Word: odyssey
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...though. You begin to work out scenarios, how you’ll deal with it, how you’ll rationalize the damage and craft retorts and somehow reach for the will to study for your midterm next week, write the paper due by Monday at noon comparing the Odyssey to a Korean film named Chunhyang. Yes. You begin to put things, ultimately, in perspective...
...John’s odyssey takes place in an RV dubbed “The Hawg,” and along the way he meets Tide über-fans with names like the “Chicken Man,” the “Show Chicken Man” and the “Heart...
...magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Yes, reciting epic Greek poetry such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey actually seems to be good for the heart - at least according to a new study by a team of European researchers. It all has to do with breathing patterns and their relationship to cardiac rhythms. It turns out that reciting poetry - especially verse like Homer's that follows a specific...
...reciting epic Greek poetry such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey actually seems to be good for the heart--at least according to a new study by a team of European researchers. It all has to do with breathing patterns and their relationship to cardiac rhythms. It turns out that reciting poetry--especially verse like Homer's that follows a specific rhythm called hexameter--makes an excellent breathing exercise. The authors of the study taught healthy volunteers to recite passages from Homer while walking and lifting their arms with each breath. The result was an increase in the synchronization...
...they encounter for the first time has the force of revelation; to the old, everything was done better before - when they were young. It must always have been thus. Some ancient Greek, hearing that Homer had just composed the Iliad, probably groused, "That old war story?" And when the Odyssey came around: "What? Not a sequel...