Aristophanes: Peace, The Acharnians
Continuing right where we left off, we move away from alternate visions of economic systems and back into anti-war territory as…
Continue Reading →Continuing right where we left off, we move away from alternate visions of economic systems and back into anti-war territory as…
Continue Reading →In the first post about Aristophanes, we learned about four plays named after the type of chorus. We commented upon…
Continue Reading →I’ve finally finished all 11 of Aristophanes’ plays in the Great Books collection in the last 3 weeks. It took…
Continue Reading →We finally finish off Euripedes’ works with the last five remaining tragedies. Compared to the dramas of the last few…
Continue Reading →This week I finished four plays by Euripedes. I’m going slower that I’m anticipating, having yet to read anything by…
Continue Reading →These three plays round off the series of Euripedes’ plays on the events concerning the aftermath of the Trojan War.…
Continue Reading →Last summer I took the time to read through some of Plato’s major dialogues, including The Republic, Meno, Crito, Phaedo, The…
Continue Reading →Similar to last week, the three plays I read over this weekend have women at the center of the story.…
Continue Reading →Having finished the massive tome that is The City of God, starting this week I’m returning back to the Greek…
Continue Reading →It’s been a very busy last two weeks, such that while I finished Augustine’s The City of God on March 19, I’ve…
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