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Plate I of Gustave Doré's illustrations to Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. From Chapter I.

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What to Know Before Seeing Nolan's "The Odyssey" | The Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Heading to the theater for Christopher Nolan's blockbuster retelling of the ancient Greek epic? Harvard classics professor David Elmer unpacks the story's themes of hospitality and moral ambiguity first.

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"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come" (Merchant of Venice, 1.1)

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In Memory of Bill Bondeson - Honors College The Honors College mourns the loss of Bill Bondeson, who passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. Bondeson joined the University of Missouri as a professor of philosophy in 1964. He retired from Mizzou in 2011 after decades of service, including directing the Honors College from 1969-72 and teaching....

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The Unexpected World of Homer's Odyssey - Archaeology Magazine Discovering the surprising inspirations behind Homer’s great tales of the Trojan War

Climate change to identity: The vital lessons in Metamorphoses, Ovid's 2,000-year-old poem Metamorphoses, an ancient compendium of Greek myths, has surprising parallels with contemporary concerns, from climate change to gender-based violence.

Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licóur
Of which vertú engendred is the flour;
Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open ye,
So priketh hem Natúre in hir corages,
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages….

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Katedra (The Cathedral) by Tomasz Bagiński / HD 720p The film is based on a short story by Jacek Dukaj under the same title. In 2002 "Cathedral" was awarded the main prize at SIGGRAPH festival ("Best Animated S...