![]() But no one was to know about the Urtext until it was finished. ![]() At any rate, the Urtext was to become the most beautiful sounding piece that a human, indeed a divine ear had ever heard. This time though not because he wanted to deceive his spouse Hera (as so often before), but utterly to the contrary: The Urtext was intended as a gift to placate Hera (Zeus as a steer had once again mounted a virgin, but that is another story…). The father of the gods, Zeus himself, commissioned it and subsequently wrapped the valley in a mantel of silence. Why is so little known about this valley? – Well, living there was a small race called Henleans that worked tirelessly day-by-day in an almost Sisyphean manner at its destiny: the Urtext. Whether, however, Xerob of Copyean was referring to this in his annotation “Ι ωανδερεδ οηχε βυ τηισ ηιδδεη ωαλλεψ.” (In: Ηικινγ, Athens etc., 752 BC, papyrus 7), is much disputed among specialists. No Odysseus, no Heracles ever came on an odyssey or ordeal through this baroque/classical/romantic refuge not even once did the ancient Homer let it extol his muse. ![]() Olympus a musical beauty spot once nestled into the mountain of the gods. ![]()
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