#tbtThis Thursday, we revisit the Fall 2012 edition of The Helicon, which featured the following three translations of Vergil’s Eclogues IV.31–45. Connie…
WEEKLY JOURNAL #11Thursday, April 7th 2016 8:10–9:30 (CLASS)Today in class, our discussion around Orestes focused on…
Journal #12“Although we’ve come to the end of the road…” -Boyz II MenDate: 4/7/16Location: DouglassTime: 9:40 a.m. — 11 a.m.The first question that was posed in class today was: Why is the play called Orestes…
Journal Entry 12Thursday April 7 , 2016Douglas Hall09:40–11:00 amThe theme of a coming if age or a story of maturation or personal growth. Theme of adulthood and adolescence. What is the difference between Adolescence and adulthood? In…
Journal Entry #12Date: Thursday April 7, 2016Time: 9:40am- 11:00amLocation: Douglas Hall, Rm 203In today’s class we discussed the theme of “coming of age” as it pertained to Euripides’ Orestes. Euripides’ Orestes has a resonance…
O fim do mito FABIANO CACHAÇAPara os colorados o GreNal do 5x2 ainda é um mito. Dentro do Olímpico, numa seca monumental e numa…
Cowboy (1958)The beginnings of the 1960s saw the sun set on the Western audiences were used to seeing. John Wayne going off to bring back Natalie…
Egypt’s ἔργα λόγου μέζω: Narrating the Nile in Book II of HerodotusIt is routine, by now, to note that the second book of Herodotus’ Histories stands…
Week 11March 31:Our final play for the year is Euripides’ Orestes. Orestes is the story of Agamemon and Clytemnestra’s children Elecktra and Orestes. In the play Orestes has just committed the murder of his mother Clytemnestra. He is experiencing torment by the furies for killing his own…
On Being a Modern BardOn October 26, 2000, I wrote in my songwriting book (embossed with the apropos words “Voyages: A Traveler’s Journal”…
