. . . until times within living memory the exponents of Aeschylus were necessarily and properly engrossed by the preliminary difficulties ...

Leda and the Swan - Francesco Melzi, from a lost work of Leonardo da Vinci The Greek fascination with symmetrical pairs is latent in...

The Killing of Agamemnon Calyx krater, Dokimasia Painter , 460 BC: Here Agamemnon, diminished in stature and dripping wet, is trap...

Theater complex at Side , built in second century A.D. seating 15,000-20,000

A few basic resources for Agamemnon . For the text in Greek with two English translations, one by Robert Browning, see the Agamemnon on t...

As we'll soon be beginning the Oresteia, this post from the splendid  Sententiae Antiquae  suggests some of the richness of Aeschylus...

Our next few weeks will be devoted to an amor somewhat less all-encompassing than that of Dante's Commedia . We'll be looking at O...

Top: Birth of Dionysus Below: Triumph of Dionysus ἢ ὥσπερ Σαπφώ, ὅτι τὸ ἀποθνῄσκειν κακόν· οἱ θεοὶ γὰρ οὕτω κεκρίκασιν· ἀπέ...

Ne la profonda e chiara sussistenza   de l'alto lume   parvermi tre giri   di tre colori e d'una contenenza;    e l'un ...

A while ago, our group began reading Dante's Paradiso aloud and discussing it -- the first post on this blog, entitled " A few not...

Two quick references to supplement our reading of Paradiso 33: In "Paradiso 33: Invisible Ink" , Teodolinda Barolini brilliantl...

προαιρεῖσθαί τε δεῖ ἀδύνατα εἰκότα μᾶλλον ἢ δυνατὰ ἀπίθανα What is convincing though impossible should always be preferred to what is p...