A Breton lai, also known as a narrative lay or simply a lay, is a form of medieval French and English romance literature. Lais are short (typically 600–1000 lines), rhymed tales of love and chivalry, often involving supernatural and fairy-world Celtic motifs. The word "lay" or “lai” is thought to be derived from the Old High German and/or Old Middle German leich, which means play, melody, or song, or as suggested by Jack Zipes in The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, the Irish word laid (song).<ref "Z62>Zipes, 62</ref>
Zipes writes that Arthurian legends may have been brought from Wales, Cornwall and Ireland to Brittany; on the continent the songs were performed in various places by harpists, minstrels, storytellers. Zipes reports the earliest recorded lay is Robert Biker's Lai du Cor, dating to the mid- to late-12th century.
The earliest of the Breton lais to survive is probably The Lais of Marie de France, thought to have been composed in the 1170s by Marie de France, a French poet writing in England at Henry II's court between the late 12th and early 13th centuries. From descriptions in Marie's lais, and in several anonymous Old French lais of the 13th century, we know of earlier lais of Celtic origin, perhaps more lyrical in style, sung by Bretonminstrels. It is believed that these Breton lyrical lais, none of which has survived, were introduced by a summary narrative setting the scene for a song, and that these summaries became the basis for the narrative lais.
Lais of Hyccara (died 340 BC) was a courtesan of Ancient Greece. She was probably born in Hyccara, Sicily (in the place of modern Carini) and died in Thessaly. Another hetaira (courtesan) with the same name was Lais of Corinth. Since ancient authors in their (usually indirect) accounts often confuse them or do not indicate which they refer to, the two are inextricably linked.
There are a number of anecdotes about her. For example, it was said Demosthenes was willing to pay 1,000 Greek drachmas for a night with her, but she raised her price to 10,000 drachmas after viewing him, while she gave herself to Diogenes for nothing.
She was the daughter of Timandra (Damasandra acc. to Athenaeus). She was a contemporary and a rival of Phryne. She fell in love with a Thessalian named Hippostratus or Hippolochus, who brought her to Thessaly. It is said that Thessalian women out of jealousy lured her into the temple of Aphrodite and stoned her to death. She was buried on the banks of Peneus.
[intro:] uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh, uh-huh [verse 1:] lookin' familiar, i don't know, have i seen you somewhere before, kill the small talk let's hit the floor, (are you ready) to do something you aint done before, i'll work it 'til you can't take no more, i think i'm the girl you came here for, (if you can't get it) [hook:] i like it what your doin' how your movin' so keep it comin' boy put it on me [chorus:] i think i wanna leave wit you do you wanna leave wit me tell me what you wanna do boy oh-oh-oh i think i wanna leave wit you do you wanna leave wit me tell me what you wanna do boy (if you can't get it) [verse 2:] you're lookin' at me like you want more, so after the party let's explode, turn off the lights and lock the door, (when we're ready) but we aint leavin' here 'til i'm full, freakin' eachother 'til we sore, think i'm the girl you came here for (if you can't get it) [hook] [chorus]
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Colorado Springs Gazette
01 Jan 2025
Colorado Springs Gazette
01 Jan 2025