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I first read Antigone when I took a course in college dedicated to the early Greek plays. I find it weathers well, but then that should be no surprise since it has already weathered more than 2000 years.
Twice I was taken by the presence of phrases we still use commonly today. Is this the possible first use of “bit the dust”?
Here, there, great Ares like a war horse wheeled;
Beneath his car down thrust
Our foemen bit the dust
And this of “stand your ground”?
Such a man would in the storm of battle st ...more
Twice I was taken by the presence of phrases we still use commonly today. Is this the possible first use of “bit the dust”?
Here, there, great Ares like a war horse wheeled;
Beneath his car down thrust
Our foemen bit the dust
And this of “stand your ground”?
Such a man would in the storm of battle st ...more
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Found in an old blog post of my list of books read in 2010
St Francisville Classics Book Group
Found in an old blog post of my list of books read in 2010
St Francisville Classics Book Group
Nov 25, 2013
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Sep 01, 2018
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