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Making the Distant Past Relevant to the Present Day
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Update (December 5th, 2024)
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2024/12/05/update-december-5th-2024/
Published: December 5, 2024 19:39
Hello folks! I am about to apply to PhD programs again for a third and final time this year, so I am currently working on my applications. In the meantime, I am also continuing to work on the historical fiction novel that I already announced that I am…
A Post-Election Update (November 17th, 2024)
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2024/11/17/a-post-election-update-november-17th-2024/
Published: November 17, 2024 23:59
Hello everyone! I apologize again for my lack of recent posts. I am still devoting most of my available writing time to working on my novel, which is slowly, but surely, progressing. I am no longer confident that I will have a complete draft by the end of…
An Update on My Novel in Progress (October 5th, 2024)
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2024/10/05/an-update-on-my-novel-in-progress-october-5th-2024/
Published: October 5, 2024 22:46
Hello everyone! I am still diligently working on the historical fiction novel that I started writing back in February of this year and announced that I was writing in June. Writing the novel has been my main preoccupation for the past few months and I have…
Advice on Reading Homer in Translation
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2024/09/15/advice-on-reading-homer-in-translation/
Published: September 15, 2024 13:31
The Iliad and the Odyssey are often regarded as being among the greatest works of world literature and many people have an interest in reading them—but how does one go about starting? Which translations are the best? In what manner should one read them? In…
What’s the Problem with Elon Musk’s ‘Iliad’ Advice?
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2024/08/28/whats-the-problem-with-elon-musks-iliad-advice/
Published: August 28, 2024 05:43
On August 24th, 2024, Elon Musk, who is currently one of the richest, most powerful, and most influential human beings on the planet, tweeted, “Can’t recommend The Iliad enough! Best as Penguin audiobook at 1.25 speed.” He accompanied these words with a…
Why Greece Hasn’t Rebuilt the Agora
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2024/08/07/why-greece-hasnt-rebuilt-the-agora/
Published: August 8, 2024 02:01
Almost every tourist who has ever visited Athens has at some point thought about how amazing it would be if the city’s monuments were restored to how they looked when they were new in classical antiquity. A couple of months ago, the website UnHerd, which…
New Fragments of Euripides Discovered!
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2024/08/02/new-fragments-of-euripides-discovered/
Published: August 3, 2024 02:33
As I previously discussed in this post I wrote back in 2021, the vast majority of ancient Greek drama has not survived to the present day. Of the hundreds of Greek tragic playwrights who flourished in antiquity, only three have any plays that have survived…
An Update on My Novel in Progress (June 25th, 2024)
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2024/06/25/an-update-on-my-novel-in-progress-june-25th-2024/
Published: June 26, 2024 03:58
I apologize again for my dearth of recent posts. I am hoping to get at least one real post published before the end of this month and eventually to get back to posting more regularly. There are various reasons why I haven’t been posting as much lately as I…
A Personal Update (June 1st, 2024)
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2024/06/01/a-personal-update-june-1st-2024/
Published: June 2, 2024 00:30
I would like to apologize for the fact that I haven’t posted anything in nearly a month. In this post, I would like my update my readers on several recent events that have taken place in my life. The first event is that, unfortunately, I did not get into a…
Did Julius Caesar Really Say “The Die Is Cast”?
https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2024/05/08/did-julius-caesar-really-say-the-die-is-cast/
Published: May 8, 2024 21:03
One of the most famous anecdotes in all of ancient history holds that, when the Roman general and politician Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon stream, which marked the boundary of Italy, in January 49 BCE during his march on Rome, he declared “Iacta alea…