Philomela’s Song

A poem inspired by the myth of Philomela, Procne, and Tereus

Forgiveness and peace in Ainu folklore

‘The song the owl god sang’ is part of a collection of Ainu folklore compiled by Chiri Yukie (1903–22), an Ainu woman who was raised in Ainu culture and educated in Japanese. Her collection was re-published in English translation, by Benjamin Peterson, in 2013…

Ovid’s Unheroic Heroes: Perseus

Another of Jupiter’s Sons Causing Havoc Wherever He Goes

Something is rotten in the state of Thebes

Sophocles’s and Aeschylus’s Theban Plays

Ovid’s Bizarre Tales of Ageing

Iolaus, Callirhoe’s Sons and Miletus

Is Robin Hood A Christianized Loki?

Some thoughts upon reading the actual Middle English Robin Hood…