The age of iron
The Four Ages described in Ted Hughes' muscular re-telling of Ovid's tales, begins with the Golden Age...
Creation redux
Ted Hughes' retelling of the tales of Ovid is one of the most vibrant pieces of poetry I've enjoyed. I...
Pah to the Iliad
Tom dismisses one of the world's greatest epics, a 3,000 year old classic of war, on the grounds that its...
Insubstantial rock-hard durability
The durability of things and of cultures intrigues me; and particularly when those artefacts are themselves physically fragile or insubstantial.
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A bulwark against brain-washing
Listening time: under 9 minutes.  Sadly, some things in the state of the world are driving me to spend more...
Thunderbolts are go (ii)
The Arcadian king, Lycaon, doubting that it is Jove who has come to visit, does a stomach-churning test. Note Hughes'...
Foes and friends
Here, the Trojan hero Hector addresses the Greek Ajax in friendship. There is a number of heart- prefixed triologisms in...
Hopelessly insane: Homer fans
Here Christopher Logue highlights the sheer vital durability of Homer and the magnitude of such sustainability, kept alive through a...
Fire or flood?
How did the Flood of floods come about? According to Hughes' irresistible re-telling of Ovid's tales, Jove quietly considered the...
The original fake news
'Fake news' is nothing but a new term for the age old curses of rumour or propaganda, so it's good...
Alighting stars
I like this hint of stars being both lit up and alighting in their permanent positions in the firmament, after...
Here comes Hera
One goddess you should never cross, quick to rouse to wrath and terrible in her exactions. Divinely, drop-dead gorgeous, of course.
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