Some notes on Confessions 4.4.8-9.
Shakespeare
“All the Men and Women Merely Players”: An Epigram of Palladas
A student once called me "vaguely pagan," which I did NOT appreciate. However. While I've shared several epigrams from Book 1 of the Greek Anthology here, today I give to you an epigram from Book 10--and, unlike the others, this one comes from a pagan, not a...
“Such is the Breath of Kings”: Shakespeare’s Richard II and COVID Restrictions
Bad rulers thoughtlessly breathe decrees, ignorant that their subjects do not have a breath to spare.