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March 2012 Feature of the Month: Trojan War Month
- Nefret
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I'm still reading The Aeneid, and The War at Troy- What Homer Didn't Tell.
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
- Nefret
- Bibliomaniac
- Posts: 2994
- Joined: February 2009
- Favourite HF book: Welsh Princes trilogy
- Preferred HF: The Middle Ages (England), New Kingdom Egypt, Medieval France
- Location: Temple of Isis
[quote=""lauragill""]How is The War At Troy--What Homer Didn't Tell? It sounds intriguing?[/quote]
I may have gotten ahead of myself. The forward was interesting though.
I may have gotten ahead of myself. The forward was interesting though.
Into battle we ride with Gods by our side
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
We are strong and not afraid to die
We have an urge to kill and our lust for blood has to be fulfilled
WE´LL FIGHT TILL THE END! And send our enemies straight to Hell!
- "Into Battle"
{Ensiferum}
I thought I was taking a break from Troy, but in reading Robert Morgan's, Lions of the West, about ten Americans who influenced the Westward Expansion, I read that Sam Houston, one of the ten, was profoundly influenced by Pope's translation of the Illiad and sought to "model himself on Homer's heros and their actions."
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Tish
"If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads but what he rereads." Nobel Laureate Francois Mauriac
"If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads but what he rereads." Nobel Laureate Francois Mauriac
Posted by TriciaRoma
These days we're just as likely to look at Homer's heroes as being driven by pride, greed and ambition - so a certain irony there. Mind you, I'm not convinced that Homer didn't see them that way as well...I read that Sam Houston, one of the ten, was profoundly influenced by Pope's translation of the Illiad and sought to "model himself on Homer's heros and their actions."
[quote=""annis""]Posted by TriciaRoma
These days we're just as likely to look at Homer's heroes as being driven by pride, greed and ambition - so a certain irony there. Mind you, I'm not convinced that Homer didn't see them that way as well...[/quote]
And many would ascribe those traits to Sam Houston. He certainly had feet of clay. Be careful what you wish for.
These days we're just as likely to look at Homer's heroes as being driven by pride, greed and ambition - so a certain irony there. Mind you, I'm not convinced that Homer didn't see them that way as well...[/quote]
And many would ascribe those traits to Sam Houston. He certainly had feet of clay. Be careful what you wish for.
Tish
"If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads but what he rereads." Nobel Laureate Francois Mauriac
"If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads but what he rereads." Nobel Laureate Francois Mauriac
I've been reading in the Bronze Age, not necessarily the Trojan War, but watched the movie The Trojan Women, based on the play by Euripides last night. Starred Katherine Hepburn as Hecuba, Genevieve Bujold as Cassandra, Vanessa Redgrave as Andromache and Irene Papas as Helen. Very anti-war, as anything from a woman's POV tends to be. Loved the dialog, hated the costumes. The women ran around in burka-like robes and the men in micro-mini Greek uniforms. Brian Blessed got to show lots of good-looking leg. Didn't recognize Patrick McGee as Menelaus.
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Irene Papas starred in a lot of those Greek tragedies if I remember correctly. The Trojan Women was one of my favorites by Euripides back in the day when I read all of his plays. That's been twenty plus years ago. One of these days I'll have to revisit. Probably much more exciting to see them performed, though.