Tag Archives: Odysseus

columba: dealing with bardic misconduct

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Dave

…The island was Iona, in the Hebrides off the coast of Scotland. And the monastery he finally founded there was to be the longest lasting and the most influential of all the Celtic abbeys. From that base he converted the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Bardic Order Ireland, Finnian of Moville, Frank Brangwyn, George Macaulay Trevelyan, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Odysseus, Rogier van der Weyden, Saint Columba, Saint Columba of Iona, St. Comgall | Leave a comment

laff tracks : avoiding the food for worms fate

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Dave

The essence of comedy is the triumph of “la forza di natura,” or nature over intellect, laughing matter over mind, what is livelier in the flesh over what is nobler in the mind. Who needs intangibles. And the happiest tale … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Boccaccio Decameron, Dante Alighieri, Dante Divine Comedy, Davide Ghirlandaio, henry goddard psychologist, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Odysseus, Paolo Conte, Robert Smirke paintings, Shakespeare Falstaff, Shakespeare Henry IV, Shakespeare Hotspur | Leave a comment

THE WANDERING MYTH: IF ANYONE FINDS A LOST TROJAN

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Dave

Its been about one hundred and fifty years since Schliemann discovered the site of Troy. Yet no one has found any evidence that the Greeks ever fought there. The capture of Troy and the wanderings of Odysseus have had an … Continue reading →