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Foulke (P) to Mientkewicz (1B) for the final out of the 2004 World Series
He knew what he held in his hand. Gingerly he removed the ball from his glove, took it in hand, and looked intently at Doug Mientkewicz, standing at first base. They exchanged a glance, and if they thought of Bill … Continue reading
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Aeschylus Libation Bearers discussion questions
Libation Bearers: Discussion Questions Note: Chorus of captive serving women Time Seven years after the murder of Agamemnon Scene Argos, before Agamemnon’s tomb Structure Fagles’pages Fagles’ lines (Grk lines) Part pp. 177-178 1-26F (1-21) Prologue pp. 178-180 26-82F (22-82) Parados … Continue reading
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Aeschylus Eumenides discussion questions
Aeschylus, EUMENIDES Note the strange choral activity in this play Places Apollo’s temple at Delphi; later, the Acropolis, and then the Areopagus in Athens Time Shortly after the murder of Clytemnestra Structure Fagles’pages Fagles’ lines (Grk lines) Part pp. 231-233 … Continue reading
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Aeschylus, Agamemnon teaching notes
AESCHYLUS: ORESTEIA Agamemnon: Discussion Questions How to proceed? Read the play first, familiarizing yourself with the plot and the major thematic points. Then go back through it slowly, taking into account the following questions (and coming up … Continue reading
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Daniel/Amos/Jonah: discussion questions
Some old discussion questions for an Honors class at Boston College on the prophets Daniel The Book of Daniel is set explicitly during the Babylonian Captivity, that 400-year period when the Israelites were forcibly removed from the Promised Land to … Continue reading
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Notes on Ovid’s Fasti 1.1-288
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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Ovid’s Priapus (Notes on Fasti 1.391-441)
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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