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this blog is now archived. elektra has moved to @agamemnides
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this blog is now archived. elektra has moved to @agamemnides
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An Oresteia: ‘Elektra’ by Anne Carson
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Temple of Asclepius (Aesculapius): Villa Borghese Gardens, Rome.
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nuptia·.
I AM HOME TO MY SWEET ACHES : it is a sort of love, isn’t it? they had been with her for decades now, refusing to leave [ and everyone else had left you, hadn’t you? ]. ‘ you can stay with me for as long as you need [ … ] i know it’s not exactly the nicest place — sometimes, the water in the shower turns brown and the motel owner refuses to fix it. OR EXPLAIN IT. but it’s a home. a nice, temporary home. ‘
SING TO ME MUSE OF A GIRL ABANDONED BY HESTIA, of roots torn from their resting place, once tangled beneath the earth, placed hard and firm as though they could never be removed, now little more than smashed fragment of bark. what is home to you, daughter of agamemnon, a place once embraced by father’s love, by brother’s constant presence, turned into a house of murder, hall’s haunted by a raging mother, just as though a deadly phantom lurks within. she has been on the run too long now, memories flee as birds in flight with each passing of rosy-fingered dawn, and so at the other’s offer noble elektra cannot help the slight smile that pulls across her face. she should stay on the run, forever one step ahead of the furies grasps, but ------- she is so tired, hypnos tugs at her with every breathe and words of thanks steal out of wind-chapped lips. “ it’s, it’s perfect. thank you. you can’t imagine how much i’ve missed another’s company. furies be damned. ” a pause, she glances around the room before falling into a chair, “ how long have you been here now? ”
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univaers.
the girl is testament to own achievement , a loving prayer to the way bones will break and bend and become something more . ( do not speak of the weight of it , do not grit your teeth in pain when you smile . leave no trace of the aching that shakes it’s way through your bones . you can save your family , amy , don’t ever forget that . ) she makes herself lovely and carefree , cheeks rosey with the wind and the ocean stretching out before their view , as if she had been born in a place like this .
❝ wild nights should be our luxury ! ❞
SING TO ME MUSE OF LOST LUXURY, of a girl who’d once been the eye of the ball, outshone by none but her sister. tell me of her tea with princesses, dinner with dukes and soiree’s with counts and viscounts both. you had not lacked for luxury, noble elektra, your blood still strong with the blood of kings, lost memories whispered of connections to the gods ( the old gods that is ) no, luxury had been as much a part of you as leaden blue eye’s and dancing black tresses. and yet nothing lasts forever, and what is luxury to a sister’s death, a father’s? it is not fashionable to be doused in the scent of hades, to leave lingering shadows wherever one goes. and the daughter of agamemnon had found herself lost from much of her former splendour, stolen away by longing for vengeance, the blood of a mother far from appropriate chatter. and yet at the other’s words she cannot help the smile that spreads across her lips, the carefree tune flooding her limbs, chasing out the darkness within.
“ there’s something about the roar of the ocean, watching the waves break and the sun fall below the horizon. society balls can be entertaining, but how do they compare to this? ” there is something familiar in the waves, the sight filled with a distant memory, the feeling of a girl centuries upon centuries ago staring out at the waves waiting for a father to come home. as peace visits the daughter of agamemnon, an infrequent visitor, who casts his arms around her shoulder’s she casts a smile to the girl besides her, “ i’m glad you came to europe amy. ” it was lonely here before you.
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Mary Oliver, "Evidence." Devotions
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the darkness presses imposingly on her limbs , skin stretching too thin as it works to protect her , and chest choking graveyard dirt from where it collects in her lungs . the dead girl clings to luminescence , collects it within her ribs and allows it to shine through , playing tricks that can make the eyes believe she is full of life . the truth is she’s rotting , that her bones are being returned back to the earth and she can do nothing but starve the inevitable . she’s always home , never far from the red gaze of a past that will not leave her , and she’s come to expect that there will be no escape ; a girl like that can only crumble .
❝ 𝚒'𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚢 , 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 . ❞
SING TO ME MUSE OF THE CRUEL CLUTCHES OF HADES, of the death and darkness which fester in the earth below. you are crafted of such things, ever-lasting elektra, the river styx doesn’t flow far from your veins. she can sense it in the other too, that scent of death clinging to her every limb, ever present, just as the cool breathe of the wind and kiss of the summer sun. and yet beneath it lingers the clutches of fear, plying at the other, desperate to tear her apart; such things have abandoned the daughter of agamemnon, what is death to the rage of the gods, what is hades to an eternal curse? she has no terror over what lies beneath the earth. and yet curiosity grasps her, pulling her towards the other, perhaps something can be made of their joint taste for death, perhaps it reveals more than just a bitter scent, a fearful taste, perhaps she can reveal the truth of this eternal curse. and beneath it all, the desire and curiosity, the selfish motivators for her selfless act, the memory of her own fear, the glimpse of a father’s corpse, hangs heavy on her heart. “ my brother’s out of town and i’ll do anything to avoid my mother, so it’s fine ------ truly. if it’ll help settle this restless fear. ” she offers the other a slight smile, “ has it always been like this? ”
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atomancy·.
The idea of going off into the world is thrilling and frightening at once. He wishes it were only the former, but there’s something overwhelming about the unknown of it all. He’s never had a lifetime before where he hasn’t gone off to war, so lost in the past that he couldn’t even envision another possible outcome. It’s always been the same, but not this time. But worst of all, he has no idea what he’ll do. He won’t be alone, at least, not with Patrick there, but even then he can’t exactly rely on him to tell him what the future should shape up to be. What scares him most is the thought of not having her. She’s been an anchor to him through it all, especially the worst moments when he’d finally let the truth back in to his mind and seen all the terrible things he’d witnessed and done in that first, immortalized life. She’s everything to him in a way no one else ever can be, and he knows he is the same for her. “You won’t lose me.” It’s a promise he makes easily, without being asked. “It doesn’t matter where you go. I’ll be there, in one form or another.” He knows it’s on her mind too, that separation and ending might be one in the same, but he won’t let that happen. “Who knows? Maybe we’ll end up together somewhere in the end. Wouldn’t that be something?”
THE PROMISE CLINGS TO HER, BURYING DEEP IN HER CHEST, and the daughter of agamemnon treasure’s it, locking it deep within her, she cannot help the sense of trust that flood’s her, as a river rushing to flood it’s banks. he is everything to you, noble elektra, you who has been let down at every turn, throughout every life, you who has little family left after all these years. but there will always be him : swift-footed river and enduring elektra, the daughter of agamemnon and son of peleus, achilles and elektra. she knows he will always have patrick too, and she is happy for him, the two are made for each other, crafted from the same marble, fragments of a sculpture which always slot back together, but beneath it all loneliness bites, jealously grasps at her, if only there was someone for her too. “ i know. no matter where we are we’ll never be apart, i think we’re linked by something far stronger than distance. ” thoughts drift to other time’s, glances of ancient cities, songs of far painted in a different tongue. no, distance has never been an obstacle for them. “ perhaps it’s fated. after all this, after life and college and everything else in between we’ll be back as we always are. ” the words hold a certain jest to them, as though fate is nothing more than a silly thought, a light-hearted relief towards their separation and yet they both know it is some much more. “ besides you can always call. it’s not like we have to hear about each other through ancient epics or whatever people used to do before the internet. ” tell me muse of that everlasting girl, with few for company apart from the eternal curse of the gods.
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THE PARTHENON: former temple on the athenian acropolis, greece, dedicated to the patron goddess athena, (438 b.c.).
THE PANTHEON: former roman temple, the best-preserved building from ancient Rome (c. 125).
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“ i’m not gonna listen to what the past says. i’ve been waiting up all night. ” she slides her shades on, heart shaped and framed in pink, the lenses transparent enough for her eyes to be seen: how they flicker like stars, how they smile like they know what they do to the people around her. constantina does not listen to the past – if she did she would have stopped this ruse, this chase of comfort and richness and materialism. she’s greedy and willing to get hurt on her own sharp edges formed by her dead ex-husband. so long as she is more careful where’s the harm? “ baby, put on heart shaped sunglasses ‘cause we gonna take a ride. ”
TELL ME MUSE OF A GIRL CRAFTED FROM THE PAST, whose very bones sing an ancient song, whose very blood reveals an ancient curse. what are you, enduring elektra, if not your history; plagued by the drums of war, taste for blood, father’s cries, each night as dreaded hypnos visits. and yet there’s something in the other’s words that clasps her tight, a sense of hope, a bitter longing, which has always been absent from her dreaded nights. she is the daughter of agamemnon, the blood of the gods rushes through her veins, she does not always have to sing for the past. and so noble elektra allows smile to tug across mournful lips, she kicks her feet up upon the other’s dashboard and runs a hand through windswept hair. “ let’s kick this night off with a bang. ” it was never said she couldn’t enjoy herself with furies hot on her heels. “ where to first? ”
#godbanes#sorry this actually took me forever to reply too!#i thought maybe they've met whilst elektra's on the run?
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TELL ME MUSE WHAT IS LEFT OF THE WORLD TO SAVE; a world burdened by the centuries, painted red with the blood of countless wars and battles, the vengeance of the gods ever altering its shifting surface. protection and virtue does not colour your actions, vengeful elektra, you are painted by a heroism of a different kind; justice is carved into the depths of your skin, a personal duty, loyalty to your family, your father, your brother, bounds you tight. what does she care for an eternal world, what will saving it do for a father’s plight? perhaps the end is all they need for eternal curse to dissipate, to be free from time at long last ------ perhaps it is something she should desire. and yet such words don’t flee from cursed lips, instead she offers a half smile for the girl before her, witholding from the shattering of any dreams. she is a sweet girl, and yet deathly loyal and holds the power of faerie in the palm of her hands. the daughter of agamemnon cannot help but wonder if that’s what she’d have been, had it not been for the curse, her father’s murder, the duty of blood and vengeance on her hands. and so she reigns in biting words, instead offering the other a blooming flower, stolen from the palace gardens, with hope of help sewn into brightening buds. “ i would. if mother’s can kill father’s, gods can curse the ground beneath our feet, why shouldn’t i believe in the determination of a faerie girl and the power such determination holds. ” shoulder’s raise in a shrug as she considers the thought, “ it takes a certain heroism to save the world, the opposite of mine and my brother’s own, but, i will support you if you wish. if one day you help myself and my brother in turn. ”
@naivetm : ❛ if i told you i’m trying to save the world , would you believe me ? ❜
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ANTIGONE & ELEKTRA : quotes from their respective plays, mixed translations. @treppenwitzz
#musings.#antigone tag tbd.#treppenwitzz#your reply this morning gave me feels#and i wanted to find matching quotes <33
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WHAT COLOUR IS MOST LIKE HOW IT FEELS TO BE LOVED BY YOU ?
GRAY —— it’s not easy to be loved by you. YOU CAN BE A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW SOMETIMES. you do care about your loves, but it’s hard for you to show it. it’s easy for you to break hearts, & that can scare your loves. sometimes your love isn’t a good enough reason for people to stick around, but that doesn’t really bother you all that much. i really hope that you find the person who sees your love & thinks, THAT’S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I’VE EVER SEEN.
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agarycus.
were martino still in possession of a mortal heart, its beating would have surely ceased, the lungs paired with it robbed of all breath. he felt himself flicker, almost in fear; visual of him fading into nothingness then returning, sunken eyes wide with wonder. decades, it had been, since anyone had laid eyes on him, spoken a word in his direction. decades of loneliness, of wailing in empty halls, reading over his immortal father’s shoulders in hopes he would feel the presence ——— only for the first occurrence to be something as natural as bumping into a stranger on the street. it was hardly storybook; the poet in him was almost disappointed, but he was too presently alarmed to give it much thought.
lips parted to speak again, just as father at his side frowned at the stranger in a bout of confusion ——— right, martino thought, he can’t see. she might as well be speaking to the wind. he willed himself towards her & seemed to appear there in but a moment, frowning at her in a similar manner, his own expression hinted with disbelief. ❛ you can see me, can’t you ? ❜ voice came wispy, heavily accented, but hopeful; almost with a childlike sense of awe, excitement brimming below the surface, bit back. ❛ you can see me, hear me ——— tell me you can, say it, tell me you can see me and i’m not making this up. please. ❜
SING TO ME MUSE OF THE DANGER HELD WITHIN A SINGLE BREATHE OF CHRONOS, how each rise and fall of his chest steals hope and safety away. you can almost feel the furies’ claws, noble elektra, seizing you tight, whisking you away. they cannot be victorious, for that will be the end of everything, a father’s vengeance cast for nought, a brother’s sacrifice lost on the wind. and so the daughter of agamemnon wants nothing more than to whisk away, disappearing into the crowd, out of this town, out of this country, as though shrouded in some godly mist and yet there is something in the voice of the other that pulls her back; shock and desperation cry out a mournful tune, dancing through his words before resting behind his eyes. and though his cry rings out as clear as day, as strong as a battle cry from the best of the greeks, there is something off about him, the way he moves as though he believes his presence as nought, the way he looks as though he may disappear into the air. and she finds that curiosity drags her to stay.
“ of course i can see you, i just spoke to you didn’t i. ” so she spoke, and yet as words left the daughter of agamemnon’s lips she noticed the man besides him turn sharp gaze towards her, brow furrowing as though she spoke to herself. in that moment realisation settled, and as she focused back on the boy before her she gave a nod to the side, indicating he should follow and speak somewhere alone. she could not risk bringing attention to herself, not at a time such as this. and so fear held noble elektra’s lips, sealing them tight until the two were between to shops, out of sight of the crowd and finally she turned back to the strange boy, for the first time truly taking him in. “ yes i can see you, hear you, but i’m taking it that is not a usual occurence. so you tell me something --------- what are you? ”
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Adonis, from Selected Poems; “Rage” (tr. Khaled Mattawa)
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