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Maude Latour's debut studio album is delightfully weird and I highly recommend it

fifteen discrete good songs that fail to come together into a single good album

a bit of imagery as it appears in several published translations, plus my own attempts.

Aeschylus' Agamemnon, a play about justice, revenge, and murdering your husband in the bathtub.

how do prequels acknowledge and negotiate the weirdness of their temporal situation?

a layout for commentary surrounding text

Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War, the most stab-able book I ever did read.

Callimachus dishes out metapoetic disses with style (and bees)

Vonnegut as Euripides and the denial of sense

some of the things Kirk says in The Search for Spock are incredibly evocative of Carson's Eros the Bittersweet

poem of all time

baby's first (real) web-weaving

Vulcans, desire, and Anne Carson's Eros the Bittersweet.

poem of all time

this ain't it, chief.

Cicero’s Catilinarians, the high point of Latin oratory.

a fabulously weird historical novel

I said I wanted to get weirder with it, so this is me, getting weirder with it

Elisa Gonzales' debut poetry collection is solid, but not excellent

baby's first (real) web-weaving

Odysseus receives advice from a ghost prophet

Odysseus welcomes the sight of dry land

Homer's Iliad, the extremely ancient war epic.

Proteus is a mighty morphin' sea god

one of my favorite bits of Latin poetry, translated for my dad

the Golden Age sounds pretty damn nice

oratio eius iam tum nihil aliud poterat videri quam solutum carmen.

I wrote an essay about the erotic connotations of ivory in Ovid's Metamorphoses. This is a bunch of stuff that didn't end up in it.

I love this passage.

Ovid’s Heroides, love elegy playing at epistolary (and my favorite ancient text <3).

I cannot believe this exists.

I love this line.

some of my favorite lines in all of Latin poetry.

starting off my reading project by breaking my own rules

Sappho’s extant works, the fragmentary remains of some of the greatest love poetry of all time.

Atreus welcomes home his prodigal brother, but it's properly biblical this time.

the chorus reflects on Hipppolytus' attractive qualities

Atreus welcomes home his prodigal brother.

Seneca’s Apocolocyntosis, a Saturnalia satire about the Emperor Claudius.

baby's first (real) web-weaving

Sophocles’ Elektra, a tragedy about resistance for its own sake and definitely not about having a psychosexual relationship with your father, oh my God, Jung.

Elektra assumes her mother's position.

Meliboeus is having a bad day, and I'm not sure Tityrus is helping.

Mezentius gets cocky; Orodes harshes his vibe.

Vergil's Aeneid, the iconic Roman epic.

Vonnegut as Euripides and the denial of sense

I continue to read things that are just barely not the things I said I was going to read

Atreus welcomes home his prodigal brother, but it's properly biblical this time.

the chorus reflects on Hipppolytus' attractive qualities

Atreus welcomes home his prodigal brother.

Odysseus receives advice from a ghost prophet

the Golden Age sounds pretty damn nice

Odysseus welcomes the sight of dry land

Mezentius gets cocky; Orodes harshes his vibe.

I said I wanted to get weirder with it, so this is me, getting weirder with it

Callimachus dishes out metapoetic disses with style (and bees)

Callimachus dishes out metapoetic disses with style (and bees)

poem of all time

Elisa Gonzales' debut poetry collection is solid, but not excellent

Sophocles’ Elektra, a tragedy about resistance for its own sake and definitely not about having a psychosexual relationship with your father, oh my God, Jung.

I love this passage.

Sappho’s extant works, the fragmentary remains of some of the greatest love poetry of all time.

Sappho’s extant works, the fragmentary remains of some of the greatest love poetry of all time.

Ovid’s Heroides, love elegy playing at epistolary (and my favorite ancient text <3).

Ovid’s Heroides, love elegy playing at epistolary (and my favorite ancient text <3).

Vergil's Aeneid, the iconic Roman epic.

Aeschylus' Agamemnon, a play about justice, revenge, and murdering your husband in the bathtub.

Homer's Iliad, the extremely ancient war epic.

I love this line.

some of my favorite lines in all of Latin poetry.

I continue to read things that are just barely not the things I said I was going to read

Vonnegut as Euripides and the denial of sense

a fabulously weird historical novel

Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War, the most stab-able book I ever did read.

Seneca’s Apocolocyntosis, a Saturnalia satire about the Emperor Claudius.

Cicero’s Catilinarians, the high point of Latin oratory.

I continue to read things that are just barely not the things I said I was going to read

Vonnegut as Euripides and the denial of sense

starting off my reading project by breaking my own rules

a bit of imagery as it appears in several published translations, plus my own attempts.

Odysseus receives advice from a ghost prophet

Odysseus welcomes the sight of dry land

I said I wanted to get weirder with it, so this is me, getting weirder with it

Callimachus dishes out metapoetic disses with style (and bees)

baby's first (real) web-weaving

Sophocles’ Elektra, a tragedy about resistance for its own sake and definitely not about having a psychosexual relationship with your father, oh my God, Jung.

Sappho’s extant works, the fragmentary remains of some of the greatest love poetry of all time.

Aeschylus' Agamemnon, a play about justice, revenge, and murdering your husband in the bathtub.

Homer's Iliad, the extremely ancient war epic.

Elektra assumes her mother's position.

everything changed when Clytemnestra arrived.

a layout for commentary surrounding text

Proteus is a mighty morphin' sea god

one of my favorite bits of Latin poetry, translated for my dad

Meliboeus is having a bad day, and I'm not sure Tityrus is helping.

Atreus welcomes home his prodigal brother, but it's properly biblical this time.

the chorus reflects on Hipppolytus' attractive qualities

Atreus welcomes home his prodigal brother.

the Golden Age sounds pretty damn nice

Mezentius gets cocky; Orodes harshes his vibe.

Latin has a fun semantic overlap between worship and slaughter.

this ain't it, chief.

Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War, the most stab-able book I ever did read.

I love this passage.

Ovid’s Heroides, love elegy playing at epistolary (and my favorite ancient text <3).

Seneca’s Apocolocyntosis, a Saturnalia satire about the Emperor Claudius.

Cicero’s Catilinarians, the high point of Latin oratory.

Vergil's Aeneid, the iconic Roman epic.

I cannot believe this exists.

I love this line.

some of my favorite lines in all of Latin poetry.

the tetchier addendum to my last post

a response to a piece in the Atlantic that I found deeply disturbing

a layout for commentary surrounding text

Proteus is a mighty morphin' sea god

one of my favorite bits of Latin poetry, translated for my dad

a bit of imagery as it appears in several published translations, plus my own attempts.

Meliboeus is having a bad day, and I'm not sure Tityrus is helping.

the tetchier addendum to my last post

a response to a piece in the Atlantic that I found deeply disturbing

Atreus welcomes home his prodigal brother, but it's properly biblical this time.

I taught classics to econ majors and it went great

the chorus reflects on Hipppolytus' attractive qualities

Atreus welcomes home his prodigal brother.

Odysseus receives advice from a ghost prophet

the Golden Age sounds pretty damn nice

Odysseus welcomes the sight of dry land

Mezentius gets cocky; Orodes harshes his vibe.

I said I wanted to get weirder with it, so this is me, getting weirder with it

oratio eius iam tum nihil aliud poterat videri quam solutum carmen.

some of the things Kirk says in The Search for Spock are incredibly evocative of Carson's Eros the Bittersweet

Callimachus dishes out metapoetic disses with style (and bees)

poem of all time

I wrote an essay about the erotic connotations of ivory in Ovid's Metamorphoses. This is a bunch of stuff that didn't end up in it.

baby's first (real) web-weaving

Latin has a fun semantic overlap between worship and slaughter.

Sophocles’ Elektra, a tragedy about resistance for its own sake and definitely not about having a psychosexual relationship with your father, oh my God, Jung.

one of the most interesting pieces of classical reception I've seen in a while.

this ain't it, chief.

Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War, the most stab-able book I ever did read.

I love this passage.

Vulcans, desire, and Anne Carson's Eros the Bittersweet.

Sappho’s extant works, the fragmentary remains of some of the greatest love poetry of all time.

Ovid’s Heroides, love elegy playing at epistolary (and my favorite ancient text <3).

Seneca’s Apocolocyntosis, a Saturnalia satire about the Emperor Claudius.

Cicero’s Catilinarians, the high point of Latin oratory.

Vergil's Aeneid, the iconic Roman epic.

I cannot believe this exists.

Aeschylus' Agamemnon, a play about justice, revenge, and murdering your husband in the bathtub.

Homer's Iliad, the extremely ancient war epic.

a non-specialist's guide to Greek and Latin literature for use in fandom.

Elektra assumes her mother's position.

everything changed when Clytemnestra arrived.

I love this line.

some of my favorite lines in all of Latin poetry.

Snapshots of change.

Scenes from a revolution.

keeping an eye on your goal is pretty essential (if harder than it seems)

fifteen discrete good songs that fail to come together into a single good album

Maude Latour's debut studio album is delightfully weird and I highly recommend it

everything changed when Clytemnestra arrived.

I taught classics to econ majors and it went great

what do we mean by "we"?

I feel like I'm not emoting right

the emotional stakes of nonlinear narrative time

how do prequels acknowledge and negotiate the weirdness of their temporal situation?

the one thing so far that has made Star Trek: Discovery's prequel-ness worth it.

what do we mean by "we"?

the one thing so far that has made Star Trek: Discovery's prequel-ness worth it.

poem of all time

one of the most interesting pieces of classical reception I've seen in a while.

verdict: fun but incredibly exhausting

Vonnegut as Euripides and the denial of sense

the emotional stakes of nonlinear narrative time

how do prequels acknowledge and negotiate the weirdness of their temporal situation?

Vonnegut as Euripides and the denial of sense

baby's first (real) web-weaving

some of the things Kirk says in The Search for Spock are incredibly evocative of Carson's Eros the Bittersweet

how do prequels acknowledge and negotiate the weirdness of their temporal situation?

the one thing so far that has made Star Trek: Discovery's prequel-ness worth it.

one of the most interesting pieces of classical reception I've seen in a while.

Snapshots of change.

Vulcans, desire, and Anne Carson's Eros the Bittersweet.

Scenes from a revolution.

I said I wanted to get weirder with it, so this is me, getting weirder with it

Callimachus dishes out metapoetic disses with style (and bees)

I wrote an essay about the erotic connotations of ivory in Ovid's Metamorphoses. This is a bunch of stuff that didn't end up in it.

I love this passage.

I love this line.

some of my favorite lines in all of Latin poetry.

Sophocles’ Elektra, a tragedy about resistance for its own sake and definitely not about having a psychosexual relationship with your father, oh my God, Jung.

Caesar’s Commentaries on the Gallic War, the most stab-able book I ever did read.

Vulcans, desire, and Anne Carson's Eros the Bittersweet.

Sappho’s extant works, the fragmentary remains of some of the greatest love poetry of all time.

Ovid’s Heroides, love elegy playing at epistolary (and my favorite ancient text <3).

Seneca’s Apocolocyntosis, a Saturnalia satire about the Emperor Claudius.

Cicero’s Catilinarians, the high point of Latin oratory.

Vergil's Aeneid, the iconic Roman epic.

Aeschylus' Agamemnon, a play about justice, revenge, and murdering your husband in the bathtub.

Homer's Iliad, the extremely ancient war epic.

defining my generation and a handful of what I consider to be characteristic experiences

a handful of strange books I've read in the past few years

my year, summarized

I feel like I'm not emoting right

so, that was a disaster

verdict: fun but incredibly exhausting

tl;dr: I got what I came for and had a good time in the process

...and subsequent silver lining

I taught classics to econ majors and it went great

defining my generation and a handful of what I consider to be characteristic experiences

a rather ambitious list of books I want to have read

who I am and what I'm doing here

the 50th anniversary of Portugal's Carnation Revolution.

or: why not use my real name on the internet?

Snapshots of change.

Scenes from a revolution.

pumpkin pie filling as a stovetop custard

a sweet bread with chocolate or cinnamon-pecan filling

a slightly off-beat but easy and delicious chocolate sheet cake

keeping an eye on your goal is pretty essential (if harder than it seems)

what do we mean by "we"?

I continue to read things that are just barely not the things I said I was going to read

Vonnegut as Euripides and the denial of sense

the tetchier addendum to my last post

a response to a piece in the Atlantic that I found deeply disturbing

fifteen discrete good songs that fail to come together into a single good album

starting off my reading project by breaking my own rules

Maude Latour's debut studio album is delightfully weird and I highly recommend it

a fabulously weird historical novel

the one thing so far that has made Star Trek: Discovery's prequel-ness worth it.

poem of all time

Elisa Gonzales' debut poetry collection is solid, but not excellent

this ain't it, chief.

I cannot believe this exists.

a layout for commentary surrounding text

testing out new ways to represent ambiguities in translation

a bit of CSS to imitate the look of Amazon's Kindle app, in light and dark modes.

a bit of CSS to mimic the look of Apple Books, in light and dark mode.

a bit of CSS to mimic the look of a (slightly crunchy) scanned PDF.

a bit of CSS for stealing Wikipedia's look

Proteus is a mighty morphin' sea god

one of my favorite bits of Latin poetry, translated for my dad

a bit of imagery as it appears in several published translations, plus my own attempts.

Meliboeus is having a bad day, and I'm not sure Tityrus is helping.

Atreus welcomes home his prodigal brother, but it's properly biblical this time.

the chorus reflects on Hipppolytus' attractive qualities

Atreus welcomes home his prodigal brother.

Odysseus receives advice from a ghost prophet

the Golden Age sounds pretty damn nice

Odysseus welcomes the sight of dry land

Mezentius gets cocky; Orodes harshes his vibe.

I said I wanted to get weirder with it, so this is me, getting weirder with it

how to make some of your own

another little script, this time based off a spreadsheet

a little script for little thoughts

this is super useful if you are basically me, and dubiously interesting if you are not

how to change the default colors in Chart.js (a thing which took me an age to figure out)

a simplified version of this site's post index

how I made mine

oratio eius iam tum nihil aliud poterat videri quam solutum carmen.

some of the things Kirk says in The Search for Spock are incredibly evocative of Carson's Eros the Bittersweet

"As soon as we die, we enter into fiction..."

baby's first (real) web-weaving