The Old Etymology Game Charlotte Higgins mentions two etymologies that she wishes she’d known for her book It’s All Greek to Me, and which she’d gotten from the recent Why S
‘Silver Age’ Again Chris comments in the post below:If I recall, some “silver age” authors actually first designated Cicero, Vergil, and company as authors of the “Golde Continue Reading →
‘Silver Age’ Literature I was intrigued by a footnote in Stephen Hinds’ Allusion and Intertext regarding the post-antique designation of early imperial literature as ‘silver’ Continue Reading →
