an oddity of the ancient world: hypercolor aminals man, it’s been awhile. anyway. i was just reading the fourth eclogue and came to the passage in ll.43ff. on the chromatically versatile lambs and rams Continue Reading →
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 →
