The chase begins
July 20, 2020
(Ελληνικά πιο κάτω.) (Revised 01/09/20.) Chapter/issue 3 Continuing with our reading of Three by Kieron Gillen and Ryan Kelly, with historical consultancy from Stephen Hodkinson. SPOILERS FOR CHAPTERS/ISSUES 1-2 & (SLIGHTLY) 3 In the second chapter our three protagonists manage to turn the tables on the Spartans who are massacring the Helot household, and Klaros …
Helots on the run
July 13, 2020
(Ελληνικά πιο κάτω.) (Revised 01/09/20.) Chapter/issue 2 Continuing with our reading of Three by Kieron Gillen and Ryan Kelly, with historical consultancy from Stephen Hodkinson. SPOILERS FOR CHAPTER/ISSUE 1 & (SLIGHTLY) 2 In the first chapter, a drunken Terpander couldn’t stop himself from rubbing the Spartans’ noses in their city’s recent loss of hegemony in …
A tale of ancient Sparta
July 3, 2020
Join in! (Ελληνικά πιο κάτω.) (Updated 01/09/20.) If you have read – or would like to read – the graphic novel Three, by Kieron Gillen & Ryan Kelly (with Jordie Bellaire & Clayton Cowles), I invite you to join in an on-line ‘reading group’ over the next few weeks. Set in fourth-century BCE Sparta, Three, …
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