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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.

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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Erigone

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

Daughter of Icarius who hanged herself after her father’s death, her myth linked to seasonal rites.

Detailed Definition
Erigone’s suicide followed her father’s death. In poetry, she symbolises filial devotion and tragic despair.
Example
Example in poetry:
Erigone, daughter of Icarius, symbolises grief and transformation into a star; A poet might depict Erigone ascending to the heavens; In pastoral elegy, she embodies sorrow rewarded by remembrance; Her myth links tragedy and constellation.
Additional Notes
Erigone experienced tragic fate as daughter of Icarius, who received wine from Dionysus and shared it with shepherds, who, not understanding intoxication, believed themselves poisoned and killed Icarius. When Erigone and their faithful dog Maera discovered his body, she hanged herself in grief. The gods placed all three in the sky as constellations (Boötes, Virgo, and Canis Minor or Major, depending on version). This story provides an aetiology for the constellation Virgo while also explaining plague and misfortune that supposedly afflicted Athens until Erigone received proper honor. For students analyzing Greek responses to suicide and grief, Erigone represents the sympathetic tragic victim whose death demands recognition and appeasement. Her suicide by hanging connects to broader Greek associations between hanging and female death, while her constellation placement suggests divine sympathy for innocent suffering. The story also illustrates Dionysus' gifts' dangerous nature—wine brings both blessing and violence when not properly understood. References to Erigone invoke filial devotion, tragic suicide, constellation mythology, and Dionysian cult.
Also Known As
Athenian maiden vine goddess Icarian daughter
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