Memory and the Muses
It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, that then when we no longer know which way to go, we have come to our real journey. The mind that … Continued
Ancient ideas about Love: Eros, Ovid, and Sappho
“Energy, creation, movement and harmony, development, all happen under the aegis of love, in the domain of eros. Desire is the cause of all movement, and movement is the character of all being. The universe is a process, and its … Continued
Forms in Flux: Transformation in Ovid’s Metamorphoses
“Some sisters said such things could never be, while others were convinced that anything was in the power of true deities—“ –The Metamorphoses, Book 4, by Ovid translated by Allen Mandelbaum Ovid wove Greek myths of transformation to create his … Continued