First, we will see that émpedos and asphalḗs are used to describe the instability of human fortune in contrast to the stability of the cosmic order ruled by Zeus. Formulaic analysis shows that émpedos tends to function in very specific thematic contexts. In certain situations this word can even denote ritually appropriate thoughts and behaviors. Contextual evidence reveals that while this term denotes firmness in space or time and can in fact be glossed as ‘steadfast’ or ‘continual’, émpedos can also express the idea of an uninterrupted sequence. First and foremost, this work posits a more nuanced semantic field for émpedos. But it remains to be asked, what does the poetic tradition itself have to say about the issue of perishable fame, and what does this evidence suggest about the traditional function and form of poems such as the Iliad and Odyssey? Further, does this internal view of perishable glory support the idea that the Homeric poems are products of an oral tradition? If answers are to be found in the diction of the poems, we need to find a term that might appropriately describe multiforms that were once appropriate and authoritative but eventually proved less than imperishable. Since Parry and Lord, many scholars have managed to reveal and read what Christos Tsagalis beautifully calls the “oral palimpsest,” and they have found abundant confirmation of other multiforms and traditions still evident to the philologist and specialist. Given the reality that our Iliad and Odyssey are simply the most privileged multiforms among countless others that have, for the most part, faded into oblivion, the idea of perishable kléos becomes more relevant. Yet Parry’s revelation that these epics are the products of an oral poetic system draws our attention back to a time when the poems were not yet fixed in the form we have inherited. The fact that we are still talking about the anger of Achilles and the wanderings of Odysseus certainly suggests that the Homeric poems, from our perspective, can rightfully be labeled imperishable.
In some ways, the creation of imperishable fame is entirely dependent upon perishable fame. Thus, unlike the imperishable fame ( kléos áphthiton) offered to Achilles in the form of the Iliad, some tales of glory will eventually be forgotten and can be conceived of as perishable. While this flexibility helps to preserve the poetic system, over time single themes and formulae will be forgotten. The process of composition-in-performance allows the oral poet to create “truth” by excluding from his song the themes and formulae which are found to be less appropriate at the moment of storytelling. For instance, Nagy notes Lévi-Strauss’s observation that “the latest performance of myth is in principle an occasion for selecting from and thereby potentially erasing versions available from countless previous performances.” According to this line of thought, the creation of one poetic multiform in performance facilitates the forgetting of multiple others. Reagan meets USSR Top Gorbachev for peace summit at Geneva (1985)Īll leading to Gorbachev who got along a lot better with Reagan.This view of truth fits with our understanding of the process of composition in performance.Reagan calls USSR “Evil Empire” for the first time.Note how just before Russia decided to have this accident 3 soviet heads of state died within 2 years. Sounds like what Coronavirus allowed the government to do doesn’t it? Isolate people with an excuse and then remove those that fight back as necessary. Two most powerful blackmailers ever? That would probably be Jeffrey Epstein and Hugh Hefner. Which is why if we reconcile blackmail with news about nuclear…. Nuclear Bombs = Secret BOOMSīluntly Stated: “Nuclear” is a comm used all over the world to symbolize extraordinarily explosive information. Once you understand the reason there is a disconnect between the reality and the narrative, you can use that as a crowbar to ply out the rest of the secrets of the world. The truth is Nuclear bombs are real, but they are not what they are said to be. if we go by official accounts there is a “destroy every human on earth button” by triggering nuclear war that exists with the president having their finger on that trigger at all times. No, they are designed to be deployable by the commander in chief at any time at their own discretion. Īnd even if we ignore that… There isn’t even a safeguard in place for them in 1st world countries.
Even if we ignore the many nuclear bombs that were lost, there are third world countries with them.
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