Tag Archives: Greeks

Hellas And The Complete Man

Posted on 09/05/2012 by The Gentleman Poet

In light of my recent post on Dalrock and Cane Caldo one commenter proposed that in my ‘basic sophistry’ had given ‘game apologetics that address anything but game.’  Monsieur Empathologicalism might have a point, though I take offense at ‘basic … Continue reading →

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Aeschylus: Agamemnon; Or The Aesthetic Repudiation Of Hypergamy

Posted on 09/05/2012 by The Gentleman Poet

To heaven, O Queen, will I upraise new song; But, wouldst though speak once more, I fain would hear From first to last the marvel of the tale. . . A gracious word the woman’s lips have told, Worthy a … Continue reading →

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Homer: The Iliad, Book I

Posted on 07/18/2012 by The Gentleman Poet

It is indeed a pity that our great public knows so little about poetry; almost as little, in fact, as our poets. -Heinrich Heine The ‘thing itself’ with which one is here dealing — the critical perception of poetic truth … Continue reading →

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The Game of Aristotle’s Art Of Rhetoric

Posted on 07/03/2012 by The Gentleman Poet

Game and Rhetoric are two sides of a coin; the one concerns itself with the means to seduce women, the other with the means to seduce a crowd. From the opening of the Art of Rhetoric, concerning Game and Rhetoric: … Continue reading →

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