HeroesX v09 Office Hours 07 | Odysseus on Ithaca and Beyond @KosmosSociety2024

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Discussion topics include: the end of the Odyssey, the negative side of Odysseus, and trickster figures; baby heroes; of Odysseus’ hero cult on Ithaca and multiple locations of Homeric Ithaca; Aeolic and Ionian tombs of Achilles and of the Athenian ownership of Achilles’ tomb in the 5th century BCE.
Recorded in Spring 2018 during v9 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hours 12 and 13, and responses to the Discussion Questions.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, and members of the HeroesX Team.

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