calvino wrote about classicclassic
a classic is a work of art (e.g. a book) that belongs to a canon. A classic is revealed by age, esteem, effect, and complexity.
brenzel
Criterion/Desideratum
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- odysseyodyssey
the odyssey is a greek epic poem by homer.
Reading
Daniel Mendelsohn on the Odyssey
- ovidovid
publius ovidius naso (43 BC - 17/18 ad) was a roman poet. his first work was amores, three books of love poems. his magnum opus is metamorphoses. He was exiled by Augustus. He was also clearly ... and metamorphosesmetamorphoses
omnia mutantur, nihil interit (15.165)
metamorphoses (Greek/Latin for transformations) is a lengthy narrative poem (is it an epic poem?) written in Latin by the Roman poet ovid. It cov... - robinson crusoerobinson crusoe
robinson crusoe was a novel by daniel defoe.
- borgesborges
siempre imaginé que el paraíso sería algún tipo de biblioteca.
it is enough for me to say that if I am rich in anything, it is in perplexities rather than in certainties. a colleague declar...