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Day 40 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day Challenge

 

 

Jun 9: THE PSALMS

Enchanting Songs of David

The songs of David pleased King Saul, but when David became
too popular with the people, the king feared for his throne and
banished him.

Read from THE PSALMS .....................   Vol. 44, pp. 168-179



Jun 10: Sophocles' OEDIPUS, KING OF THEBES

Horrible Prophecy Fulfilled

King OEdipus of Thebes as a babe was abandoned on Mount
Cithaeron to die. Years after he was thought dead he returns
to Thebes and unknowingly slays his father, marries his mother—
and thus fulfills the word of the oracle.

Read from Sophocles' OEDIPUS, KING OF THEBES ...  Vol. 8, pp. 209-223



Jun 11: Spenser's THE EPITHALAMIUM

He Sang of His Beautiful Elizabeth

To commemorate his marriage to the beautiful Elizabeth, Spenser
wrote one of the most enchanting nuptial hymns.

Read: Spenser's THE EPITHALAMIUM ...........  Vol. 40, pp. 234-245



Jun 12: THE BHAGAVAD-GITA

Vishnu Holds Up a Battle

"Two armies of ancient India were about to engage in a momentous
battle. Arjuna, heroic leader of the Pandu hosts, foreseeing
great slaughter, hesitates. He implores the divine Vishnu to
intervene. The conversation of the warrior and the god is a
gem of Hindu literature.

Read from THE BHAGAVAD-GITA ................   Vol. 45, pp. 785-798