Richmond Lattimore The old Bryn Mawr professor and still Homer’s best translator was an underappreciated poet himself. I turned to this at random just now and thought it Continue Reading →
basil, and not as in ‘bunting’ i learned something new today from our greek textbook that makes me feel like a dancing songmistress. i learned that the name of the herb ‘basil’ come Continue Reading →
the dictionary has an argosy of definitions merriam-webster’s word-of-the-day for october 23 has prima facie sweet classical connections, but a surprising etymology: argosy AHR-guh-see noun 1 Continue Reading →
