Artemis Comparisons in the Odyssey A female figure is compared to Artemis in both books 4 and 6 of the Odyssey. The first one makes me chuckle. Here it is (Lattimore’s translation):Whil Continue Reading →
Epic vade mecum The BMCR has gotten around to publishing its review of John Miles Foley’s A Companion to Ancient Epic (2005), and it’s a star-studded behemoth: nearly Continue Reading →
More on Gladstone A couple of days ago I mentioned Burkert’s reference to William Ewart Gladstone’s noticing of the connection between the Enuma Elish and Homer in Burk Continue Reading →
