In Odysseus's defence (and I do spend much more time being rude about him than defending him) he did make the remaining crew swear a solemn oath on Thrinacie not to eat the cows. He takes one little break and Eurylochus has gone and persuaded them all to throw a barbecue!

To be fair Eurylochus is quite annoying, so I'd give him a pass for that one.

Not sure my kids would speak to me again if I did go there, though!

I was seriously tempted by this!

I'm desperate to get to Pericles' Symposium. Some might say I just want to meet Alcibiades...

I'm enjoying watching my son ransack Odysseus' Palace in... Kefalonia...!?!!?

Cicisbeo. Still no idea how to pronounce it.

Once again:

WAR SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS A SPORT IN WHICH WE WAVE OUR FLAGS AND ROOT FOR OUR TEAM.

THE ONLY WINNER IS PEACE.

Everyone and everything else loses.

Is loss.

Is lost.

It occurred to me a while ago - that most people are so worried about how they are perceived that they usually don't have time to worry about how I come over. I've taken that as licence to be outrageous.

Cambridge Latin course - good stories and doesn't go too fast.

In defence of my misspelling Arthur Miller - it was very late, I was very tired, I was writing on my phone and I'm terrible at spelling.