What this project is about. This one is from Book 13. Bartholomeus Spranger (1546–1611), Glaucus and Scylla (1580-82), oil on canvas, 110 × 81 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria. Wikimedia Commons. How long it took to read this (aloud): 4 mins 30s What it’s “about”: Scylla on the beach, ‘wooed’ by Glaucus unsuccessfully. Changing Stories:... Continue Reading →
What this project is about. This one is from Book 13. Polyphemus and Galatea — Institute for the Study of the Ancient World How long it took to read this (aloud): 12 mins 57s What it’s “about”: Cyclops as incel/’unsuccessful’ suitor. Compare that Onion story “Romantic Comedy Behavior Gets Real-Life Man Arrested” April 7, 1999.... Continue Reading →
What this project is about. This one is from Book 13. Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787), Aeneas Fleeing from Troy (1753), oil on canvas, 76.7 × 97 cm, Galleria Sabauda, Turin, Italy. Wikimedia Commons. How long it took to read this (aloud): 8 mins 41s What it’s “about”: Aeneas - the Roman knock-off of Ulysses (as per... Continue Reading →
What this project is about. This one is from Book 13. Bernard Picart (1673–1733), Memnon, son of Eos and Tithonus (date not known), engraving, further details not known. Wikimedia Commons. How long it took to read this (aloud): 3 mins 56s What it’s “about”: Mum wants her dead son remembered. Words I didn’t know: none... Continue Reading →
What this project is about. This one is from Book 13. Hecuba Blinding Polymestor by Giuseppe Crespi “And at a single leap scratched out his eyes. Her furies gave her supernatural strength; Her bloodstained fingers thrust holes in his head Where once his eyes had been.” This one is from Book 13. How long it... Continue Reading →
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