Homeric epic poems were not originally written but preserved by a tradition of oral composition that made these stories easier to recite (and remember). To appreciate the brilliant technique, it is useful to understand dactylic hexameter, which is used throughout the Iliad, as well as how the various “homeric” texts came down into the texts we know today as the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Disease and sickness, whether forestalled temporarily or not, are the heralds of death, which is both a divine punishment, given so that rebel mankind will not live forever, making up good and evil for himself, eternal beings given to evil, and at the same time death is Satan’s masterpiece.
In this episode of Off the Shelf Dr Fleming discusses Trent’s Last Case by EC Bentley. Bentley was a childhood friend of GK Chesterton, and like him, managed to create a compelling murder mystery detective.
In this quick chat, Dr. Fleming and Stephen share their thoughts on the first week of quarantine in their respective locations.
In this episode, Dr. Fleming gives a brief history of Greece to give more context for the opening of the Iliad, pre-Mycenean and Mycenean periods, the dark age, and beyond.
In this episode, Dr. Fleming explains the purpose of this series and how the Greeks read Homer: both as scripture and as history.
In this brief episode, Dr. Fleming and Stephen discuss the Super Tuesday results.
In this new series, Dr. Fleming and Stephen will discuss books that they are currently reading.
In this occasional series, Dr. Fleming and Stephen will discuss the state of the 2020 US Election.
What is fundamentally objectionable is not the man himself, who had his virtues and insights as well as vices, just like the rest of us; what is objectionable is the militant, uncritical cult which has grown up around his memory; what is downright contemptible are the slavish gestures made by various “Christian conservative” pundits seeking to hitch their wagons to said cult.
