In the late seventies (1979) Michael Cacoyannis, a film director,out of his Greek heritage, did a play by Euripides, translated by Edith Hamilton, about the revenge sought by King Agamemnon, starring Katherine Hepburn, Irene Pappas, Vanessa Redgraveand Genevieve
Bujold.
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Thirty five years later, the City that never sleeps, gave a rousing digital tape (hash mark trashing) parade to our own heroines…young women, twenty two+ World Cup soccer champions,having beaten Japan 5-2, in Vancouver, several days ago.
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As these dynamic selfless teammates rode down the canyon of champions, one witnessed the emancipation of Trojan Women…quality huan beings of our minor planet…as one by one they embraced their royal encomiums by the Mayor, the soccer royalty, the federation that singularly broke the male domination of the feudal (serfdom) male dominated Canyon of Champions.
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To these eyes, 3 Rutgers University players…three of their leaders were from New Jersey….had an awareness, a consciousness akin to Pete Sampras’s sister, coaching UCLA’s girls tennis team.. A competitive drive to b a role model for realizing feminine dreams and passion in a once “male only” Champion of Canyons.
Of being a cast (caste) of blessed heroines, transcending role playing. Their short acceptance statements (not a speech by these ladies) seemed a historical spectacle moment to bring anawareness that was long in arriving.
”Th is for you guys. We love you!
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This recognition by the civic leaders: Mayor, his wife, the embraces handshakes trophies was but the gravy for thesefierce passionate young women.
“We love you guys.”
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Bringing their species into their own Euripides’s “Trojan Women” into the 21st century, almost akin to discovering another planet in our galaxy.
Their leadership bespeaks well of the myth of the Cro-Magnon man, coming to grips with quality human beings being distaffsoccer world champions, for ringing true the immortal wordsinscribed at the Statute of Liberty.
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‘I lift my lamp to the golden doors’
Emma Lazarus
