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From Wikipedia’s entry on Achilles:  Ajax carries off the body of Achilles: Attic black-figure lekythos, ca. 510 BC   The death of Achilles, as predicted by Hector with his dying breath, was brought about by Paris with an arrow (to the … Continue reading →

The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1562)

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The poet that makes his audience see everything so clearly—even to the flies that gather about a milk-pail—does not shrink from showing the hideous sights on a battlefield. But he never lingers over them. We who take our Homer from … Continue reading →

Foreshadowing or guessing ahead is a literary device by which an author hints what is to come. It is used to avoid disappointment. It is also sometimes used to arouse the reader … foreshadowing only hints at a possible outcome within the … Continue reading →

Describe the picture, using both broad strokes and microscopic observations. No detail is too trivial. Evoke the image with your words, as though illustrating it for someone who is blind. 

Write about this epic simile. In particular, what can you glean about Agamemnon? Think of lightning: Hera’s rich hair streams In the sky when her husband builds storms– Heavy rain, or unspeakable hail, or snow That sifts down over cultivated land, Or … Continue reading →

Please read “The Robots are Winning!” and write a one-page paper that addresses Mendelsohn’s question: How do we distinguish between the maker and the made, between the human and the machine, once the creature, the machine, is endowed with consciousness—a mind … Continue reading →

Each of these prompts asks you to dig into the story and make meaning from the passage or situation. Why is Homer singing about this scene in particular? How can you relate it to what you’ve read so far? Don’t … Continue reading →

Buffalo in Bloom by David Goodrich