A new translation of "The Iliad" pairs well with Ukranian war poetry and a documentary on its suffering people.
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Phew! Made it through hosting Thanksgiving, the usual seven guests, a few dogs, and more work than I recall it ever being. Have probably more than half of...
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Tyson Fury is an English-born professional boxer of Irish extraction who became the world heavyweight champion in 2015. As a fighter, he is known for his...
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The dark history of Buczacz, an ordinary town in western Ukraine, exemplifies the fate of Jews in the vast marginal territories of East-Central Europe.
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The story of two Jewish trading families during the last decades of the Regency of Algiers is skewed by being told through the perspectives of only European...
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr., is an American boxer whose combination of speed, power, and technical prowess made him one of the best pound-for-pound fighters of...
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The complicity of conservative nationalists in the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933 offers disturbing parallels to the current American political situation.
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Manny Pacquiao, professional boxer, media celebrity, and politician who gained fame for winning boxing titles in eight weight classes, the most in the...
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Eventbrite - Sly Theatre Co. presents Richmond Lattimore's The Trojan Women - Friday, December 13, 2024 at Paradise Factory Theater, New York, NY.
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Got a few more books. The Iliad is the Richmond Lattimore translation recommended by Victor Davis Hanson. I'm currently doing a Swim Upstream/Deep Read...
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