On translation

Even the Grammarians, tho' their whole bufinefs and ufe be only to render the words of an Author intelligible, are ftrangely touch'd with the pride of doing fomething more than they ought.

- Alexander Pope, in his preface to Homer's Iliad

(Audio)Books I've actually finished lately: 92

Knocked on the head in four days flat, whilst decorating.

(Tip: entirely comprehensible when read a) this well, b) at pace, and/or c) by an Irishman.)

(Audio)Books I've actually finished lately: 87

Although I do have to say it doesn't sound a lot like Dan Stevens...

'If transgender fisting occurs earlier in the history of the novel...

I would be surprised.'

And other musings upon Ulysses, by Adam Thirwell.

Mini biog

(from this month's Literary Review)

Facebooks - II

Because Tuesday's child is also full of books.

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Leonard Woolf: A Life - Victoria Glendinning
The Enthusiast Field Guide to Poetry - ed. The Enthusiast (Ian Sansom     and others)
An Historical Relation of Ceylon... (etc.) - Robert Knox
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
The Iliad - Homer
V for Vendetta - Alan Moore and David Lloyd
Shah of Shahs - Ryszard Kapuściński
The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett
Collected Short Stories - Roald Dahl
The Libertine - Stephen Jeffreys

InDefinition - GUEST ENTRY

escape goat, n. (coll.) reverse Trojan horse

[with thanks to Howard Male (and Big Brother)]

Horse nonsense

Investigating the facts and stats of the HarvardX Ancient Greek Hero course, I note there is a 'Rules of Online Conduct' point explicitly banning the use of 'trojan horses'.