Seoul Hero

Inspired by this article over at opinionjournal.com, I thought I would list all the “classic,” primary source books I’ve read outside of formal study (those that I remember in my presently inebriated state–too much Sambuca–1/3 of the bottle is already gone as I put the finishing touches on this post!):

The world: many folk-tales
Ancient Near East: [...]

This is the third and last of my commentaries today on the book of Genesis.
Chapter 3 continues the story began in 2:4.
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat [...]

This post follows on the preceding post, in which I commented on Genesis 1. Genesis 2, of course, doesn’t actually begin in chapter two verse 1, and it’s unfortunate that the chapter divisions (which were made long after the text of the book was written and edited together), begin so badly so quickly.
2:4 These [...]

My friend Kevin of the Big Hominid’s Hairy Chasms blog and I met just after Christmas, when we discussed many things, including the earliest chapters of the book of Genesis. His current post inspired me to put my own commentary on the internet, something I’ve been wanting to do for a long time, not [...]

The saddest part for me about the end of the semester is that I will no longer be able to meet my Advanced Composition and Conversation students. Not only were they very advanced, but many of them were extremely studious and intelligent. All were pleasant, and I grew to have quite an affection [...]

Euripides’ Medea is most notable for its themes of passion and vengefulness, these attributes being incarnate in the person of the central character of the play, Medea. Medea, known from Greek mythology as the Asiatic wife of Jason, would have been, as a woman and a foreigner, a thought-provoking choice as the protagonist [...]

Euripides’ Cyclops is unique among the works of classical literature that have come down to us in that it is the only surviving “satyr play.” With rough humour, violence, a memory of a bisexual orgy, an audacious line about a gangbang, and a hilarious send-up of a homoerotic encounter between two very unsexy middle [...]