Gio Clairval

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02 August 2026 23:01

I feared it would come with some theatricality, but the adaptation seemed rather sober to me. Each epoch and each translation sees the immortal story as a mirror of its own time. So why grumble about its modernity? What did they expect, a documentary? 2/2

Gio Clairval

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02 August 2026 23:01

I saw the Odyssey with my oldest son tonight, and we loved it. I read the thing in school, commenting on it for months, and I reread it a couple of years ago, too, but the story still gets me every time. Argo's death. Antinoos and the others sent to Hades. Ah. 1/2

Gio Clairval

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19 April 2026 16:03

Go, Hungary! (Wir betreten feuertrunken!)

Gio Clairval

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12 April 2026 03:31

Blood is "battle-sweat" A ship is a "plank-horse" The sea is a "whale-road" A sword is a "battle-icicle" Gold is "fire of the sea" The sun is a "sky-candle" And poetry itself? "Odin's mead." 2/7 #Kennings #OldNorse #Skaldic

Gio Clairval

gioclair.bsky.social

12 April 2026 03:30

Today I learned that in Old Norse poetry, an arrow is a "wound-bee." That's a kenning, the Viking poets' way of naming the world through metaphor. And it gets better. 1/7 #OldNorse #Poetry #Kennings #Vikings