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My essay on escape wish in the choral odes of Euripides is out: academic.oup.com/bics/article...

Hey everyebodye Ich came up wyth a new slogan: Funde the fuckinge humanityes

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Ismene is not in the mood for a therapy session: “I do not wish to experience pain twice, suffering it and then speaking about it again” δὶς γὰρ οὐχὶ βούλομαι πονοῦσά τ’ ἀλγεῖν καὶ λέγουσ’ αὖθις πάλιν (Oedipus at Colonus 363-64).

NEW EPISODE It was a pleasure and honor and really just so much fun to talk to @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social about her Iliad. We touch on her translation process, the feel of the Iliad’s Greek, and one way Homer says “snuggling.” Ps. We’re better on Instagram: @leschepodcast

The University of Colorado Boulder offers online ancient Greek every summer! We have offered this class every summer since 2013 and will offer it again this summer. You can find more information here: www.colorado.edu/classics/onl...

When Polyneices goes off to his doom in Oedipus at Colonus 1440, Antigone addresses him with the vocative, κάσι. This shorter form of κασίγνητος feels like “bro.” Or “bruh.”

Preparing for class tomorrow. Oedipus is having a bad hair day (Oedipus at Colonus 1260-61): “On his eye-deprived head his uncombed hair flutters in the breeze” (κρατὶ δ’ ὀμματοστερεῖ/ κόμη δι’ αὔρας ἀκτένιστος ᾄσσεται)