When two worlds collide, they stick together

[sovay]

Having barely returned from one conference, I am getting up at four in the morning tomorrow to attend another. Yes, I am out of my mind. On the other hand, Odysseus, Gilgamesh, Seamus Heaney, Orpheus, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Jacques Offenbach. ὠς λόγος. Someday I will write up my stories before I forget them.

Comments

[courtcat79.livejournal.com]

I? Am desperately in love with Seamus Heaney's poems. Good choice. :D

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

So cool. Go, return with a headful of stories.

Nine

[gwynnega]

Sounds fun!!

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

That does sound brilliant.

If it were Gregory Nagy's brother Joseph in his place, I'd be very jealous indeed. ;-)

Enjoy!

Oh, and speaking of epic... if you get the chance, I'd commend to your attention Ciarán Carson's recent translation of the Táin. It's very much its own self, but also very much a post-Heaney's-Beowulf translation. I read an advance copy last year for a class, and enjoyed it hugely.

simple query

[zachariahskylab.livejournal.com]

How did you manage to type in greek. I'm learning ancient greek and i've been having a heck of a time figuring out how to type it or blog it on myspace livejournal etc.

[sovay]

I'm learning ancient greek and i've been having a heck of a time figuring out how to type it or blog it on myspace livejournal etc.

Frankly, I have always copied the characters in Unicode from the TLG. But I know that a variety of encodings exist for the Greek alphabet, so probably I should learn one.