1.18.2006
wow...
In a fit of pique and frustration with the state of my essay, I took about an hour out to clean my room yesterday. I can't tell you how much improvement it's made.
Well, not a whole lot. I'm still struggling with this essay topic: The organizational structure of Greek public religion, especially given the absence of a professional specialized clergy. I've got more than half the research done and it's still mind boggling.
At least with essays on Athenian Democracy or Thucydides, or my with my thesis, I had sources to which I could turn. Here? I've got nothing. A few chips of marble here and there and a boatload of secondary sources. And the other stuff I'm finding is in literature, which I'm notoriously bad at deciphering (which is why, obviously, I'm in the Ancient History program rather than the Languages and Literature program.
Something's got to pick up, I hope. And soon...
Well, not a whole lot. I'm still struggling with this essay topic: The organizational structure of Greek public religion, especially given the absence of a professional specialized clergy. I've got more than half the research done and it's still mind boggling.
At least with essays on Athenian Democracy or Thucydides, or my with my thesis, I had sources to which I could turn. Here? I've got nothing. A few chips of marble here and there and a boatload of secondary sources. And the other stuff I'm finding is in literature, which I'm notoriously bad at deciphering (which is why, obviously, I'm in the Ancient History program rather than the Languages and Literature program.
Something's got to pick up, I hope. And soon...
