When American writer Madeline Miller’s novel “Circe” was first published in English in 2018, I drank it like the nectar of the gods – quickly and with an intoxicating aftertaste. Now, when reading in Latvian, the effect is the same.
Tag: Homer
Tim Severin Searches for Scylla and Charybdis in the Mediterranean Sea
This week I have embarked on a dangerous journey: I am looking for Scylla and Charybdis in the Sea Library’s … More
Odysseus Sails between Scylla and Charybdis
You probably have heard an idiom “being between Scylla and Charybdis” which means to choose the lesser of two evils. … More