Book Review – The Air We Breathe – How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality by Glen Scrivener
The Air We Breathe – How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality The Air We Breathe – How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality by Glen Scrivener Synopsis: Today, we take for granted cherished values like equality, compassion, freedom, and progress, viewing them as universal […]
Book Review – The Eumenides by Aeschylus
The Eumenides The Eumenides by Aeschylus Synopsis: In Aeschylus’s concluding Greek tragedy The Eumenides, the third play in the Oresteia trilogy, the tormented Orestes flees to Athens seeking refuge from the relentless Furies who pursue him for matricide, appealing to Athena for judgment in a trial that pits ancient blood vengeance against emerging civic justice. […]
Book Review – The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus
The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus The Libation Bearers by Aeschylus Synopsis: In Aeschylus’s powerful Greek tragedy The Libation Bearers, the second play in the Oresteia trilogy, the exiled Orestes returns to Argos years after his father Agamemnon’s murder, guided by Apollo’s oracle to avenge the crime by slaying his mother Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. […]
Book Review – Agamemnon by Aeschylus
Agamemnon Agamemnon by Aeschylus Synopsis: In Aeschylus’s foundational Greek tragedy Agamemnon, the first play of the Oresteia trilogy, a watchman spots the long-awaited beacon signaling Troy’s fall, heralding King Agamemnon’s victorious return after ten years of war sparked by Paris’s abduction of Helen. As the Chorus of elders recounts Agamemnon’s sacrifice of his daughter Iphigenia […]
Book Review – The Odyssey by Homer
The Odyssey The Odyssey by Homer Synopsis: In Homer’s enduring ancient epic The Odyssey, the resourceful king Odysseus endures a perilous ten-year voyage home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, facing mythical trials like the Cyclops, Sirens, and other monsters, and divine wrath from Poseidon, while relying on his cunning and the aid of gods […]
Book Review – The Iliad by Homer
The Iliad The Iliad by Homer Synopsis: In Homer’s ancient epic The Iliad, the poet invokes the Muse to sing of the wrath of Achilles during the final weeks of the Trojan War, sparked when King Agamemnon seizes Achilles’ prize spoil of war, prompting the greatest Greek warrior to withdraw from battle and plunge the […]