Armand D’Angour
@armanddangour.bsky.social
Lover of words, player of music
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Pinned
New series out.
Prompted by guests Alistair Horne, Mary Beard, and others.
Prompted by guests Alistair Horne, Mary Beard, and others.
I used to own a company that made money from origami. It folded.
September 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I used to own a company that made money from origami. It folded.
I trawled through Euripides' Bacchae and found a dozen lines Aristophanes *could* easily have inserted for a laugh had he known the Bacchae in any detail.
I’ve just published my piece on it in a Festschrift honouring my friend and erstwhile colleague Chris Kraus (Yale).
'THE SILENCE OF THE FROGS'
I’ve just published my piece on it in a Festschrift honouring my friend and erstwhile colleague Chris Kraus (Yale).
'THE SILENCE OF THE FROGS'
September 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I trawled through Euripides' Bacchae and found a dozen lines Aristophanes *could* easily have inserted for a laugh had he known the Bacchae in any detail.
I’ve just published my piece on it in a Festschrift honouring my friend and erstwhile colleague Chris Kraus (Yale).
'THE SILENCE OF THE FROGS'
I’ve just published my piece on it in a Festschrift honouring my friend and erstwhile colleague Chris Kraus (Yale).
'THE SILENCE OF THE FROGS'
Catullus’s rudest poem, my new translation. You know you want to read it. You can even hear it read.
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Catullus's rudest poem
Friendship and poetry
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September 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Catullus’s rudest poem, my new translation. You know you want to read it. You can even hear it read.
open.substack.com/pub/armandda...
open.substack.com/pub/armandda...
Latest Cavafy translation.
Cavafy's poem "Satrapy" is set in the historical framework of an ancient Athenian citizen (5th cent. BC) being co-opted by the Persian Empire of Artaxerxes. It's a metaphor for someone ruining their life for the sake of gain...
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Cavafy's poem "Satrapy" is set in the historical framework of an ancient Athenian citizen (5th cent. BC) being co-opted by the Persian Empire of Artaxerxes. It's a metaphor for someone ruining their life for the sake of gain...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/better-die...
Better die free than live a slave
Cavafy's Satrapy
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August 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Latest Cavafy translation.
Cavafy's poem "Satrapy" is set in the historical framework of an ancient Athenian citizen (5th cent. BC) being co-opted by the Persian Empire of Artaxerxes. It's a metaphor for someone ruining their life for the sake of gain...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/better-die...
Cavafy's poem "Satrapy" is set in the historical framework of an ancient Athenian citizen (5th cent. BC) being co-opted by the Persian Empire of Artaxerxes. It's a metaphor for someone ruining their life for the sake of gain...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/better-die...
Advice from 1911.
When you discover too late that you’ve always skipped a crucial step…
When you discover too late that you’ve always skipped a crucial step…
August 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Advice from 1911.
When you discover too late that you’ve always skipped a crucial step…
When you discover too late that you’ve always skipped a crucial step…
Ancient Greek poet-songwriter Anacreon (c. 573-495 BC) complains about getting old.
See my temples greyed already
and my head with hair all whitened:
happy youth no more is with me,
but my agèd teeth are crumbling
and the charm of life is shortened...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/the-poets-...
See my temples greyed already
and my head with hair all whitened:
happy youth no more is with me,
but my agèd teeth are crumbling
and the charm of life is shortened...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/the-poets-...
The Poet's Complaint
Rhythms of old age and false teeth
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August 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Ancient Greek poet-songwriter Anacreon (c. 573-495 BC) complains about getting old.
See my temples greyed already
and my head with hair all whitened:
happy youth no more is with me,
but my agèd teeth are crumbling
and the charm of life is shortened...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/the-poets-...
See my temples greyed already
and my head with hair all whitened:
happy youth no more is with me,
but my agèd teeth are crumbling
and the charm of life is shortened...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/the-poets-...
On a train. It’s curious how, as I search vainly on my phone for ticket and railcard, I’m made to feel like a fare dodger. Then I find it and am thanked politely, now a welcome customer.
August 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
On a train. It’s curious how, as I search vainly on my phone for ticket and railcard, I’m made to feel like a fare dodger. Then I find it and am thanked politely, now a welcome customer.
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It may appear to be a welcoming symbol, but history tells us a red carpet is often a trap.
Rolling out the red carpet | @armanddangour.bsky.social
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Rolling out the red carpet | @armanddangour.bsky.social
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Rolling out the red carpet
It may appear to be a welcoming symbol, but history tells us a red carpet is often a trap.
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August 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It may appear to be a welcoming symbol, but history tells us a red carpet is often a trap.
Rolling out the red carpet | @armanddangour.bsky.social
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/rol...
Rolling out the red carpet | @armanddangour.bsky.social
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/rol...
August 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Sexual intercourse began
In 63 BC
(which was rather late for me) -
Between the end of the Catiline coup
And Catullus' first whoopee.
In 63 BC
(which was rather late for me) -
Between the end of the Catiline coup
And Catullus' first whoopee.
August 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Sexual intercourse began
In 63 BC
(which was rather late for me) -
Between the end of the Catiline coup
And Catullus' first whoopee.
In 63 BC
(which was rather late for me) -
Between the end of the Catiline coup
And Catullus' first whoopee.
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Opening lines of Homer's Odyssey, new translation.
That man of many twists and turns, Muse, tell of him, who far
went wandering when he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel,
who many cities saw, and many thoughts of men discerned...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/translatin...
That man of many twists and turns, Muse, tell of him, who far
went wandering when he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel,
who many cities saw, and many thoughts of men discerned...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/translatin...
Translating the Odyssey
The rhythm of The Man
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August 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Opening lines of Homer's Odyssey, new translation.
That man of many twists and turns, Muse, tell of him, who far
went wandering when he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel,
who many cities saw, and many thoughts of men discerned...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/translatin...
That man of many twists and turns, Muse, tell of him, who far
went wandering when he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel,
who many cities saw, and many thoughts of men discerned...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/translatin...
Logie Leggatt, a fine athlete at Eton, enlisted when World War I broke out in 1914. He revered his old school.
On 31 July 1917 he was killed, aged 22, by a sniper's bullet.
Logie is honoured in the Greek Ode I composed for his great-nephew George, Lord Leggatt:
open.substack.com/pub/armandda...
On 31 July 1917 he was killed, aged 22, by a sniper's bullet.
Logie is honoured in the Greek Ode I composed for his great-nephew George, Lord Leggatt:
open.substack.com/pub/armandda...
August 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Logie Leggatt, a fine athlete at Eton, enlisted when World War I broke out in 1914. He revered his old school.
On 31 July 1917 he was killed, aged 22, by a sniper's bullet.
Logie is honoured in the Greek Ode I composed for his great-nephew George, Lord Leggatt:
open.substack.com/pub/armandda...
On 31 July 1917 he was killed, aged 22, by a sniper's bullet.
Logie is honoured in the Greek Ode I composed for his great-nephew George, Lord Leggatt:
open.substack.com/pub/armandda...
Opening lines of Homer's Odyssey, new translation.
That man of many twists and turns, Muse, tell of him, who far
went wandering when he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel,
who many cities saw, and many thoughts of men discerned...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/translatin...
That man of many twists and turns, Muse, tell of him, who far
went wandering when he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel,
who many cities saw, and many thoughts of men discerned...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/translatin...
Translating the Odyssey
The rhythm of The Man
armanddangour.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Opening lines of Homer's Odyssey, new translation.
That man of many twists and turns, Muse, tell of him, who far
went wandering when he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel,
who many cities saw, and many thoughts of men discerned...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/translatin...
That man of many twists and turns, Muse, tell of him, who far
went wandering when he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel,
who many cities saw, and many thoughts of men discerned...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/translatin...
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Excellent piece by @armanddangour.bsky.social On the use of writing In ancient Athens and in the age of AI.
🗃️ 🏺 #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky #skystorians #language #AI
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🗃️ 🏺 #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky #skystorians #language #AI
armanddangour.substack.com/p/on-the-use...
On the Use of Writing
In ancient Athens - and in the age of AI
armanddangour.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Excellent piece by @armanddangour.bsky.social On the use of writing In ancient Athens and in the age of AI.
🗃️ 🏺 #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky #skystorians #language #AI
armanddangour.substack.com/p/on-the-use...
🗃️ 🏺 #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky #skystorians #language #AI
armanddangour.substack.com/p/on-the-use...
I've been invited to a conference in Zeugma.
I can't go so have declined with regret and by email.
I can't go so have declined with regret and by email.
July 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I've been invited to a conference in Zeugma.
I can't go so have declined with regret and by email.
I can't go so have declined with regret and by email.
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This is brilliant! @armanddangour.bsky.social
(And surely the cutest 'ants' in all history.)
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(And surely the cutest 'ants' in all history.)
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Gold-digging ants
Vindicating Herodotus
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July 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is brilliant! @armanddangour.bsky.social
(And surely the cutest 'ants' in all history.)
armanddangour.substack.com/p/gold-diggi...
(And surely the cutest 'ants' in all history.)
armanddangour.substack.com/p/gold-diggi...
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I never knew (until now) that @armanddangour.bsky.social had composed a Greek Ode for the London Olympics - and it’s a corker!
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armanddangour.substack.com/p/composing-...
Composing ancient Greek verse
A recipe for Alcaics
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July 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I never knew (until now) that @armanddangour.bsky.social had composed a Greek Ode for the London Olympics - and it’s a corker!
armanddangour.substack.com/p/composing-...
armanddangour.substack.com/p/composing-...
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The true lover sees the beauty of the soul, not the body.
July 10, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The true lover sees the beauty of the soul, not the body.
Last night I dreamt I was supposed to be doing my Final Exams, and was anxious about being insufficiently prepared.
For heavens’ sake, it’s been nearly 50 years!
For heavens’ sake, it’s been nearly 50 years!
July 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Last night I dreamt I was supposed to be doing my Final Exams, and was anxious about being insufficiently prepared.
For heavens’ sake, it’s been nearly 50 years!
For heavens’ sake, it’s been nearly 50 years!
Laugh like no one is watching, tweet like no one is reading😀
July 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Laugh like no one is watching, tweet like no one is reading😀
Love's Sting - a charming little poem ascribed to Anacreon (6th cent BC), in my new translation.
I read it here in ancient Greek and in English:
armanddangour.substack.com/p/loves-sting
I read it here in ancient Greek and in English:
armanddangour.substack.com/p/loves-sting
July 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Love's Sting - a charming little poem ascribed to Anacreon (6th cent BC), in my new translation.
I read it here in ancient Greek and in English:
armanddangour.substack.com/p/loves-sting
I read it here in ancient Greek and in English:
armanddangour.substack.com/p/loves-sting
I found some old poems about Wymondham;
They weren't very good, so I bymondham.
They weren't very good, so I bymondham.
a man is carrying a bag in front of a garbage can that says 04 60573
ALT: a man is carrying a bag in front of a garbage can that says 04 60573
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June 24, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I found some old poems about Wymondham;
They weren't very good, so I bymondham.
They weren't very good, so I bymondham.
Latest podcast - my specialist subject, Ancient Greek Music!
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Gods, Frogs and The Ancient Greek Elvis – The Music of Ancient Greece
Podcast Episode · It's All Greek (and Latin) To Me · 17/06/2025 · 29m
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June 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Latest podcast - my specialist subject, Ancient Greek Music!
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