Word: iliad
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...PA4025.A2 R37. To some, Hollis’ code word for “The Iliad.” For others, a code word for hot. Whether we’re just nerdy enough to admit we get turned on my the written word or just too damn polite to sexile our suitmates, sex in the stacks is widely recognized as one of the three Harvard must-dos. The hottest trilogy since the The Matrix, sex in Widener—along with peeing on the John Harvard statue and running primal scream—must be accomplished to truly...
...Fethiye to the bustling port city of Antalya by way of ancient roads, nomad trails and mule tracks, was drawn up and painstakingly waymarked by Briton Kate Clow?a keen hiker living in Turkey?as an alternative to the mass tourism sweeping Turkey's coasts. Highlights include visiting the Iliad's ancient cities of Xanthos, Letoon and Patara, swimming in the sunken city of Kekova and exploring Lycian rock tombs carved into the cliffs. En route, turquoise waters and sandy coves are hemmed in by the imposing Taurus Mountains. "The history sets this trail apart," says Clow. "Many...
...Fethiye to the bustling port city of Antalya by way of ancient roads, nomad trails and mule tracks, was drawn up and painstakingly waymarked by Briton Kate Clow - a keen hiker living in Turkey - as an alternative to the mass tourism sweeping Turkey's coasts. Highlights include visiting the Iliad's ancient cities of Xanthos, Letoon and Patara, swimming in the sunken city of Kekova and exploring Lycian rock tombs carved into the cliffs. En route, turquoise waters and sandy coves are hemmed in by the imposing Taurus Mountains...
...attention span," he says. Instead he wrote the stage equivalent of a fingers-up sign to the Australian Bicentennial with 1841, took an Edward Albee-esque look at modern marriage in Sweet Phoebe (in which Cate Blanchett made her British stage debut) and, most recently, had actors perform The Iliad in underpants (Live Acts on Stage). But it is as a director that Gow is now making his mark. As artistic director of the Queensland Theatre Company since 1999, he has energetically championed young writers. Still, the best master class he could offer would be a ticket to Away...
...Victorian culture,” he says.Teskey’s not alone, according to Connor: “[University Professor] Helen Vendler has said that our students watch [recent Hollywood film] ‘Troy’ and don’t read ‘The Iliad.’ And she is someone whose opinion I take very seriously.”Vendler, who is currently on leave for the academic year, could not be reached for comment.Teskey’s worries stem in large part from the limited time an undergraduate has to receive...