Homeriad, Theatrical Triptych; Odysseus (Ulysses), Ithaca, Homer, 2007
Monologue
Dimitris DimitriadisHomeriad is a saga about the non-return, of the battle with nostalgia as a vital necessity for existence.
Inverting the Homeric concept of nostos [longing], Dimitriadis perceives the return – the homecoming – as opposing the destination, and the desire to go back as destructive.
I am Ithaca
I am Odysseus
I am not Ithaca
I am Ithaca
and Odysseus
I am not Odysseus
I am Ithaca
that lost Odysseus
I am Odysseus
who Ithaca lost
I am not Odysseus
I am Ithaca
Odysseus
Ithaca
Odysseus
She killed me
Ithaca
I killed him
Me and him
Her and I
Now […]
The play has been translated into French, Spanish, English, Italian, Russian, German, Portuguese and Arabic.
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ESSAYS
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