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Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

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Antigonus

Mythology
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Name borne by various legendary figures and rulers, illustrating the recurrence of heroic names across Greek mythic cycles.

Detailed Definition
Antigonus appears in various traditions, sometimes associated with heroic or royal lines. In poetry, such names evoke antiquity and dynastic continuity. They often symbolise pride, ambition, or tragic downfall, reflecting the recurrent patterns of power and fate within mythic cycles.
Example
Example in poetry:
Antigonus may symbolise Hellenistic ambition and fractured empire; A historical sonnet might contrast Antigonus’s dreams with fate’s brevity; Poets can use his name to evoke post-Alexandrian turmoil; In dramatic verse, Antigonus may stand for ageing power resisting decline.
Additional Notes
Antigonus appears as a name shared by multiple figures across Greek mythology and later Hellenistic history, demonstrating how certain names recur across generations and contexts. In mythological contexts, figures bearing this name often appear in genealogies or as minor characters in larger narratives, while the name gained greater prominence through Macedonian dynastic history. For students of poetry and mythology, encountering such multiply-attested names requires careful attention to context to determine which Antigonus is referenced. This multiplicity itself reflects important aspects of Greek naming practices and the way mythological tradition evolved and incorporated historical figures. The name, meaning "against birth" or "worthy of ancestors," carries connotations of distinction and opposition that make it appropriate for both legendary heroes and historical rulers. When analyzing poetic references, scholars should consider whether the author invokes mythic precedent or draws on historical associations.
Also Known As
against ancestor Macedonian general successor king
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