Armand D’Angour
@armanddangour.bsky.social
Lover of words, player of music μηδεὶς ἄμουσος εἰσίτω
Nolan's Odyssey was always going to be a spectacle, but it has little that is Homeric, and nothing at all Hellenic in spirit. Nolan’s Odyssey, not Homer’s | @armanddangour.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/reviews/nola...
Nolan's Odyssey, not Homer's
Nolan's Odyssey was always going to be a spectacle, but it has little that is Homeric, and nothing at all Hellenic in spirit.
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🚨 BREAKING: uOttawa has RE-SUSPENDED Greek & Roman Studies for 2026-27 just weeks after reinstating the programme. Seems to violate Ontario's regulation on designation. Department: "We are shocked at the willingness to ignore the interests of Franco-Ontarians." More soon. #SOSClassicsUO #ONfr
Antiquité grecque et romaine à l'UOttawa est le SEUL programme en Ontario où l'on peut étudier le grec ancien et le latin en français. L'université l'a re-suspendu. Les franco-ontarien·ne·s n'ont plus AUCUN accès aux langues classiques en français. #SOSÉtudesAnciennes #ONfr #uOttawa buff.ly/UtgW0vq
La Loi sur l'Université d'Ottawa (1965) EXIGE que l'université « préserve et développe la culture française en Ontario ». Éliminer le seul programme d'études classiques en français de la province lui porte atteinte . buff.ly/UtgW0vq #SOSÉtudesAnciennes #ONfr #DroitsLinguistiques #uOttawa #Ottawa
campaign - Antiquité | Religions | Classics: Ottawa
update: UNIVERSITY of ottawa RE-SUSPENDS greek and roman studies! ALERTE : L'Université d'Ottawa RE-SUSPEND Antiquité grecque et romaine suspension of
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Ontario per-domestic student funding is the lowest in Canada by a wide margin. Increasing student debt won’t close the gap. Ontario universities need stable long-term funding. tinyurl.com/yjccsa9r
I used to own a company that made money from origami. It folded.
I trawled through Euripides' Bacchae and found a dozen lines Aristophanes *could* easily have inserted for a laugh had he known the Bacchae in any detail. I’ve just published my piece on it in a Festschrift honouring my friend and erstwhile colleague Chris Kraus (Yale). 'THE SILENCE OF THE FROGS'
Catullus’s rudest poem, my new translation. You know you want to read it. You can even hear it read. open.substack.com/pub/armandda...
Catullus's rudest poem
Friendship and poetry
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Latest Cavafy translation. Cavafy's poem "Satrapy" is set in the historical framework of an ancient Athenian citizen (5th cent. BC) being co-opted by the Persian Empire of Artaxerxes. It's a metaphor for someone ruining their life for the sake of gain... armanddangour.substack.com/p/better-die...
Better die free than live a slave
Cavafy's Satrapy
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Advice from 1911. When you discover too late that you’ve always skipped a crucial step…
Ancient Greek poet-songwriter Anacreon (c. 573-495 BC) complains about getting old. See my temples greyed already and my head with hair all whitened: happy youth no more is with me, but my agèd teeth are crumbling and the charm of life is shortened... armanddangour.substack.com/p/the-poets-...
The Poet's Complaint
Rhythms of old age and false teeth
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On a train. It’s curious how, as I search vainly on my phone for ticket and railcard, I’m made to feel like a fare dodger. Then I find it and am thanked politely, now a welcome customer.
It may appear to be a welcoming symbol, but history tells us a red carpet is often a trap. Rolling out the red carpet | @armanddangour.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/notebook/rol...
Rolling out the red carpet
It may appear to be a welcoming symbol, but history tells us a red carpet is often a trap.
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Sexual intercourse began In 63 BC (which was rather late for me) - Between the end of the Catiline coup And Catullus' first whoopee.
Opening lines of Homer's Odyssey, new translation. That man of many twists and turns, Muse, tell of him, who far went wandering when he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel, who many cities saw, and many thoughts of men discerned... armanddangour.substack.com/p/translatin...
Translating the Odyssey
The rhythm of The Man
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Logie Leggatt, a fine athlete at Eton, enlisted when World War I broke out in 1914. He revered his old school. On 31 July 1917 he was killed, aged 22, by a sniper's bullet. Logie is honoured in the Greek Ode I composed for his great-nephew George, Lord Leggatt: open.substack.com/pub/armandda...
Opening lines of Homer's Odyssey, new translation. That man of many twists and turns, Muse, tell of him, who far went wandering when he had sacked Troy’s sacred citadel, who many cities saw, and many thoughts of men discerned... armanddangour.substack.com/p/translatin...
Translating the Odyssey
The rhythm of The Man
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Excellent piece by @armanddangour.bsky.social On the use of writing In ancient Athens and in the age of AI. 🗃️ 🏺 #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky #skystorians #language #AI armanddangour.substack.com/p/on-the-use...
On the Use of Writing
In ancient Athens - and in the age of AI
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I've been invited to a conference in Zeugma. I can't go so have declined with regret and by email.
The werewolf story from Petronius still gives people goosebumps…. open.substack.com/pub/armandda...
A Roman Werewolf
Tales of the Supernatural
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This is brilliant! @armanddangour.bsky.social (And surely the cutest 'ants' in all history.) armanddangour.substack.com/p/gold-diggi...
Gold-digging ants
Vindicating Herodotus
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I never knew (until now) that @armanddangour.bsky.social had composed a Greek Ode for the London Olympics - and it’s a corker! armanddangour.substack.com/p/composing-...
Composing ancient Greek verse
A recipe for Alcaics
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The true lover sees the beauty of the soul, not the body.
Last night I dreamt I was supposed to be doing my Final Exams, and was anxious about being insufficiently prepared. For heavens’ sake, it’s been nearly 50 years!
Laugh like no one is watching, tweet like no one is reading😀
Love's Sting - a charming little poem ascribed to Anacreon (6th cent BC), in my new translation. I read it here in ancient Greek and in English: armanddangour.substack.com/p/loves-sting
I found some old poems about Wymondham; They weren't very good, so I bymondham.
a man is carrying a bag in front of a garbage can that says 04 60573
ALT: a man is carrying a bag in front of a garbage can that says 04 60573
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Latest podcast - my specialist subject, Ancient Greek Music! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
Gods, Frogs and The Ancient Greek Elvis – The Music of Ancient Greece
Podcast Episode · It's All Greek (and Latin) To Me · 17/06/2025 · 29m
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