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Discussion topics include:
The challenges of the Discussion Questions, and the benefit of other people’s perspectives
Finding patterns in the original texts
Weaving and emotion
Oedipus at Colonus as a tragedy as understood by the ancient world; the verbal art of tragedy as an evolving medium
Discussion Questions for Hour 18: the cults of Oedipus in Athens and in Colonus, and and Hour 19: viewing Oedipus as a cult hero in both Sophocles’ dramas, Oedipus Tyrannus and Oedipus at Colonus
Recorded in Spring 2016 during v5 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, Claudia Filos
Discussion topics include:
The challenges of the Discussion Questions, and the benefit of other people’s perspectives
Finding patterns in the original texts
Weaving and emotion
Oedipus at Colonus as a tragedy as understood by the ancient world; the verbal art of tragedy as an evolving medium
Discussion Questions for Hour 18: the cults of Oedipus in Athens and in Colonus, and and Hour 19: viewing Oedipus as a cult hero in both Sophocles’ dramas, Oedipus Tyrannus and Oedipus at Colonus
Recorded in Spring 2016 during v5 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, Claudia Filos
