by neufer » Thu May 31, 2018 1:20 pm
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. BriZE - Juno's GAD-FLY
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<<Large as a sparrow with a sting the size of a dagger,
BriZE was sent by Juno/Hera to torment IO (transformed into a
cow by Jupiter/Zeus, her lover, so that Hera couldn't find her,
but to no avail). When Hermes rescued Io he killed BriZE, too.>>
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Aeschylus: _PROMETHEUS BOUND_ ( Trans. Anna Swanwick.)
IO: Forthwith my shape and mind distorted were,
And horned, as ye behold me, goaded on
By GAD-FLY, keen of fang, with frenzied bounds
I to Kerchneias' limpid current rush'd,
And found of Lerna. Then the earth-born herdsman,
Hot-tempered Argos, ever dogged my steps,
Gazing upon me with his myriad eyes.
But him a sudden and unlooked-for fate
Did reave of life; but I, *BriZE-tortured* , still
Before the scorge divine am driven on
From land to land; the past thou hearest; now
If thou canst tell my future toils, say on,
Nor, pity-moved, soothe me with LYING TALES,
For GARBLED WORDS, I hold, are basest ills.
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. Antony and Cleopatra (Folio) Act 3 Scene 10
Scarus: On our side, like the Token'd Pestilence,
Where death is sure. Yon ribaudred Nagge of Egypt,
(Whom Leprosie o're-take) i'th' midst o'th' fight,
When vantage like a payre of Twinnes appear'd
Both as the same, or rather ours the elder;
(The BrEEZE vpon her) like a Cow in Inne,
Hoists Sailes, and flyes.
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. Shakespeare p. 18 by Michael Wood.
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<<Shakespeare would use BrEEZE in a memorable
image when describing the Egyptian queen's flight
from the battle of Actium in Antony & Cleopatra
The BrEEZE upon her like a Cow in Iune,
Hoists Sail, and flies.
BrEEZE here is an Anglo-Saxon word
that was still used in Midlands dialect in Tudor times.
It refers to the GADFLIES that, in summer, trouble cows.
That's the kind of knowledge you don't get
at Oxbridge, or in a rich man's house.>>
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. [b][color=#FF0000]BriZE[/color] - [color=#0000FF]Juno's[/color] [color=#FF0000]GAD-FLY[/color][/b]
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<<Large as a sparrow with a sting the size of a dagger,
[b][color=#FF0000]BriZE[/color][/b] was sent by Juno/Hera to torment [b][color=#0000FF]IO[/color][/b] (transformed into a
cow by Jupiter/Zeus, her lover, so that Hera couldn't find her,
but to no avail). When Hermes rescued Io he killed [b][color=#FF0000]BriZE[/color][/b], too.>>
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Aeschylus: _PROMETHEUS BOUND_ ( Trans. Anna Swanwick.)
[b][color=#0000FF]IO:[/color][/b] [i]Forthwith my shape and mind distorted were,
And horned, as ye behold me, goaded on
By [b][color=#FF0000]GAD-FLY[/color][/b], keen of fang, with frenzied bounds
I to Kerchneias' limpid current rush'd,
And found of Lerna. Then the earth-born herdsman,
Hot-tempered Argos, ever dogged my steps,
Gazing upon me with his myriad eyes.
But him a sudden and unlooked-for fate
Did reave of life; but I, *[b][color=#FF0000]BriZE[/color][/b]-tortured* , still
Before the scorge divine am driven on
From land to land; the past thou hearest; now
If thou canst tell my future toils, say on,
Nor, pity-moved, soothe me with LYING TALES,
For GARBLED WORDS, I hold, are basest ills.[/i]
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. Antony and Cleopatra (Folio) Act 3 Scene 10
[b][color=#0000FF]Scarus:[/color][/b] [i]On our side, like the Token'd Pestilence,
Where death is sure. Yon ribaudred Nagge of Egypt,
(Whom Leprosie o're-take) i'th' midst o'th' fight,
When vantage like a payre of Twinnes appear'd
Both as the same, or rather ours the elder;
(The [b][color=#FF0000]BrEEZE[/color][/b] vpon her) like a Cow in Inne,
Hoists Sailes, and flyes.[/i]
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. Shakespeare p. 18 by Michael Wood.
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<<Shakespeare would use [b][color=#FF0000]BrEEZE[/color][/b] in a memorable
image when describing the Egyptian queen's flight
from the battle of Actium in Antony & Cleopatra
The [b][color=#FF0000]BrEEZE[/color][/b] upon her like a Cow in Iune,
Hoists Sail, and flies.
[b][color=#FF0000]BrEEZE[/color][/b] here is an Anglo-Saxon word
that was still used in Midlands dialect in Tudor times.
It refers to the [b][color=#FF0000]GADFLIES[/color][/b] that, in summer, trouble cows.
[b][i] That's the kind of knowledge you don't get
at Oxbridge, or in a rich man's house.[/i][/b]>>
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