Once again Manning and Brady square off, reminding us of Achilles and Hector.
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Manning vs. Brady, Hector vs. Achilles
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Needed in Congress: A Deus Ex Machina
If Boehner channeled the spirit of Athena in “The Odyssey,” he could reopen the government tomorrow.
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Lebron Explodes for Epic Performance
Lebron’s third quarter explosion against Indiana on Thursday night was Homeric.
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The Iliad and Higher Ed’s MOOCish Future
MOOCs–Massive Open On-line Courses–can never teach lit as well as small classes.
Antigone Would Bury Boston Bomber
Sophocles and Homer present compelling cases for granting full funeral rights to the Boston Marathon bomber.
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Will Kevin Durant Suffer Akhilleus’s Fate?
Kevin Durant is like Akhilleus. In more ways than one.
NFL Rookie QBs and Mac the Knife
RGIII, Russell Wilson, and Andrew Luck are escape artists in the mode of Mac the Knife.
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Pinning Down Protean Politicians
In his evasiveness and malleability, Romney resembles the Greek sea god Proteus.
Sons Must Kill Their Fathers, Alas
There’s is no easy way for son’s to find their identities apart from their fathers, but they have no choice but to try.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Denis Diderot, fathers and sons, Henry IV, Odyssey, Shakespeare, Stendahl, The Scarlet and the Black Comments closed
