Lord Byron: The Perils and Glories of a Classical Education
Byronic Hero: "a man proud, moody, cynical, with defiance on his brow, and misery in his heart—a scorner of his kind, implacable in revenge, yet capable of deep and strong affection"
- Lord Macaulay
Christiansen, Rupert (1989). Romantic Affinities: Portraits from an Age, 1780–1830. London: Cardinal. ISBN 0-7474-0404-6. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
“Mad, bad, and dangerous to know" was coined by the Anglo-Irish aristocrat and novelist Lady Caroline Lamb to describe the Romantic poet Lord Byron, with whom she had a passionate and scandalous love affair in 1812.
Edward Rochester is a byronic hero
Lanthimos went to a film school in Athens that is highly influenced by Ancient Greek composition principles (especially Aristotle). It’s interesting to consider how an ancient culture can into something timeless/sacred but then lose it. Even though it can go dormant, it’s so potent that any culture who revives it goes through a period of rebloom /
... See moreThe Keatsian endeavor has never been popular, but is particularly unfashionable today. Religious fundamentalists reject it on the grounds that revelation and commitment are needed to orient oneself in the world. The amorality of a poet who is a “thoroughfare for all thoughts” risks heresy or destabilization. Tell me where you stand, where your... See more
Zohar Atkins • The Liberal Arts Are Dying Because Liberalism is Dying
These epics established a code of honor based on shame – where valor and the adherence to duty in the face of overwhelming odds were all important. Heroism is all the greater because a Greek will fight until the end; even though he loses, he will not lose his honor.