Book Notes: "The Iliad" by Homer
Michel Martin Drolling's "Wrath of Achilles" (1810). Source: Wikimedia . The Iliad by Homer My rating: 5…
Book Notes: "Rhetoric" by Aristotle
Raphael's "School of Athens" (c.1510). Source: Wikimedia . Rhetoric by Aristotle My rating: 5 of 5 stars…
Book Notes: "Eclogues" and "Georgics" by Virgil
Eclogues and Georgics by Virgil My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book of pastoral poems is a classic, and therefore diffic…
Travel Notes: Road Trip: Palmyra, Ma'aloula, and Saidnaya, Syria, 13th January 2007
Outside the Temple of Bel, Palmyra, Syria, 13 January 2007. The building has since been destroyed. Well before the curr…