Plato, “Cleitophon”
Plato, “Cleitophon” (trans. W.R.M. Lamb; below, citations and quotes are from Clifford Orwin’s translation. Numbers in parentheses without an ...
Tag: classics
Herodotus, “The History” I.163-169: The Story of the Phocaeans
Having put down a rebellion, Cyrus split his forces in order to take that much more beyond his empire. Harpagus was appointed general of one part of the army, a...
Three Stories from Herodotus, “The History,” Book 1
Once again I have put together a piece of writing that sounds like a really ambitious 8th grader trying to have heady thoughts while distracted watching a Leagu...
Seth Benardete, “A. E. Housman”
For Nathaniel Cochran Seth Benardete, “A. E. Housman” Benardete begins by telling us Housman was a great scholar. So great he had a specific wish fo...
On the Etruscan Pair of shields with head of Acheloos, on view at the Dallas Museum of Art
Art discussed in this post: Pair of shields with head of Acheloos. Bronze. Etruscan, 6th c. BC. Lent by the Republic of Italy to the DMA: 135.2012.5-6 You can v...