Reads

Spartacus: Have you ever read or heard this line, 'I am Spartacus'? He is the legendary man that grew an army of slaves and almost manage to overthrow the Roman army.

'From somewhere in this slaughterhouse comes a baby's cry. A new birth. A new beginning.'

Simpsons:

'Get out of the way, today's new donut day!'

Beethoven piano sonatas: Surprisingly weren't that hard. Sounds good for the first 3 pieces, the other pieces were all so dull and monotonous.

D. Scarlatti: Very modern pieces. Very few notes but filled with innovative melodies. A very nice change from typical classical pieces.

TROY: Only a couple more pages to the end. Here's my favourite text.

'You said storytellers fashion truth from lies? How can that be?, Piria asked Odysseus.

'A question I have long pondered.' He pointed at Bias. 'I once told a tale about a winged demon who attacked the Penelope. I said that Bias, the greatest spear thrower in the world, hurled a javelin so powerfully that it tore through the demon's wings and saved the ship from destruction. Bias was so taken with the story that he practised and practised with the javelin, and finally won a great prize at a King's Games. You see? He had become the greatest, because i lied about it. And therefore it was no longer a lie.'

'I understand,' said Piria. 'And how can the truth be made into a lie?'

'Ah, lass, that is something none of us can avoid.' Bending down, he scooped up the small clay plate upon which Bias had brought her food the night before. 'And what is this?' he asked her.

'A plate of clay'

'Yes, clay. And it was fashioned by the hands of a man, using water and thick earth and then fire. Without the fire it would not have become pottery, and without the water it could not have been shaped. So it is earth, it is water, it is fire. All these facts are true. So, is this a true plate?'

'Yes, it is a true plate,' she said.

Suddenly Odysseus struck the plate with his fist, shattering it.

'And is it still a plate?' he asked.

'No.'

'And yet it is still pottery, still clay and water and fire. Do you think I changed a truth with my fist? Did i make it a lie?'

'No, it was a plate. You destroyed it, but you could not change the truth of it's existence.'