HeroesX v04 Office Hours 08 | Oedipus, Aeneas, and Cult Hero Worship @KosmosSociety2024

Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 9 minutes ago

This installment includes discussion of the following topics:
• Question on the permanent residence of Oedipus
• Verbal and visual traditions about Aeneas
• Cult hero worship and prayer
• and more...
Recorded on November 14 2015 during v4 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on the Discussion Question for Hour 18, and on comments and questions from participants.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, Claudia Filos

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