Jae Paek's Blog

An up-tempo folk song originating from Jeju Island (southern-most point of Korea).  It may originate from songs of  사당패  (Korean circus ...

A new folksong composed by Gyo-Sung Kim (김교성).  Based on Arirang, it is about a nostalgia for past love. Lyrics in Korean 봄이 오는 아리랑 ...

Atreus and Thyestes were sons of Pelops.   Thyestes seduces the wife of Atreus; then Atreus discovers the vice and could not tolerate it....

강원도 아리랑 (Kang-Won Province Arirang) A variation of Arirang from Kang-Won province.  Along with Jeong-Seon Arirang, this is a represen...

Jupiter, the king of gods, was in love with beautiful Io, but was in fear of the anger of Juno.  Therefore, he changed the form of Io: ...

Phaethon is a son of Phoebus.  A friend doubts about the rumour of divine origin of Phaethon: "No one is a son of a god.   You do not...

My Translation  Iapetus has two sons, Prometheus and Epimetheus.  Prometheus is a man of great wisdom; Epimetheus is a man without wisd...

One of the things that I have wanted to do for long time, but have not manage to do to this day, is going through Wheelock's Latin .  He...

개성난봉가 (박연폭포) - Love song of Gae-Seong or Pak-Yeon Fall A folk song from Hwang-Hae Province (part of modern North Korea).  It is known...

신고산 타령(Shin-Go Mountain Wak) A folk song from 함경도 (Ham-Kyeong province, a province in North Korea), thought to be composed in the late ...