packetcat reads The Iliad: The Multitude
Merriam-Webster defines a multitude as “the state of being many” or “a great number” or “a great number of people”. In the case of the Iliad, I think the definition that is most appropriate is “a great number of people”. Because there are a lot of people mentioned in this particular book.
So. Many. Names. A multitude of names if you will.
Continue reading “packetcat reads The Iliad: The Multitude”packetcat reads The Iliad: The Quarrel
I have been thinking about reading more poetry recently so when I saw copies of Emily Wilson’s translations of The Iliad and The Odyssey at the bookshop I jumped on them. Of course, as a newbie to poetry this is jumping off of the deep end but also at the same time, these poems are long enough for me to chew on them for a while.
Continue reading “packetcat reads The Iliad: The Quarrel”Media Diet – July 2024
My media diet this month was a lot like the month itself. Slow. It was a very book focused month along with a smattering of video essays, music, one movie, some sports (!!), and no video games.
Continue reading “Media Diet – July 2024”Review: Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt
Continue reading “Review: Eichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Arendt”The trouble with Eichmann was precisely that so many were like him, and that the many were neither perverted nor sadistic, that they were, and still are, terribly and terrifying normal.
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