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Contempt (1963, Jean-Luc Godard)

unpluggedcrazy wrote 3 days ago: I admire Godard the visual artist. Now I just wish I could admire Godard the writer, or Godard the … more →

Tags: Drama, Movies, Movie Review, Foreign, Foreign Film, contempt, Jean-Luc Godard, Jack Palance, mr Burns

You want to return where?

adonis49 wrote 2 weeks ago: Ulysses Revisited (June 22, 2009)               Ulysses in the Odyssey was away of his City-State It … more →

Tags: cities/geography, Social, Religion, Politics, Lebanon, History, Biography, writing, adonis

A Literary Miscarriage of Justice

Kate wrote 2 weeks ago: I just started a 6 week intensive humanities class–5th century Greek texts to be exact. Once … more →

Tags: Books, School, WTF, Literature

Sing to Me of Man1 comment

cultureonthecheap wrote 3 weeks ago: I fell asleep during Monteverdi’s Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria last night; not because … more →

Tags: hot aria, Multimedia, Music, opera project, apotheosis, Astoria, baklava, calamari, Greek Drama

Personal Aging as Really {Super} Old School: [Homer, Dante, and Petrarch]

Scott Wright wrote 3 weeks ago: Art at its best offers us the durability that became life’s first purpose, the variety that be … more →

Tags: aging, autobiographical aging, Beatrice, Dante, divine comedy, Homer, Inspiration, Laura, Petrarch

I fear those big words which make us so unhappy.6 comments

Marco Sparks wrote 1 month ago: History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. BLOOMSDAY! It’s today … more →

Tags: art is hard, Ass-slapping good time!, Books, Chicks Yesterday, DANCE, DANCE, DANCE, Mad Linkage, Magic Words, Net Fu, The Things That Shaped Us

Polyphemus' Eye Print.1 comment

the tourist wrote 1 month ago: Screenprinted acrylic on paper.  29cm x 42cm. … more →

Tags: screen prints, lining up alberta, oil rigs, Polyphemus, Screenprint

Odyssey Funmaries #12: The Sirens (Book XII.I-CCXVII)15 comments

voreblog wrote 1 month ago: “Keep that beeswax lodged in tight, boys!”* by BEN VORE The Sirens episode in The Odyss … more →

Tags: Getting Ready, Odyssey Funmaries, Circe, Elle Macpherson, Erasure, Lorna Raver, O Brother Where Art Thou, odysseus, Sirens

How many lawyers does it take to solve a murder?

lizaanne42 wrote 1 month ago: Title: The Shortest Way to Hades Author: Sarah Caudwell Series: the Hilary Tamar mysteries Summary: … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Mysteries, Books, Mystery, narrators, Reading, Sarah Caudwell

Friday Recommends: Odyssey Funmaries!1 comment

voreblog wrote 1 month ago: The Odyssey Funmaries begin today over at Wandering Rocks. Jerry Grit kicks things off with his pier … more →

Tags: Books, Friday Recommends, NBA, Ulysses

The first road trip.

hstreets wrote 1 month ago: Image from litmuse used under a Creative Commons license. Homer, The Odyssey (Penguin Classics, 199 … more →

Tags: Fiction, Greece, Travel Literature, travel books, Homer, Robert Fagles

And . . . done.3 comments

mjjhoskin wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday I finished the Reading List Exams for U of T’s MA in Classics.  This was the conclus … more →

Tags: posts that mention ancient stuff, Classics, Ancient Stuff, Hymns, Homer, The Iliad, cicero, Nepos, sallust

What I'm Watching: The Odyssey3 comments

blakemp wrote 1 month ago: Actually, I guess this could also fit under the “What I’m Reading” category and, i … more →

Tags: What I'm Watching Department, greek mythology, Movies, Reviews, Television

Everything But Imaginary #308: Not-So-Modern Mythology

blakemp wrote 1 month ago: Some say superhero comic books are the “modern mythology.” I say, what’s wrong wi … more →

Tags: Everything But Imaginary, 52, Comics, EBI, greek mythology, Hercules, mythology, Norse Mythology, thor

Hero or Heroic?

Greg Katz wrote 2 months ago: Welcome to Caregiver Friday!! I’ve had quite a week at school with the magnificent and legenda … more →

Tags: Spirituality and Health, caregiver health, caregiver needs, care for the caregiver, caregiver stress, Caregiver Support, caregiver burnout, coaching caregivers, caregiver empowerment

Are you living a mythic life?

Greg Katz wrote 2 months ago: Stories have been a part of our lives since our childhood.  I’m sure you have a favorite story that … more →

Tags: coaching illness, Patient Empowerment, illness coaching, Greg Katz, mythic life, mythology, stories and life

The Biggest Loser1 comment

inspirationlocation wrote 2 months ago: I rushed to yoga this morning with my right contact inside out because I overslept.  I stayed up way … more →

Tags: Inspiring People, Persistence, The Biggest Loser, Transformation.

Literary Pigs, Unite!

jenecrit wrote 2 months ago: Check out this link via The Point: Barnyard reign of terror halted…and other unexpected result … more →

Tags: Active Lit, allusions, Lit in the News, the point, Literary pigs, swine flu, Circe, Homer Simpson, spider pig

In Exile

artofwar11 wrote 2 months ago:      After the shocking events of the last issue, Thor finds himself without a home and with a brok … more →

Tags: Reviews, Comic Books, J. Michael Straczynski, Dr Doom, Marvel Comics, thor, donald blake, William Shakespeare, Volstagg


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