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♲ pinkdrunkenelephants - 2024-06-23 23:53:10 GMT
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By Joseph Fagnani
Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York City, N.Y. USA.
1869
In Greek mythology, Melpomene - 'to sing' or 'the one that is melodious') is the Muse of Tragedy in Greek mythology. She is described as the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne (and therefore of power and memory) along with the other Muses, she is often portrayed with a tragic theatrical mask.
Etymology
- Melpomene's name (implying the meaning "Songstress" is derived by etymologists from the Ancient Greek verb μέλπω (melpô) or from its inflexion μέλπομαι (melpomai) meaning "to celebrate with dance and song". The Oxford English Dictionary cites μέλπειν (melpein – to sing). She sings at the funeral of poets.
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A British mercenary Harry Gregg, who felt encouraged by former British Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss' call to go volunteer in Ukraine hanged himself shortly before his 25th birthday.
According to his mother he had no prior military experience except a few months in the Army Cadet Force (a UK Ministry of Defence sponsored programme that provides young people very basic military training).
He found himself manning trenches, seeing his comrades die around him, including an incident where he ended spattered in the blood and brains of a dead comrade. As he had never served in the UK Armed Forces he was denied psychiatric help on his return to the UK.
Image credit: The Daily Mail
This is truly sad story of a young man used by the war mongers and left to deal with his horrible PTSD to the level that he ended his life.
War is hell. There is no glory in it. The only ones who want it and support it are psychopaths who enjoy the sacrifice of others to satisfy their own sick ideas.