Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 41 minutes ago

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Discussion topics include:
Analysis of the Queen of the Night aria from the Magic Flute, in connection with discussion about the Oresteia.
Depictions of Agamemnon in tragedy and Homeric epic
Analysis of an iconic scene from Stanley Kubrick's The Shining in connection with discussion about Clytemnestra's speech
Here's the dialogue at the beginning of the scene:
Danny: Tony why don’t you want to go to the hotel?
Tony: I don’t know.
Danny: You do too know. Come on tell me.
Tony: I don’t want to.
Danny: Please.
Tony: No.
Danny: Tony tell me.

Recorded in Fall 2016 during v6 of of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hours 16 and 17.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, Claudia Filos
Note: there is some background noise, especially in the first part of the video.