I used to love the symbolism of Sappho's poems. Knowing the context of mythology and a bit of history opens up a lot more. Kind of like tanka. More lies underneath.
Omg this is slightly borderline Eerie.. Now first of all I swear I have never played Battlefield 1 on Xbox (I don't even own an Xbox) and until Pikles mentioned of her watching her son play it over the Holidays, did't even know about it. So as you know, she posted here on the thread (page 1) that she was watching her son play it and must have sent me her thoughts/fears to me and I started having my nightmare.. So.. I looked up Battlefield 1.. and omg! That Central power soldier wielding a mace and in a melee with the allies soldiers in the trench is very close to the imagery in my nightmare.. Here's some shots from the actual game.. What freaks me out is especially in that last picture, the imagery is very close to my nightmare, all the way down to the gas mask.... And the mace being just like the one marrox wields in the Labyrinth of Zoma.. Wow.. has anyone played this? Did you have to run through the trenches getting chased by the dude in gasmask in a mace??..