Daily Archives: February 5, 2007

I was rereading Euripides’ Crazy Hercules today to prepare for a class when I was poleaxed by a stray line. ἄλλως δ’ ἀδυνάτων ἔοικ’ ἐρᾶν. –Euripides, Heracles 318 “But I seem to be pointlessly in love with impossible things.” It … Continue reading →

Because you get to write phrases like “Shadow of a Martian Robot”, which sounds like a lost collaboration of Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury.