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Discussion topics include: Euripides’ Hippolytus and Bacchae.
Hour 20: Hippolytus speaking to Artemis in a way that is pleasing to a goddess like Aphrodite. The relationship of Artemis and Aphrodite and their origins; goddesses seasonally shifting from virgin to mother and back. Artemis of Ephesus. The term “aidōs”.
Hour 21: the devotees of Dionysus as “moderate” represented by the Chorus in ritual, but as wrong in myth.
Thebes as a setting for tragedy and myth. Athens as a place of resolution.
Shift in perception of heroes from epic to tragedy, and the differing physicality of heroic characters.
Travels to Troezen, and connecting with the sanctuary of Hippolytus.
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: Euripides’ Hippolytus and Bacchae.
Hour 20: Hippolytus speaking to Artemis in a way that is pleasing to a goddess like Aphrodite. The relationship of Artemis and Aphrodite and their origins; goddesses seasonally shifting from virgin to mother and back. Artemis of Ephesus. The term “aidōs”.
Hour 21: the devotees of Dionysus as “moderate” represented by the Chorus in ritual, but as wrong in myth.
Thebes as a setting for tragedy and myth. Athens as a place of resolution.
Shift in perception of heroes from epic to tragedy, and the differing physicality of heroic characters.
Travels to Troezen, and connecting with the sanctuary of Hippolytus.
Recorded in Spring 2016 during v5 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, Claudia Filos
