Tag: Broomsday 2014

Seeking Kleos

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, quoted in a webpage dated October 7, 2014 (presumably according to Australian time): "For the Athenians, kleos  mattered more than anything, according to Goldstein. 'Kleos  is fame: it’s the deed…

A Forkèd Tongue

This post was suggested by today's previous posts, Broom Bridge Day and Taking the Fork, as well as by Alyssa is  Wonderland. For the meaning of the title, see Serpent +…

Taking the Fork

Related material:  Alyssa Milano in this journal —

Broom Bridge Day

Wikipedia on Broom (or Broome, or Brougham) Bridge, where on 16 October 1843 Hamilton discovered quaternions: "The 16 October is sometimes referred to as Broomsday (in reference to Broome…