Just quotes and links I find interesting
Zielinski’s Law; Homeric narrative always moves
forward. Homer represents simultaneous actions as sequential and rarely notes
simultaneity.
Zeus...the tragedians did not present him on
stage. http://t.co/usQgsjp1
Zenobius 3.42 “Praise any gift someone gives
you.”
Yugoslavian poet to Parry "Sung songs are
truer. Dictated songs are
finer." from "The Trojan
War" by Carol G.Thomas & Craig Conant
Ten things you didn’t know about Sparta. http://etc.ancient.eu/education/10-things-sparta/#.WDSAg8mFtl8.twitter
Professors Nagy and Muellner discussing
Achilles response to the Ambassadors in Book IX tomorrow 1100 EDT http://t.co/Z4lT0rWsfU
“You who to me are father, mother, brother, and dear
husband.” Iliad 6:431
You know you're in trouble; when you leave her house and
travel 60 miles on the interstate before you realize you are going the wrong
way.
You know you are in trouble when; she says, you can
tell her anything and you believe her.
You know you are going to be in trouble when; you leave
your buddy's birthday with his girlfriend.
You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just
put your lips together and blow. https://t.co/tJ5JygexBE
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good
to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. Genesis 50:20
You can’t always stay on the summit. So what’s the
point? Only this: what is above knows what is below, Rena Daumal http://t.co/6SDtTQJ6
Yes, there are other forms of fortune; many are the
roads success travels in a god’s companionship. Pindar Olympian 8 http://t.co/0RvW9UZjZ9
Ye do not give up your noble ways; better men’s
resentment than their pity Pindar Pythian 1 http://t.co/0RvW9UZjZ9
Ye Argive spirits, to whom I offer this victim, open
wide the void of Tartarus, bring forth the Avenging Furies, lo! Creon
comes! THEBAID
Writing with technical accuracy never attained its author’s
eternal glory.
Writers! A
commandment for you! "And the Lord replied:'Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets.'" Habakkuk2:2
Wrapping your cruel thoughts in soft words.
http://t.co/3Ph6UqbmuD
Without Schliemann we would know nothing of the city
that many believe is the site of the real Troy."Nick McCarty
Without brotherhood, without tradition, without heath
is he who desires cruel war within the people.
The Iliad
With global warming, the invasive species of today are
the ecosystems of tomorrow
Winkler's Law; wherever in Homeric poetry a female
character is described with beautiful ankles, (she) is about to save a male
character.
Pathak http://t.co/JWSFn3f9ZF"
Why don't you come up sometime and see me? https://t.co/tJ5JygexBE
Why did Themis and Zeus chose Thebes and Troy as the
sites for the extermination of the Heroic Generation of humanity?
"Why am I like a moored ship, With cords ...Why
to this shattered pillar am I bound?” Eur. Heracles: 1094-1096)
Who blinded Homer?
Achilles or Helen? https://t.co/T4W0qLRzYx
“When you have heard my story, admonish; till then,
forbear.” Oedipus at Colonus 593 http://t.co/aREt4iLw8W
When Circe transforms Odysseus men (Od 10:395)
"and they became men again, younger...and much taller and better looking.
When a girl has..."adventures" one may
safely say that she has courted them, for it is easy to be discreet in all
countries if one wishes. Casanova
What's in a Name? Discussion on Greek Heroes naming
their children after their own most famous attributes. http://t.co/IShA7r0oq7
What Would Plato Tweet? Great article! http://t.co/3ZyXrY16nF
"What were all the world’s alarms
To mighty Paris when he found
Sleep upon a golden bed
That first dawn in Helen’s arms?"
Yeats
What they say to be politically correct; "inadequate conditioning of employee"
What they means; Can't fix
stupid!
What stone did not mourn, when mighty Hades tore her
from her husband’s arms? Julian of Egypt
AP 7.599
What is recurrent in ritual is timeless in the epic
tradition, just like the " kleos aphthiton" of Achilles. 6.30 http://t.co/95EKuNFW2N
what if...this whole...series of 2 eternal songs are not
of a single poet whom we are...crediting for...genius https://t.co/kQvA1EScE7
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