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Ithaca by C.P.Cavafy (with Sean Connery & Vangelis)
C.P.Cavafy's poem 'Ithaca', recited by Sir Sean Connery and with music specially composed by Vangelis. Scenes taken from Ron Fricke's film 'Baraka'.
ITHACA [1910, 1911]
As you set out for Ithaca
hope that your journey is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
angry Poseidon-don't be afraid of them:
you'll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare sensasion
touches your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians and Cyclops,
wild Poseidon-you won't encounter them
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
unless your soul sets them up in front of you.
Hope that your journey is a long one.
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you come into harbors you're seeing for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,
sensual perfume of every kind-
as many sensual perfumes as you can;
and may you visit many Egyptian cities
to learn and learn again from those who know.
Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you're destined for.
But don't hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so that you're old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you've gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaca to make you rich.
Ithaca gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you would have not set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.
And if you find her poor, Ithaca won't have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you'll have understood by then what these Ithacas mean.
Length: 265
Rating: 4.90 (248 ratings)
Tags: poem ithaca ithaki ιθάκη καβάφης cavafy kavafis sean connery vangelis baraka
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Homer's Ithaca Rediscovered
The Discovery
Today's islands of Ithaca and Cephalonia lie to the west of Greece, between Corfu to the north and Zacynthos to the south. Although Ithaca is described as an island in the Odyssey, Homer's Cephallenians are the people who live there in the Iliad:
Odysseus led the gallant Cephallenians,
From Ithaca and leaf-quivering Neriton,
Iliad 2.631-2
When Odysseus makes himself known to King Alcinoos on the island of Scherie (thought to be Corfu) he introduces his homeland with a description that scholars have pondered over for many centuries:
I am Odysseus, Laertes' son, world-famed
For stratagems: my name has reached the heavens.
Bright Ithaca is my home: it has a mountain,
Leaf-quivering Neriton, far visible.
Around are many islands, close to each other,
Doulichion and Same and wooded Zacynthos.
Ithaca itself lies low, furthest to sea
Towards dusk; the rest, apart, face dawn and sun.
Odyssey 9.19-26
However today's island of Ithaca is not low-lying, it is mountainous. It is clearly not the furthest out to sea and it does not face towards dusk (i.e. west), nor do the adjacent islands face towards the dawn and sun (i.e. east). The geographical layout is almost opposite to that described by Homer, so how can his description of ancient Ithaca make any sense? And where are Same and the lost island of Doulichion?
Geology provides a vital clue. The Ionian Islands are located in one of the most tectonically active places in the world, where the African continental plate impacts that of Eurasia. Ten kilometres to the west of Cephalonia the seabed drops from a depth of 300 metres to an incredible 3 kilometres. Every month or so the ground shakes and every few decades there is a major earthquake: the last such event to impact the population was in August 1953.
But can earthquakes change the layout of entire islands? That was the challenge facing the exploration team in 2003. It has taken intensive efforts and the advice of experts from all over the world to answer this question. We now know that the answer is a resounding 'yes'.
http://www.odysseus-unbound.org/authors.html
Fair Use/Public Domain
Length: 507
Rating: 4.50 (18 ratings)
Tags: Ithaca Odysseus Unbound Project Homer Greece Kefalonia Ithaki Ithaci Ithaka Odyssey Iliad Paliki
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Operation Ithaca - The Fight
5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd brigade Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conducting raids as part of Operation Ithaca. Scenes include Soldiers searching abandoned buildings, firing rifles, questioning suspicious citizens, rescuing hostages that had been tortured by Al Qaeda and putting people on helicopters.
Length: 245
Rating: 4.80 (8 ratings)
Tags: Military Iraq Baqubah Paratroopers
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Operation Ithaca - Interview
Lt. Col. Poppas (Commander of 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd brigade Team, 82nd Airborne Division) and Capt. Dobbins (Bravo Troop Commander of the 5th squadron)talk to a Pentagon Channel reporter about Operation Ithaca, receiving intelligence from local citizens and capturing and killing insurgents during the operation.
Length: 479
Rating: 4.20 (5 ratings)
Tags: Military Iraq Baqubah
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Ithaca NY Waterfalls
Ithaca NY Waterfalls
Length: 573
Rating: 4.50 (4 ratings)
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'Ithaca' (from the greek movie 'Cavafy')
The poem 'Ithaca' from the last scene of the 1996 film 'Cavafy', directed by Iannis Smaragdis.
Music by Vangelis.
Το ποίημα "Ιθάκη" απο την τελευταία σκηνή της ταινίας "Καβάφης" του 1996. Σκηνοθεσία: Γιάννης Σμαραγδής. Μουσική: Βαγγέλης Παπαθανασίου.
Length: 158
Rating: 4.90 (41 ratings)
Tags: ithaki ithaca ithaka ιθακη poem kavafis cavafy smaragdis vangelis καβαφης
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Ithaca Grease Gun Swedish K, Sten Sub Guns
Shooting 3 Classic Submachine Guns A Original Ithaca Grease Gun and Swedish K and last but not least a British sten MKIII These guns purr like kittens. The grease gun has a ROF of 400 RPM The swedish K about 600 RPM and the sten around 400 RPM... Single rounds can be fired by the most inexperienced shooter due to the low rate of fire and cotrolability
Length: 104
Rating: 4.30 (23 ratings)
Tags: Grease Gun Swedish K Sten Full Auto Gunrunnersusa
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Welcome to Ithaca
4 years in the making
getting' ready to roll
now this record with Sid Gauba's
takin over the globe
He's got a partner in crime,
His stuff is equally dope,
You won't believe the kind of things that come out of this kid's throat
Welcome to Ithaca, TCAT buses , CTB crazy desis
and Food Science majors that are milking the bhainses.
DVD in my pocket, what is that?
We use DC++ to get our movies here , who said that?
50 paisa here, Bapat is an engineer,
and I'm sitting in the Uris Library,
In circulation mad desis talk to me.
biggest star since the ever famous White, A.D.
Come with me to the Straight where we eat Oakies
and we eat at Ruloff's while freshman roam the streets.
The clock tower chimes to help us keep the time!
Thank you 50 paisa, That was such a sweet rhyme,
I mean really need to steal a tray, right away,
To slide down Libe Slope at the end of the day!
Its minus twenty degrees out, we just beat Harvard in a rout.
Therefore, read the daily sun, and check the score out.
I walk into the local Cornell Store,
So very expensive I don't go there anymore.
My thighs get sore when I 'nach and I score,
and the ladkis all scream coz they all want some more,
of the 50 paisa and the Bapat MC,
Sweetest things to hit Cornell since Noyes Bubble Tea.
It never stops raining, you better trust me.
The name is 50 paisa, but my friends call me The Big G, what!?
This is why we hot, this is why we hot
This is why, This is why, this is why we hot,
We hot 'cause we fly, you aint 'cause u not
This is why, this is why, this is why we hot
Welcome to Ithaca where the cows eat hay,
and we walk ten miles like everyday,
Bailey Hall to RPC fat squirrels roaming,
And we all online till 5 in tha mornin! (2x)
Now Ithaca ain't gorges till I am rapping,
So put 'cho hands in the air and start clappin'.
Up the music charts like the Libe Slope I climb,
With a smooth voice like mine, is it a crime
Representing Cornell since 2 double 'o four?
By 2 double 'o eight we won't be here anymore.
Throw your hands in the air if you've got facial hair,
Not just for the guys, c'mon ladies be fair!
I'm the MFP most fobbiest playa,
Wearing tight jeans, do you think I really care?
Monday night -- Computer Lab,
Tuesday night - at 7:30 prelim sayin' "Oh snap, I give up"
Wednesday - I'm out spending BRBs
Thurday -- At practice for the Cornell Bhangra team
Friday - Everybody must know where I'm at,
coz I'm chilling at the frat with my big cricket bat.
Saturday -- Orgo ain't easy believe me,
so tough Ganem will fail you mad easy,
Sunday - Yaar, I Better start reading
Or else on Monday I will fail my prelim, Holla!
Meet me at Appel, 'is goin down
Meet me at Noyes, 'is goin down
Meet me at Dino's, 'is goin down
Everywhere you meet me guaranteed to go down
Welcome to Ithaca where the cows eat hay,
and we walk ten miles like everyday,
Bailey hall to pyramid mall the freshmen roaming,
We're all doin' work till 5 in the morning (2x)
Length: 205
Rating: 4.00 (3 ratings)
Tags: welcome to ithaca cornell rap indian
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