In book three, Agamemnon cements the truce with a sacrifice. Is this a human sacrifice?
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In book three, Agamemnon cements the truce with a sacrifice. Is this a human sacrifice?
Is there a forum here for the epic? If not, my question is this: being familiar with the judeo-christian significance of the number seven, I was struck by it's significance in the epic of Gilgamesh...
Hi Haunted.
I don't have a favorite really, I like good literature whatever the genre. I'm most familiar with late Imperial Russian, or the "golden age" as I've heard it termed. Dostoevsky in...
Just read Tom Sawyer at age 34. I think that overcoming Twain's bashing of this book - his famous equation of "mental masturbation" - was an obstacle to my reading. That said, I enjoyed the book for...
I love literature obviously, and plan on studying it in spring. I'm 34, live in beautiful San Diego and have finally found what I want to be when I grow up... a writer.
Hi to everyone who loves...