Posts published by “Zack Anderson”

One Magic Wordby Simone Weil One magic word today seems capable of compensating for all sufferings, resolving all anxieties, avenging the past, curing present ills, summing up all future possibilities: that word is revolution. It was…

The insurrection of the gladiators and their devastation of Italy, which is generally called the war of Spartacus, originated as follows: one Lentulus Batiates kept gladiators in Capua—of whom the majority were Gauls and Thracians…

Tools of the Trade by Peter Stothard Around two thousand years ago, a Latin poet described a farmer named Simylus making a pesto for his breakfast with fresh garlic, coriander, olive oil, cheese, and the…

In Greek mythology the peony is tied to a nymph named Paeonia. The beautiful maiden attracts the attention of Apollo, who flirts with her. Noticing that Aphrodite is watching, the suddenly bashful Paeonia turns bright…