Exploring the classical world - Audio

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Exploring the classical world introduces texts by Homer, Horace, Juvenal and others, placing them in their social and political context and assessing their value as historical sources. Readings in the original Latin or Greek and in translation illustrate the metric structures used and the challenge…

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    • Jul 26, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
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    Exploring the classical world

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009 0:42


    A brief introduction to this album.

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    Transcript -- Exploring the classical world

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009


    Transcript -- A brief introduction to this album.

    Interpreting Homer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009 14:28


    Reading' classical texts and the differing philosophies of translation, with a dramatised example from the Lattimore translation of Homer's Odyssey.

    Transcript -- Interpreting Homer

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    Transcript -- Reading' classical texts and the differing philosophies of translation, with a dramatised example from the Lattimore translation of Homer's Odyssey.

    Homer's people

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009 10:33


    Metaphor, imagery, characterisation and the portrayal of strong emotion in Homer's Odyssey, with dramatised excerpts from book iv.

    Transcript -- Homer's people

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    Transcript -- Metaphor, imagery, characterisation and the portrayal of strong emotion in Homer's Odyssey, with dramatised excerpts from book iv.

    Homer's world

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009 12:56


    The power of the Gods and the nature of Homeric heroes, including a reading from the original Greek and dramatisations from Odyssey book v.

    Transcript -- Homer's world

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    Transcript -- The power of the Gods and the nature of Homeric heroes, including a reading from the original Greek and dramatisations from Odyssey book v.

    Homer - lost in translation?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009 14:42


    Comparing and evaluating translations of Homer, focusing on Lattimore, and the difficulties and decisions involved.

    Transcript -- Homer - lost in translation?

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    Transcript -- Comparing and evaluating translations of Homer, focusing on Lattimore, and the difficulties and decisions involved.

    Homer - translation through recreation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009 14:36


    Different approaches to recreating the original Homeric experience in prose, poetry and on stage.

    Transcript -- Homer - translation through recreation

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    Transcript -- Different approaches to recreating the original Homeric experience in prose, poetry and on stage.

    Catullus - poetic voices

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009 20:10


    The love poetry of Catullus and his place in contemporary Roman society, with readings in Latin and translation.

    Transcript -- Catullus - poetic voices

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    Transcript -- The love poetry of Catullus and his place in contemporary Roman society, with readings in Latin and translation.

    Catullus - political worlds

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009 20:42


    The role of Catullus and his poetry in political and personal rivalries in the late Roman Republic.

    Transcript -- Catullus - political worlds

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    Transcript -- The role of Catullus and his poetry in political and personal rivalries in the late Roman Republic.

    The Alcaic stanzas of Horace

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009 10:57


    The sounds and rhythms of Latin poetry, focusing on the Alcaic form with readings from Horace's ode 3.6.

    Transcript -- The Alcaic stanzas of Horace

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    Transcript -- The sounds and rhythms of Latin poetry, focusing on the Alcaic form with readings from Horace's ode 3.6.

    Exploring Roman elegiac poetry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009 17:20


    The sounds and rhythms of Roman Elegiac poetry, with readings in Latin and translation.

    Transcript -- Exploring Roman elegiac poetry

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    Transcript -- The sounds and rhythms of Roman Elegiac poetry, with readings in Latin and translation.

    Satire in the city of Rome

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009 12:09


    Using Roman satirical writing to discover social history.

    Transcript -- Satire in the city of Rome

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    Transcript -- Using Roman satirical writing to discover social history.

    The satirical verse of Juvenal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2009 24:32


    The motivations of Juvenal in his satirical works, with readings in Latin and in translation of Satire 5.

    Transcript -- The satirical verse of Juvenal

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    Transcript -- The motivations of Juvenal in his satirical works, with readings in Latin and in translation of Satire 5.

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