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Before my post begins, I would just like to note that my version of the books have a slightly different spelling of names and places. These four books had me holding my breath in anticipation. What really caught, and held, … Continue reading →

Mycenaean Age (1500-1200 BCE) Dark Age of Greece (1100-750 BCE) Archaic Age of Greece (700-500 BCE) Classical Age of Greece (490-323 BCE) Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes Hellenistic Age (323-31 BCE) from the death of Alexander the Great, who conquered all … Continue reading →

From On Unbelievable Tales by Heraclitus (circa 1st-2nd century CE) They say that Medusa turned anyone who looked at her to stone and that when Perseus cut off her head a winged horse emerged. But here is how it was. Medusa … Continue reading →

  From the previous account of tales, we know that Odysseus is very cunning, but it does not give much more description of his cunning. Book 9 Provides some of the richest examples of Odysseus’ cunning. When Odysseus encounters Polyphemus … Continue reading →

In fact Greek Mythology is a shared fund of motifs and ideas ordered into a shared repertoire of stories. These stories link with, compare and contrast with, and are understood in the light of, other stories in the system. Greek … Continue reading →

When I was reading through books 5-8 in The Odyssey, I was amazed by Odysseus’s mental strength – conquering temptation and being determined. First, he did not accept the tempting offers made by Calypso, the promise to save him from … Continue reading →

My most favorite part in “The Odyssey” is when Athena encourages Telemachus. She tells him that he should go find his father Odysseus. This is my favorite part because before Athena arrives and encourages him, he is just helpless and … Continue reading →

Mnemosyne by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1881) The following link is to an amusing article written in The Wall Street Journal about the Muses. Where Have All the Muses Gone? Here’s a list of the ones we discussed in class: Kalliope (Epic Poetry) Kleio (History) … Continue reading →

  Hésiode et la Muse (1891) by Gustave Moreau Because we were running out of time at the end of class, I may have rushed Hesiod’s five races of men in his Works and Days. I want to make sure they are … Continue reading →

The 2007 movie Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan directed by Sergey Bodrov has a few interesting scenes about the 13th century Mongolian fear of lightning. I thought it spoke to the personification of the elements and the unexplained wonders that humans … Continue reading →