Though I did like it when the dude in Homeric armor was throat yodeling in Dune:
May 16, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Though I did like it when the dude in Homeric armor was throat yodeling in Dune:
On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.
July 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM
On the language of Homeric Greek, and the language of a certain forthcoming film: here are a few simple observations.
Homeric epithets for women: boopis
June 6, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Homeric epithets for women: boopis
This post is making me reconsider the Homeric epics
June 19, 2026 at 2:32 AM
This post is making me reconsider the Homeric epics
It will be in Homeric Greek?
July 22, 2026 at 12:33 PM
It will be in Homeric Greek?
There is literally no reason why any rendition of Homer needs to be historically accurate.
Who wants to see guys fighting in this?
Who wants to see guys fighting in this?
May 16, 2026 at 12:32 PM
There is literally no reason why any rendition of Homer needs to be historically accurate.
Who wants to see guys fighting in this?
Who wants to see guys fighting in this?
hitting an insane tank with one out in the bottom of the ninth against the back-to-back champs in mid-september is as beautiful and homeric as sports ever get
Elly De La Cruz just nuked a baseball clean out of Great American Ball Park
September 15, 2026 at 1:03 AM
hitting an insane tank with one out in the bottom of the ninth against the back-to-back champs in mid-september is as beautiful and homeric as sports ever get
the fact people are fighting about interpretations of a Homeric epic in 2026, makes me want to cry with happiness
July 28, 2026 at 5:47 AM
the fact people are fighting about interpretations of a Homeric epic in 2026, makes me want to cry with happiness
As someone who thinks the Homeric epics are both overrated af, using them to give people like musk a conniption is actually the best possible use of the material
May 17, 2026 at 11:14 AM
As someone who thinks the Homeric epics are both overrated af, using them to give people like musk a conniption is actually the best possible use of the material
Still my best Homeric joke
May 16, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Still my best Homeric joke
9. In my own Homeric translations, I try to convey something of the feel of Homeric poetics, by using a regular traditional meter (=the meter traditional in English, rather than the free verse used by most other modern translators), and what I hope is a fresh, vivid, rapid, non-slangy lexicon.
July 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM
9. In my own Homeric translations, I try to convey something of the feel of Homeric poetics, by using a regular traditional meter (=the meter traditional in English, rather than the free verse used by most other modern translators), and what I hope is a fresh, vivid, rapid, non-slangy lexicon.
My big 2026 entertainment question is if I should te-read the Odyssey before the movie.
Because, it’s a great story! But also… it’s Homeric poetry. Which isn’t exactly a page turner.
Because, it’s a great story! But also… it’s Homeric poetry. Which isn’t exactly a page turner.
January 5, 2026 at 9:36 PM
My big 2026 entertainment question is if I should te-read the Odyssey before the movie.
Because, it’s a great story! But also… it’s Homeric poetry. Which isn’t exactly a page turner.
Because, it’s a great story! But also… it’s Homeric poetry. Which isn’t exactly a page turner.
people who can’t tell what a nazi is are suddenly homeric scholars demanding historical accuracy in a story where the wind lives in a bag.
July 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
people who can’t tell what a nazi is are suddenly homeric scholars demanding historical accuracy in a story where the wind lives in a bag.
I realize there are people who object not to any specific word choice in my Homeric translations, but to the whole project of making Homeric poetry comprehensible in English -- as if it's supposed to be inherently ineffable and opaque, like a magic spell. It's an interesting form of gate-keeping.
October 19, 2023 at 2:48 PM
I realize there are people who object not to any specific word choice in my Homeric translations, but to the whole project of making Homeric poetry comprehensible in English -- as if it's supposed to be inherently ineffable and opaque, like a magic spell. It's an interesting form of gate-keeping.
… elements of that in the Homeric text, but the interpretation often feels at best stretched and at worst imposed. For one thing, the world of the American veteran returning home was one of deep mismatch between the expected skills of the soldier and the demands of peace at home, but the Homeric …
August 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
… elements of that in the Homeric text, but the interpretation often feels at best stretched and at worst imposed. For one thing, the world of the American veteran returning home was one of deep mismatch between the expected skills of the soldier and the demands of peace at home, but the Homeric …
mildly funny that X is having blazing rows about Nolan’s Odyssey because he cast black people in it and Bluesky is having blazing rows about whether a noted Homeric translator’s LRB review of it misses the point or not
July 27, 2026 at 2:15 PM
mildly funny that X is having blazing rows about Nolan’s Odyssey because he cast black people in it and Bluesky is having blazing rows about whether a noted Homeric translator’s LRB review of it misses the point or not
The rosy-fingered dawn of Homeric fame
Tranquility at dawn. This morning at the base of Glastonbury Tor about 40 minutes before sunrise.
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The rosy-fingered dawn of Homeric fame
The Fall youtube.com/watch?v=CEip... Fol De Rol #fallfriday
She glides, she strides in kitchens Homeric
Giant Homeric fol de Rol
She glides, she strides in kitchens Homeric
Giant Homeric fol de Rol
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The Fall youtube.com/watch?v=CEip... Fol De Rol #fallfriday
She glides, she strides in kitchens Homeric
Giant Homeric fol de Rol
She glides, she strides in kitchens Homeric
Giant Homeric fol de Rol
This statement by Marco Rubio is a thing of beauty. No notes. It can be taken exactly as is and dropped into Orwell's 1984. I believe the correct Homeric adjective for military reasoning like this is "Hell-kissed."
Get thee to the Smithsonian, war crime-speak.
Get thee to the Smithsonian, war crime-speak.
March 3, 2026 at 12:55 AM
This statement by Marco Rubio is a thing of beauty. No notes. It can be taken exactly as is and dropped into Orwell's 1984. I believe the correct Homeric adjective for military reasoning like this is "Hell-kissed."
Get thee to the Smithsonian, war crime-speak.
Get thee to the Smithsonian, war crime-speak.
I liked reading some of these, especially A. E. Stallings on Laura Ingalls Wilder. But I think a more productive prompt would be, "Which American writers most resonate with Homeric themes, or echo Homeric modes of representation?" - which is more interesting than greatness or canonicity.
June 18, 2026 at 9:45 PM
I liked reading some of these, especially A. E. Stallings on Laura Ingalls Wilder. But I think a more productive prompt would be, "Which American writers most resonate with Homeric themes, or echo Homeric modes of representation?" - which is more interesting than greatness or canonicity.
Homeric Poetry Levels of Greed.
January 24, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Homeric Poetry Levels of Greed.
March 23, 2025 at 6:16 AM
The correct Homeric Greek translation is “Papa”
May 7, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The correct Homeric Greek translation is “Papa”
Agamemnon will return in the Homeric Cinematic Universe
July 27, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Agamemnon will return in the Homeric Cinematic Universe
how im feeding people my unwarranted opinions on homeric epics
July 28, 2026 at 6:26 PM
how im feeding people my unwarranted opinions on homeric epics