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...Bethel Woods, which is perched on the edge of the festival site and dedicated to telling the story of Woodstock and of the 1960s generally. A museum about Woodstock was probably inevitable. Those three days of peace, love and mud have become the baby boomers' version of the Trojan War, their collective foundation myth. It was only a matter of time before the whole thing was commemorated with interactive displays, a replica hippie bus and a gift shop...
...This goes all the way back to the beginning. According to The Iliad, it was not the endless wealth dreamt of by Agamemnon, but rather Helen’s beauty, that triggered the Trojan War. In a similar vein, the Greeks’ greatest hero, Achilles, was not motivated by rationality; more than anything, he sought kleos, an untranslatable word describing war glory, honor, and a victory over death through future remembrance. Closer to our days, similar pursuits driven by ideologies ranging from nationalism to religious enthusiasm have resulted in real tragedies later described as “unimaginable...
...match didn’t really begin until the third game, and by that time victory had already slipped out of reach for Harvard.The Crimson men’s volleyball team (7-8, 3-4 Hay) took on the Trojans of Mount Olive (14-5) at the Malkin Athletic Center Saturday afternoon but lacked the energy to stay with the feisty visitors.“We just started out really slowly,” senior Jamie Crooks said. “Our starting point was so low that by the time we came back to really play...
FIRST INTERMISSION: Despite an energetic first period, the two teams combine for only nine shots on target, with Cornell tallying one more than Harvard. But one dude in here has major game: the Zamboni driver, who rumbles onto the ice in reverse and wearing a Trojan-style helmet...
CHRISTINE M. EVANS (CME): That’s a really tricky question. My favorite play is always the one I am working on in the moment, and at the moment that’s “Trojan Barbie: A Car-Crash Encounter with Euripides’ Trojan Women.” It is having a reading in Providence in about a week or so. But I love all my plays when I am doing them. I would feel like a bad mother if I had to choose just...