Jason and Media by Sophocles

Greek audiences would have known the story of the ill-fated marriage between Jason, hero of the Golden Fleece, and Medea, barbarian witch and princess of Colchis. The modern reader, to fully understand the events of Medea, needs to be familiar with the legends and myths on which the play is based. Medea was of a people at the far edge of the Black Sea; for the Greeks of Euripides'...

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French Fiction

Moonlight by Guy de Maupassant Madame Julie Roubere was expecting her elder sister, Madame Henriette Letore, who had just returned from a trip to Switzerland. The Letore household had left nearly five weeks before. Madame Henriette had allowed her husband to return alone to their estate in Calvados, where some business required his attention, and had come to spend a few days in Paris with...

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European Fiction: Clarice Lespector

Better than to BurnClarice Lispector (1925-1977) 1    She was tall, strong and hairy.   Mother Clara had a dark stubble and deep black eyes.2    She had entered the convent at the will of her family: they wished to see her sheltered in the bosom of God. She obeyed.3    She fulfilled her obligations without complaint. She had many...

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Poetry: Psalms

Psalm 23The Lord's my Shepherd, I'll not want:  He maketh me down to lie In pastures green; he leadeth me  The quiet waters by. My soul He doth restore again,  And me to walk doth make Within the paths of righteousness,  E'en for His own Name's sake. Yea, though I walk in Death's dark vale,  Yet will I fear none ill; For Thou art with me; and Thy rod  And staff me comfort...

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Philippine Literature: Jose Garcia Villa

Footnote to YouthBy Jose Garcia Villa The sun was salmon and hazy in the west. Dodong thought to himself he would tell his father about Teang when he got home, after he had unhitched the carabao from the plow, and let it to its shed and fed it. He was hesitant about saying it, but he wanted his father to know. What he had to say was of serious import as it would mark a climacteric in his life. Dodong...

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