tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post3115125959615192933..comments2023-08-26T02:27:21.897-07:00Comments on Frisbee: A Book Journal: Fatum & RansomFrisbeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-71486552905346312982010-02-24T17:47:28.431-08:002010-02-24T17:47:28.431-08:00Thank you so much for the recommendations! Often ...Thank you so much for the recommendations! Often I collect the books and admire them. I found one called Alcestis, by Katharine Beutner: she was a classics major so of course I have to support her. IFrisbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-14582599768510179562010-02-24T09:16:29.155-08:002010-02-24T09:16:29.155-08:00i studied Latin in university to meet the Second L...i studied Latin in university to meet the Second Language Requirement, which I could have more easily done with French, but I thought the idea of learning Latin very Romantic! The order, the rhythm ::sigh::<br /><br />Myth Retellings: Margaret Atwood's <i>The Penelopiad</i>, Jeanette Winterson's <i>Weight</i>. I don't read widely in this area, but I've been impressed by what I have read.Buried In Printhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00808249065026802365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-9928508676592504632010-02-24T07:44:33.321-08:002010-02-24T07:44:33.321-08:00Malouf rewrites Homer's Priam episode by stres...Malouf rewrites Homer's Priam episode by stressing Priam's new idea that chance has played and will play a role in Troy. I was fascinated.<br /><br />Ellen, I'll have to reread Cassandra. In Ransom, Priam's ideas about his two prophet children, Cassandra and Helenus, are also novel. He believes Cassandra is too out there with her visions, while Helenus is too political. Priam also has visions, about which he tends to be discreet.Frisbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394353185610393979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25137929.post-55553728256327422982010-02-23T21:41:35.098-08:002010-02-23T21:41:35.098-08:00As you must know, Priam visiting Achilles in this ...As you must know, Priam visiting Achilles in this way occurs at the end of the Ilaid (Book 24).<br />Two summers ago we read Christa Wolff's Cassandra on WWTTA. Superb.<br /><br />EllenEllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14979942382683140531noreply@blogger.com