#chaucer — Public Fediverse posts

@Spencro

"The main required text was the massive 1000+ page Robinson edition of the Complete Works, which was an Oxford paperback printed in double columns. Mine fell apart well before the end of the year."

:-) I love the concrete, tangible nature of this image. Happy days.

#Chaucer #paperbacks #LivingWithBooks

It's a circuitous route via Greek, Latin, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Shakespeare (and others) to get from Pandaros in the Iliad to "pander" in English.

#TheIliad #Greek #Latin #Boccaccio #Chaucer #Shakespeare #Pandaros #pander #etymology

https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2025/12/21/how-an-obscure-character-in-the-iliad-gave-us-the-english-word-pander/