tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-304396332012-01-01T13:34:09.944-08:00Lisa Schamessnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30439633.post-1151588742991553832006-06-29T06:35:00.000-07:002006-06-29T07:58:34.303-07:00My first entry--pun intended--into a new log and a new phase of learning. One person's map of her <a href="http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/utopia/index2.html">mid-life </a>exploration of all things <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&amp;safe=off&q=what+is+a+classic">classic</a>.<br /><br />All <a href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=thing&amp;searchmode=none">things</a>. Not only those in the accepted canon.<br /><br />Today, the origins of the word and the poetic form "qasida" are explained <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qasida">here</a>. On my informal list of things to do: learn <a href="http://www.farsinet.com/farsi/">Farsi</a>, ground myself in the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/alcove9/classics.html">Greco-Latin </a>traditional texts, relearn <a href="http://www.jewfaq.org/alephbet.htm">Hebrew</a> so it will stick this time (<a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&amp;safe=off&q=genesis+bresheit">prayerbook</a> and <a href="http://www.goisrael.com/tourism_eng">modern</a>). Oh, and read <a href="http://www.bhagavad-gita.org/"><em>The Bhagavad Gita</em> </a>this summer.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mythfolklore.net/1001nights/"><em>1001 Nights</em> </a>next summer.<br /><br />I guess I really should have called this blog <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic">Semiticist</a>. But that would be a little too close to a family member's <a href="http://www.semitism.net">excellent coinage</a>. <img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6400/1280/200/dante.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />[images by <a href="http://www.suloni.com/">Suloni Sood Robertson </a>via <a href="http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/"><em>Danteworlds</em></a> and <a href="http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~guyr/">Guy P. Raffa</a>, <a href="http://www.utexas.edu/">University of Texas at Austin</a>]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30439633-115158874299155383?l=lateclassic.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Lisa Schamessnoreply@blogger.com2