Category: Podcasts

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Homer: Episode 3

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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.

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Lockdown Thoughts

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In this quick chat, Dr. Fleming and Stephen share their thoughts on the first week of quarantine in their respective locations.

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Homer: Episode 2

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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.

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Homer: Episode 1

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In this episode, Dr. Fleming explains the purpose of this series and how the Greeks read Homer: both as scripture and as history.