PatternWeld

***WHO WOULD WIN?*** A bunch of working-class kids from Queens with no academic education — the kings of campy power metal, Manowar. “The lyrics to their song about the Iliad suggest a careful and thorough reading. The songwriter has … paraphrased several passages from the poem, adapting them to the melodic structure with great dexterity, and partially reinterpreting them — but never altering or disrupting Homer’s original narrative.” — Professor Eleonora Cavallini Or a Yale-educated feminist with the entire progressive press and Hollywood behind her? “Wilson makes so many mistakes that, taken together, they begin to undermine the reader’s trust in her translation. Straightforward blunders include attributing a speech to the wrong character, introducing a character who does not exist in the Odyssey, and mistakenly swapping another one. Among Wilson’s other mishaps are numerous mistranslations, omitted lines, and factual errors.” — Professor Richard Whitaker Friends, we could replace DEI academics with tattooed KISS roadies and end up with a higher academic standard 🤗