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Audio only, and the sound level is very low—but you can turn up the volume, and/or select CC for closed caption subtitles!
Discussion topics include: Homer, thrones, and hero cults; "I now see it!": Particles in ancient Greek; The Discussion Question for Hour 11; The transition to Hesiod and works of prose
Recorded in Spring 2016 during v5 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hour 11.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, Claudia Filos.
Mentioned in the discussion:
Gloria Ferrari Pinney
The Archelaos Relief The Apotheosis of Homer
britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1819-0812-1
The 11 ‘Lives of Homer’: see ‘Lives of Homer: translation in progress, with interspersed comments’, started 2025.08.01 at Classical Continuum
https://continuum.fas.harvard.edu/lives-of-homer-translation-in-progress-with-interspersed-comments/
Forthcoming essay by Gregory Nagy for Classical Inquiries is now available in a rewritten edition: ‘Picturing Homer as a cult hero’ 2024.5.28 at Classical Continuum
https://continuum.fas.harvard.edu/picturing-homer-as-a-cult-hero-ed-2/
See also ‘Homer in Houston’, 2026.03.07, Gloria Ferrari Pinney, in Classical Inquiries
https://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/homer-in-houston/
Sourcebook: The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours Sourcebook available at Kosmos Society Text Library:
kosmossociety.org/text-library/#Sourcebook
Odyssey 19.175: “There’s a land called Crete, in the middle of the sea”
Image: Homer and Hesiod. Photo: Jonathan. flickr.com/photos/suchnone/2178182782 CC BY-NC 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en
Audio only, and the sound level is very low—but you can turn up the volume, and/or select CC for closed caption subtitles!
Discussion topics include: Homer, thrones, and hero cults; "I now see it!": Particles in ancient Greek; The Discussion Question for Hour 11; The transition to Hesiod and works of prose
Recorded in Spring 2016 during v5 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hour 11.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, Claudia Filos.
Mentioned in the discussion:
Gloria Ferrari Pinney
The Archelaos Relief The Apotheosis of Homer
britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1819-0812-1
The 11 ‘Lives of Homer’: see ‘Lives of Homer: translation in progress, with interspersed comments’, started 2025.08.01 at Classical Continuum
https://continuum.fas.harvard.edu/lives-of-homer-translation-in-progress-with-interspersed-comments/
Forthcoming essay by Gregory Nagy for Classical Inquiries is now available in a rewritten edition: ‘Picturing Homer as a cult hero’ 2024.5.28 at Classical Continuum
https://continuum.fas.harvard.edu/picturing-homer-as-a-cult-hero-ed-2/
See also ‘Homer in Houston’, 2026.03.07, Gloria Ferrari Pinney, in Classical Inquiries
https://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/homer-in-houston/
Sourcebook: The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours Sourcebook available at Kosmos Society Text Library:
kosmossociety.org/text-library/#Sourcebook
Odyssey 19.175: “There’s a land called Crete, in the middle of the sea”
Image: Homer and Hesiod. Photo: Jonathan. flickr.com/photos/suchnone/2178182782 CC BY-NC 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en
