Bad Guests in the Odyssey (Lattimore’s translations again.)When we first come upon the estate of Eumaios in Odyssey 14 and receive a description of his property, it is noted th Continue Reading →
Pigs and Ships in the Odyssey (Updated) (I use Lattimore’s translation in what follows.)As Odysseus approaches the home of the swineherd Eumaios in Book 14 of the Odyssey, we get a descripti Continue Reading →
Lloyd Mifflin I confess I’d never heard of the Pennsylvanian sonneteer Lloyd Mifflin until recently. He has a goodly number of poems on classical subjects. The foll Continue Reading →
