Art discussed in this post, on loan to the Dallas Museum of Art: Red Figure Bell Krater, featuring Theseus and Sinis. Greek: Attic, 5th c. BC. From the Spina ne...
Unless otherwise indicated, numbers in parentheses are line numbers. SUMMARY Dionysus, god of wine, returns with an Asian following to the place of his concepti...
Nearly all the observations in this post are adapted from Seth Benardete’s essay “On Greek Tragedy,” cited below. Parenthetical references tha...
Socrates discusses part of an encounter with a perfect [noble and good] gentleman in Oeconomicus VII. The gentleman’s name is Ischomachos; Socrates is rel...
1. Theseus, the hero who became king of Athens, by an Amazon had an illegitimate child named Hippolytus. Hippolytus stayed chaste while practicing hunting, tend...