Carly HughesThe Trojan Women: So Anti-Helen It’s HilariousMy first read of the Trojan Women was focused on the argument between Hecuba and Helen and Menelaus decision to execute Helen for her…Mar 3, 2016Mar 3, 2016
Carly HughesSocrates vs. Socrates and The MeditationsLast Thoughts on Socrates ~ February 25-March 3rdMar 3, 2016Mar 3, 2016
Carly HughesSocrates: Not Leading Just LookingAfter all of my minor courses in Classics and concluding my fourth year with a course in leadership in the ancient world. I can say that…Feb 25, 2016Feb 25, 2016
Carly HughesDeath and Glory: Glory and Death: Rhesus and AchillesMy third reading of Rhesus primarily focused on the deaths of Achilles and Rhesus and the differences between the plays plots. I deeply…Feb 25, 2016Feb 25, 2016
Carly HughesStudying & ObservingI spent most of my time this past week either studying or observing my own behavior and seeing of I line up with any of the qualities of a…Feb 19, 2016Feb 19, 2016
Carly HughesGreeks vs. BarbariansThe majority of my work outside of class this past week was spent re-reading Iphigenia, reading Rhesus, and also re-reading Aeschylus’s…Feb 19, 2016Feb 19, 2016
Carly HughesAeschylus vs. Euripides: The Game of the Worse Agamemnon’sWhat I enjoy so much about Classics is that there are multiple perspectives of myth, legend, etc. over thousands of years of poets and now…Feb 9, 2016Feb 9, 2016
Carly HughesThe Odyssey and The Iliad: Gods Sending Blue Shells & Bullet BillsHomer’s Iliad and Odyssey both begin similarly with a conflict between gods and men. The mortals involved in both epics lament and blame…Jan 28, 2016Jan 28, 2016