Part of the story from Fishing for Light is set in Nashville, Tennessee. For one thing, I have visited Nashville several times, but I don’t live there, nor have I lived there, but why would I pick Nashville?
I can answer that question easily, the Parthenon. And there is also another reference, Parthenogenesis, but I’ll write about that another time. But it does have a cross reference to Ms. Prosperina.
In Nashville, they built a full scale replica of the Parthenon, the fragile original is in Athens, Greece. It is a mathematical wonder of the world. But, my purpose, is within the structure, there is the amazing replica, Athena Parthenos, by Alan Lequire. I highly recommend checking out this work of art, as in the building and the statue. Below, I pasted from Wikipedia (because it is easy, and well, I liked the use of the ancient historian, Pausanias’ description).
“…The statue itself is made of marble, silver and gold. On the middle of her helmet is placed a likeness of the Sphinx … and on either side of the helmet are griffins in relief. … The statue of Athena is upright, with a tunic reaching to the feet, and on her breast the head of Medusa is worked in ivory. She holds a statue of Victory about four cubits high, and in the other hand a spear; at her feet lies a shield and near the spear is a serpent. This serpent would be Erichthonius. On the pedestal is the birth of Pandora in relief.[5]“
If you have read Fishing for Light, you will appreciate the serpent reference, and the Medusa reference as Ms. Prosperina stares up at the statue. But, as I wrote yesterday, the story is about the idea of Hope. And, so we get back to the story of Pandora, or ‘Anesidora’, remember Pandora’s Box? From The Free Dictionary.com ~
“Pandora (pænˈdɔːrə) or Pandore n
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