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Category: Literature

The wrath of Achilles
Literature

The Tragic Hero: Achilles and his Fatal Flaw, by Melanie Zammit

The heroic ideal pervades classical and modern culture, assuming many different forms over the centuries, and yet owing much of its influence to ancient Greek and Roman literature. In Western …

Star Wars and the Hero’s Journey by Melanie Zammit
Literature

Star Wars and the Hero’s Journey, by Melanie Zammit

A common thread exists between the various myths of different cultures, an underlying connection which ties these disparate worlds together. These parallels are evident both in ancient and contemporary stories, …

Classics in the Harry Potter world
Literature

Classics in Harry Potter, by Steve De-Marco

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Harry Potter is undoubtedly one of the best selling books in the world and, like …

Literature / Mythology

The Minotaur’s Redemption – “The House of Asterion” by Jorge Luis Borges

Borges’ Myth of the Cretan Minotaur The House of Asterion is a short, fantasy story that retells the classical myth of the Cretan Minotaur from an alternate perspective, written by …

Malta Classics Association blog post
Literature

The Shepherd & The Moon – “Endymion” by John Keats

The Myth of the Shepherd-Prince In Greek mythology, which was an extensive part of Romantic-era education, Endymion was an Aeolian shepherd-prince who dwelled in Olympia, loved by the Titan moon-goddess …

Malta Classics Association blog post
Literature

Wonder Women – The Amazon Princess

“At last, in a world torn by the hatred and wars of men, appears a woman to whom the problems and feats of men are mere child’s play. A woman …

Malta Classics Association blog post
Literature

Life as a Journey – “Ithaka” by Constantine P. Cavafy

I came across the poem “Ithaka” by Constantine P. Cavafy, through a remarkable collection of poems called “Poems That Make Grown Men Cry”, edited by Anthony and Ben Holden. “Ithaka” …

Recent Posts

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  • Dionysus, the Half-Mortal Olympian
  • Prometheus, The Benefactor of Man
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