It's All Greek To Me

It is a sickness which somehow comes with every tyranny: to place no trust in friends.

– Aeschylus, "Prometheus Bound"

Maybe it was a case of too much feasting during the Thanksgiving break. It could have something to do with overdosing on football. And there's the desire to find somewhere else to be rather than listen to another family argument over whether it's "stuffing" or "dressing."

Whatever the cause, I found myself searching Google for any little distraction that could help clear my mind of the holiday blahs.

How I ended up skimming through obscure ancient Greek tragedies is anybody's...