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Discussion topics include: Sappho and women’s song traditions in the Iliad: laments, love songs, curses, remedy songs; the therapeutic heroes: drugs and scapegoats, the medicinal skills of Achilles and Patroklos, and heroes after death as superhuman healers.
Recorded in Fall 2018 during v10 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hours 5 and 6, and responses to the Discussion Questions.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, and members of the HeroesX Team
Discussion topics include: Sappho and women’s song traditions in the Iliad: laments, love songs, curses, remedy songs; the therapeutic heroes: drugs and scapegoats, the medicinal skills of Achilles and Patroklos, and heroes after death as superhuman healers.
Recorded in Fall 2018 during v10 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hours 5 and 6, and responses to the Discussion Questions.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, and members of the HeroesX Team
