Tag: Phaeton

• The Tower of Babel – or Babble?

  This story begins by stating that “the whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary”, which is a splendid example of ‘never let the facts get in the way of a good story’ since we’re told, in the previous chapter, that the nations had been “separated into their lands, every one according to…

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  24th Apr 2022

  Hebrew Bible, Literature, Mythology, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Bablylon, Genesis, Icacus, Israel, Phaeton, Shelley, Tower of Babel, Yahweh, Ziggurat

• Up like a Rocket – Down with a Stick

  This is the sad and salutary story of the 17th century composer Jean-Baptiste Lully, who was born in Florence in 1632. He was a gifted and go-ahead youngster who became highly skilled at playing the guitar and violin, and impressively adept at dancing; so much so that he attracted the attention of a son of…

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  14th Mar 2021

  Composer, Music, Religion

  Buddha, Icarus, Louis XIV, Lully, Phaeton, Zen