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  Skene is the stage building that is backgound to the stage. Parodos is the side entrance for actors as well as chorus. It is also the name of the first song sung by the chorus as they enter the orchestra. … Continue reading →

After reading Oedipus The King, one can come to the conclusion that destiny is a main theme of the play. No matter how hard a man tries to change his destiny, nothing can take it off its path. What is … Continue reading →

From Wikipedia: During the Tang Dynasty, poetry continued to be an important part of social life at all levels of society. Scholars were required to master poetry for the civil service exams, but the art was theoretically available to everyone. This … Continue reading →

Hello everyone, My post is mainly about the background introduction of “Jian’an Poetry”. Maybe it will help you to understand the seven great literary men that Cao Pi mentioned in the third paragraph of A Discourse on Literature. These seven … Continue reading →

Both Aesop’s fables and the Jataka tales have been adapted for children’s literature. The first clip is for a children’s animation of “The Golden Goose” and the second is Disney’s 1934 cartoon “The Tortoise and the Hare.” What do you think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeZe2qPLPh0

After reading Aesop’s Fables I feel that the author was probably poor and came from humble beginnings. It’s hinted but never historically proven in the intro that Aesop was a slave. The lessons from these fables seem to be how … Continue reading →

Zeus and the Jar of good Things Zeus shut up all good things in a huge wine jar, which he left in the hands of a man. This man was curious and wanted to know what was inside. So he … Continue reading →

Books 21-24 were the climactic scenes in the book fields with many dramatic events. The whole scene surrounds this curved bow that was a gift Odysseus have received from an old friend Iphitus. The bow reinstates Odysseus superiority in the … Continue reading →

First of all I hope you all notice the degree at which Homer is pushing on the moments before the big battle. When I was starting Book 17 I hoped that by Book 20 , the battle to remove the … Continue reading →