The distance between people spans the gap between the core truth of a person and “the edge of what can be loved,” an ambiguous phrase that can be understood to mean either a superficial level of attraction, or the absolute closest someone can get to another. Here, the “spaceless within” is something like the boundless core or essence of a person it isn’t clear where that person ends and the rest of the world begins. It is distance between people that he wants so badly to surmount. 43ĭistance is an idea that occupies Geryon’s mind throughout the story. 'How does distance look?' is a simple direct question. This fragment’s meaning is further expanded through fragment XVI, which reads: “The red world And corresponding red breezes/Went on Geryon did not.” Then death, the final event, puts an end to that carrying forwards.

The line “All/Events carry but one” is a poignant way of expressing how every event in a person's life makes a mark upon the person, however intangible, informing who they are and become. Here the little red dog of Stesichoros’ imagining dies upon impact with Herakles’ killing club. Little red dog did not see it he felt it All A philosophy of “things good on the inside” is apt for Geryon, whose formidable appearance belies his gentle nature, and who wants to be properly seen and understood. A deeply introspective man, Geryon suffers from his monstrous appearance, and the continual failures of Herakles to understand him. Feelings of fullness and wholeness prove elusive for Geryon, but here the miracle of being able to satisfy his basic hunger makes the satisfaction of other appetites seem possible. Geryon’s ravenous appetite burdens him throughout the story, as he hungers for many things without ever being satisfied: food, companionship, understanding. I am a philosopher of sandwiches, he decided.

He thought about how delicious it was, how he liked slippery foods, how slipperiness can be of different kinds. Geryon took three and buried his mouth in a delicious block of white bread filled with tomatoes and butter and salt.

Then a miracle occurred in the form of a plate of sandwiches.

The autobiography of red