The Boeotian Sow

Monday, July 7, 2014

Programming note

Sorry, busy with my day job. New post is coming tomorrow.

Posted by Korinna at 1:20 AM

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Classical inspiration, urban interpretation

Poetry on classical themes, plus sarcastic summaries of classical myth.

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Korinna: I teach classics at a Midwestern university, and this blog is an outlet for my non-academic writing. In ancient Greece, Korinna was a famous poetess from Boeotia whose works have, unfortunately, not survived to the present day. There is a story, although probably spurious, that Korinna defeated Pindar (a poet whose work does survive, and is pretty impressive at that) in five different poetry competitions, at which point Pindar attacked her as "the Boeotian Sow." I have decided to reclaim this insult as Pindar's admission of defeat and consequently a mark of distinction for Korinna.

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Background photo: Mount Helicon and the Hosios Loukas monastery in Boeotia. All content copyright Korinna, 2014.

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