Alcaic Fragment There was a time when English poets could also write Latin verse. Thomas Gray was one such poet. Here is an ‘Alcaic Fragment’:O Lacrymarum fons, tener Continue Reading →
Dante’s Tomb This isn’t directly related to the ancient world, but I figured that as long as I was posting pictures from Ravenna, I might as well include some of t Continue Reading →
Wherefore art thou Homer? And not say, Phantasia? David Meadows quotes from an article on a book by a certain Andrew Dalby who argues that the Iliad and the Odyssey may have been written by a woman. D Continue Reading →
