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Discussion topics include comments and questions related to Hours 1 & 2 of The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, and community events.
What happens between Iliad 1 and Iliad 9. The farewell between Hector and Andromache in Iliad 6, and the drawing by John Flaxman of the scene. Honor [tīmē]. Menelaos and Helen’s view of Helen herself. Achilles’ differing responses to the three speeches of the ambassadors in Iliad 9. The Greek term aiōn ‘long time, era’, and as ‘life force’. Additional content, and Gregory Nagy’s ‘Sampling of Comments on the Homeric Iliad (and Odyssey)’.
Mentioned in this video: Paper by Leonard Mueller: ‘Eins ist keins, zwei ist eins, drei ist alles: A Metonymic Interpretation of the Rule of Three in Epic’
thehollyfest.org/index.php/leonard-muellner
Ongoing commentary in progress of the Iliad (and since the recording, the Odyssey) now available at Classical Continuum:
https://continuum.fas.harvard.edu/a-sampling-of-comments-on-the-homeric-iliad-and-odyssey-restarted-2022/
Recorded in Fall 2016 during v6 of of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hours 1 & 2
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, and Claudia Filos
Discussion topics include comments and questions related to Hours 1 & 2 of The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, and community events.
What happens between Iliad 1 and Iliad 9. The farewell between Hector and Andromache in Iliad 6, and the drawing by John Flaxman of the scene. Honor [tīmē]. Menelaos and Helen’s view of Helen herself. Achilles’ differing responses to the three speeches of the ambassadors in Iliad 9. The Greek term aiōn ‘long time, era’, and as ‘life force’. Additional content, and Gregory Nagy’s ‘Sampling of Comments on the Homeric Iliad (and Odyssey)’.
Mentioned in this video: Paper by Leonard Mueller: ‘Eins ist keins, zwei ist eins, drei ist alles: A Metonymic Interpretation of the Rule of Three in Epic’
thehollyfest.org/index.php/leonard-muellner
Ongoing commentary in progress of the Iliad (and since the recording, the Odyssey) now available at Classical Continuum:
https://continuum.fas.harvard.edu/a-sampling-of-comments-on-the-homeric-iliad-and-odyssey-restarted-2022/
Recorded in Fall 2016 during v6 of of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hours 1 & 2
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, and Claudia Filos
