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A discussion of Achilles in death and in life, in the Iliad and in the Odyssey, of the complementarity of the two epics, of the characters’ awareness of the medium, of Agamemnon’s epic failure; of Penelope as a key to Odysseus’ fame, of Achilles as an ideal lover, and of the Odyssey 24 as “the end of the rainbow.”
Recorded in Fall 2017 during v8 of of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hour 11.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, and members of the HeroesX Team.
A discussion of Achilles in death and in life, in the Iliad and in the Odyssey, of the complementarity of the two epics, of the characters’ awareness of the medium, of Agamemnon’s epic failure; of Penelope as a key to Odysseus’ fame, of Achilles as an ideal lover, and of the Odyssey 24 as “the end of the rainbow.”
Recorded in Fall 2017 during v8 of of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hour 11.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, and members of the HeroesX Team.
