Philosophia Biou Kybernetes—welcome reminder that for cultures around the Mediterranean,
sea faring was a basic means of livelihood, so that the craft of one who steers, the helmsman, kybernetes, was early adopted & often transferred figuratively from shipping to governing oneself or the
metaphorical ‘Ship of State’; hence in Latin gubernare with…[Read more]
Rubric for Reading:
Who gave ‘Classics ’ pride of placement?
Where did ‘Classics ’ come from?
When did ‘Classics’ get so called?
What did ‘Classics ’ call or call on?
Why did ‘Classics ’ get the call ‘first class’?
How may ‘Classics’ own a call now,
not so much to cap our screens as lend them
language tools & smarts to climb Amanda’s hill & ours.
From the roots in Illinois almost countryside to retrospection via cities, countries, schools from the standpoint of Brooklyn & New York: engaging Virgil, Archilochus, Derek Walcott, Mantuan & David Mus.
My first general exploration of metapoetic resonance in Theocritus, while in communication with Chico Rossi in Rome & in active engagement with the recent work of Gilbert Lawall
My first general exploration of metapoetic resonance in Theocritus, while in communication with Chico Rossi in Rome & in active engagement with the recent work of Gilbert Lawall
Translating Idyll one, translator calls attention to mythic matters that had been occluded by Theocritus but would be more explicit in Virgil: Pan ‘primum’ & ‘primus’ inventing the musical pipe, erotic mediation via proffer of said pipe [subtexts suggested by Eobanus Hessus when he adapts language from eclogue two]. Arethusa’s plight & rape.
My first general exploration of metapoetic resonance in Theocritus, while in communication with Chico Rossi in Rome & in active engagement with the recent work of Gilbert Lawall
Translating Idyll one, translator calls attention to mythic matters that had been occluded by Theocritus but would be more explicit in Virgil: Pan ‘primum’ & ‘primus’ inventing the musical pipe, erotic mediation via proffer of said pipe [subtexts suggested by Eobanus Hessus when he adapts language from eclogue two]. Arethusa’s plight & rape.
My first general exploration of metapoetic resonance in Theocritus, while in communication with Chico Rossi in Rome & in active engagement with the recent work of Gilbert Lawall
