Tag: Homer

Apollonius of Rhodes Corrects Homer

E. J. Hutchinson — October 14, 2025

Apollonius of Rhodes Corrects Homer

On "wrath" in the Iliad and the Argonautika.

Literary Contamination in “Crossing the Rubicon”: Homer in Bob Dylan, Again

E. J. Hutchinson — September 15, 2025

Literary Contamination in “Crossing the Rubicon”: Homer in Bob Dylan, Again

More allusivity in Bob Dylan, this time in "Crossing the Rubicon."

A New (?) Allusion (?) in “Narrow Way”:  Dylan and Homer, Again

E. J. Hutchinson — September 4, 2025

A New (?) Allusion (?) in “Narrow Way”: Dylan and Homer, Again

More on Homer in Dylan.

The Classical Dylan, Again

E. J. Hutchinson — June 9, 2025

The Classical Dylan, Again

In “Narrow Way,” on the 2012 album Tempest, Bob Dylan sings: You got too many lovers waiting at the wallIf I had a thousand tongues I couldn’t count them allYesterday…

Holly as Homer, Dylan as Ennius: The Rock and Roll Singer as Epic Bard

E. J. Hutchinson — February 3, 2025

Holly as Homer, Dylan as Ennius: The Rock and Roll Singer as Epic Bard

On poetic inspiration and transmigration in Homer, Ennius, Buddy Holly, and Bob Dylan.

From the Editor’s Desk: Ad Fontes Summer 2024

Rhys Laverty — October 22, 2024

From the Editor’s Desk: Ad Fontes Summer 2024

Senior Editor Rhys Laverty introduces the Summer 2024 print edition of Ad Fontes.

Homer in Wittenberg: A Review

E. J. Hutchinson — October 22, 2024

Homer in Wittenberg: A Review

Uncovering the influence of Homer on Philip Melanchthon.

“I Contain Multitudes”: The Greek Dylan

E. J. Hutchinson — September 12, 2024

“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…

“They Have No Blood and Are Called Immortal”: Homer’s Gods and the Son of God

E. J. Hutchinson — July 14, 2023

“They Have No Blood and Are Called Immortal”: Homer’s Gods and the Son of God

On Iliad 5 and the blood of Christ.

Homer and Vergil: A Study in Contrasts, Bounded in a Nutshell

E. J. Hutchinson — January 27, 2023

Homer and Vergil: A Study in Contrasts, Bounded in a Nutshell

The difference between Homer and Vergil, in one line.