On a citation of Lucretius by Martin Luther.
E.J. Hutchinson
Paul as Pentheus? (Updated)
On Euripides in the Acts of the Apostles.
Homer in Wittenberg: A Review
Uncovering the influence of Homer on Philip Melanchthon.
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Marx’s Aeschylus
On Marx reading Aeschylus (in Greek!).
Edward Gibbon and the Decline of the Pre-Christian Empire
On Gibbon and the causes of decline.
Luther’s Catullus (4): Catullus and Solomon
On Luther, Catullus, and Ecclesiastes.
“I Contain Multitudes”: The Greek Dylan
"I Contain Multitudes" is the opening track on Bob Dylan's 2020 album Rough and Rowdy Ways. The title is an allusion to Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself, 51": The past and present wilt—I have fill'd them, emptied them.And proceed to fill my next fold of the future....
Luther’s Catullus (3): Catullus and the Desert Fathers
More on Luther and Catullus 64.
Is Translation Possible?
On translating poetry.
Luther’s Catullus (2): “Pre-Protestant” Luther
Did Catullus help Martin Luther formulate the doctrine of justification?