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Discussion topics include the notions of right and wrong in Homer and Hesiod; rarity of hubris and dikē in Homer, along with the analysis of the few notable occurrences of these words in the Homeric epics. Sharper conceptions of right and wrong for females and by females; the hubris of Agamemnon; Achilles and the body of Hector; the human sacrifice at the funeral of Patroklos; the just king in the Odyssey, a flood of Zeus as a punishment of unjust people in the Iliad, and the appearance of the concept of justice in the Homeric similes; the rhapsodic mode of performance of the poetry of Hesiod.
Recorded in Spring 2019 during v11 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hour 12 and responses to the Discussion Question.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, and members of the HeroesX Team.
Discussion topics include the notions of right and wrong in Homer and Hesiod; rarity of hubris and dikē in Homer, along with the analysis of the few notable occurrences of these words in the Homeric epics. Sharper conceptions of right and wrong for females and by females; the hubris of Agamemnon; Achilles and the body of Hector; the human sacrifice at the funeral of Patroklos; the just king in the Odyssey, a flood of Zeus as a punishment of unjust people in the Iliad, and the appearance of the concept of justice in the Homeric similes; the rhapsodic mode of performance of the poetry of Hesiod.
Recorded in Spring 2019 during v11 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hour 12 and responses to the Discussion Question.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, and members of the HeroesX Team.
