Having escaped from old one-eye (Polyphemus), in the last instalment of Homer’s ‘The Odyssey’, Odysseus and his pals arrived at the floating island of Aeolia, home of Aeolus and his rather close-knit family (he married… Continue reading
I’m reading this or two reasons— I already have a copy, which I picked up for 10p, and because it’s on the list of Publisher’s Weekly’s hardest books, and I like a challenge.… Continue reading
To get with the program, click here – So, Odysseus is filling the Phaeacians in, regarding his difficult journey back from the Trojan war. He tells them about going to the island of… Continue reading
To get with the program, you can find previous posts here. Moved by Odysseus’ bum shuffle in hot ashes, King Alcinous arranges for a ship to be made ready to take his guest… Continue reading
Once she was sure that Odysseus had washed up safely on the shores of Scherie, Athene paid a visit to Nausicaa, the beautiful daughter of Alcinous, King of the Phaeacians. Disguised as one… Continue reading
Do you fancy listening to Emperor Palpatine being Satan? Sure you do! This is one of the better Youtube audio books available, a lot of these free audio books are voiced by people… Continue reading
Books 1-4 have dealt with Telemachus and his quest to go and find his dad, for book 5, we cut to Mount Olympus. Athene tells Zeus how she feels sorry for Sean Bean… Continue reading
I was introduced to the photography of Julia Margaret Cameron during my Masters in Art History and Visual Culture. In 1864, she was given a camera on her 48th birthday, and spent the… Continue reading
So Dante climbed to the top of Mount Purgatory, had a nap, went up some steps, and is now in the garden of Eden. Yeah, what? I know, right, that makes no sense.… Continue reading
Previously on ‘Odyssey’… Book 1 Book 2 Book 3 Telemachus and his pal Mr Pee (Peisitratus), rock up to Menelaus’s house only to discover that wedding celebrations are underway. Menelaus’s equerry Eteoneus suggests the… Continue reading
