Category: Persians

• Tyranny of the Text

  Dec 29

  WritingThe irony is that in the year that I’ve written the most, I’ve blogged the least. You would think that writing is writing, and that one kind of writing would… more ›

• Sol Invictus

  Dec 21

  Anselm Kiefer’s Sol Invictus Kiefer is one of my favorite living artists, and I’m happy to live near Fort Worth, where many of his works are housed. I post this here… more ›

• Köln

  Aug 21

  Just a week-and-a-half ago I spent a blissful couple of days in Köln by myself visiting museums and enjoying the culture of one of Germany’s largest and oldest cities. Click… more ›

• Köln

  Aug 21

  Just a week-and-a-half ago I spent a blissful couple of days in Köln by myself visiting museums and enjoying the culture of one of Germany’s largest and oldest cities. Click… more ›

• What remains unburied.

  Jan 29

  To what extent is the unburied corpse in Greek literature an indictment against the Zoroastrian practice of allowing wild dogs and birds to devour the flesh of the dead in… more ›

• What remains unburied.

  Jan 29

  To what extent is the unburied corpse in Greek literature an indictment against the Zoroastrian practice of allowing wild dogs and birds to devour the flesh of the dead in… more ›