Halls of the Dark Muse

I have found myself entering into a phase in which I am submerging myself in Aniecent Greek literature, and mythology, which has always reamined a long time interest of mine, though I did not really plan things out this way, it is just sort of the way they came about.

First of all I had not that long ago read the Iliad and a long time ago I saw this special program that was on the history channel, cannot recall what it was called, but it explored various different ancient myths, uncovering their roots in truth and reality and finding the real life people and events which inspired these myths. Needless to say one of them they did was The Odyssey which got me all in the mood to reread it, but well at first I no longer possessed a copy of the book. So it took me a while before I happened upon another copy. Than with everything else I am reading I just had not had the opportunity to revisit it. But in reading the Iliad, and having recently watched the move Wrath of the Titans it once again hyped me up again so at last I am revisiting that old favorite of mine.

But in addition to that, as part of a group I belong to I am also reading Trojan Women by Euripides. and when I finished Trojan Women, if I can fit it in, I also want to read Hecuba.

As well I am also currently reading a work of Historical Fiction which is based upon the Oedipus myth.