Personae at Troynovant:
an alternate, Dramatic Contents via emanant Olympians,
some individuals or viewpoints within the Troad
These Personae at Troynovant are not enshrined deities upon burnished thrones, nor do we assert that they are all of the same kind, quality, or rank. Works by all our creative subjects are readily found in our Review indexes, whereas these Personae indexes are more helpful for works about them, or quotations or mentions within other items here.
The named individuals are dramatic viewpoints in Troy-town, vivid ways of perception, whose acts and ideas may pop up in the oddest corners. We present some eminent, emanant Olympians as speaking through texts in our fabulous Troy of historical imagination — including its environs, the Troad; with its prospects, airy Troynovant. In relational-database terminology, our Personae are alternate views of the geographical structure. Overflowing personalizations if you like, to coax ourselves to think about and enjoy the recombining and vivifying of our material.
... whose voice divine
Following, above th' Olympian Hill I soar,
Above the flight of Pegasean wing.
The meaning, not the Name I call: ...John Milton
Paradise Lost, VII.2-5 (1674)
Complete Poems and Major Prose
edited by Merritt Y. Hughes
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[Troy. Inside Cressida's house.]
Nestor (to Hector):
I have, thou gallant Trojan, seen thee oft,
Labouring for destiny, make cruel way
Through ranks of Greekish youth, and I have seen thee
As hot as Perseus spur thy Phrygian steed,
And seen thee scorning forfeits and subduements,
When thou hast hung th' advanced sword i' th' air,
Not letting it decline on the declined,
That I have said unto my standers-by,
‘Lo, Jupiter is yonder, dealing life'.
And I have seen thee pause and take thy breath,
When that a ring of Greeks have hemmed thee in,
Like an Olympian, wrestling. This have I seen;
But this thy countenance, still locked in steel,
I never saw till now.William Shakespeare
Troilus and Cressida, 4.7.67-80
About our structure — at Troynovant a piece is a
book review or
story review, a
film review or
reel review,
if largely about a particular title; while a nod or counterblast or harumph or chuckle in reaction to a notable article or other published curiosity is a
comment; a
memoir is a firsthand reminiscence;
a compilation gathers illuminating quotations;
otherwise generally an essay.
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