Essential
2022-10-24
The deep dive continues
Next planned deep dives: Don Quixote, Beowulf, The Iliad and The Odyssey
Milton's orcs (sea creatures), orcas, and Tolkien's orcs, are all etymologically related to Orcus, Roman god of the underworld.
15:24
The rhyminess of 'dies' and 'revives', and why isn't Noah named