What happened to August? Many apologies for my lack of posts of late. My wife and I bought a house and moved, and now a new school year has started. Thanks to Dennis for keepi Continue Reading →
On the Sometime Inscrutability of Divine Portents In Iliad 4.78ff., Athene, at the behest of Zeus, comes down to earth to stir up the Trojans to break their oaths to the Achaians so that the war might Continue Reading →
Lucan, Bellum civile 1.67-72 fert animus causas tantarum expromere rerum, inmensumque aperitur opus, quid in arma furentem inpulerit populum, quid pacem excusserit orbi. invida fa Continue Reading →