πολλῶν   πάροιθεν   καιρίως   εἰρημένων   τἀναντί᾽   εἰπεῖν   οὐκ   ἐπαισχυνθήσομαι .   Much have I said before to serve my need  and I...

It's often remarked that the late canti of Paradiso are redolent with Virgilian echoes, prompting commentators to ponder why, since Vi...

We've looked at the lonely anguish of the abandoned Philoctetes, and how even the chorus was moved by the wounded man's condition: ...

One reason that the  Philoctetes is an extraordinary work -- a classic -- is that it takes on one of the most difficult confrontations ima...