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Cricketeering then and now

Posted on 16 December 2011 by

Ἀχήεις τέττιξ, δροσεραῖς σταγόνεσσι μεθυσθεὶς                    1 ἀγρονόμαν μέλπεις μοῦσαν ἐρημολάλον· ἄκρα δ’ ἐφεζόμενος πετάλοις πριονώδεσι κώλοις αἰθίοπι κλάζεις χρωτὶ μέλισμα λύρας. ἀλλά, φίλος, φθέγγου τι νέον δενδρώδεσι Νύμφαις               5 παίγνιον, ἀντῳδὸν Πανὶ κρέκων κέλαδον, ὄφρα φυγὼν τὸν Ἔρωτα μεσημβρινὸν … Continue reading →

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Scylla or Charybdis: our metastasizing debt

Posted on 2 December 2011 by

Σειρῆνας μὲν πρῶτον ἀφίξεαι, αἵ ῥά τε πάντας ἀνθρώπους θέλγουσιν, ὅτίς σφεας εἰσαφίκηται. … ἀλλά τε Σειρῆνες λιγυρῇ θέλγουσιν ἀοιδῇ, ἥμεναι ἐν λειμῶνι· πολὺς δ’ ἀμφ’ ὀστεόφιν θὶς ἀνδρῶν πυθομένων, περὶ δὲ ῥινοὶ μινύθουσιν First you’ll come to the Sirens, … Continue reading →

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Surfing with Odysseus

Posted on 25 June 2011 by

老虎                laohu In the first book of the Iliad, you will recall, Achilles is up against it.  To help him, Hera sent Athena, who came down from heaven (194-5: … ἦλθε δ’ Ἀθήνη / οὐρανόθεν …), appearing to him alone … Continue reading →

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On Anger

Posted on 30 April 2011 by

老虎 laohu Μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος Sing, goddess, the wrath of Achilles the son of Peleus Homer Iliad 1.1 The first word (Μῆνιν ‘anger, wrath’) of the first line (in Book 1) of the first literary opus (Homer’s Iliad) … Continue reading →

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