What's Hecuba To Them?

      Here's a disquieting sentence: "In fact, the Iliad has already cracked the Amazon.com top 100 book list at No. 86." (The source article can be found here.) This blog can only imagine the reactions of droves of teenagers who discover that Homer didn't have Bradman in mind for Achilles, and that eventually discard their volumes, fitfully screaming, "Nobody told me this was fuckin' poetry fer Crissake!" Perhaps not. But Lord help me if the phrase "Troyboy" enters into common currency. That would be the bloomin' pits: a banner year for cocks, uh-oh, tools.

      I know, I know. I'm a heel. Forgive me.