A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

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

Home › Glossary › Letter A

Argos

Historical Location
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

An ancient city in the Peloponnese, Greece, associated with myth and Homeric epic

Detailed Definition
Argos was a powerful Mycenaean city-state in ancient Greece, linked to heroes like Perseus and the Trojan War cycle. In Homer’s Iliad, it is often used synonymously with Greece itself. Poets reference Argos to evoke heroic antiquity, martial valor, or the tragic grandeur of fallen civilizations. Its name carries connotations of watchfulness (from the myth of Argus Panoptes) and ancestral legacy.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Aeschylus’ tragedies (written in verse), Argos represents ancestral duty and tragic fate; Pindar’s odes praise Argive heroes in elevated lyrical form; In Robert Browning’s “Aristophanes’ Apology,” Argos appears as part of classical Greece’s mythic tapestry; Modern poets reference Argos to evoke watchfulness (from the myth of Argus Panoptes); In Seamus Heaney’s allusive style, Argos may symbolize vigilance or pastoral guardianship.
Additional Notes
Argos was a powerful city-state in the Peloponnese, central to Greek myth (e.g., the Danaids, Perseus) and early epic. In poetry, it often symbolizes ancestral duty, tragic fate, or vigilant watchfulness (from Argus Panoptes, the hundred-eyed giant). Pindar and Aeschylus use Argos to explore heroism and civic virtue. Students should note that “Argive” is a common poetic synonym for “Greek” in Homeric and later verse. Modern references may evoke classical ideals or critique militarism, especially in war poetry drawing on Greek archetypes.
Also Known As
Argive Plain City of Danaus Hera’s Citadel Peloponnesian Stronghold Argead
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