Shmoop Doesn’t Want You to Myth a Thing

May 24th, 2012

What’s the deal with that guy holding the Earth on his shoulders, and isn’t he afraid he’s going to tear a rotator cuff? Would “Icarus” be a good name for a new airline? Was Hercules juicin’?
As long as we have been interested in past cultures, we have been fascinated by those cultures’ mythologies – the [...]

Weekly Word: May 22nd, 2012

May 22nd, 2012

Hey there Shmeniors (and Shmunderclassmen),
For many of us, the end of May is the happiest time of the year. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and you’re planning never to use the letters ‘A’ and ‘P’ together again unless you’re writing a college paper about apes or possibly maps. We get that.*
Unfortunately for [...]