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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.

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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Athenian Theseia

Historical Festival
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

A civic Athenian festival honoring Theseus as founder and unifier of Attica.

Detailed Definition
The Theseia was established in Athens to honor Theseus, the legendary hero associated with the synoecism, or political unification, of Attica. It featured sacrifices, athletic contests, and military displays, making myth serve the ideals of a coordinated city. The festival could celebrate both heroic strength and the difficult work of joining separate communities. In poetry, Theseus becomes a figure of roads brought together, borders crossed, and a many-voiced land learning to call itself one.
Example
Example in poetry:
A poem for the Athenian Theseia could celebrate Theseus as founder, unifier, and protector of Athens; A narrative hymn might recount his defeat of the Minotaur before turning to his civic achievements; A poet could use the festival procession to move from heroic myth toward Athenian history; An ode on the Theseia could ask whether a city is shaped more by its heroes or by its citizens
Additional Notes
The Theseia honored Theseus as a unifying hero and civic founder of Athens. Processions, sacrifices, athletic contests, and commemorations presented the synoecism, or political unification, of Attica as a shared heritage. The festival shows how myth could support civic ideology and collective Athenian identity.
Also Known As
Theseia Theseus Festival
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