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New blog post: "sindoma" -- soon. Reflections on having a month left in Greece.

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Highlights from my Ancient Greek History midterm (italics are me, italic redtext is my prof's comments. When he handed it to me he muttered "I was told something like this would happen," which I thought was ominous, but . . .):

B. HISTORICAL EVENTS

Traditionally, ancient history is studied as a series of deeds by dead white males, <-- or white-washed by later white men wanting to legitimize themselves by claiming classical ancestry . . . SLAM DUNK!

[On the battle of Salamis]
(Note that this is the second time the Athenians have used the Persians' numbers against them and forced them into a bottleneck, the first being Thermopylai/Artemision. You'd think Xerxes would catch on at some point.) PUNK'D?

Very occassionally [sic], a student makes me feel like a real, low-down, gutter-souled miser for merely giving her/him maximum points. Thanks, lady, much appreciated.

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OKAY SO. For the final for Ancient Greek History (aka Monuments of Greece), we have to write three five-page essays and one seven-page research paper. One of the options for the essays:[Poll #1565558]