The second page of the Table of Contents of David Markson’s copy of The Complete Greek Drama: Volume Two by Various (Ed. Whitney J. Oates & Eugene O’Neill, Jr.):
On which Markson made a number of markings.
Underlining and placing checks next to plays by Euripides and Aristophanes.
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Am reminded:
“Once more before he dies Protagonist will read Aristophanes.”
– David Markson, Reader’s Block, pg. 179.
On the next page of that novel, pg. 180, Markson writes the name of one of Aristophanes’ plays:
“Thesmophoriazusae.”
Wonder if Markson was able to read Aristophanes once more before he died?
Specifically, did he reread Thesmophoriazusae?
The second page of the Table of Contents of David Markson’s copy of The Complete Greek Drama: Volume Two by Various (Ed. Whitney J. Oates & Eugene O’Neill, Jr.):
On which Markson made a number of markings.
Underlining and placing checks next to plays by Euripides and Aristophanes.
—
Am reminded:
“Once more before he dies Protagonist will read Aristophanes.”
– David Markson, Reader’s Block, pg. 179.
On the next page of that novel, pg. 180, Markson writes the name of one of Aristophanes’ plays:
“Thesmophoriazusae.”
Wonder if Markson was able to read Aristophanes once more before he died?
Specifically, did he reread Thesmophoriazusae?
Pg. 556 of David Markson’s copy of The Complete Greek Drama: Volume Two by Various (Ed. Whitney J. Oates & Eugene O’Neill, Jr.):
On which Markson penciled two check marks in the margin next to two lines from Aristophanes’ The Clouds:
The first said by Socrates:
“Zeus! what Zeus? Are you mad? There is no Zeus.”
The second said by Strepsiades:
“By Apollo! that is powerfully argued! For my own part, I always thought it was Zeus pissing into a sieve. But tell me, who is it makes the thunder, which I so much dread?”
Also, Markson underlined the words in the above passage:
“Zeus pissing into a sieve.”
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“When and where did the last person die who still believed in the existence of Zeus?”
– David Markson, This Is Not A Novel, pg. 162.
Zeus! what Zeus? Are you mad? There is no Zeus.
