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Stesichoros was an ancient Greek lyric poet. Carson based Autobiography of Red on surviving fragments of Stesichoros’s poem, Geryoneis. The opening sections of Autobiography of Red provide a historical and literary context for Stesichoros’s life and works. Carson also includes her own innovative translations of a selection of the surviving fragments of Geryoneis. The opening sections address the rumor that Stesichoros was blinded after writing a poem that slandered Helen of Troy, though his vision was said to have been restored after he wrote a Palinode (a poem in which the poet refutes claims made in a prior poem). The closing section of Autobiography of Red consists of a hypothetical, absurd interview in which the interviewer asks Stesichoros about his poetic technique.
Stesichoros Quotes in Autobiography of Red
The Autobiography of Red quotes below are all either spoken by Stesichoros or refer to Stesichoros. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Red Meat: What Difference Did Stesichoros Make?
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Adjectives seem fairly innocent additions but look again. These small imported mechanisms are in charge of attaching everything in the world to its place in particularity. They are the latches of being.
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For no reason that anyone can name, Stesichoros began to undo the latches. Stesichoros released being. All the substances in the world went floating up. Suddenly there was nothing to interfere with horses being hollow hooved. Or a river being root silver.
Chapter 47
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We are amazing beings,
Geryon is thinking. We are neighbors of fire.
And now time is rushing towards them
where they stand side by side with arms touching, immortality on their faces, night at their back.
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Stesichoros Quotes in Autobiography of Red
The Autobiography of Red quotes below are all either spoken by Stesichoros or refer to Stesichoros. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Red Meat: What Difference Did Stesichoros Make?
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Adjectives seem fairly innocent additions but look again. These small imported mechanisms are in charge of attaching everything in the world to its place in particularity. They are the latches of being.
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For no reason that anyone can name, Stesichoros began to undo the latches. Stesichoros released being. All the substances in the world went floating up. Suddenly there was nothing to interfere with horses being hollow hooved. Or a river being root silver.
Chapter 47
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We are amazing beings,
Geryon is thinking. We are neighbors of fire.
And now time is rushing towards them
where they stand side by side with arms touching, immortality on their faces, night at their back.
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