Tag Archives: Homer Iliad

triumph of instinct over intellect

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Dave

All comedy aspires to laughter, although not all laughter is related to comedy. Still, many essential aspectsof comedy find affirmation in this response. To begin with, as Aristotle long ago observed, laughter is a uniquely human prerogative. Even that staid … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word | Tagged Adriaen van der Werff, Biblical Tale of Sarah, Boccaccio Decameron, Easter Laughter Greek Orthodox Church, Homer Iliad, Homer The Odyssey, Homeric Hymn to Demeter, John Milton Paradise Lost, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Pliny Roman scholar, Sandro Botticelli, Suzanne Langer, Willem van Mieris | Leave a comment

collecting is only humanist

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Dave

The great books of Greece and Rome were written down between 800 B.C. and A.D. 450. They were first printed and disseminated only after A.D. 1450. Once printed, they were likely to survive only because they were so good or … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Bibliothea Corviniana, Flavius Josephus, Froissart Chronicles, Grand Seraglio Istanbul, Homer Iliad, Janos Vitez, Janus Pannonius, jean fouquet, Jean Froissart Chronicles, King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King Matthias of Hungary, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Niccolo Niccoli, Ottoman Empire European Wars, Petrarca Trionfi, poggio bracciolini | Leave a comment

one culture’s rubbish: crocodile rock on the nile

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Dave

The magnificent survival of records. Though was, natural disasters, hatred, forgetfulness and other human stupidities have obliterated vast treasures of past cultures, occasional good luck, the chances and mischances, have at least allowed us to rescue part of our written … Continue reading →