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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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Enyo

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

Goddess of war, destruction, and bloodshed, often depicted as companion or sister of Ares. She revels in the horror of battle and is associated with the sack of cities.

Detailed Definition
Enyo delights in chaos and accompanies Ares into battle, spreading terror. She is sometimes conflated with Eris or Bellona. Poets use Enyo to personify the frenzy and devastation of war, especially in epic and martial poetry emphasizing the horror and glory of combat.
Example
Example in poetry:
Enyo, goddess of war and companion of Ares, appears in Hesiod and Aeschylus; Poets use Enyo to embody battle frenzy or city-sacking; In Seven Against Thebes, she joins the assault—ideal for martial terror; “Enyo’s cry” might describe war’s chaos; She contrasts with Athena’s strategic warfare.
Additional Notes
Enyo, “sacker of cities,” accompanies Ares in battle, spreading terror and bloodshed. Sometimes conflated with Eris (Strife) or Bellona (Roman). Hesiod lists her among destructive forces. In poetry, she intensifies war scenes—her name evokes visceral chaos, useful for epic similes or critiques of martial glory, especially when contrasted with Athena’s strategic warfare.
Also Known As
war goddess battle fury Ares companion
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