HeroesX v10 Office Hours 04 | Visual and Verbal Variants; The Weight of psūkhē @KosmosSociety2024

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Discussion topics include: the relation between the tradition of the Iliad and the Athenian vase-painting; fusion of myth and ritual (of hero and athlete) on vases; representations of psūkhē; life-sized or miniature ghost of Patroklos; weighing golden butterflies and the scales of Zeus.

Recorded in Fall 2018 during v10 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hours 7 and 8, and responses to the Discussion Questions.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, and members of the HeroesX Team

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