encoded appearance of thamyris on pg 387?

[blue_elephant22]

im sure this a repeat question but i have no clue what its talking about, sorry. please share your opinions or answers. [img]images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]

[verismo]

I'm pretty sure it's one of those "first letter of such and so words" codes. So somewhere on that page, the first letter of 8 words in order makes up that word.

[ThomasJ]

"That house answers many yearnings remembered in sorrow." (pg. 387)

[Firouzane]

Quite cool. I love reading the Whalestoe Letters because of the first-letter-of-every-word code. That's so much fun to read, and it makes me think when I can skip over the words and just read the letters naturally. It goes away if I think about it, but it's still cool. Encoding things is neat. I guess that must be a common view here on this site.
-Zan

[Faithful]

Thamyris

An ancient Thracian bard, who in his presumption challenged the
Muses to a trial of skill, and being overcome in the contest was
deprived by them of his sight. Milton alludes to him with other
blind bards, when speaking of his own blindness (Paradise Lost,
Book III.35).

[fearful_syzygy]

Ah yes, but the real question is of course What pleasure would a picture give to sightless Thamyris?

Welcome to the forum, Faithful.