Author Archives: Sarah

Read­ing up for my recent post about the archaic notion of jus­tice, I was reminded of an excel­lent arti­cle also by E.R. Dodds, called “On Mis­un­der­stand­ing the Oedi­pus Rex.” A pro­fes­sor gave it to me when I read the play … Con­tinue read­ing →

I just want to link this post about the “inter­pre­ta­tions” Dante has been get­ting recently in Italy– where’s this stuff in the states? Granted, peo­ple here do this kind of stuff for Shakespeare.

The open­ing lines of this post are enough to pique the inter­est of any Iliad–lover. One of the most inter­est­ing things about read­ing the Iliad is try­ing to under­stand the con­cep­tion of the gods and fate put forth. There are … Con­tinue read­ing →

Sci­en­tists have dis­cov­ered a new planet! This short arti­cle dis­cusses the find. I’m dis­ap­pointed in the name, TrES-4. Since it is big­ger than Jupiter, shouldn’t it be called Kro­nos or some­thing? Oh but the Star Trek writ­ers already used that … Con­tinue read­ing →