The way Priam enables Paris is similar to how the GOP enables Trump. Utter disaster awaits.
Tag Archives: Homer
On Homer and Rethinking My Father
The famous scene of Hector and Andromache has given me a new perspective on my father’s fatalism.
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Odysseus’s Authoritarian Power Play
Homer shows the dynamics of authoritarianism at work in an “Iliad” incident where Odysseus disciplines a critic of the Greek mission.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged authoritarianism, Fascism, Iliad, John Stoehr, Laughter, police violence, Thomas Hobbes, white supremacy Comments closed
Homer’s Masterclass in Leadership
Homer’s “Iliad” functions as a leadership clinic. So don’t heed Plato’s dismissal of the poet.
The World Will End in Fire AND Ice
With extreme climate, the world in likely to end (to cite Robert Frost) in fire AND ice.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Fire and Ice", "Heat", C. S. Lewis, climate change, extreme weather conditions, Iliad, Last Battle, Robert Frost Comments closed
First They Came for Toni Morrison, Then…
In the right attacks Toni Morrison novels, does this mean that Homer, Dostoevsky, Milton, and Sophocles are next?
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Beloved, Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky, GOP, Odyssey, Oedipus, Sophocles, Toni Morrison Comments closed
The Olympics Owe a Debt to Poetry
The modern Olympics owe a debt to poetry.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Henry VI Part III, Odysseus, Olympics, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Saving the Classics from Ideologues
A Univ. of Chicago classicist fears the alt-right will appropriate the classics for their own ends.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Aeneid, classics, culture wars, Iliad, Odyssey, Virgil Comments closed
