Disappointed in Research
Back in 2012, I was reading the Iliad with an online group, and I was amazed when I got to these lines about the famous Helen: She [Iris] came on Helen in the… Continue reading
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Helen of Troy and the Trojan Cloak
In my last post, I talked about the beautiful Helen of Troy and her incredible weaving skills. Homer may have just intended to show her as a proper woman, industriously weaving, but his… Continue reading
Helen of Troy: World-Renowned Weaver – and, I hear, kinda pretty!
Along with a group of followers of the Dancing Professor, I’m reading the Iliad. (Is there a collective noun for a group of blog followers? A gaggle of followers? A chatter? A press?)… Continue reading