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Maizie
post Oct 31 2010, 05:21 PM
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My OU course this year is on Greek and Roman myth. There is no exam; instead there is an extended, broad-ranging essay. You have to write on the mythological character of your choice, and their development. You have to use the evidence to make an argument about how/why they developed as they did. You have to use 3-8 sources, at least one of which must be classical (they can all be classical; or they can be all-but-one-modern).

My initial thought was to do Jason (as in 'and the Argonauts'). Pretty much so I could use the 1963 Ray Harryhausen classic film as a source (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) My husband did point out there might not be too much left to say on Jason (which is fine - I'm not expected to be making original contributions to the field at my level!) While looking in to it a bit, finding out sources that are readily available, I noticed that Orpheus was one of the Argonauts.

That Orpheus? The one as in 'and Eurydice' that I remember from secondary school classical studies lessons? As in, the one who is in an opera or two?

Yes, it turns out, that Orpheus. A man of many stories (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

So I looked in to his sources as well. A plethora of classical literature (The Argonautica, Ovid's Metamorphoses, another version of the Argonauts' story told from Orpheus' viewpoint [instead of Jason], Virgil...even Plato used him as an example of something-or-other).
Then a Middle English poem of the 13th Century which attempted to combine the classical myth with English folklore and faeries and so on ("Sir Orfeo", it's called).
And then the operas. Centuries of them. Historically jolly important ones like Peri's Euridice, or Monteverdi's L'Orfeo. Gluck a bit later on, and then Offenbach parodying that version (ker-ching! Reception-of-reception-of myth!) And so on, all the way up to Birtwistle and Glass...

And then what happens? I'm sitting at the baroque day and I snaffle andante_in_c's book of arias for a nose (I have no idea why, I'm not a singist). There's one from Peri's version in the book, how interesting. And next comes, DaisyChain singing from Gluck's version!

It's a sign! Orpheus is my man for the essay then (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Oct 31 2010, 05:49 PM
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*is wondering how much going to the orthodontist will cost her*
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post Oct 31 2010, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 31 2010, 06:49 PM) *

*is wondering how much going to the orthodontist will cost her*



depends which one and what you have done.....
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post Oct 31 2010, 05:56 PM
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QUOTE(Clari Nicki1 @ Oct 31 2010, 06:52 PM) *

QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 31 2010, 06:49 PM) *

*is wondering how much going to the orthodontist will cost her*



depends which one and what you have done.....

I finished orthodontic treatment years ago but they left a wire behind my front teeth. However, some of the wire has come loose and I keep bumping my tongue against it.

Also, I am feeling very frustrated as I won't get to flute practise properly until tomorrow night. I've been away so not played since Thursday and I've just finished an eight and a half hour shift at work so too tired to do anything productive. Maybe I should just try.
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post Oct 31 2010, 06:19 PM
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The timings on the quotes in the conversation kerioboe and I had above are very weird. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif)
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post Oct 31 2010, 06:50 PM
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I have backcombed my hair to look like a witch, but have no hairspray, to hold it in. What a waste of my hair's health!
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post Oct 31 2010, 07:49 PM
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QUOTE(Maizie @ Oct 31 2010, 06:21 PM) *

It's a sign! Orpheus is my man for the essay then (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

You might like to read a novel by an Australian author, Janette Turner Hospital "Orpheus lost". One of the main characters is a musician - plays the violin and the oud.
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post Nov 2 2010, 02:40 PM
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The trousers I pegged out to dry this morning have just been returned by a neighbour who lives five doors away.... didn't even notice they had blown off the line. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)
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post Nov 2 2010, 03:35 PM
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The trousers I pegged out to dry this morning have just been returned by a neighbour who lives five doors away.... didn't even notice they had blown off the line. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)

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post Nov 2 2010, 03:49 PM
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some people, well most of the ones I've served today, are so rude. I thought it was the young not the older generation that are supposed to be rude and ignorant, not where I work.
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QUOTE(DaisyChain @ Nov 2 2010, 02:40 PM) *

The trousers I pegged out to dry this morning have just been returned by a neighbour who lives five doors away.... didn't even notice they had blown off the line. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)


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post Nov 2 2010, 05:23 PM
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QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Oct 31 2010, 07:49 PM) *

*is wondering how much going to the orthodontist will cost her*

I have been quoted 2000 EUR to fit new crowns on the two teeth I ground down in a recent bike crash (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) . But the Dentist actually recommends a bridge covering 4 teeth - at between 3000 and 4000 EUR (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) . Dentistry in Holland is more expensive than in the UK. I feel a trip to Poland in the offing.
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The trousers I pegged out to dry this morning have just been returned by a neighbour who lives five doors away.... didn't even notice they had blown off the line. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)


Good job it wasn't your bloomers. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Nov 2 2010, 07:31 PM
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QUOTE(louise1712 @ Nov 2 2010, 03:49 PM) *

some people, well most of the ones I've served today, are so rude. I thought it was the young not the older generation that are supposed to be rude and ignorant, not where I work.


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My random comment : I have a very whizzy clock radio, that automatically goes back/forward an hour for GMT/BST. Usefully, it decided to do the change yesterday morning, rather than Sunday, and there's no override... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)
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post Nov 2 2010, 07:32 PM
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My clock radio didn't change correctly either and it was supposed to automatically do it.

My random comment: I dislike diminuendos (or my inability to play them nicely)
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