the tour manager, pointing to the rider. Well, blow me, I thought.

A hot meal inside them, the Strips played an excellent set, for which I take much of the credit. The way to a band interview, like the way to a man’s heart, is truly through their stomach.

This week, proud Churchillian Rosie Corner gets her cook on for The Rumble Strips at Churchill Spring Ball

The Rumble Tums Tour Rider

“It’s music-sharing with only charming intentions.”

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William WordsworthThe Prelude

(1799)The Prelude, Wordsworth’s book-length spiritual autobi-ography, is so often neglected in favour of poems about daffo-dils – and yet this is where the daffodils came from, the reasons why his heart leaps up. It is a work of such minute honesty and self-awareness, and the joy he describes is so seductive, that it cannot but inspire a determination to see the world through such passion-ately sensitive eyes. “I was most rich,” he writes: “I had a world about me.” In such a world, where “all that I beheld respired with inward meaning,” how can we fail to see how rich we truly are? KIRSTY UPHAM

DONALD FUTERS

Someone’s got a rumbly tummy

Sausage Casserole (to serve 7 indie rockers)

HELEN MACKREATH

Friday February 19thPaul Goldstein: Penguins to Polar BearsDepartment of chemistry, lensfielD roaD, 20:00 (£5)

Polar guide and award-winning photographer exhibits pictures of cute ‘n’ cuddly animals, possi-bly looking at melting glaciers with concerned yet adorable expressions.

The Other Korea: Thoughts and Pictures from the DPRKumney theatre, robinson college, 17:00

Dr Jim Hoare, former British Ambassador to North Korea, reflects upon the country, people and policies of the world’s most secre-

tive state and exhibits some of the 3000 pictures he took on his travels there.

Saturday February 20thCreative Writingkettle’s yarD, 11:45-13:45 (£36/42)

Kettle’s Yard continue their series of fortnightly writing workshops for budding yet incompetant wordsmiths. All levels welcome, book in advance.

Tuesday February 23rdSeller, Pepys and the Seventeenth-Century London Map TradegarDner room, emmanuel colege, 17:30-18:30 (£5/7)

Laurence Worms of Ash Rare Books presents this entry in the History of Cartography series.

USC Swimming: Free Trial Swim and Swimming Sessionleys school, 19:15 - 20:15

Lacking stamina? Physically useless? Stunted unbecoming bone structure? Try swimming! Lanes available; non-students welcome.

Pick of the Week

Ongoing ExhibitionsSpellboundarts picturehouse, 22 february 18:30

A chance to see Hitchcock’s 1945 thriller on Kettle’s Yard’s big screen. It’s a cerebal riff on the redemptive power of psychotherapy!

The Made-it MarketJesus lane shop, 27th february, 10:00-16:00

The made-it market arrives in Cambridge, bringing you the best of local art, design and craft for sale and inspiration. Organisers Lauren and Sarah are sisters-in-law, both with art and design backgrounds, and are passionate about encourag-ing and promoting other young designers in the area.

The Angel and the Virgin: A Brief History of the Annunciationfitzwilliam museum, until 9 may (free)

The Fitzwilliam’s Charrington Print Room showcases a sequence of iconic prints based on the annunciation. Try your hand at pinpointing the

intricate web of artistic connections made by curator Lino Mannocci.

The Body in Women’s Art Now: Embodied Part Imurray eDwarDs college, 1st febraury - 28th february, tue-sat 10:00-18:00

This multimedia exhibition from Rollo Contemporary Art, curated by Philippa Found, examines the complex social and political issues that the body communicates in women’s art.

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Listings

Music & NightlifeFilm Theatre Arts Talks

& EventsThe Lovely Bonesarts picturehouse Daily (not sun/tue/weD) 12:45 15.30 18.15 21:00. sun/tues 11:00

Lord of the Rings impresario Peter Jackson’s latest outing returns to his Heavenly Creatures beginnings with a tale of dreamy

adolescence and bloody violence.

New Moonfisher builDing, st John’s college, sun 19:00 22:00

More shimmering torsos and dubious sexual politics in this latest instalment of the execrable Twilight series.

The Wolfman Vue cinemas Daily 11:40 14:00 16:30 19:00 21:30. fri/sat/weD 00:00

Tired re-make of 40s horror classic, with Benicio Del Toro as hirsute toothy antihero and Emily Blunt as chest-heaving love interest.

Ponyoarts picturehouse Daily, 14:15 (sat 12:40)

Cutesy fish girls, terrifying villains and bad dubbing in this Japanese cartoon import.

Percy Jackson and the Lightning ThiefVue cinemas Daily 15:30 18:10 (not tue) 20:50. fri-sun 10:00. mon-sat 12:40

Exceedingly silly film about boy with dyslexia and ADHD who turns out to be the son of Zeus, and discovers that his dyslexia results from his brain being programmed for ancient Greek and the ADHD from his mind constantly zinging with divine blood lust.

The Last Station arts picturehouse fri 11:30 16:00 18.30 21.20. sat/tue 12:00 14:30 (not tue) 19:00 21:20. sun 11:30 16:40 19:00 21:20. mon 11:30 13:40 16:00 21:00. weD 12:45 15:15 21:30. thur 12:00 14:30 19:00

A joyless last days of Tolstoy biopic that tries too hard to be grand, ending up mainly as an Oscar vehicle for Helen Mirren, who does some damn fine emoting. Tarnationarts picturehouse, saturDay 20th february 17:00

Brilliant documentary by a Texan director with a seriously screwy family history who’s been documenting his life with Super 8 film, answering machine messages and video diaries since he was 11.

Friday February 19thNME Shockwaves Tourcorn exchange, 19:00 (£17)

What a week for indie kids! A mere three days after Tinchy’s Corn Exchange gig, catch the Maccabees and Bombay

Bicycle Club under the same roof. (But unfortunately not at the same time).

Saturday February 20thCome and Sing Handel’s Messiahgreat st. mary’s, 15:00-17:30, 20:00 (free)

Sing your little lungs empty and learn the meaning of Handel’s popular masterpiece.

Sunday February 21stConnecting Composers

kettle’s yarD, 12:00 (£9)

As part of the Darmstad weekend,

brilliant players play a brilliant programme including works by brilliant people like Xenakis and

Redgate. It’s going to be brilliant.

Los Campesinos!the Junction, 19:00 (£9)

What’s better than stick-ing fingers into sockets? A Los Campesinos gig!

Monday February 22ndCUSOwest roaD concert hall, 20:00 (£4)

Soloists Rosalind Ventris and Raphaela Papadakis battle it out in a no-holds-barred death-brawl. First they play some Bowen and Mahler though.

Wednesday February 24thPolar Bearthe Junction, 20:00 (£15)

UK new-jazz outfit tour the country playing f-f-f-funky choons in support of recent release Peepers.

In Camera by Jean-Paul Sartrecorpus playroom, tue-sat 21:30 (£5/6)

Garcin, Inez and Estelle find themselves sharing a remarkably dull drawing room in Hell, to which they are trans-

ported courtesy of the mysterious Valet. Their punishment? Each other. Almost as impressive as the lovingly delivered but semi-stalker-ish promo flyers.

The Invention of LoveaDc theatre, fri-sat 19:45 (£7/9)

The dreamy Stoppard gem of death, punts and unrequited love.

Three TalesaDc theatre, fri-sat 23:00 (£4/6)

The nation’s premiere of Steve Reich’s ‘video-opera’, which examines the technology and politics of the last century with live music, visuals and pre-recorded interviews. In an hour. Epic.

Pelléas et Mélisandewest roaD concert hall, fri-sat 19:45 (£9/15)

Operatic love triangle, with healthy doses of mort and plus de mort. Two brothers. One lover. Never good.

Timon of Athenscorpus playroom, fri-sat 19:00 (£5/6)

Also featuring Pumba.

Songs From the MusicalsaDc theatre, sun 20:00 (£5/6)

A few gins and anybody is suscep-tible to Andrew Lloyd Webber. Cambridge University Musical Theatre Society will be splitting the cabaret with breaks for the bar, just in case.

Loving Leticiapembroke new cellars, tue-sat 19:30 (£4/5)

A new piece of writing from Suzanne Burlton, which, despite eponymous assumptions, will feature no scenes of sex or nudity.

A Midsummer Night’s Dreamst giles’ church, the castle, thur 20:00 (£6/10)

The second A Midsummer Night’s Dream of term sees Shadwell Opera shoving techno aside for Benja-min Britten’s masterful operatic adaptation. Well worth the walk up Cambridge’s only hill.

The Footlights Comedy FestcambriDge arts theatre, sun 19:45 (£10/15)

The theatrical equivalent of a Varsity match, without the ghastly mint-green suits and toned limbs. Cambridge plays host to the Oxford Revue and Durham Revue for a quick-selling one night stand of supreme student comedy. Emerge raving about the Footlights’ superiority.

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Gil Scott-Heron, New York City’s spoken-word soul poet who massively infl uenced

the fi rst rappers, returns from a sixteen-year absence. This could easily have been an aesthetically bankrupt canonisation, but the real triumph of this record is its forward-thinking sonics and refusal to coast on Scott-Heron’s legendary past.

This resurrection will surely be compared to Johnny Cash, who similarly emerged from a long hiatus. But unlike Cash, whose fi nal albums entirely consisted of reinterpretations, Scott-Heron’s still got a lot to say and enthusiasti-cally delivers his new material. His voice has aged from its former youthful precision, like in ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’, into a grizzled rasp. However, he sounds as inspiring and oratori-cal as ever, though his words are more introverted and personal, especially on nostalgic standout ‘On Coming From A Broken Home’.

However, Scott-Heron also engages with contemporaries, covering lo-fi indie-folker Smog and sampling Kanye West, as well as updating blues legend Robert Johnson’s ‘Me and the Devil’ into an ominous industrial-hop thump. Much credit goes to Richard Russell’s consistently excellent production, especially in ‘New York Is Killing Me’, whose clattering beats and skewed future-blues guitar mimic the noise of the city.

At only twenty-eight minutes, it isn’t much, but is certainly an improvement on sixteen years of silence. SCOTT WHITAKER

Through cosmic lighting, Imogen Heap saunters onto the stage, fi ngers twirling

around the top of a wine glass. “Take some photos”, she coos to the sole photographer occupying the press pit, fl ashing the microphones on her wrists and pausing so he can get the right angle. Suddenly, the glass starts to sing. And somehow, through a plethora of onstage gadgetry, Heap transforms that one resounding note into a song, ‘First Train Home’. The crowd stand motionless, carried away by the otherworldliness of what they’re seeing, not daring to dance, entranced.

That’s how Heap works the night. Floating around the stage through tentacles of wires, she invites sounds from everything around her, feeding it into her machines and making her music.

“Bannisters, taps dripping, squeaky fl oorboards...”, she explains to the crowd, “I use any sound”. At one point, a band member carries an oversized handsaw onto the stage, strum-ming it like a violin until it turns into “Swoon”, the same song on which Heap uses a children’s plush toy as a complementary sound effect. It’s magical watch-ing the composite layers of Heap’s characteristic ethereal sound slowly growing before your eyes, all unfolding amidst a fantastic lightshow of fl uorescent birds and falling leaves. Every number is met with an enraptured chorus of claps and chants from the crowd.

But if Heap’s music takes the crowd away, then it’s her personal-ity that brings them right back to Earth. On ‘Bad Body Double’, Heap bounces around the stage alongside her own doppelgänger, in the form of a male band member clad in a long brown wig, whilst on fi nal track, ‘Tidal’, she dons a pair of sunglasses, straps herself into

her keytar and gets onto her knees. All the machines may suggest artifi ciality and distance, but Heap certainly doesn’t let the computer-ised electronica shield her from the crowd. Between songs, she reveals her humanity, jovially telling stories of locking French teachers in cupboards as a girl. Who says Grammy-Award winning artists need come burdened with egos?

Inevitably, when it’s all over, the crowd demand her return. Seconds later, Heap is back on stage. “I’m still slightly awkward about encores”, she tells the crowd. But if this is true, she doesn’t show it, for here, Heap does something truly breathtaking. Abandon-ing her backing instruments, she launches into ‘Just For Now’ a cappella, using the crowd itself as her rhythm by getting each part to sing in turn, and layering their collective vocals with her own. At the end, there’s a sense of accom-plishment in the air. “Genius!” one fan screams. Couldn’t have put it better myself. JAMES KEMP

Imogen HeapTHE JUNCTION

Boxed In

Bish bash bosh. Paunchy late thirties lad passes obnoxious comment on

topical news issues. Basically, the news with an almost-funny commentary over the top. Herein lies another spectacular 1am bellyfl op from BBC4.

We like satirical new shows. They provide a playground for all of our pent-up rage at our increasingly incompetent state of political boobies. And after a night out, a cheeky Gardies churning in your gut, and a half-arsed political fury swill-ing in your brain, jeering along to Newswipe on your iPhone while your fl atmate hammers furiously on your bedroom door is probably the best place for you.

It was quickly clear to me why Newswipe is on midweek at 1am. It is the sultry domain of students, shift-workers and insomniacs. Accordingly, a snigger might escape you only if you’re inebriated or exhausted. It’s forgivable: at 1am most of us can be force-fed crap and not really mind. Its rivals are Jeremy Kyle re-runs on BBC2 and Five’s Supercasino. So, Newswipe does have the advantage of a script and sustained commentary, but sadly, less gypsy fi ghts. And Charlie Brooker is like your piteous try-hard uncle: he’s a bit ruff, a bit fat and tries way too hard to be deadpan. You know, like Jack Dee. To the point where he’s not deadpan. And defi nitely not Jack Dee.

In the characteristic BBC4 revolt against the pleasant RP of BBC1, he exercises his big wide Laandan vowels just to ensure that the yoof will under-stand what he’s saying. What’s really good is that Brooker makes politics ‘accessible’. In the latest episode, he shouts ‘prick’ at a fi lm of Tony Blair to make sure everyone knows that Tony Blair is a bad man. Ooh, and he makes fun of Nick Griffi n too. In a hooting X-Factor style parody. Perhaps a clever point is being made about the commercialisa-tion of politics. Ho ho ho. I would probably have voted for Griffi n otherwise.

It’s just all a bit patronis-ing. It’s not as smart as Have I Got News for You and it’s way surpassed by other topical shows like 8 out of 10 Cats. It’s the television equivalent of a late night Big Mac. Fills a gap but full of shit. CONNIE SCOZARRO

Gil Scott-HeronI’M NEW HERE

The 60s touchstones were all there – the butterfl y, fl owers and CND badge-strewn

logo, fake star names adorning the staircase and as many Beatles references as you can throw a Paisley cravat at; it could only mean one thing: Churchill’s free lovin’, mods-vs-rockerin’, hip swingin’ Spring Ball.

The theme suited the college to a tee - hailing from 1968 itself, it was the perfect setting for dishing out bangers and mash and hosting a makeshift sweet shop. The College’s rooms forgot their Cambridge roots for the night, re-christened with titles a little more groovy, so you could experience The Ellafunks’ groove

on ‘Carnaby Street’, acoustic troubadours on ‘Woodstock’ and singalongs round the ol’ Joanna in

‘The Cavern’. The fi rst acts taking to the

stages ploughed the singer-songwriter furrow nicely, with Olly West’s impressive Shakira impersonation garnering a good reception, as did some neat

‘acoustic mixing’ on his mash-up

of ‘Digital Love’ and ‘Ready For The Floor’. Things got a little more raucous when Rosie Corner, Varsity Food Critic and erstwhile rock goddess, closed her set with a version of Iron Butterfl y’s ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vidda’, complete with some amp-trashing from her bass player. The Who would be proud. Cambridge’s rent-a-swoon all stars Blueprint, in spite of some horrendous harmonies and questionable timing, lifted the roof off the main hall, while Sadie Smith’s gentle piano tinklings accompanied some laid back munching of pork scratchings in The Cavern.

Playing to a crowd fuelled by chocolate fountain and Bailey’s milkshake goodness, The Rumble Strips’ trumpet-fl avoured brand of jauntiness went down well with the revellers, despite being a little

passé, and was far surpassed by Jaguar Skills’ ferocious song-hopping turn on the decks. The true musical highlight of the night, though, had to be a genuinely brilliant set from Andre the Giant (Deceased). Obscure of name, yet heavy of beat, Andre’s sounds came straight out of leftfi eld, a suitably psychedelic end to the evening’s proceedings.

Perhaps the best thing about the night, though, was the atmosphere. The work-intensive rigmarole of Lent Term makes a ball halfway through a perfect antidote, and whether you were a hardcore silent disco nut or a chilled Woodstock-goer, the ball catered for everything. What more to say? To coin a phrase, it’d been a hard day’s night, but Churchill, the things you did, they made us feel alright. LAURIE TUFFREY

A Hard Day’s NightCHURCHILL SPRING BALL

MUSIC

Got my blueprint electronic

Week 6: Newswipe

Sick hypnotic? Heap dazzles live

The Ellafunks: hella funky

The 60s touchstones were all there – the butterfl y, fl owers and CND badge-strewn

logo, fake star names adorning the staircase and as many Beatles references as you can throw a Paisley cravat at; it could only mean one thing: Churchill’s free lovin’, mods-vs-rockerin’, hip swingin’ Spring Ball.

The theme suited the college to a tee - hailing from 1968 itself, it was the perfect setting for dishing out bangers and mash and hosting a makeshift sweet shop. The College’s rooms forgot their Cambridge roots for the night, re-christened with titles a little more groovy, so you could experience The Ellafunks’ groove

on ‘Carnaby Street’, acoustic troubadours on ‘Woodstock’ and singalongs round the ol’ Joanna in

‘The Cavern’. The fi rst acts taking to the

stages ploughed the singer-songwriter furrow nicely, with Olly West’s impressive Shakira impersonation garnering a good reception, as did some neat

‘acoustic mixing’ on his mash-up

of ‘Digital Love’ and ‘Ready For The Floor’. Things got a little more raucous when Rosie Corner, Varsity Food Critic and erstwhile rock goddess, closed her set with a version of Iron Butterfl y’s ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vidda’, complete with some amp-trashing from her bass player. The Who would be proud. Cambridge’s rent-a-swoon all stars Blueprint, in spite of some horrendous harmonies and questionable timing, lifted the roof off the main hall, while Sadie Smith’s gentle piano tinklings accompanied some laid back munching of pork scratchings in The Cavern.

Playing to a crowd fuelled by chocolate fountain and Bailey’s milkshake goodness, The Rumble Strips’ trumpet-fl avoured brand of jauntiness went down well with the revellers, despite being a little

passé, and was far surpassed by Jaguar Skills’ ferocious song-hopping turn on the decks. The true musical highlight of the night, though, had to be a genuinely brilliant set from Andre the Giant (Deceased). Obscure of name, yet heavy of beat, Andre’s sounds came straight out of leftfi eld, a suitably psychedelic end to the evening’s proceedings.

Perhaps the best thing about the night, though, was the atmosphere. The work-intensive rigmarole of Lent Term makes a ball halfway through a perfect antidote, and whether you were a hardcore silent disco nut or a chilled Woodstock-goer, the ball catered for everything. What more to say? To coin a phrase, it’d been a hard day’s night, but Churchill, the things you did, they made us feel alright. LAURIE TUFFREY

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Gil Scott-Heron, New York City’s spoken-word soul poet who massively infl uenced

the fi rst rappers, returns from a sixteen-year absence. This could easily have been an aesthetically bankrupt canonisation, but the real triumph of this record is its forward-thinking sonics and refusal to coast on Scott-Heron’s legendary past.

This resurrection will surely be compared to Johnny Cash, who similarly emerged from a long hiatus. But unlike Cash, whose fi nal albums entirely consisted of reinterpretations, Scott-Heron’s still got a lot to say and enthusiasti-cally delivers his new material. His voice has aged from its former youthful precision, like in ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’, into a grizzled rasp. However, he sounds as inspiring and oratori-cal as ever, though his words are more introverted and personal, especially on nostalgic standout ‘On Coming From A Broken Home’.

However, Scott-Heron also engages with contemporaries, covering lo-fi indie-folker Smog and sampling Kanye West, as well as updating blues legend Robert Johnson’s ‘Me and the Devil’ into an ominous industrial-hop thump. Much credit goes to Richard Russell’s consistently excellent production, especially in ‘New York Is Killing Me’, whose clattering beats and skewed future-blues guitar mimic the noise of the city.

At only twenty-eight minutes, it isn’t much, but is certainly an improvement on sixteen years of silence. SCOTT WHITAKER

Through cosmic lighting, Imogen Heap saunters onto the stage, fi ngers twirling

around the top of a wine glass. “Take some photos”, she coos to the sole photographer occupying the press pit, fl ashing the microphones on her wrists and pausing so he can get the right angle. Suddenly, the glass starts to sing. And somehow, through a plethora of onstage gadgetry, Heap transforms that one resounding note into a song, ‘First Train Home’. The crowd stand motionless, carried away by the otherworldliness of what they’re seeing, not daring to dance, entranced.

That’s how Heap works the night. Floating around the stage through tentacles of wires, she invites sounds from everything around her, feeding it into her machines and making her music.

“Bannisters, taps dripping, squeaky fl oorboards...”, she explains to the crowd, “I use any sound”. At one point, a band member carries an oversized handsaw onto the stage, strum-ming it like a violin until it turns into “Swoon”, the same song on which Heap uses a children’s plush toy as a complementary sound effect. It’s magical watch-ing the composite layers of Heap’s characteristic ethereal sound slowly growing before your eyes, all unfolding amidst a fantastic lightshow of fl uorescent birds and falling leaves. Every number is met with an enraptured chorus of claps and chants from the crowd.

But if Heap’s music takes the crowd away, then it’s her personal-ity that brings them right back to Earth. On ‘Bad Body Double’, Heap bounces around the stage alongside her own doppelgänger, in the form of a male band member clad in a long brown wig, whilst on fi nal track, ‘Tidal’, she dons a pair of sunglasses, straps herself into

her keytar and gets onto her knees. All the machines may suggest artifi ciality and distance, but Heap certainly doesn’t let the computer-ised electronica shield her from the crowd. Between songs, she reveals her humanity, jovially telling stories of locking French teachers in cupboards as a girl. Who says Grammy-Award winning artists need come burdened with egos?

Inevitably, when it’s all over, the crowd demand her return. Seconds later, Heap is back on stage. “I’m still slightly awkward about encores”, she tells the crowd. But if this is true, she doesn’t show it, for here, Heap does something truly breathtaking. Abandon-ing her backing instruments, she launches into ‘Just For Now’ a cappella, using the crowd itself as her rhythm by getting each part to sing in turn, and layering their collective vocals with her own. At the end, there’s a sense of accom-plishment in the air. “Genius!” one fan screams. Couldn’t have put it better myself. JAMES KEMP

Imogen HeapTHE JUNCTION

Boxed In

Bish bash bosh. Paunchy late thirties lad passes obnoxious comment on

topical news issues. Basically, the news with an almost-funny commentary over the top. Herein lies another spectacular 1am bellyfl op from BBC4.

We like satirical new shows. They provide a playground for all of our pent-up rage at our increasingly incompetent state of political boobies. And after a night out, a cheeky Gardies churning in your gut, and a half-arsed political fury swill-ing in your brain, jeering along to Newswipe on your iPhone while your fl atmate hammers furiously on your bedroom door is probably the best place for you.

It was quickly clear to me why Newswipe is on midweek at 1am. It is the sultry domain of students, shift-workers and insomniacs. Accordingly, a snigger might escape you only if you’re inebriated or exhausted. It’s forgivable: at 1am most of us can be force-fed crap and not really mind. Its rivals are Jeremy Kyle re-runs on BBC2 and Five’s Supercasino. So, Newswipe does have the advantage of a script and sustained commentary, but sadly, less gypsy fi ghts. And Charlie Brooker is like your piteous try-hard uncle: he’s a bit ruff, a bit fat and tries way too hard to be deadpan. You know, like Jack Dee. To the point where he’s not deadpan. And defi nitely not Jack Dee.

In the characteristic BBC4 revolt against the pleasant RP of BBC1, he exercises his big wide Laandan vowels just to ensure that the yoof will under-stand what he’s saying. What’s really good is that Brooker makes politics ‘accessible’. In the latest episode, he shouts ‘prick’ at a fi lm of Tony Blair to make sure everyone knows that Tony Blair is a bad man. Ooh, and he makes fun of Nick Griffi n too. In a hooting X-Factor style parody. Perhaps a clever point is being made about the commercialisa-tion of politics. Ho ho ho. I would probably have voted for Griffi n otherwise.

It’s just all a bit patronis-ing. It’s not as smart as Have I Got News for You and it’s way surpassed by other topical shows like 8 out of 10 Cats. It’s the television equivalent of a late night Big Mac. Fills a gap but full of shit. CONNIE SCOZARRO

Gil Scott-HeronI’M NEW HERE

A Hard Day’s NightCHURCHILL SPRING BALL

MUSIC

Got my blueprint electronic

Week 6: Newswipe

Sick hypnotic? Heap dazzles live

The Ellafunks: hella funky

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A Single Man is an empty fi lm. The fi lm is a gloss-ily hollow testament to

narcissistic 60s Los Angeles, with occasional fl ashes of real senti-ment. It was like a beautifully written, glibly fi nished short story, its fi nal twist unsatisfying in its implausibility and predictability. Watching the fi lm was like being shown footage from the sets of a series of gorgeous fashion shoots.

Even when Colin Firth is being picked up by a rentboy there is nothing sordid or ugly about the scene; both actors are impeccably dressed, absurdly handsome men, leaning casually on a perfectly polished convertible, their cheek-bones gleaming with the rosy hue of a Californian sunset. The plot of the fi lm is simple; Colin Firth plays George, a grief-stricken gay English professor living in LA, whose partner of sixteen years recently died. We follow a day in George’s life as he considers whether his life is worth living. He teaches his classes, visits a friend,

and is gifted a pencil sharpener by a shapely young man, all with plenty of portentous string music and signifi cant pauses.

His turn in A Single Man has been described as the performance of Firth’s career. I think he’s just playing a slightly glummer, gayer version of Mr Darcy. This is probably the fi lm of Firth’s career, but that’s just because he’s spent the last ten years making Bridget Jones 6 and playing Amanda Byne’s stuffy English father in What a Girl Wants. The true standout in this fi lm is Julianne Moore, who plays Charley, Firth’s fellow London ex-pat and alcoholic divorcee. Her brittle despera-tion and tipsy reminiscing about past happiness constitutes one of the few moments when the fi lm touches any real emotional depth. Nicholas Hoult convincingly plays a beautiful, supremely confi dent student who pursues George. Hoult murmurs self-actualising plati-tudes about the past and the future and gets his kit off, like the ideal ingénue. This fi lm’s trademark is its achingly detailed close-ups, its frames of absolute photographic perfection. Though A Single Man contains excellent performances, the dialogue and the story arc lack the grandeur of its fl awless presen-tation. VICTORIA BEALE

A Single Man ARTS PICTUREHOUSE

The Wolfman is that present underneath your baubled Christmas tree that you’ve

rattled and felt up until it’s practi-cally indecent. But when the day fi nally comes, that tantalizingly laptop-shaped box is, in fact, a new edition Britannica Encyclopedia. However good this fi lm looks, it is, nonetheless, a huge wet-weekend of a disappointment.

You only have to take one look at the brooding square-shouldered fi gure of Benecio del Toro for a werewolf transformation to seem like the next logical step in a movie climate beset by creepy creatures of the supernatural order. He plays Lawrence Talbot who returns to his estranged father in order to search for his missing brother. But as the mist reaches suffocating proportions it turns out that the cause of his brother’s disappear-ance is the stuff of guide camp’s ghost stories: the werewolf. What’s even more inconvenient is that Lawrence gets a bit too close and personal with the beast and acquires the curse himself.

Yes, it’s well acted but with a cast of Del Toro, Hopkins and Emily Blunt, that can’t come as a surprise to anyone. Despite their best efforts this damp squib of a script prevents them

from developing truly convincing characters that we might, y’know, care about a little bit. And what would a hearty werewolf tale be without a bit of romancing between the protagonist and his brother’s wife? Del Toro and Blunt tick the checklist of smouldering looks and frustrated desire but it’s all as standardized as a violent, blood-spraying gorefest in a Tarantino fi lm.

The special effects are impres-sive and the whole thing looks good. Unfortunately, irrespective of the amount of blood splashed about, it simply can’t safely drown the lack of genuine suspense. The plot feels like a done deal from the start, so hold on to the blithely entertaining scenes of werewolf transformation at the start to get

your money’s worth. The pacing is choppy in a way that gives you mild travel sickness as the fi lm veers wildly from fast action sequence to slow-burning mood build-up. No pervasive atmosphere comes through; the quality of the cake is in far more than the icing.

The Wolfman reminds me of a poorly prepared meal with undeniably good elements. One such promising ingredient is when Benecio is strapped down in front of an audience of non-believers who quickly see the error of their doubtful ways when he sprouts more than the manly stipulation of body hair. Yet even this doesn’t fi ll the cavern left by cardboard cut-out characters and a plot with as much mystery as a Jackie Collins novel. KATIE ANDERSON

The Angel and the Virgin: A Brief History of

the AnnunciationFITZWILLIAM MUSEUM

The WolfmanVUE

Art & Literature

Writing in his seminal

Modern Paint-ers, John Ruskin tells us of how in Tintorreto’s The Annuncia-tion he glimpsed Mary as though

“startled by the rush of angel wings”. It’s a wonderful phrase, juicy and descriptive, yet one which strikes me with a certain remoteness when reading over it. The welter of formal dinners, college hijinks, and looming deadlines doesn’t exactly make for the revelation which Ruskin so eloquently described.

Nevertheless, in pursuit of something similar, I attended ‘The Angel and the Virgin’ this weekend, the Fitzwilliam’s latest exhibition to be held in their almost claustrophobic Charrington Print Room. Carefully curated by visiting artist Lino Mannocci, the interest of this show is not so much the focus upon a Biblical story, much less the cloying obsession with its moral symbolism, as the insight it provides into how artists have performed variations on one special theme and its complex iconography.

Mannocci has taken his chosen etchings and juxtaposed overtly unlike images, to create an exhibition which leads us in multiple direc-tions. Moving around, it’s often as if the piece at hand is being sent up and pastiched by the next, and the next after that. Just as in one rendering by Barocci, Gabriel holds his hand out to a wry Mary, as if going begging, in Jacob de Gheyn’s version he veers cartoonishly into her line of vision, almost putting her off from the scripture she’s supposed to be reading. In this oscillation of techniques, from graceful suspense to zany drama, we fi nd an exhibition which might otherwise appear cold and pious. Rather, as viewers of this art we are encour-aged to put one moment through various transformations, to catch the angelic light of these prints in an array of different lenses. John Ruskin eat your heart out. ELIOT D’SILVA

maysLYRICSTHE SHOP

“MaysLYRICS. Writers read their work. Musicians reinter-pret these words into songs. Bring your own cushion! The Shop.” Certainly, The Shop was just the right place for

such an experiment. As we entered, musicians sat dotted around the space strumming guitars like living art installations while writers clutched their poems and looked on. And, sometimes, when the two came together on Friday night, the results were surprising and immensely rewarding. Drew MacFarlane’s interpretation of Amber Medland’s gasping and haunting poem translated her careful craft with the lissom dancing of his fi ngers. Drew’s ear for the cadences of the poem produced a musical response which peeled away and revealed the many layers of Amber’s words. Indeed, the musicians who could possess their poems were most successful; Zygmunt Day’s re-render-ing of James Coghill’s poem was sung as melancholically as though it was his own creation.

For translation is as about creating anew. If translators are only taxidermists, then all you’ll end up with is a collection of stuffed birds, as Lowell once remarked. So after Donald Futer read his poem in the same textured gravely quality with which Simon Armitage creates his performative atmosphere, it was exciting to hear Sophie Sawicka- Sykes voicing it anew in Martha Wainwright-esque tones. Together they offered us multiple voices, just as poetry should. But poetry is also copious in sound; how disappointing that the only instrument used throughout the evening was an acoustic guitar. Ellie Kendrick’s bursting, popping murder poem deserved cymbals, trumpets, maybe timpani. All it got was warbling over an acoustic guitar, as defl ating as seeing ‘Porphyria’s lover’ sung by Dave Grohl. This year the Mays’ are giving us poetry aplenty with readings, workshops and events. Great for releasing those live bird poems. Not so good when these poems come stuffed and caged in guitars. ZELJKA MAROSEVIC

Veneziano: The Annunciation (1442-1448)

FILM

Show me your teeth

Del Toro, on a good day

Hoult: speaks with significant pauses.

Timon - that’s Simon with a ‘T’ - of

Athens is one of Shakespeare’s lesser known theatrical escapades: a gentleman called Timon from a city called Athens gives away his fortune, gets very depressed, and relocates to a cave. It’s a sombre affair and it’s probable that Shake-speare was in a bit of a ‘bard’ mood when he wrote it. For this reason, Timon is seldom performed. The brave folks from the Shadwell Society, however, decided to stage the unstageable, and host TofA at the Corpus Christi Playroom.

The cast were predominantly solid. George Greenbury gave a consistent, if rather unexcep-tional, portrayal of Timon, and Méabh Maguire brought an ease to the verses of the Senator – a rare feat, even from the RSC. On the other hand, James Sharpe’s interpretation of the faithful servant Flavius was unintention-ally comic in its sincerity, and Joe Hardy’s portrayal of Apemantus the Angry Misanthrope was grating.

Morgan Ring’s direction

was agreeable: dressing the actors in twentieth-century clothing neither signifi -

cantly added to nor detracted from the experience, and the set was pleasantly minimalist. A few decisions, however, were bemusing. Having actors double up on parts in a play where the characters’ names all sounded like ‘Flamucril-liusitus’ rendered the entire fi rst half quite incomprehensible.

This was a consistent but unremarkable rendition of one of the few Shakespeare plays that hasn’t been done ‘timon’ time again. Not nearly gripping enough to distract from its vulner-

ability to critical puns. DUNCAN

STIBBARD HAWKES

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Tom Stoppard, if you’ll pardon the expression, is right up my alley. I’m a literature

student, and his plays are witty, romantic, wordy and nerdy. I love him, a little. Of course, I’m fully aware that if I were – I don’t know – a NatSci, or a Chelsea footballer, I’d think he was a complete git.

Anyway, The Invention of Love is all about the poet A. E. Housman, and the relationships he forms whilst an undergraduate at Oxford. Relationships with Moses Jackson, with whom he was madly in love; a scholar called A. W. Pollard; the poetry of antiquity, and some little-known chap called Oscar Wilde. Beginning just after Housman’s death, the play opens on the desolate banks of the river Styx, with the poet waiting for Charon the boatman. The old Housman, played rather fi nely by Joshua Stamp-Simon, seemed suitably erudite and witty for an aged poet, though at a supposed age of 77, he did seem a touch on the spritely side.

What’s more, the Oxford trio were pretty well cast. Young Housman was played just about note-perfect by Oskar McCarthy, Moses Jackson by a confi dent Jason Forbes and Pollard, despite the odd line-fl uff, by an enthusiastic James Frecknall. The only fl aw from these chaps was the entire absence of chemistry between McCarthy and Forbes. I know Housman kept his cards notoriously close to his chest, and that Forbes was heterosexual,

but honestly, Jackson was supposed to be the great unrequited love of his life – not the milkman.

Anyway, that aside, the standard was pretty good. Support came, in the main, from Laurie Coldwell, James Hancock-Evans, Joshua Pugh Ginn and William Morland. Doubling and, in some cases, tripling up parts, all spoke very well, if their changes in character were a fraction too slight. In fact, it did all get a bit muddy at one point – what the fuck is Walter Pater doing editing The Saturday Review?! Oh, wait, he’s being Frank Harris now. I see.

Still, McCarthy and Stamp-Simon captured Housman’s tone perfectly, and allowed Stoppard’s biting wit to sear off the page. The more clinical members of Varsity’s readership might imagine analy-

sis of the ins-and-outs of Latin poetry to be blunt and diffi cult, but the cast managed to tap into the script’s enthusiasm to discover the lightness at the centre of studies of Catullus and Lucan.

The set wasn’t particularly strong: a lazy gobo of an Oxford skyline, a farcically cramped boat, and a series of bizarrely-shaped bookshelves . And to my major beef: that of the play’s

attitude to Wilde. He appears in one scene, despite being talked about constantly, and was played to the super-gay hilt by Amrou Al-Kadhi. Though suitably vibrant, and popular with the audience, I thought his portrayal of a post-Reading-Gaol Wilde was just well

off. After all, this is Oscar Wilde we’re talking about, not Gok Wan.

This is a hilarious and remark-able play, and it was pulled off with enough waistcoat panache to convince. From a Stoppard obses-sive, that’s a serious endorsement. NATHAN BROOKER

Cambridge Theatre

Medics are a strange bunch. The same can be said for pretty

much every subject grouping at Cambridge, of course. But scalpel-wielding scientists with severe worksheets and 9-5 lectures claim some form of bloody and dismembered biscuit. Can they be – funny? This year’s Medics Revue, The Exorcyst, asks such a question, and might even answer it. That pun’s defi nitely a start.

Another grouping of question-able amusement value is the students of the University of Oxford. Generally believed to have ‘poor banter’, and to struggle with the concept of humour itself, it’ll be interesting to see the Oxford Revue take the stage of the Cambridge Arts Theatre. They’re in town for the Footlights Comedy Fest on Sunday, along with the Durham Revue. Qui?

Loving Leticia – a title over which CompScis have been drooling across their keyboards for weeks – lands at Pembroke New Cellars on Tuesday. Suzanne Barlton’s new piece of writing is all frothy and busty and fun. She promises “gasping”. Scientists, explode.

Onto the English students. Dedicated readers of these pages, they peer at stages through hand-rolled-cigarette smoke, from below berets, through eyes bleeding with self-infl icted insomnia. Macbeth is their tip-off-beat gem this evening, tucked away in the Judith E. Wilson Studio of the faculty basement. Make that m a c b e t h. This is experimen-tal. Those spaces are teeming. If you’re not cool enough for lower case letters, and your cigarettes come from a box with a health warning attached, The Merchant of Venice is the one to drawl about. Director Patrick Garety is transforming the ADC into 1930s Italy. A Mussolini cameo is rumoured. Historians, get excited.

Over at the Corpus Playroom, Wit narrows its appeal as a “must-see for anyone who has ever asked the life/death question”. I’d like to prescibe it to philosophers, but let’s be realistic: students, unite. ABIGAIL DEAN

View from the Groundlings

GUIDE TO STAR RATINGS: SINGLE POKE ME IT'S COMPLICATED IN A RELATIONSHIP MARRIED

REBECCA PITT

I think it was the look the valet had on

his face when he ushered me into the theatre that made me realise. Or maybe it was the anxiety that crept through the room when the music cut out and the lights dimmed. Maybe it was just that it was fi fth week: cold, and raining outside. Who knows. Whatever it was, it was clear where we were.

Sartre’s hell is one set amongst the antique furniture and broken gramophones of what seems to be a suburban boarding house. The space is used excellently, emphasiz-ing the isolation of the characters onstage; they really are ‘in camera’, cut off from each other and the audience by the Corpus Playroom’s notoriously schizophrenic set-up. The presence of a single red light undercuts any safety we might fi nd in the play’s bourgeois surround-ings, as well as lending a genuinely hellish quality to the characters’ upstage speeches.

Megan Roberts plays an extremely confi dent Inez, a “damned bitch” desperately trying to cling to some sense of control amongst the desperation of her situation. Her exchanges

with Estelle (Laurie Stevens) are revealing, with Stevens disclosing the full

extent of her character’s haughty selfi shness. Alex Wetten as Garcin bounces off both, rising from confu-sion to agitation before realising, in the concluding scenes of the play, the explosive potential that has accumulated within him. Tom Pye’s Valet is servile and unavailing in equal measures, exploiting the ambiguities of his character to give a performance that is quite simply terrifying. They are a very talented cast who work well together, drawing on this dynamic to present a series of relationships that are utterly convincing and that raise this play from clever analogy to genuine human drama.

“Hell is other people,” remarks Garcin, infamously, as the play slides deeper into the abyss. Hell it was. Director Ella Jones has succeeded in bringing out every nuance of the relationships between these characters, delivering an interpretation of this diffi cult play that uses everything at its disposal to create the sense of claustropho-bic dread that the piece demands. Don’t miss it. DAVID SHONE

In CameraCORPUS PLAYROOM

The Invention of Love

ADC MAINSHOW

Timon of Athens CORPUS PLAYROOM

“After all, this is Oscar Wilde we’re talking about, not Gok Wan.”

HANNAH COPLEY

PAUL SMITH

I’ll admit it: I’m a Reich Virgin. Or at least, I was until this evening. I realise that the last

thing all you Reich-worshippers out there want is a jumped-up and misinformed reviewer stamping all over your favourite piece of video opera, so please bear with me. For all you others, a little expla-nation might be required before you approach this bewildering but enchanting production. Three Tales is a video-opera in three acts, featuring music by Steve Reich and visuals by Beryl Korot. It is a piece written in response to modern technology from the past 100 years, using three specific examples: Act 1 concerns the explosion of the Hindenburg zeppelin, Act II the nuclear testing on Bikini Atoll, and Act III the cloned sheep, Dolly. Essentially, it’s an angsty blend of music and video that gets quite cross about busy-body humans wrecking life, the universe and everything. Reich pioneered the style of minimalist music, which,

if you haven’t heard it before, can take some getting used to. The hefty programme for this produc-tion explains that the irony of Reich and Korot’s collaboration is that, despite their complaints about technology, this piece relies on exactly that. The music frequently discordant, and rises and falls according to the ominous sounds of ticking on the screen behind it, or the manipulated voices of scien-tists such as Richard Dawkins and Cynthia Breazeal.

To pull off this intriguing piece of theatre, you need one hell of an ensemble and some genius techies. It was a huge shame that the film got out of sync with the sound in the final tale of Dolly, after nearly forty minutes of brilliantly timed action. To lose the audience on a first-night technical glitch was tragic. The lighting was also slightly off at times, with singers being launched into the spotlight a couple of seconds after they had started singing: this was a pity,

as they often had only three or four notes of “Cyborgs/Robots” to sing, anyway. That said, Ensemble BPM and the singers sounded incredible: the opening and the ‘building’ section of Act I were particularly stunning. Their boiler-suit-clad puppet-master made for a spectacular silhouette against Korot’s footage: Nick Sutcliffe’s unfailing slickness stretched even to the flourishing click of his laptop keyboard between pieces. Unfor-tunately, his fluency was somewhat deflated by clumsier movements from the singers as they paced up and down the stage, making some bizarre entrances and exits. The girls, in particular, looked bored with proceedings when not singing.

Some of the extras, such as the increasingly cluttered set, ‘costumes’ and mini dance routines, were either misguided attempts to distract from the weird musical moments, or designed to increase the bizarre nature of the piece. Either way, they weren’t neces-sary, as Reich’s creation easily speaks for itself: it’s quite an experience, and worth a try if simply to witness a remarkable musical performance. jemima middleton

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Three Talesadc lateshow

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Take two age-old aspects of art about which people assume they know rather

more than they actually do. Opera: it’s not over until the fat lady sings, yes? Shakespeare: the course of true love never did run smooth, right? A clichéd combination? Perhaps not, when Benjamin Britten is involved: conscientious objector, conduc-tor, and revolutionary composer of orchestral scores and opera. Somebody gave the guy A Midsummer Night’s Dream back in 1960. Doublet-and-hose fall asleep in a forest: the end. But Britten plays with any precon-ceptions we may have about either opera or Shakespeare - and, perhaps, theatre itself.

This is not opera or Shake-speare as you know it. Britten filters his interpretation of Shakespeare through a veil of burlesqued operatic convention, making us see the play with his eyes just as he heard its “faint hymns” come alive in his skull. The forest becomes a moving, breathing character in itself; it acquires its own ethereal music, represented by the fairies who consciously shape both the direction of the drama and our experience of watching that drama: “Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that we yet sleep, we dream.” These fairies become dream-weavers within a forest of audible dreams, miniature composers of the audience and characters’ journey. We wander with those charac-ters, considering their identities and watching their reflections in the mirror of reality that is both dream and theatre. They’re not so easy to distinguish between.

Shakespeare’s famous play-within-a-play becomes an opera-within-an-opera, parody-ing the self-conscious artificiality which lies at the heart of all theatrical representation - but opera in particular. Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream occupies a space between operatic artificiality and reality; within the dream world, which is also the world of the perfor-mance, operatic artificiality becomes that reality. Fat ladies and doublet-and-hose meet in an artificial forest-of-dreams. That’s opera. jack furness & imogen tedbury

jack and imogen direct shadwell opera’s a midsummer night’s dream at st. giles’ church, the castle, 25+26 feb.

Incoming

It has been said that a camel is a

horse designed by a committee, and sometimes the works of a collective imagination can be quite ungainly. The comic beast given life by The Occasional Students was an imaginative blend of pastiche and parody, even if it did repeatedly fail to find sure-footing.

The sophisticated element of humour is precisely its ability to shock and surprise, and in deliver-ing this sense of the unexpected with brio - cantering from the whimsical satire of TV adverts to a vet and his interest in besti-ality - the performance proved utterly watchable. The crotcheted caricatures of Tom Foxall were particularly delightful. Moreover, since irony is always ready to jog the elbow of anyone engaged in a high task, the notion of placing Napoleon and the Grim Reaper around a Scrabble board was conceptually smart. Brilliant, in fact. The addition of a foul-mouthed Agatha Christie was unexpected (but not unwelcome), and the

meddlings of an earnest Dr. Johnson were inspired - when Death asked ‘can I have a quick word?’, Johnson replied: ‘velocity’.

These quips weren’t just funny, they were pleasing. I beamed with sunny contentment as yet more historical conventions were demol-ished and the languor of fifth week lifted. If only it could have contin-ued in this vein. Regretfully, each succeeding sketch surrendered to the various bad habits of its writer.

In parts, the production simply wasn’t funny enough - a film sketch whistled by without even a whimper - whilst in others the comic concepts were wasted. Witty lines were slaughtered by stretching on a comic rack: the cleverly staged interviews with the members of a jaded boy band were funny, but only for the first four minutes. The very rotundity of delivery and pace became the show’s own cumbrous self-criti-cism, and the editor’s razor would have come in handy. Quite simply, it should have been funnier than it was. rhys jones

The curtain rises to reveal a

dilapidated villa, complete with a dead Christ-mas tree and some faded festive cards: it’s clear that this is not a traditional Twelfth Night. All too often, directors let loose on a classic Shakespeare destroy it with an ill-fitting and inappropri-ate concept, attempting to gain plaudits for innovation. Fortu-nately, the director at the helm of the Marlowe Society’s latest endeavour, Martin Hudson, creates a dark, post-Christmas world that enriches the text and gives it a new lease of life. Occasionally, however, the reinterpretation is let down by disappointing flaws.

Clever directorial reinter-pretations characterised the production’s off-beat charm: think Malvolio’s (Oliver Soden) haunting cellar speech being played over a tinny intercom, or the bedraggled Feste (Mark Fiddaman) singing Bob Dylan-esque acoustic ballads while sporting make up like that of Heath Ledger’s infamous Joker. Hudson’s concept is effectively augmented by his production team: varied costume designs epitomised each character and created a couple of visual gags, while subtle alterations in Simon Gethin Thomas’ lighting design encapsulated the mood and tone of each scene. While there was an overall sense that the production sought to offer an alternative - yet plausible - interpretation of this Shakespearian classic, the choreo-graphed movement sequence at the end seemed like an unneces-sary afterthought. Soden’s final portrayal of self-righteous anger and intense shame was thoroughly well-acted, yet he was undermined by this gratuitous addition.

The cast were generally strong, but supporting performances were drowned

out by some particularly notable actors. Patrick Walshe-McBride displayed masterful comic timing as the bumbling Sir Andrew Aguecheek, complimented by Joshua Higgott’s roguish Sir Toby Belch and Eve Rosato’s feisty Maria. But this play belongs to Celeste Dring. From the moment she appeared - soaked, windswept and weeping - her understated and

intensity resulted in a perfectly pitched Viola. Soden deserves another mention for his waspish Malvolio, but stumbling over the ubiquitous “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them” wasn’t exactly ideal. This Twelfth Night isn’t quite a jewel in the Marlowe Society’s crown, but the heavyweights of the university drama scene have created an interesting, lively production that’s certainly worth a visit. lydia onyett

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Sport in Brief

Football

In Men’s Cuppers there have been some major cup upsets this week, as cup favourites Jesus crashed out as well as holders St Catz.

Regular Varsity Sports read-ers may have noticed last week that Jesus came through an epic last-16 clash with Fitz-william, and so would have expected a seemingly easier prospect against PWC Division 2’s Selwyn. Jesus, who boast no less than seven Blues players were caught by surprise against an organised Selwyn side who believed they were capable of causing an upset. Selwyn booked their well-earned place in the semi-final where they await either Trinity or Emma.

2nd Division Homerton caused a similar upset when they knocked out Cuppers champions Catz 1-0.

Rugby

Jesus faced St John’s II’s in the early stages of Rugby Cuppers. The bitter rivalry between the two top division Colleges ensured it was going to be a tense affair; it’s just a shame the quality never matched the anticipation. The fi rst 40 min-utes saw tries from both sides with the score always stay-ing close whilst the second half remained a deadlock.

Jesus will now face either Queens’ or St Edmund’s in the quarter finals whilst John’s 2nds will fancy themselves in the Plate competition.

Local Sport

Cambridge United con-tinue their descent down the non-league table after a disap-pointing performance at home to AFC Wimbledon. Lifelong Dons fan, and ardent Conser-vative supporter, Nathanael Arnott-Davies (Fitzwilliam College) summarised the game by describing Cambridge as “disorganised, toothless, but hard working”, and Wimbledon as “dominant but lacking con-centration”. The result leaves Cambridge just six points off the relegation zone and in danger of being dragged into a dog-fi ght at the bottom of the table.

Their hopes of a turnaround have been boosted this week by the arrivals of Calum Willock and Kevin Roberts.

Head to varsity.co.uk for more sport, including full reports on the football and rugby Cuppers clashes

COMMENT

Our sports teams shouldn’t need to play the financial field

Amid preparations for the 2008 Varsity Rugby Union game, the fi nancial services

fi rm Lehman Brothers collapsed into bankruptcy. With no central sponsor CURUFC counted on Tokyo-based Nomura to intercept with a timely purchase of Lehman Brothers’ fl ailing equities and Euro-pean banking business. Unromantic stories extend beyond CURUFC. Throughout the University of Cambridge’s sporting gold-mines – fi lled to the brim with technical excellence and the promise of future employment by shrewd sponsors – clubs are competing to make ends

meet. Synthesizing academic compe-

tence with sport’s ‘positive mental attitude’ promotes an invaluable concoction for attracting potential sponsors to the University of Cambridge. The University of Oxford’s recent merger of Green College and Templeton College is indicative of this corporate attitude. Sponsored by posi-tive thinking guru John Templeton, a view of the ideal potential employee is evident. Corporate opportunism for recruit- ing iden- tikit employees meets a need visible in Cambridge’s sports per-sonalities whose zeal to play coincides with an uncritical enthusiasm for external fi nancial support. Any optimistic employer hoping to cash-in on the apparent proximity of sport to market philosophy, must surely mistake the devoted individuals who

‘make’ sport for the gilded sponsors ‘designing’ it.

Michael Johnson, CUAFC captain ‘makes’ football happen for his team. His role is clerical-secretarial and ecclesiastic – book-keeping the club’s fi nances, seeking divine intervention from stringent companies. At the beginning of this season, long serv-ing CUAFC sponsor Merrill Lynch abjured from their commitments leaving CUAFC in a dire economic position and Johnson seeking alter-native sources of capital. If Johnson is looking for work, there’s a job going in Portsmouth worthy of his devotion. In an interview with Var-sity, Johnson stated that attempts to recruit further sponsorship were fruitless because “everyone was either not interested or no longer sponsoring clubs”. Finally, albeit inconclusively, local sponsor Cantab Capital preserved CUAFC’s season whilst PWC’s Cambridge Recruiter were persuaded to provide the fi nancial resource for the college football leagues. At any rate, will-

power alone does not procure capital

and CUAFC have been forced to diversify the club’s assets into smaller

sponsorship pack-ages whilst relying on

individual player resources and

fundrais-ing events to cover outstanding costs. If eco-nomic spirit is a sure indicator for success then Cambridge must be the favourites to win March’s Varsity football match as

Oxford Univer-sity Football Club employ a full-time sabbatical administra-

tive offi cer. It seems unwise

for independent Cam-bridge clubs to gamble

on procuring commercial investment when support from

within is not guaranteed. Without a single sponsor agreement Cam-

bridge University Swimming and Water Polo Club have unfortunately

realised that sport and fi nance go together like Tom Daly and the deep-end. Only through con-siderable member contributions and fortunate support from The University Sports Syndicate has CUSWPC remained buoyant. It is worth mentioning that sponsors are less attracted to clubs who play pre-

dominantly underwater. Regardless, CUSWPC’s ambitions to participate in regular competition and complete their charity Channel Swim for the RNLI are compromised by mem-bership reduction and excessive facility hire.

Back on dry land, the University women’s hockey second team were withdrawn from BUCS last season and despite the procurement of new sponsorship from Aberdeen Asset Manager, Taylor Wessing and Oliver Wyman, team-players drive to distant away games and coaching is limited to the fi rst-teams. Even with club sponsorship and J. P. Morgan’s backing the Varsity hockey game rests on players’ individual fi nancing and naked player calendars to boost fundraising.

It raises the question: who should have to pay when University sports teams are fi nancially insecure?

When players are paying beyond their means is it not the duty of the University to make sure that their clothes stay on? Shifting the dependence from the fi nancial world to internal university organisation

would perhaps enhance our under-standing of sport’s possible values in education.

Through generous alumni sup-port and sponsorship of its own, the Hawks and Ospreys club can ease sports clubs’ fi nancial concerns. Ospreys’ Victoria Watson prides the club on its trio of investment banks (J. P. Morgan, Barclays Capi-tal and Merrill Lynch), valorizing the sustenance of university sport, again on the exhausting motives of commercial networking and gradu-ate recruitment. At the same time the various sponsors of the Ospreys, whilst mutually endorsing activi-ties for our independent clubs, are locked in competition away from the sports fi eld. It seems an unwieldy plea to praise the Ospreys when sponsors are competing against one another in the fi nancial fi eld.

But marginal reconciliation can be found from the helping hand of the Sports Syndication. Operating at arms length, the Syndicate negoti-ates fi nancial resources between the disinterested University and

the independent clubs. Offering low grants and monitoring player expenses, the Syndicate’s chief role is advisory. Director, Tony Lemons, insists the Cambridge club structure is favourable compared to the majority of British university teams reliant upon their institu-tion’s mutual corroboration. Lemons doesn’t fail, hoewever, to recom-mend forming stronger ties between clubs, colleges and the University. Binding the clubs to the authority of the University would certainly be an unprecedented move, yet increasing the funding available to the Sports Syndicate could show intent to protect clubs in vulnerable economic positions. But for now, the onus remains on market providence as clubs look to consolidate any for-tunes ahead of next season.

Without financial support from the University many Sports Clubs are in desperate need of sponsorship and funding.

“When players are paying beyond their means is it not the duty of the University to make sure their clothes stay on?”

JAMIE MORGAN-EVANS

“Who should have to pay when University sports teams are financially insecure?”

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Churchill and Emma had swapped PWC divisions at the beginning of the season, but it was division two’s Churchill that looked more threat-ening in the early stages, as Emma were lethargic and even a little bit complacent after their 6-0 thrashing of Pembroke last weekend.

The Churchill players worked sol-idly as a unit and won most of the second balls as they pressed their opponents, creating a few useful half chances whenever they hit Emma on the counter.

Slightly against the run of play, Emma took the lead. Winger Brown played an inch-perfect through-ball to in-form striker James Douglas, who took one touch with his left to make himself a yard of space and then with his second touch calmly slid the ball right-footed past the on-rushing keeper. Clinical.

Emma improved after the fi rst goal, and although Churchill worked

hard, Emma managed to extend their lead after another Douglas goal. The striker surprised everyone by managing to turn his defender and producing a sensational lob over the unfortunate keeper, giving Emma a 2-0 lead they scarcely deserved.

Instead of building on this fortu-itous lead however, Emma switched off. Sloppy defending and con-stant Churchill pressure presented Churchill with a number of chances,

yet at half-time the score was 2-0 and Emma looked to be cruising.

Boy, were they wrong. Churchill sped out of the blocks in the second-half, winning countless loose balls and forcing Emma to defend deep in their own half. Emma’s keeper pulled off a few brilliant saves, but eventually Churchill’s pressure told; the excellent Toby Mansuripur capitalising on poor Emma marking from a corner to make it 2-1 and turn

the match on its head. Churchill thought they had equ-

alised when a stunning fi rst time volley from Leon Glenister outside the box rebounded off the post and smashed into the net, only for the goal to be disallowed for offside.

Emma had to react and decided to inject some pace with the intro-duction of Scottish speedster Martin Dickson. The substitution proved inspired as his pace wreaked havoc

in the Churchill defence. A lightning counter attack took the score to 3-1 and put Emma fi rmly in control.

Emma were contentiously awarded a penalty, the referee blow-ing his whistle as Churchill’s keeper rushed out to stop Brown getting on to a through pass. There had been defi nite contact, but the Churchill players argued that the keeper had got the ball before taking the man. In an astonishing display of sportsman-ship the Emma players confi rmed they did not believe it was a penalty and asked him to change his mind. The referee consented, justice had prevailed, and the enthralling con-test was allowed to continue.

Dickson killed the game off by bagging himself his fi rst hat-trick for Emma. The second goal was a carbon copy of his fi rst, his hat-trick goal however, was truly a thing of beauty. Dickson jinked through a series of fl ailing Churchill defend-ers before slipping the ball past the keeper whilst off balance.

Churchill had fought bravely and had almost stormed back into the match, but in the end Emma’s clinical fi nishing secured the victory for the PWC Division 1 team. An intrigu-ing quarter-fi nal awaits Emma, a tie against in-form Trinity certain to test the optimistic Emma side.

While Cuppers witnessed a few upsets, a dilligent Emma went about their business

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FOOTBALL

FaT take three titles in one day at Robinson HeadTrinity control the river ROWING

Trinity’s First and Third Boat Club produced an impressive treble on the Cam this weekend as they claimed the M1, W1 and M2 titles at Pembroke Regatta. Over the 1100m course in a head to head knock-out race, they blew away all the opposition with their worst crews reaching at least the semi fi nal of their division.

In a fairly open men’s fi rst divi-sion, lacking notable crews Queens, Downing and LMBC, FaT were able to power comfortably to vic-tory, beating their alumni, Black Prince, in the Semi Final along the way, before overcoming Caius in the fi nal by roughly 1 length. FaT W1 overcame a strong Christ’s crew by some distance, after beating (an out of their depth) Corpus, Murray Edwards and Clare along the way. Jesus and Downing stayed away, meaning Jesus W1 have still not yet raced competitively along the Cam this term.

In the lower divisions, FaT M2 squeaked to victory in the Men’s second division against Pembroke M2, winning by just a few seats in a closely contested fi nal, after a close-

run race with Clare M2 in the fi rst round. Pembroke M3 were able to gain some measure of revenge, beat-ing a FaT M3 crew a lot higher on the bumps chart than them in the semi-fi nal, and holding off Emman-uel M3 in the Men’s lower division fi nal, a result that is sure to give them confi dence going into the Lent Bumps Getting-On Race. FaT W2 were unable to replicate the suc-cess of their counterparts, losing in the fi nal to Downing W2 with what was described as a “panicked” row, leaving them to wonder what might have been. The impressive rowing of the Downing W2 crew was not to be underestimated however, having beaten a number of crews higher than them, and they will be looking to set a fast time at the Getting-On Race.

The Women’s lower division was poorly attended, with only 6 crews making the start line, and Sidney Sussex W3 duly triumphed, winning just two races against Emmanuel W3 and Newnham W3.

Some questions have been raised about the system of placing all Col-lege fi rst crews in the fi rst division, and all second crews in the second division etc. This means that the fi rst round of the draw can often result in

an absolute walkover, such as with Emmanuel M1 racing a Hughes Hall M1 boat ranked 46 places below them in the bumps table, and so never allowing for some of the smaller College crews to have a chance. Perhaps seeding crews according to the Bumps charts may improve the races not only as a competition but also as a spectacle?

With this the last race on the Cam for crews that do not have to qualify for Bumps, it was a chance to iron out any fl aws. Emmanuel W1 must continue to be concerned, as they lost in the quarter-fi nal to a Clare crew who are nine places lower than them in Bumps. Some serious improvement will be needed if they are to remain Head of the River for Lent term. FaT M1 and Downing M1 will provide a mouth-watering con-test for Men’s headship, whilst lower down the fi rst division, a Fitzwilliam M1 crew fi lled with novices along-side some more experienced heads will be encouraged by the narrow margain of their loss to Jesus, albeit in the fi rst round.

The stage is set for Lent Bumps, on the 23rd-27th February, with the prelude being the Getting On race for lower division crews taking place Friday February 19th.

ALI MCLAREN

Blues on good form before VarsityHockey WhitewashHOCKEY

Following their successful double-header last weekend, the Blues played hosts to bottom-of-the-league Wisbech Town. Unbeaten in recent weeks, and boosted by the return of vice captain, Dave Bell, the Blues were looking to deliver a pro-fessional performance to build on the momentum gained in recent weeks.

Cambridge seized control of the game from the start, and it was the Light Blues that created the fi rst scoring chance with good link-up play down the left-hand side, call-ing the Wisbech keeper into action early on. The Blues continued to dictate the pace of the match, and only their carelessness in the fi nal quarter of the pitch prevented them from breaking the deadlock earlier. The fi rst goal came just before half-time; fi nding himself with his back to goal on the opposition penalty spot, Parkes dispatched a fi rm reverse-stick strike into the bottom corner.

The Blues continued to apply pres-sure, and having conceded six goals in the last two games, it was impor-tant to ensure that there were no defensive lapses in concentration.

The second half started much as the fi rst had ended with the Blues dominating possession, the impen-etrable Dave Saunders in imperious form at the heart of the Cambridge defence. When Cambridge’s domi-nance was rewarded with a short corner it was Saunders who con-verted, effectively wrapping up the game. Minutes before time, some slick passing through the Cambridge midfi eld gave Parkes the opportunity to drive into the Wisbech circle from the right-hand side to fi nd Quarshie at the back post for a third goal.

The team will be pleased with the result, which leaves them in second place in the league, as the prepara-tion for the Varsity Match on Tuesday March 2nd begins to step up.

After the game, captain Jackson expressed his pleasure at the team’s current form: “It was a composed performance and means we have now won three games in a row.” The Blues have a busy week ahead: a friendly scheduled in the lair of Mid-lands-based hockey giants, Cannock, before Crostyx at the weekend.

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Churchill and Emma had swapped PWC divisions at the beginning of the season, but it was division two’s Churchill that looked more threat-ening in the early stages, as Emma were lethargic and even a little bit complacent after their 6-0 thrashing of Pembroke last weekend.

The Churchill players worked sol-idly as a unit and won most of the second balls as they pressed their opponents, creating a few useful half chances whenever they hit Emma on the counter.

Slightly against the run of play, Emma took the lead. Winger Brown played an inch-perfect through-ball to in-form striker James Douglas, who took one touch with his left to make himself a yard of space and then with his second touch calmly slid the ball right-footed past the on-rushing keeper. Clinical.

Emma improved after the fi rst goal, and although Churchill worked

hard, Emma managed to extend their lead after another Douglas goal. The striker surprised everyone by managing to turn his defender and producing a sensational lob over the unfortunate keeper, giving Emma a 2-0 lead they scarcely deserved.

Instead of building on this fortu-itous lead however, Emma switched off. Sloppy defending and con-stant Churchill pressure presented Churchill with a number of chances,

yet at half-time the score was 2-0 and Emma looked to be cruising.

Boy, were they wrong. Churchill sped out of the blocks in the second-half, winning countless loose balls and forcing Emma to defend deep in their own half. Emma’s keeper pulled off a few brilliant saves, but eventually Churchill’s pressure told; the excellent Toby Mansuripur capitalising on poor Emma marking from a corner to make it 2-1 and turn

the match on its head. Churchill thought they had equ-

alised when a stunning fi rst time volley from Leon Glenister outside the box rebounded off the post and smashed into the net, only for the goal to be disallowed for offside.

Emma had to react and decided to inject some pace with the intro-duction of Scottish speedster Martin Dickson. The substitution proved inspired as his pace wreaked havoc

in the Churchill defence. A lightning counter attack took the score to 3-1 and put Emma fi rmly in control.

Emma were contentiously awarded a penalty, the referee blow-ing his whistle as Churchill’s keeper rushed out to stop Brown getting on to a through pass. There had been defi nite contact, but the Churchill players argued that the keeper had got the ball before taking the man. In an astonishing display of sportsman-ship the Emma players confi rmed they did not believe it was a penalty and asked him to change his mind. The referee consented, justice had prevailed, and the enthralling con-test was allowed to continue.

Dickson killed the game off by bagging himself his fi rst hat-trick for Emma. The second goal was a carbon copy of his fi rst, his hat-trick goal however, was truly a thing of beauty. Dickson jinked through a series of fl ailing Churchill defend-ers before slipping the ball past the keeper whilst off balance.

Churchill had fought bravely and had almost stormed back into the match, but in the end Emma’s clinical fi nishing secured the victory for the PWC Division 1 team. An intrigu-ing quarter-fi nal awaits Emma, a tie against in-form Trinity certain to test the optimistic Emma side.

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FaT take three titles in one day at Robinson HeadTrinity control the river ROWING

Trinity’s First and Third Boat Club produced an impressive treble on the Cam this weekend as they claimed the M1, W1 and M2 titles at Pembroke Regatta. Over the 1100m course in a head to head knock-out race, they blew away all the opposition with their worst crews reaching at least the semi fi nal of their division.

In a fairly open men’s fi rst divi-sion, lacking notable crews Queens, Downing and LMBC, FaT were able to power comfortably to vic-tory, beating their alumni, Black Prince, in the Semi Final along the way, before overcoming Caius in the fi nal by roughly 1 length. FaT W1 overcame a strong Christ’s crew by some distance, after beating (an out of their depth) Corpus, Murray Edwards and Clare along the way. Jesus and Downing stayed away, meaning Jesus W1 have still not yet raced competitively along the Cam this term.

In the lower divisions, FaT M2 squeaked to victory in the Men’s second division against Pembroke M2, winning by just a few seats in a closely contested fi nal, after a close-

run race with Clare M2 in the fi rst round. Pembroke M3 were able to gain some measure of revenge, beat-ing a FaT M3 crew a lot higher on the bumps chart than them in the semi-fi nal, and holding off Emman-uel M3 in the Men’s lower division fi nal, a result that is sure to give them confi dence going into the Lent Bumps Getting-On Race. FaT W2 were unable to replicate the suc-cess of their counterparts, losing in the fi nal to Downing W2 with what was described as a “panicked” row, leaving them to wonder what might have been. The impressive rowing of the Downing W2 crew was not to be underestimated however, having beaten a number of crews higher than them, and they will be looking to set a fast time at the Getting-On Race.

The Women’s lower division was poorly attended, with only 6 crews making the start line, and Sidney Sussex W3 duly triumphed, winning just two races against Emmanuel W3 and Newnham W3.

Some questions have been raised about the system of placing all Col-lege fi rst crews in the fi rst division, and all second crews in the second division etc. This means that the fi rst round of the draw can often result in

an absolute walkover, such as with Emmanuel M1 racing a Hughes Hall M1 boat ranked 46 places below them in the bumps table, and so never allowing for some of the smaller College crews to have a chance. Perhaps seeding crews according to the Bumps charts may improve the races not only as a competition but also as a spectacle?

With this the last race on the Cam for crews that do not have to qualify for Bumps, it was a chance to iron out any fl aws. Emmanuel W1 must continue to be concerned, as they lost in the quarter-fi nal to a Clare crew who are nine places lower than them in Bumps. Some serious improvement will be needed if they are to remain Head of the River for Lent term. FaT M1 and Downing M1 will provide a mouth-watering con-test for Men’s headship, whilst lower down the fi rst division, a Fitzwilliam M1 crew fi lled with novices along-side some more experienced heads will be encouraged by the narrow margain of their loss to Jesus, albeit in the fi rst round.

The stage is set for Lent Bumps, on the 23rd-27th February, with the prelude being the Getting On race for lower division crews taking place Friday February 19th.

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Blues on good form before VarsityHockey WhitewashHOCKEY

Following their successful double-header last weekend, the Blues played hosts to bottom-of-the-league Wisbech Town. Unbeaten in recent weeks, and boosted by the return of vice captain, Dave Bell, the Blues were looking to deliver a pro-fessional performance to build on the momentum gained in recent weeks.

Cambridge seized control of the game from the start, and it was the Light Blues that created the fi rst scoring chance with good link-up play down the left-hand side, call-ing the Wisbech keeper into action early on. The Blues continued to dictate the pace of the match, and only their carelessness in the fi nal quarter of the pitch prevented them from breaking the deadlock earlier. The fi rst goal came just before half-time; fi nding himself with his back to goal on the opposition penalty spot, Parkes dispatched a fi rm reverse-stick strike into the bottom corner.

The Blues continued to apply pres-sure, and having conceded six goals in the last two games, it was impor-tant to ensure that there were no defensive lapses in concentration.

The second half started much as the fi rst had ended with the Blues dominating possession, the impen-etrable Dave Saunders in imperious form at the heart of the Cambridge defence. When Cambridge’s domi-nance was rewarded with a short corner it was Saunders who con-verted, effectively wrapping up the game. Minutes before time, some slick passing through the Cambridge midfi eld gave Parkes the opportunity to drive into the Wisbech circle from the right-hand side to fi nd Quarshie at the back post for a third goal.

The team will be pleased with the result, which leaves them in second place in the league, as the prepara-tion for the Varsity Match on Tuesday March 2nd begins to step up.

After the game, captain Jackson expressed his pleasure at the team’s current form: “It was a composed performance and means we have now won three games in a row.” The Blues have a busy week ahead: a friendly scheduled in the lair of Mid-lands-based hockey giants, Cannock, before Crostyx at the weekend.

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Cambridge miss out on taking top spot in the league after slip up against Bedford (Luton)

Bedford (Luton) may be languishing in the lower reaches of the BUCS division (see table on far right) but in clinching a 2-2 draw on Monday night they provided the tough-est test yet to an undefeated Blues football team who remain on course to complete an historic season. Captain Michael Johnson knew the importance of the two mid-week games for the Blues, with wins practically securing league promo-tion and defeats leaving them in a tight contest with East Anglia.

It is the team from the other University of Bedfordshire campus who currently top the table, but Bedford (Luton) showed that Blues captain Michael Johnson was correct to single them out as the one side who, at full strength, can match anyone in the division. Although perhaps lacking organisation in defence, the pace and power the visitors boasted going forward meant the Blues could never rest easy despite dominat-ing possession for large parts of the ninety minutes.

The relegation-battlers also ensured that the spectators who packed out the lower tier of the Grange Road Clubhouse Stand were given something to keep their mind off the paralysing cold. It was Bedford’s number 12 whose stunning strike opened the scoring and brought the game to life just before half-time, and whose delicately executed chip was glanced in less than ten minutes before the fi nal whistle, cancelling out the Cambridge lead and causing the game’s principal controversy.

The opening goal had been something of a shock to the system for the Blues, who felt, in their captain’s words, “invincible,” since returning from a mid-season Spanish tour. Yet Cambridge fought back, fi rstly when Mark Baxter beat the goalkeeper to a through ball to

equalise on the hour, and then from a quick and concise move which found Johnson in space in the box and gave him time to pick out the bottom corner and give the Blues the lead ten minutes later.

Allegations of a shirt-pull on James Day by the Bedford forward surrounded the equaliser, but the away side would have felt justifi ed in taking a point after both sides had shown terrifi c character when going a goal down.

On a pitch which showed all the signs of a hard rugby season and exceptionally harsh winter, the fi rst half was an unsurprisingly scrappy affair. The Blues gave the impression that they were in charge of directing affairs, but often found themselves frustrated as endless balls into the channels either fell awkwardly or were misjudged on a pitch much bigger than usual. Early bursts of pace and skill by Matt Stock were noted by the visitors’ defence who

soon did their best to give him no time on the ball, and although his strike partner Amos had three missed chances, it would be harsh to describe them as guilt-edged.

Meanwhile, Bedford, the only team to hit the back of the Cambridge net in the league this season, had given occasional warning signs from the fi rst minute when Dan Gwyther had to stretch to deny a visiting attacker a straightforward headed chance. Stuart Ferguson in the Blues goal was also forced into a smart reaction save from close range minutes later.

Yet there was nothing he could do about the goal when it came. With no one willing to make the tackle, Bedford’s 12 took advantage to unleash an unstoppable rocket of a shot from the edge of the penalty area which rebounded in off the angle of the right-hand post.

Cambridge could no longer simply cruise and wait for an opposition mistake and suddenly the pressure

was on. To the groans of the crowd, Paul Hartley fl uffed his lines in front of goal after some intricate play by Jack Hylands. Fortunately, Hartley soon found some passing form that he had been badly lacking in the fi rst half to provide both Cambridge goals.

Having had so much possession, the Blues will be disappointed not to have picked up three points, but promotion is still in their hands. Johnson later commented: “We can make no excuses at the end of the season because the best team always wins the league. In some ways we needed a kick up the arse but I was delighted with the fi ght we showed in the second half and every game is a must win from here. I’m still very confi dent we can do that – particu-larly with four proven, quality goal scorers to choose from in Stock, Gotch, Kerrigan and Amos.”

Playing their second game in the space of a week, the Blues travelled to Oxford in the hope of, temporarily,

restoring themselves to top spot in the table. Playing against a winless Oxford Brookes, Johnson was forced to employ a slightly shuffl ed start-ing line-up. Instrumental central midfi elder Paul Hartley was a major loss in the middle of the park, his diligent hard work and insightful passing lacking from a midfi eld that struggled to take the game by the scruff of the neck.

Despite the changes in personnel the Blues failed to put their season back on track. A second slip-up in the space of a week could have jeopardised Cambridge’s promotion aspirations, allowing East Anglia to overtake them in second place. This week’s fi xtures defi nitely opened that possibility.

The game ended 1-1, Stock scoring the only goal, and this result means that the Blues need to keep their composure in the remaining games if they have any hope of promotion. The league is as much of a priority as Varsity is for the Blues and it is integral to the long-term devel-opment of the side that the Blues secure league promotion in their upcoming fi xtures.

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James Day towers over the opposition and his teammates to win a header in the middle of the park

make no excuses at the end of the season because the best team always wins the league. In some ways we needed a kick up the arse but I was delighted with the fi ght we showed in the second half and every game is a must win from here. I’m still very confi dent we can do that – particu-larly with four proven, quality goal scorers to choose from in Stock,

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THE LEAGUE P W D L PtsBEDFORDSHIRE (BEDFORD) 7 5 2 0 17

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