Archive - Painful Signs, Or, Joel's Substack

January 2025

Everything is Compared to Everything

Menelaos as a Lion in Iliad 17

Jan 30 •

Joel Christensen

Anger and Rage Among the Corpses

On the Doublet χόλος καὶ μῆνις in Iliad 15

Jan 24 •

Joel Christensen

Crying Like a Girl

Similes at the Beginning of Book 16

Jan 16 •

Joel Christensen

Stories and the Snowy Mountain

A Podcast, and Some Similes, an excerpt from "Storylife"

Jan 9 •

Joel Christensen

Introducing "Storylife"

A book on epic language, mythical narratives, and living things

Jan 6 •

Joel Christensen

December 2024

Reviewing "The Return" and Reading the "Odyssey"

Online Debates to end the Year

Dec 30, 2024 •

Joel Christensen

Can't Find a Better Plan?

Agamemnon and Structural Politics in Iliad 14

Dec 19, 2024 •

Joel Christensen

Poseidon, Divine Hypocrite

Impersonation and Interpretation in Iliad 13

Dec 13, 2024 •

Joel Christensen

Hektor and the Beast

Similes in Iliad 12

Dec 2, 2024 •

Joel Christensen

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