Author Archives: m.villacis

The merchant himself went back home to his family, his wife, and his children, and he lived with them until the day he died. But this story is not as strange or as amazing as the story of the Twins … Continue reading →

Jacob Jordaens I’s piece Pieter Lastman’s piece I have chosen two pieces that illustrate the scene where a mostly naked Odysseus meets Nausicaa and her maidens after his shipwreck. One piece is by Belgian artist Jacob Jordaens, while the second … Continue reading →

I picked lines 360-365 from Book IX.   Before Odysseus speaks the lines that I’ve chosen, he has gotten himself trapped inside a cave with a Cyclops named Polyphemus after being curious about the way these individuals treat “guests”. The … Continue reading →