Apollo’s Fire: Chapter 5
The small (75 cm) Auxerre Goddess is a rare example of a female figure in the Daedalic style. Originally from …
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Apollo’s Fire: Chapter 4
The Getty kouros, purchased for nine million dollars in 1985, is believed by many to be a forgery. According to …
Apollo’s Fire: Chapter 3
Many Archaic statues served as gravestones. There’s something profoundly sad about the charming figures of youths called kouroi, because these were used …
Apollo’s Fire: Chapter 2
The Tenea kouros (youth) was sculpted around 560 BCE and originally served as a grave marker. He has the enigmatic …
Apollo’s Fire: Chapter 1
This is a story about a woman, two Beautiful Men, and the god Apollo. It’s a quieter, more contemplative story than my …
Sword Dance 26: The World Was All Before Them
A final pas de deux to round out the dance. 26: The World Was All Before Them Jennet was exhausted from …
Sword Dance 25: Luck Is The Residue Of Design
Academic deans are a strange and unpredictable species. One thing they can be relied upon to do is question the need …
Sword Dance 24: Long Is The Way, and Hard
This week’s chapter is about reexamining articles of faith, the ones that shape our perception of the world and ourselves. …
Sword Dance 23: Thou Hovering Angel
I am in favor of gender-neutral baby clothes. Babies really don’t have a gender, so why force it on them? …
Sword Dance 22: To Lose Thee Were To Lose Myself
NB: Zombie posts all this week and part of next. I will be traveling and (with luck) seeing a Certain Actor …
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