Drew Cody

Christian, Classics enjoyer, and writer at Raiders of the Lost Arts

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

This is the first poem I shared publicly, first written about two years ago. It deals with the sorrow, confusion, and guilt of the Crucifixion, finally resolving into the triumph and joy of the Resurrection. Of all my work since then, I think this one still means the most to me.

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

@LoganGrafTax @johnrich seems to have a heart for this kind of cause. Maybe he can help, or offer advice, or knows someone who can.

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

@sjryanwriter Each likely thought they’d be the chosen husband, and that the danger the oath represented would ensure they’d never actually have to live up to it. It was sworn in folly, but once sworn they at least honored it. Many Greek tragedies are born in ill-considered oath making.

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

@sjryanwriter No, they would die because their honor is bound up in their commitment. But they made the commitment out of desire, never really imagining that it would one day cost them their lives.

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

@sjryanwriter You’re right, but they committed to the oath for a chance at marrying her. Their desire for her was still very much a part in what happened.

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

@megbasham @mtracey He entered her house without permission? I'm sure they'll spin this as: "CONFIRMED: Platner Not a Vampire, At Least."

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

@firstchecker2 @CLT_Exam Based on the date you mention, you must be referring to the Divine Comedy, which drew heavy inspiration from Virgil, who drew heavy inspiration from Homer. So you do like it after all, indirectly!

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@EmmetRolle @R00349 @SmorglesBord @ShawnEni If it’s comprehensible to a 6 year old, surely it’s not too much to ask someone to learn by the time they’re 24, with an expensive education, considering how significant it is to literature, the arts, and history.

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

@nguyenhdi I think it’s fair when adapting one of these stories to pull in elements from elsewhere in the tradition. As long as you keep them consistent with the primary story you’re telling. Homer’s audience would have been doing this in their heads anyway, I think.

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@pensandpoison My boy Marlowe! But there’s much more great stuff in that play. That, I would love a good movie of!

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

@bingrui @acuriocabinet Removing the gods removes a lot of great action, though. Achilles vs Scamander, or Diomedes gutting Ares. I feel without the gods in this story, even the mortal men seem smaller.

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

@acuriocabinet Do you really think it’s possible that 99% of people haven’t read some of the most important literature in history? Isn’t this essential to a half-decent education?

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@SpencerKlavan I’d argue a significant part of an actor’s job is understanding the story she is hired to tell, so she can tell it well. And she doesn’t seem to have bothered. Whether laziness or ineptitude, this doesn’t speak highly for her quality as an actor.

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@EmmetRolle @R00349 @SmorglesBord @ShawnEni Not really. My immediate family mostly listened tolerantly, a little impatiently, while I talked about it, a tradition which continues to this day. My grandmother really liked the classics, but she lived far away and we didn’t get to visit much.

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

@pegobry_en Fahrenheit was designed for an angular thermometer. 0 degrees was freezing, and 180 was boiling. Then, since -32 was the coldest achievable temperature in a lab, they adjusted the scale by adding 32 to make that the new zero. That’s why they’re called degrees.

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@PlotWeaver @thisissavvy1 Helen is more than that, in the Iliad at least. There’s that great scene where she confronts Aphrodite about her current situation. Doesn’t go how she wanted, but showed some real personality at least.

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

@EmmetRolle @R00349 @SmorglesBord @ShawnEni It wasn’t part of the formal lesson but there were these cool books in the school library I found. My family really only started talking to me about that stuff after they found out I was interested in it. But by the time you get through a Master’s degree, what excuse is there?

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

@EmmetRolle @R00349 @SmorglesBord @ShawnEni For me it was 1st grade. I was 6. And I knew vastly more about the Trojan War than Ivy League graduates, apparently. I at least knew about Helen, Cassandra, Penelope, Calypso, Nausicaa, and Circe and why they mattered.

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@LierSusan @ShawnEni @Mish_K_ I’ve got a great plan for an extensive series on the entire Trojan War from Priam’s youth to Odysseus’ return, as faithful to ancient sources as possible given certain contradictory versions of events. If you’ve got a whole bunch of money to spend on it, we can make it happen!

[Drew Cody @dcody09]

@tarnhelm @ShawnEni It’s hard not to talk about men when your city has been besieged by hostile men for years. What else, realistically, could we expect them to talk about?