Penelope’s Spinning Wheels
One of the oddest images in Homer’s “Odyssey” is of Odysseus’ incredibly faithful wife weaving all day and unravelling each night, a garment which...
Tag: Iliad
Do Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
There is some pretty unreliable advice floating around. Take the maxim: —–“Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.” Anyone who has read Homer’s...