tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post9023335976570042558..comments2024-03-27T09:08:50.883-07:00Comments on Bad Mom, Good Mom: Team Antigonebadmomgoodmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-32374630194589104852013-03-19T16:04:30.998-07:002013-03-19T16:04:30.998-07:00Yup, when I read Antigone as a teen, I did not und...Yup, when I read Antigone as a teen, I did not understand why she was so upset about the proper burial.<br /><br />But, after listening to Elizabeth Vandiver, I reread recently it with new understanding.<br /><br />http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=217<br /><br />Have you heard her lectures? They are uniformly excellent.badmomgoodmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11569728075698885020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15350975.post-51939894871081249262013-03-19T14:48:46.188-07:002013-03-19T14:48:46.188-07:00I'm in Melikertes, a lesser sea-god of whom I ...I'm in Melikertes, a lesser sea-god of whom I know nothing. Bad Dad is right about Antigone and her cousin. A troubled family, when you think about it. But as a later (much later) playwright observed, the happy families are all alike.No one wants to write about them.<br />Reading the Iliad again after 30 plus years is very good mental exercise.Little Hunting Creekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581836733935812927noreply@blogger.com