Click here to read Part 1, or click here to read Part 2 of the Orestes Saga. So, to recap: dysfunctional family is dysfunctional for generations up to Orestes, who has just learned that his mother and her lover have killed his father. Filial duty dictates that Orestes avenge his…
We ended our last post with Aegisthus, who killed his uncle after Atreus served Aegisthus’ father (*cough* and grandfather *cough*) his older children to him as a main course. Aegisthus killed again, but before we get to that murder, let’s look at the victim, Agamemnon. It’s difficult to think of…
For those of our faithful readers who did not grow up in the Dutch traditions, half of the real Saint Nicholas is buried in Spain. On the name day of Saint Nicholas, December 5th in the Netherlands, he and his mischievous helper, Black Peter, sail their steamboat around Europe and…
SML’s New Ancient Correspondent, Megan, has been missing for weeks. In our searches, we found nothing of her or her body. But her journal continued to update with new entries, nonetheless. Here is what it has written since we saw her last: 09-02-13 It started when our milk went…
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