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The Myth of Ulysses and Secondary Beauty

By: Antonio Mercurio

...ese titles have been translated into English and placed in brackets { }. A list of all the authors books with a specification of which already are o... ...perceive it as a threat like Polyphemus is. Instead, it uses the seductive song of the Sirens, and offers a promise of happiness and satisfaction th... ...rens and Ulysses and the various monsters he meets during his journey. The song of the Sirens has more than one meaning: it represents the desire fo... ...become One with the Cosmos, and this is what Ulysses (the I ) did by always listening carefully to the goddess Athena’s advice (the SELF). 21 I ... ... and arduous return to Ithaca has been interpreted in many different ways. Listen carefully to the interpretation I want to propose. The journey of ... ...d become humble, no one will help him or offer him a safe haven. Ulysses listens, and he understands. His prayer to the river (to Life) is an obvi... ...have a face yet, but she most certainly sings a sweet, beautiful, wordless song that is far more beautiful than the Sirens’ song, which is also wordl... ...igious or of any other type. However, a language can also become poetry, song, and theatre, and then its content becomes artistic. It begins to po... ...e Ulysseans, chapter 23 of the book “Hypotheses on Ulysses”). I did not listen passively to the voice of my SELF. I talked to it, I reasoned with ...

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