Some day we’ll dance our little dance to the end…but not today. Not today.
Definition/Summary:
Mythology
- Grandson of Tantalus, whose family was blighted by curses from the gods for five generations
- King Atreus and his twin brother Thyestes of Mycenae
- He quarreled with his brother Thyestes and invited him to a banquet at which he served the flesh of Thyestes’ own children
- Exiled by their father for murdering their half-brother Chrysippus to gain the throne of Olympia
- Mycenae is where he stayed and ascended to the throne while King Eurystheus, was fighting the Heracleidae
- The misfortunes of the house of Atreus are favorite subjects for Greek tragedy dramatists
Expanded info:
The idea is the struggle will go on and on, as if we are dancing with this curse at the end
Lintel
- Structural horizontal block or in modern times a steel I beam that supports the space or opening between two columns such as a fireplace, mantle or entrance
- Ornamental non load bearing lintels have been used on bridges, over portals and tomb entrance’s
- Treasury of Atreus in Mycenae, Greece is one of the largest Lintels in the world