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Discussion topics include:
Why descriptions of hero cults may be more explicit in the time of Philostratus' On Heroes;
Subtexts in Homeric poetry;
The modern Greek concept of agnanti and longing [pothos] in the context of ancient Greek hero cult

Recorded in Fall 2016 during v6 of of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hour 14.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone
Image: View from the temple of Aphrodite at ancient Trozen in Greece. Photo by Keith Stone.