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The silence of Homer’s Cyclades — Tracing the footsteps of the Catalogue of Ships, and beyond

May 31st, 2023

Open in appSign In The silence of Homer’s Cyclades — Tracing the footsteps of the Catalogue of Ships, and beyondJames Hua·FollowPublished inOstraka44 min read·Dec 6, 2019 https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/14214276937. All photos the authors unless otherwise stated.Daunted by the task of listing all the Greek and Trojan forces participating in the Trojan War in Iliad 2, Homer momentarily loses his divine connection with the Muses, which he harmonised from the very first line of Book 1 and ...

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Summary of the Odyssey in 12 steps - by Wavelength AI

May 16th, 2023

1. Odysseus leaves for the Trojan War. I think they mean leaves to return home from the Trojan War - zas 2. Odysseus and his men encounter the Cyclops Polyphemus. 3. Aeolus gives Odysseus a bag of winds to aid his journey home, but his crew opens it, causing a storm that blows them off course. 4. Odysseus and his men encounter Circe, who turns his crew into pigs. 5. Odysseus travels to the underworld and speaks with the spirit of Tiresias. When Odysseus travels to the underworld, he seeks out...

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On an Island

April 3rd, 2023

This article appeared in the March 30, 2023 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. Enys Men (Mark Jenkin, 2022)A solitary island off the coast of Cornwall proves the perfect place for a mind to unravel in Enys Men, Mark Jenkin’s ambitious, slippery follow-up to his 2019 breakthrough, Bait. While both films probe the historical and cultural specificities of this unique region of the U.K., this n...

Salamis (place) by Anacreon - Everything2.com

June 9th, 2022

in previous capture linking to this page, it mentioned that so and so 'ruled over Salamis' which is funny to me because when I think Salami, i think charcuterie. I think this is just supposed to be an island or group of islands. -zas Jun 2022 Salamis (place) See all of Salamis, no other writeups in this node. (place) by Anacreon (13 y) Rep: 20 ( +22 / -2 ) (Rep Graph) (+) Thu Jun 15 2000 at 9:04:56 A small island near Athens which stood in the centre of a long dispute (and se...

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Interview: Alfonso Zarauza • Director of Ons - “The island has this immense power that’s fuelled by the characters in the film” - Seville 2020

November 20th, 2020

19/11/2020 - We talked to Galician director Alfonso Zarauza following the presentation of Ons, his latest movie, in the Extraordinary Histories section of the Seville Film Festival Alfonso Zarauza (Santiago de Compostela, 1973) has been working in the Galician audiovisual sector for more than 25 years. Six years after his previous outing, Aces [+see also: film reviewtrailerinterview: Alfonso Zarauzafilm profile], he’s back with Ons [+see also: film reviewtrailerinterview: Alfonso Zarauza...