Democracy is a messy, quixotic process.
New candidates have entered the contest and the previous votes (all two of them) have been rendered void, as it was determined there was electoral interference by Skythian bots.
So which of these figures, dear readers, do you want me to write a play about for the 2020 e.v. Dionysia?
- Roger II
- Orfeo
- Themistokles
- Skyles
- Mithridates Eupator
- Grigori Rasputin
- Aleksandr Dugin
They must receive a minimum of five votes to win. If no one reaches that threshold we will default to Herakles.
Once the festival is over I will publish a special commemorative edition of the play, and a lucky voter, chosen at random, will be gifted a copy.
The poll will remain open until 12:01 AM Eastern time, Monday the 17th.
You know if I have the option to just vote for Herakles, I’m gonna vote for Herakles.
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Yes, but I’m basing it on ’60s Italian Hercules movies.
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Now I’m *definitely* voting Herakles.
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Herakles or Mithridates. personally i vote Herakles
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LOL! See, now *that’s* the problem with democracy…
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Democracy is a shit system that caters to the lowest common denominator. What do you expect?
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While I’m not particularly a fan of democracy I’d take that any day over a Communist dictatorship.
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Amen to that.
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And having too many good choices is indeed a wonderful problem to have.
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Wooo! Go Herakles!
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Herakles is running away with the write-in votes!
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This makes me happy. :D
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I’m surprised you didn’t vote Orfeo, Galina. The role of Euridice was presumed to be played by Girolamo Bacchini, a castrato.
I’m torn between Mithridate and Orfeo.
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Orfeo is cool too but i’ve never cared for his story overmuch. I will say one ofmy favorite arias is from Gluck’s opera.
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I still vote for Rasputin. Would love to hear what he has to say regarding the Romanovs.
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I would never presume, but from what I’ve read I suspect he genuinely loved them.
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I thought that adding a “like” on some of the votes was, in essence, a vote in itself…so much for that.
Or, I mean: hanging ballot chads, dammit. ;)
So, as my official vote, for which I expect to get a sticker that says “I put my rock in the basket at the Boule,” I would like to go with Roger II. The seeds you were planting, and that I was attempting to water with my responses on the last few posts, really sounds like the way to go to me. All the options are nice, and in an ideal world, you’d do them all–and in time for the festival!–but let’s do what the Delphic Maxims say and “Remember you are mortal,” right? I certainly am…at least at the moment!?!
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It must have been the Skythian bots!
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After entering all possible choices into a Random Choice Generator and then praying to Hermes, Herakles was the name that was chosen.
Based on this, I cast my vote for Herakles!
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Excellent! A vote for Herakles is a vote for subverting democracy.
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Yeah, man. I definitely am not a fan of democracy. As a Dionysian, it’s just not appropriate for me to be voting. I believe in a sacred king!
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While plenty (one might even say a consistent majority) of Dionysians supported monarchs and emperors, I’ve also seen it argued that democratic principles evolved out of theater culture. We’ve also had plenty of revolutionaries and anarchists in our ranks.
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Markos was telling me that once. Neat stuff
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We are the great AND.
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Like improv!
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Themistokles is my vote.
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Nice choice! Do you have an interest in him or are you just going against the grain? (Both of which are totally legit.)
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When I looked him up his story intrigued me and it occurs to me a lot of polytheists could identify with him. Especially since he built up the fleet that defended Athens during the war with Persia that led to Athens’ golden age, an age which he himself never really was able to enjoy and was ostracized during, only to posthumously be recognized and remembered for his deeds that saved his people in service to his people and Gods.
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Right? He was such a fascinating figure – almost as if he lived two entirely separate lives, bisected by the ostracism. Ironically, considering how many vast, historically significant events he was involved in, what really drew me to him was his involvement with Bacchic cults, and transplanting customs and festivals from Athens to his new home in Asia Minor. Of course, even that had far-reaching consequences (i.e. Attalos and Mithridates.)
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