With the Baltimore Ravens playing in the NFL Conference Championship on Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, its a great time to look at how they got their name. The Baltimore Ravens were named after the famous poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, because Edgar Allan Poe lived in Read more
To celebrate Lord Byron’s birthday (Jan. 22, 1788), lets learn more about him. Lord Byron was a British poet and one of the most influential figures of the Romantic movement in the early 19th century. He was born George Gordon Byron on January 22, 1788, in London, England, to a Read more
The Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling, is a seven-book series that has captured the hearts of millions of readers worldwide. The series follows the life of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley as they attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Read more
January 3rd was the birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit series. To celebrate his birthday, we will take a look the influence that the Classical World had on his works. The classical world, the history and culture of ancient Greece and Read more
Today to celebrate Rudyard Kipling’s birthday, we will discuss how he became so famous. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a famous English writer, poet, and journalist, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He is best known for his works of fiction, such as The Jungle Book, Kim, and Read more
The Aeneid, written by the Roman poet Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, is an epic poem that tells the story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. The Aeneid is widely regarded as Virgil’s masterpiece Read more
This past week was the birthday of the famous British author C.S. Lewis (Nov. 29 to be exact), so to celebrate we will take a look at how Greek literature and poetry have had a profound impact on his work. Lewis was a professor of Medieval and Renaissance Literature at Read more
To celebrate the birthday of John Keats today, lets take a look at how his works were shaped by Greek poetry and literature. John Keats (1795-1821) was one of the most prominent poets of the English Romantic movement, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. He is best known Read more
The other week The Fall of The House of Usher, a Netflix series inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s works, was released on Netflix. If you follow us regularly you will remember that Edgar Allan Poe was a student of the classics, which helped inspire many of his works. Greek literature Read more
A few days ago 4 new short movies based on Roald Dahl short stories were released on Netflix: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Swan, The Rat Catcher and Poison. Directed by Wes Anderson, who previously directed another Roald Dahl adaptation, Fantastic Mr. Fox (from 2009), and starring actors Read more