by Bruce S. Thornton
Defining Ideas
“To read the Latin & Greek authors in their original,” Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “is a sublime luxury.” Fortunately, for those who don’t read Greek and Latin, the great works of Classical literature are available in first-rate translations. The following five classics are some of the best works from the astonishing variety and brilliance of Greek and Roman literature. Continue reading “A Summer With Virgil”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Editor’s note: Recently, VDH led a group on a tour of the Rhine and wrote these thoughts.
Rhine Watching Continue reading “Thoughts on the Rhine”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Our Modern Lynch Mob
Democracies are in general prone to fits of the mob. Just read the Thucydidean account of the debate of Mytilene. Continue reading “Beware of the Mob”
by Terry Scambray
New Oxford Review
A review of The Wages of Appeasement: Ancient Athens, Munich, and Obama’s America by Bruce S. Thornton. (Encounter Books, 2011 pp. 283) Continue reading “Appeasement Bode War Not Peace”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Defining Ideas
Why are the Greeks such whiners? Look to their tragic history and geography. Continue reading “The Sick Man of Europe”
by Victor Davis Hanson
Tribune Media Services
In Greek mythology, the prophetess Cassandra was doomed both to tell the truth and to be ignored. Our modern version is a bankrupt Greece that we seem to discount. Continue reading “Civilization in Reverse”
by Victor Davis Hanson
PJ Media
Is Reading Good Books Over?
There is great “truth and beauty” in Homer’s Iliad [1], but I would not try to make his sale on such platitudes. Continue reading “So Why Read Anymore?”
by Victor Davis Hanson
National Review Online
I used to talk with Christopher Hitchens from time to time between 2003 and 2010. But as in the case of most who knew him, I was an acquaintance of someone with far more acquaintances than I had. Continue reading “Goodbye, Mr. Hitchens”
by Katheryn Jean Lopez
National Review Online
Victor Davis Hanson, known as VDH to his fans, has a new book out. This time, it’s a novel, The End of Sparta. He talked with National Review Online’s Kathryn Jean Lopez about the Greeks and the novel. Continue reading “A Novel VDH”
Private Papers
The End of Sparta was released this week. Here is an excerpt: The Boiotians vote to invade Sparta. But before the assembly breaks up the old philosopher Alkidamas speaks to the crowd: Continue reading “VHD’s New Novel, an Excerpt”