SCENT-ENCING HERA'S EYES: ODORS OF (DE)LIGHT

Jessie Arms Botke The Peacock (1931)Oil and gold leaf on canvas (34 x 40 inches)

RE VISIONING HERA'S EYES

ONCE UPON A TIME...

                          IN GRECO-ROMAN IMAGINATION HERA'S EYES, THE STARS, ADORNED THE VAULT OF THE DOMAIN OF ZEUS, HEAVEN UNTIL HERMES AS ARGEIPHONTES, SLAYER OF THE ARGUS FLITS AMONG THE STARS, DARKENING THE BROW OF ZEUS WHO PLOTS.  HERA, EMPLOTTING TOO, GIVES THIS STARLIGHT TO THE LASHES OF THE PEACOCK'S TAIL.  HOW?  LET THE POEM TELL THE STORY FROM HERE...


ARGUS PANOPTES SIMULACRUM
FIREFLY LIT
ALLURINGLY COME
WHEN ARGEIPHONTES FLIT
BEJEWELING HERA'S LASHES


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notes

ARGUS – ALL EYES; PANOPTES-ALL-SEEING ATTRIBUTE OF THE GOD, HELIOS; ARGEIPHONTES-ARGUS-SLAYER, SAID OF HERMES
Jessie Arms-Botke biography and artwork http://www.jessiearmsbotkegallery.com/jessiebotkebiography.html
you tube video on peacocks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQdc6fakRto


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