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Single panel: A representation of Leos sacrificing his three daughters Praxithea, Theope, and Eubule. There are a number of art-historical views of what human sacrifices might have looked like in Archaic Greece and mostly this will be left to the discretion of the artist, with the recommendation that he image search some of the more famous Greek maiden sacrifices, such as those of Iphigenia or Polyxena, and extrapolate from there. Perhaps Praxithea can be lying already sacrificed at her father’s feet, Theope can be under the knife, and Eubule can be patiently waiting her turn. The four captions can be at the corners of the illustration, or otherwise arranged as seems reasonable.

CAPTION – UU Minister speaking (1): In Greek legend, Leos, the son of Orpheus, had three daughters: Praxithea, Theope, and Eubule. In response to a prophecy from the Oracle at Delphi, these three daughters volunteered themselves for sacrifice to save Athens from famine and plague.

Translation (1): Na mitologia grega, Leos, filho de Orfeu, tinha três filhas: Praxítea, Téope e Eúbole Em resposta à profecia do Oráculo de Delfos, suas três filhas foram voluntárias ao sacrifício para salvar Atenas da fome e das pragas.

CAPTION – UU Minister speaking (2): Were their sacrifices regarded as tragedy, stupidity, or waste? Far from it. Demosthenes himself, in his funeral oration, compared them to the bravest of soldiers who fell defending their city.

Translation (2): Teria sido tal sacrifício considerado uma tragédia, uma estupidez ou um desperdício? De forma alguma. O próprio Demóstenes, em sua oração no funeral, comparou aquelas mulheres aos seus soldados mais destemidos, que pereceram defendendo sua cidade.

CAPTION – UU Minister quoting Demosthenes (3): ὅτε δὴ γυναῖκες ἐκεῖναι τοιαύτην ἔσχον ἀνδρείαν, οὐ θεμιτὸν αὑτοῖς ὑπελάμβανον χείροσιν ἀνδράσιν οὖσιν ἐκείνων φανῆναι.

Comment (3): Do not attempt to translate this passage in Greek. It’s translated into English at (4) below, and you can translate it from there into your target language.

CAPTION – UU – Minister translating (4): “When, therefore, such courage was displayed by those women, they looked upon it as a heinous thing if they, being men, should have proved to possess less of manhood.”

Translation (4): “Portanto, quando tanta coragem foi demonstrada por aquelas mulheres, todos consideraram seu feito uma coisa hedionda como se eles, por serem homens, tivessem a própria masculinidade diminuída”.

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Panel 1: Closer-in view of the UU Minister, showing part of her at the lectern.

UU Minister (1): But as has been shown by scientific research – including especially that research made possible by the women we commemorate today – we can afford such a retreat into ignorance no longer.

Translation (1): Contudo, conforme comprovado pela pesquisa científica – incluindo particularmente a pesquisa que só foi possível pela participação dessas mulheres que homenageamos aqui hoje – não podemos mais arcar com tamanho retrocesso à ignorância.

Panel 2: Symbolic panel, a human hand reaching out from one side of the panel, tentacle from the other side.

CAPTION – UU Minister speaking (2): The oceanic depths contain things far beyond any of our previous understandings.

Translation (2): As profundezas do oceano têm segredos que vão muito além da nossa compreensão até então.

Panel 3: View scanning across a group of mourners seated in the audience.

CAPTION – UU Minister speaking (3): The future wellbeing of humanity – perhaps the very future existence of humanity – depends on the advancement of our knowledge.

Translation (3): O futuro bem-estar da humanidade – talvez até mesmo a própria existência da humanidade no futuro – depende do avanço dos nossos conhecimentos.

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Single panel: A free page for the artist, with the idea of having something vast and horrible and tentacular boiling up from the depths of the ocean.

CAPTION – UU Minister speaking (1): For some, indeed the depths of the ocean are a zone of darkest fear. As the greatest writer of weird fiction once told us:

Translation (1): Para alguns, as profundezas do oceano são, na verdade, uma zona do mais sombrio temor. Nas palavras do maior autor de ficção científica bizarra:

CAPTION – UU Minister quoting (2): “The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.”

Comment (2): Again, the minister is quoting, this time the famous opening paragraph from the story “The Call of Cthulhu,” by the American writer of horror and weird fiction H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937). Again, if there is a usable literary translation in your target language you may use it.

Translation (2): “A coisa mais misericordiosa do mundo, creio eu, é a incapacidade da mente humana de correlacionar todo o seu teor. Vivemos em uma ilha plácida de ignorância em meio a um mar negro de infinitude, que não foi feito para viajarmos longe demais. As ciências, cada qual se expandindo na própria direção, até então nos causaram poucos males; porém, um dia, ao juntarmos as peças do conhecimento dissociado, abriremos horizontes aterrorizantes da realidade, bem como da nossa própria posição temerosa nessa seara, que nos levarão à loucura devido à revelação ou a nos esquivarmos da luz mortal em busca da paz e da segurança de uma nova idade das trevas”.

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Single panel (1): This is a long view from back seats down to the stage of a space modeled after [redacted]. Down on the stage a UU MINISTER, who is conducting the service, is reading at a lectern. A table has been set up on the stage with flowers and head-shot photographs of Eliza, Daphne, and Claudia). The theater, which seats about 400 people in its normal configuration, is full in the somber dress appropriate to the occasion. The UU Minister is a plump, pleasant-faced, middle-aged woman in ministerial robes.

UU Minister (1): The depths of seas have always inspired a sense of awe. More than a century ago, Longfellow wrote:

“Would’st thou,” so the helmsman answered,

“Learn the secret of the sea?

Only those who brave its dangers

Comprehend its mystery!”

Comment (1): The minister is quoting from the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), specifically his poem “The Secret of the Sea.” If there exists a well-known literary translation of his lines in the public domain in your target language, you may substitute it for your own translation.

Translation (1): As profundezas do oceano sempre inspiraram um certo fascínio. Há mais de um século, Longfellow escreveu:

“Conhecer os segredos do mar?

Somente aqueles que enfrentam os perigos

Compreendem seu mistério!”

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