April 9, 2020

David Markson’s account of Sophocles’ (almost certainly apocryphal) mental incapacity trial:

“When Sophocles was nearing ninety, his sons tried to have him declared incompetent. Sophocles won easy dismissal by reading to the jury from Oedipus at Colonus.

“Which he was only then finishing.”

i would just love for that to happen at an MCA hearing here.

---

Previous post

sommedefer ah! i just saw in one of de ronsard’s marie sonnets (marie, baisez-moy) this: Pendant que nous vivons, entr�aimons nous, Marie, Amour ne regne

Next post

sourdoughdiscourse v: ANYWAY can i tell you me: yes? yes? v: i have Figured Out my sourdough i am very pleased with myself me: i am happy for you but when you