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Summary

The web content is a poetic and philosophical reflection on the author's love for Athena, the Greek goddess, and a plea for her return, intertwined with musings on the nature of being read and understood as a writer.

Abstract

The article titled "Athenian Rhapsody" is an evocative piece that blends personal affection for the Greek goddess Athena with existential contemplations. The author, who identifies as a writer, expresses a deep yearning for Athena's presence, equating her with the Acropolis and Athens itself, both physically and metaphorically crumbling without divine intervention. The writer's love is juxtaposed with the lack of readership and recognition they experience, drawing a parallel between unrequited love and the struggle to be acknowledged in the literary world. The piece also invokes other Greek deities and philosophers, grounding the writer's personal narrative within a broader cultural and intellectual tradition. The author concludes with a hopeful note, suggesting that their words can be sung, and thus, in a way, immortalized, much like the ancient myths and legends they reference.

Opinions

  • The author feels a profound connection to Athena, expressing a desire to be close to her, even metaphorically transforming into her owl.
  • There is a sense of frustration with the lack of readership, as the writer pleads for the opportunity to be read and acknowledged.
  • The writer seems to grapple with the role of the divine in human affairs, directly addressing Zeus and questioning the absence of the gods in the modern world.
  • The piece reflects a reverence for Greek philosophy and mythology, as seen in the invocation of Aristotle, Epicurus, and Pythagoras, suggesting that these figures are an integral part of the author's intellectual and emotional landscape.
  • The author appears to be seeking validation and a sense of purpose through both their writing and their invocation of Athena, indicating a deep-seated need for meaning and connection.

Athenian Rhapsody

Zeus will return

Photo by Steve Swayne (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Wikimedia Commons

Is this Athena Is this the Acropolis Falling to pieces No gods to stop its withering Zeus are you here Look down to the ground and be I’m just a writer in love with your daughter Because I’m M sometimes, Patrick too Every day, every moon Any way you see fit, always remember I Love, love her

Athena I need you now Put a hand against my heart, swore my love to All your parts Athena, life had been unkind But now I’ve asked your father to return Athena, nu nu nu nu Don’t want to cause you strife If you’re not back again this time tomorrow I won’t know, I won’t know, as if I can really matter

Please come, my love is true You send feelings to my heart, I need your love All the time Athena, you are my love, I have to know If there is any chance you could love me too Athena, nu nu nu nu I need you all the time I often think I’d agree to be your owl

I perceive a very large shadow of a god O my Zeus, O my Zeus, will you come back tomorrow

Raindrops and snowflakes, very, very enlightening me Aristotle, Aristotle Epicurus, Epicurus Pythagoras, Pythagoras — philosophy

I’m just a writer, nobody reads me He’s just a writer, only a few read him Give him a chance to be read in this world Here I write, you don’t read, will you read it all Hades, no! No! We will not read you now (Read him now!) Here I write! We will not read it all (Read him now!) Here I write! We will not read it all (Read him now!) We will not read you (Read him now!) (Not now!) We won’t read you now (Read him now!) (Not now!) read you now (Read me now) Ah No, no, no, no, no, no, no Oh my Athena, my Athena, my Athena, read me too Goddess Athena will forsake everyone, for me For me

So you read everyone but me most of the time So you read everyone and expect me to clap Oh, reader, can’t do this to me, reader I just have to get out of here, out of Medium

Only Athena matters, everyone can see Only Athena matters Only Athena matters to me Any way she wants me

Please note that you can sing the song with my words. They seem to sound almost as well as the original ones. Thank you for reading and or singing!

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