tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243042293574845585.post2811506090952670480..comments2023-06-18T04:03:33.306-04:00Comments on Everyday Genius: Sarah SaraiAdam Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13565797788253739970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243042293574845585.post-51712421587653809452010-09-16T13:56:05.084-04:002010-09-16T13:56:05.084-04:00philgrimsoultoo . . . thanks! i am pleased to hau...philgrimsoultoo . . . thanks! i am pleased to haunt in a good way. visit my blog. or don't. but thanks, again.Sarah Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780959351098643176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243042293574845585.post-12492831914000926272010-02-26T15:55:22.986-05:002010-02-26T15:55:22.986-05:00very interesting poem! i read it when it was first...very interesting poem! i read it when it was first posted and it has haunted me (in a good way).pilgrimsoultoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920490637386990303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243042293574845585.post-68327715196978830762010-02-10T14:08:37.311-05:002010-02-10T14:08:37.311-05:00I wrote the above in response to a direct request ...I wrote the above in response to a direct request from Fortunato Salazar for poems on Sophocles' Philoctetes. So I read the play. Without that background, not presented here, this poem loses some of its luster (if indeed you find it lustery). Since no one else is presenting the background, I will: Philoctetes was a Greek warrior whose was wounded while the troops were on their way to Troy. His foot oozed pus; his howls upset the men; he was abandoned on an island--alone for almost the full ten years. Then word came--to Odysseus, that trickster--that Philoctetes had a bow given to him by Hercules. Without that bow, the Greeks couldn't win the war. Achilles' son (Achilles is now dead) was recruited to get the bow. Much trickery on Odysseus' part. Philoctetes has been oozing pus and in pain the whole time. It's very strange. Not a great play though it raises interesting questions. And it IS by Sophocles. THAT's the background to this poem. Yours--Sarah SaraiSarah Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17780959351098643176noreply@blogger.com