No one ever seems to be able to agree on just how old Cupid is. Sometimes he’s a beautiful poet-youth of nineteen or twenty, and sometimes he’s a mischievous toddler. This is the last week of The Chatner’s May subscription sale!
On the idea that Athena was born 35: Christopher Logue in his amazing version of (parts of) the Iliad saw her as an adolescent psycho—e.g.: “Teenaged Athena jumped up and shrieked: / ‘Kill! Kill for me! / Better to die than to live without killing!’”
I could honestly read an entire book of this
Several!
Hahahaha did you actually just end this gloriousness with Moonstruck?? LOVE
On the idea that Athena was born 35: Christopher Logue in his amazing version of (parts of) the Iliad saw her as an adolescent psycho—e.g.: “Teenaged Athena jumped up and shrieked: / ‘Kill! Kill for me! / Better to die than to live without killing!’”
Teenaged Athena is a terrific phrase. I'll be sure to read Logue!