Iliad Pronunciation Guide, for the Richmond Lattimore translation
Archive for January, 2008
Iliad Pronunciation Guide
Posted in Classics, Greek and Latin and General Classics Resources on Sunday, 27 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Classic Audiobooks
Posted in Classics on Sunday, 27 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
Appearing on my mp3 player (courtesy of the good folks at Librivox.org) Aristotle, Poetics (Ingram Bywater translation) Homer, The Iliad (Samuel Butler translation) Homer, The Odyssey (Butler translation) Plato, The Apology (Benjamin Jowett translation) Plato, Euthyphro (Jowett translation) Plato, Ion (Jowett translation) Thucydides, The Peloponnesian War (Richard Crowley translation) Other: Dante, The Divine Comedy (Henry [...]
Podcasts Recently Discovered
Posted in Orthodoxy on Sunday, 27 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Check out: Podcasts | Icon New Media Network [H/T: Western Orthodoxy]
Kansas and the Transfiguration of Longing
Posted in Kansas on Friday, 25 January 2008 | 3 Comments »
Kansas is always between. West coast, east coast. North Dakota and Texas. On the way to somewhere else. For non-natives, a place to travel through, but not to stay. It is surely a divine prank that the largest industry in the largest city of the state is aircraft manufacturing. Kansas, flyover country, some call it. [...]
U2, 40
Posted in Prayer, Scripture on Saturday, 19 January 2008 | 1 Comment »
[From my buddy, Tripp]
Why Social Justice is Not a Category of Ecclesial Thought
Posted in Ecclesiology, Politics, Theology on Tuesday, 15 January 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s an intentionally provocative title, so let me clarify what is and isn’t meant. But first let me say that this post will not explore in any great detail the relationship between the Church and the state, though such talk will nonetheless be inescapable. I will not here entertain acceptance of or defend against various [...]
The Dead Ends of Protestantism
Posted in Orthodoxy on Tuesday, 15 January 2008 | 16 Comments »
On a message board for former church of Christ (Restoration Movement) converts to Orthodoxy, a thread was started by those who wondered about ever having doubts about Orthodoxy. I gave the following reply, which I want to explore a bit more in this post: For myself, when it comes to the Orthodox Church, I have [...]
Reflections on St. Gregory’s Dialogue VI
Posted in Orthodoxy, Reflections on St. Gregory Palamas' Dialogue, Theology on Sunday, 13 January 2008 | 3 Comments »
[Previous reflections, including a brief historical context, are to be found here.] These are the reflections of someone particularly ignorant about such deep matters, let alone of this specific Church Father. There are others who are much more knowledgeable than me. What I will attempt with these reflections is to bring together the deep theology [...]
Why Anna Should Never Go Away to Conferences
Posted in Humor, Or Laughing My Fool Head Off on Thursday, 10 January 2008 | 2 Comments »
Found this while searching for Tim Hawkins stuff on Youtube: If GNR did a McDonald’s commercial: Music clip (tied in with real GNR footage) is from a larger piece: Kids Rock
Cletus Take the Reel
Posted in Humor, Or Laughing My Fool Head Off on Thursday, 10 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More: Tim Hawkins Comedy [Dare to compare]

