Backdating Chocolate WASHINGTON – Residents of Central America were enjoying chocolate drinks more than 3,000 years ago, a half millennium earlier than previously thought, Continue Reading →
Ancient Quotation Marks? I was startled to read the following in the article linked above (emphasis mine):’Instone-Brewer radically reinterprets the first passage using, of al Continue Reading →
Recommended article– Greek Tragedy 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 Misunderstand Continue Reading →