Homer’s Iliad: Paris the Pretty Boy (3.46-57)
April 29, 2008
Hector’s rebuke of his brother, the handsome Paris, for shrinking from battle (Iliad 3.46-57), read and discussed by Kristin Fanciullacci.
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Homer’s Iliad: How to Insult a King (1.223-232)
April 29, 2008
Achilles’ rebuke of Agamemnon (Iliad 1.223-232), read and discussed by Amy Oechsner.
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Homer’s Iliad: Sorry Trojans, your omen bites (12.195-209)
April 29, 2008
An omen appears at a critical moment in the battle (Iliad 12.195-209); read and discussed by Laura Saltzman.
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Homer’s Iliad: Pouting Aphrodite (5.370-380)
April 29, 2008
Aphrodite’s complaint to her mother Dione, after being wounded by the Greek hero Diomedes (Iliad 5.370-380), read and discussed by Diane Evitts.
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Homer’s Iliad: Zeus and Hera, Man and Wife (1.539-550)
April 29, 2008
A conversation between Hera and Zeus (Iliad 1.539-550), read and discussed by Marguerite Easterbrook.
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Homer’s Iliad: Achilles to Hector (9.643-655)
April 28, 2008
Achilles’ reply to Ajax (Iliad 9.643-655) discussed and read by Jimmy Bradford.
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