HeroesX v04 Office Hours 02 | The Song of Achilles and Lamentation @KosmosSociety2024

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Discussion topics include: the song of Achilles, lamentation, comparison of ancient Greek lament and the blues, epic glory, relay performance, the film Chunhyang as example of oral narrative, lament of Andromache, women's laments as a community performance

Recorded September 14 2015 during v4 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on the Hour 3 Discussion Question.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone.

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