I really enjoyed exploring Herodotus and Lucian in this course. I found it really fun to compare the writing styles of these two authors. When we first started reading Herodotus, I hated reading Ionic, and I found his style somewhat off-putting. However, it grew on me over time, and I found myself struggling a lot… Continue reading Simone’s Final Reflection
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DnD One Shot – Simone
For this ergon, I did a DnD one shot with Frank, Audrey, and Ana where we went on a quest on behalf of Lady Croesus to find her husband. When I first found out that the goal of the campaign was to find out what happened to Croesus, I had assumed that this story would… Continue reading DnD One Shot – Simone
Creative Adaptation – Simone
For this ergon, I wanted to draw my interpretation of the scene with the vine women. Specifically, I wanted to draw the part where the men began turning into vines as well mainly because I felt that it challenged my imagination, and I wanted to see what it would look like on paper. Whenever I… Continue reading Creative Adaptation – Simone
Research, Reflect, Connect – Simone
For my ergon, I read an article titled The True, the False, and the Truly False: Lucian’s Philosophical Science Fiction by Roy Arthur Swanson that dived into Lucian’s potential intentions for writing True History. Swanson emphasizes that Lucian does not try to present the stories as true. Instead, he attempts to emphasize that the stories… Continue reading Research, Reflect, Connect – Simone
Cutting Edge Classics Simone
Dr. Robin Osborne of King’s College delved into the ways in which history can be extrapolated from archaeology. Specifically, Dr. Osborne focused on the implications associated with the discovery of a mass grave of 79 supposedly male bodies that were chained and seemed to have all been executed by a blow to the head. This… Continue reading Cutting Edge Classics Simone
