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Professor Gregory Nagy, Claudia Filos, Arin Jones, Sarah Scott, and Hélène Emeriaud join the discussion about Hour 9 part two, the "Odyssey," lament, "Masterpieces of Metonymy," the hair of Zeus, the "Kharites", and other topics....
Professor Gregory Nagy, Claudia Filos, Arin Jones, Sarah Scott, and Hélène Emeriaud join the discussion about Hour 9 part two, the "Odyssey," lament, "Masterpieces of Metonymy," the hair of Zeus, the "Kharites", and other topics....




![HeroesX v14 Office Hours 01 | The Hero, the Gods, and the Superhuman
Discussion topics include: the relationship of the gods/goddesses and heroes/heroines; superhuman vs supernatural; characteristics of heroes; unseasonality and being exceptionality; agency, free will and determination; myth [mūthos] as cosmic truth; kleos of heroes and divinities; disfunctionality and immorality in the world of myth; the uniqueness of the Iliad and of Achilles; Orphic and Homeric traditions; Calliope as the Muse of kings; three Muses Mnēmē, Meletē, Aoidē; Catalogue of Ships; performance and reading as relay.
Recorded in Fall 2020 during v14 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hours 1 and 2, and responses to the Discussion Questions.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith DeStone, and members of the HeroesX Team. HeroesX v14 Office Hours 01 | The Hero, the Gods, and the Superhuman](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vER6MhFMrfY/mqdefault.jpg)





