HeroesX v07 Office Hours Extras 01 | Oedipus, Lameness, and Being Upright @KosmosSociety2024

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Discussion about the significance of Oedipus’ lameness, and the name of his grandfather, Labakos, defectiveness of feet and walking, Hephaistos, thunderbolts, Anchises, mēnis, symbolic actions and symbolic representations; Oedipus at Colonus and moving from being in the wrong place at the wrong time to being in the right place at the moment of death, polluting actions, and the power of cult heroes.
Recorded in Spring 2017 during v7 of MOOC The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, in response to participants’ questions, particularly in reference to Oedipus at Colonus (Hour 18).
With Leonard Muellner, Sarah Scott

HeroesX v07 Office Hours Extras 01 | Oedipus, Lameness, and Being Upright

HeroesX v10 Office Hours 10 | Poseidon at Colonus, Sphinx’s Riddle as Nightmare

HeroesX v11 Office Hours 06 | The Shock of Pollution and the Joy of Apollos Feast

HeroesX v16 Office Hours 05 | Bad Press Odysseus? Nóstos and Nóos

HeroesX v16 Office Hours 02 | Andromache and Kleopatra, (Dis)Liking Achilles

HeroesX v04 Office Hours 03 | Chariot Drivers and Chariot Riders

HeroesX v08 Office Hours Extras 03 | Vase Paintings, Boar Hunts, and Eroticism

HeroesX v05 Office Hours 10 | Sacrifice, Laments, and Fear

HeroesX v10 Office Hours 06 | Does the Odyssey Ever End?

HeroesX v08 Office Hours 11 | Phaedra and Pentheus

HeroesX v06 Office Hours 13 | The Song of Moses, The Shield of Achilles, and ox-vision Hera

HeroesX v07 Office Hours 12 | Plato’s Odysseus, and Socrates’ Ongoing Dialogues