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Discussion topics include speech acts and epic poetry; how women are portrayed in the Odyssey compared to the Iliad; integration of the hero.
Recorded in Spring 2018 during v9 of MOOC The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, in response to participants’ questions.
With Leonard Muellner, Sarah Scott
References mentioned:
John R. Searle on speech acts. See for example "What is a Speech Act?" https://faculty.unlv.edu/jwood/unlv/Articles/SearleWhatIsASpeechAct.pdf
Martin, Richard P. The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad
https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_Martin.The_Language_of_Heroes.1989
Muellner, Leonard Charles, The meaning of Homeric εὔχομαι through its formulas
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_MuellnerL.The_Meaning_of_Homeric_eukhomai.1976
Chapter 17 "Penelope and the Penelops"
https://chs.harvard.edu/chapter/17-penelope-and-the-penelops/ in
Levaniouk, Olga. 2011. Eve of the Festival: Making Myth in Odyssey 19. Hellenic Studies Series 46. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies.
https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_Levaniouk.Eve_of_the_Festival.2011
Dué, Casey:
Homeric Variations on a Lament by Briseis
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_Due.Homeric_Variations_on_a_Lament_by_Briseis.2002
The Captive Woman's Lament in Greek Tragedy
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_Due.The_Captive_Womans_Lament_in_Greek_Tragedy.2006
Part 3. Athens, Chapter 8. "Arete and Nausicaa"
https://chs.harvard.edu/chapter/part-iii-athensch-8-arete-and-nausicaa/
in Frame, Douglas. 2009. Hippota Nestor. Hellenic Studies Series 37. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies.
https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_Frame.Hippota_Nestor.2009
Discussion topics include speech acts and epic poetry; how women are portrayed in the Odyssey compared to the Iliad; integration of the hero.
Recorded in Spring 2018 during v9 of MOOC The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, in response to participants’ questions.
With Leonard Muellner, Sarah Scott
References mentioned:
John R. Searle on speech acts. See for example "What is a Speech Act?" https://faculty.unlv.edu/jwood/unlv/Articles/SearleWhatIsASpeechAct.pdf
Martin, Richard P. The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad
https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_Martin.The_Language_of_Heroes.1989
Muellner, Leonard Charles, The meaning of Homeric εὔχομαι through its formulas
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_MuellnerL.The_Meaning_of_Homeric_eukhomai.1976
Chapter 17 "Penelope and the Penelops"
https://chs.harvard.edu/chapter/17-penelope-and-the-penelops/ in
Levaniouk, Olga. 2011. Eve of the Festival: Making Myth in Odyssey 19. Hellenic Studies Series 46. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies.
https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_Levaniouk.Eve_of_the_Festival.2011
Dué, Casey:
Homeric Variations on a Lament by Briseis
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_Due.Homeric_Variations_on_a_Lament_by_Briseis.2002
The Captive Woman's Lament in Greek Tragedy
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_Due.The_Captive_Womans_Lament_in_Greek_Tragedy.2006
Part 3. Athens, Chapter 8. "Arete and Nausicaa"
https://chs.harvard.edu/chapter/part-iii-athensch-8-arete-and-nausicaa/
in Frame, Douglas. 2009. Hippota Nestor. Hellenic Studies Series 37. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies.
https://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_Frame.Hippota_Nestor.2009
