Last Night's Reading
Finished Rosenzweig. More about Aphrodite in Piraeus, particularly the cult of Aphrodite Euploia (Good Voyages) and its likely connection to similar cults in Kypros. I was wrong, by the way: that wasn't the last chapter. Last chapter was about Aphrodite on the east frieze of the Parthenon. The chapter was mostly lost on me, as I didn't see how there was enough detail left in the frieze to place a name on any of the figures. Either way, a good book all around.
Now to decide what book to read next. I'm thinking of starting two, alternating daily between a serious hardcore-study textbook and something a little lighter (where "lighter" is anything without exercises at the end of the chapters). I'm thinking maybe finishing up Dybvig as my more "serious" study and then moving back to some of my math textbooks as a grounding for comp sci studies. I'm not sure on the lighter end: I might go for some classical Greek plays or maybe just some general philosophy. It's been a while since I've tried the classics, too, so I might grab one of them. I'd like to try something in a foreign language, but at the moment I'd need to reference a dictionary enough that it would probably qualify as study. Maybe I should make a priority out of studying real-world foreign language documents so that I can begin to move those into the casual-reading category. I'm going to need it when L'Aphrodite grecque arrives....
(LJ Spellchecker Genius of the Day: Euploia -> Elope)
Now to decide what book to read next. I'm thinking of starting two, alternating daily between a serious hardcore-study textbook and something a little lighter (where "lighter" is anything without exercises at the end of the chapters). I'm thinking maybe finishing up Dybvig as my more "serious" study and then moving back to some of my math textbooks as a grounding for comp sci studies. I'm not sure on the lighter end: I might go for some classical Greek plays or maybe just some general philosophy. It's been a while since I've tried the classics, too, so I might grab one of them. I'd like to try something in a foreign language, but at the moment I'd need to reference a dictionary enough that it would probably qualify as study. Maybe I should make a priority out of studying real-world foreign language documents so that I can begin to move those into the casual-reading category. I'm going to need it when L'Aphrodite grecque arrives....
(LJ Spellchecker Genius of the Day: Euploia -> Elope)