Category Archives: Mythology

Notes on the Oedipus Project

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

During this bizarre time of quarantine, Theater of War Productions presented on Thursday, May 7th, an entirely online version of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, with some well-known actors Zooming in from their home laptops while 6K viewers Zoomed in on laptops … Continue reading →

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“Asynchronous in Sewanee”

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

A piece I wrote for Sewanee Features called “Asynchronous in Sewanee” just came out.

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: Oedipus at Colonus

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: Antigone

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: Bacchae

Posted on April 14, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: House of Cadmus

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Myth Spr 20: Hippolytus

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Private: Myth Spr 20: Theseus

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Uncomely and Broken

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Hecuba’s Mother

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

A review from 2003 of two new books of Greek myth. I don’t remember writing it and I know it was never published.  The Emperor Tiberius used to like to play a trick on the professors who made up a … Continue reading →

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Ovid’s Priapus (Notes on Fasti 1.391-441)

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Uncomely and Broken

These are some notes I made for a class I taught over two decades ago at Boston College on Ovid’s Fasti, his epic poem on the Roman calendar,  At that time, there wasn’t a good commentary on Book 1, although … Continue reading →

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