Okay, first blog for Classical Foundations of literature...

What do I know now that I didn't know before? I know know that George Steiner believes that only a handful of figures, along with Antigone, have shaped Western conciousness. These are Orpheus, Perseus, Prometheus, Agamemnon, Heracles(I coulda sworn it was Hercules), Odysseus, and Oedipus.

I also know the origins of the words "Agony" and "Obscene". Agony comes from the Greek agon, for contest, or battle. Obscene comes from Latin, Ob meaning off; as in off the scene of the stage. Interesting.

Speaking of interesting, this Simone Wiel woman. Leader of the French Resistance, religous mystic, and Classical scholar(author of a book on the Illiad called Poem of Force)? Impressive resume. There could totally be a movie made about her, if there isn't one already. I'll have to check that out and see if that's the case or not.

And the question must be what's old, instead of what's new, because everything is new and old at the same time, being that history repeats itself endlessly(my older sister is into history, and she concurs with this). Or something like that.