Here are the posts that didn’t quite make the top 10 but we loved anyway. See here for 2019’s list, followed by 2018, and 2017.
- The Second Best of the Achaeans? Introducing the NANAIHB — it seems like a decade ago that we ran a multiweek bracket for the “non-Achilles Non-Atreid Iliadic Hero Bracket. Follow the recaps, the outcome was the right one.
- We’ve Been Doing This for 10 years: A Personal History of Sententiae Antiquae — A longer essay telling the story of this blog.
- Keep Your Hands Clean With this One Easy trick! — thematic silliness on unclean hands for no particular reason
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Istanbul/Beirut: “We were waiting for the apocalypse and the apocalypse finally came.” — one of Arie Amaya-Akkermans‘ remarkable essays. This one interweaves the experience of the pandemic with the explosions in Labanon
- Stoicism is Bullshit —Sure, Erik’s post sounds like mere clickbait, but Bartolomeo Scala has something to say in his Dialogue of Consolation §19
- Re-use Suggestions for Toppled Statues — again, nothing at all topical in suggesting that statues of historical criminals be turned into chamberpots…
- “Full of Ticks and Fleas”: The Odyssey and a Life of Pets–-A personal reflection on living with and losing pets
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Archipelagos of Time: On the Song of the Sirens — Arie Amaya-Akkermans‘ challenging and wide-ranging essay on art, literature, and memory
- Civilization and its Dissed Contents — Erik spits some fire on conservatism, the Medici, and reckless punditry
- A Life of Reading — in a moment of repose from before the break of the pandemic, Erik reflects on reading every day.
