1/30: images

Every day I start the Greek class with a "thing of the day."  It might be a quotation from an ancient authors, an interesting word in English derived from Greek, or a picture.  Today's thing was a 17th century engraving showing "America" giving Poseidon a box of chocolate to take back to Europe (here).  And one of the last things I did before heading home for the weekend was find two images that seem to illustrate the moment in the Iliad when Thetis asks her son, "Child, why do you cry?" Teknon, ti klaieis in Greek--possibly my favorite 3 words in all of ancient Greek literature.  (images here and here).