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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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Carystus

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

Local hero of the city of Carystus on the island of Euboea, associated with regional cult worship and foundation myths that varied by city-state traditions.

Detailed Definition
Carystus appears in local myths of Euboea. In poetry, such figures evoke regional identity and mythic geography, enriching epic catalogues and grounding legend in place.
Example
Example in poetry:
Carystus, a city of Euboea, can ground myth in real geography; A poet may evoke “the marble of Carystus” to suggest artistry and permanence; In travel verse, Carystus links landscape with legend; It can symbolise the meeting of commerce and myth.
Additional Notes
Carystus represents both a city on Euboea and various mythological figures associated with that region, including local heroes and eponymous founders. Such geographical-mythological associations were common as Greek cities claimed heroic founders to establish prestige and antiquity. Local mythological traditions often elaborated on figures barely mentioned in Panhellenic sources, creating rich regional variants. For students analyzing how mythology functioned socially, figures like Carystus demonstrate the intersection of place, identity, and narrative—communities defined themselves through mythological associations and claimed connections to major cycles. When poets reference regional figures, they may be invoking local color, demonstrating erudition in variant traditions, or connecting their narrative to specific geographical settings. Understanding that mythology existed as both Panhellenic tradition (shared stories like the Trojan War) and local tradition (city-specific heroes and cults) helps students appreciate the complexity of mythological reference and the multiple audiences ancient poets addressed.
Also Known As
Euboean city marble source ancient port
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