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John J. Miller is joined by Spencer Klavan to discuss the letters of Epicurus.
"What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem?" So asked Tertullian. Here's St. Basil's response to that question, which may be useful to you as you read Greek literature. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/1243386908/support
Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! Greek & Roman Mythology Retold
Liv speaks with author Emily Hauser about her book How Women Became Poets. They look at women in Greek myth, literature, etymology, and, very specifically, the long and arduous history of women 'poets' in Greek literature. Plus, a sneak peak at Emily's next work: Mythica/Penelope's Bones. Find more from Emily here. CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing. Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
David Butterfield is a renowned classicist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge. His work centres on the critical study and teaching of classical texts. How did the Renaissance revival of Greek language study transform Western Europe's intellectual landscape and shape our modern understanding of the Classics? In this talk, delivered on the island of Samos in Greece in August 2023 as part of Ralston College's Master's in the Humanities program, Dr. David Butterfield—Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge—charts how Western Europe came to appreciate the language and culture of ancient Greece as an integral part of its own civilizational inheritance. Dr. Butterfield explains that large-scale technological and cultural changes in late antiquity led to a gradual loss of Greek language proficiency—and a waning interest in the pagan world—among Western European intellectuals during the Early Middle Ages. While the Scholasticism of the High Middle Ages was invigorated by the rediscovery of the Greek philosophical tradition, this encounter was mediated almost entirely through Latin translations. It was only in the Renaissance—when a renewed appreciation of the Hellenic world on its own terms led to a revitalization of Greek language study—that our contemporary conception of Classics was fully established. — 00:00 Introduction: A Journey through Classical Literature with Dr. Butterfield 04:05 Preservation and Valuation of Greek Culture 06:55 The Evolution of Writing Systems 14:50 Greek Influence on Roman Culture 20:25 The Rise of Christianity and Advances in Book Technology 27:40 Preservation and Transmission of Classical Texts in the Middle Ages 32:50 Arabic Scholars: Preserving Greek Knowledge and Shaping Western Thought 36:00 The Renaissance and Rediscovery of Greek Texts 43:10 Conclusion: The Printing Press and the Spread of Classical Knowledge — Authors, Ideas, and Works Mentioned in this Episode: Homer Magna Graecia Pythagoras Odyssey Cato the Elder Third Macedonian War Great Library of Alexandria Great Library of Pergamum Horace, Epistles Emperor Augustus Codex Sinaiticus Constantine Neoplatonism Plato Charlemagne Carolingian Renaissance Virgil Ovid Abbasid Caliphate Avveroës Avicenna Thomas Aquinas Petrarch Ottoman Conquest Epicurus Lucretius Aristotle Gutenberg — Additional Resources Dr Stephen Blackwood Ralston College (including newsletter) Support a New Beginning Ralston College Humanities MA Antigone - Explore Ancient Greece and Rome with Modern Insights Join the conversation and stay updated on our latest content by subscribing to the Ralston College YouTube channel.
Seven plays survive out of more than 70 written by Aeschylus during his lifetime. Last week, I covered The Oresteia, his famous trilogy, and this week I cover his four other surviving tragedy plays.I highlight the following three contrasts I've found throughout Greek Literature and share what we learn within these Aeschylean plays:* Fate vs The Will of Zeus* Ares (force) vs the Areopagus (debate/civilization)* Family Curse vs Human Agency Get full access to Books of Titans at booksoftitans.substack.com/subscribe
"... it is incumbent upon us, for the present, to trace, as it were, the silhouette of virtue in the pagan authors. For those who carefully gather the useful from each book are wont, like mighty rivers, to gain accessions on every hand." Drawing from his deep understanding of both classical Greek literature and Sacred Scripture, St. Basil the Great—a towering figure of the early Church—advocates for the proper integration of the literary treasures of ancient Greece within the broader formation of young Christian men. Basil challenges those whom he addresses to discern the morally enriching elements of Greek literature while guarding against its pitfalls, particularly its indulgence in more decadent and morally ambiguous themes. Links Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature full text: https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/basil_litterature01.htm SUBSCRIBE to Catholic Culture Audiobooks https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catholic-culture-audiobooks/id1482214268 SIGN UP for Catholic Culture's newsletter http://www.catholicculture.org/newsletter DONATE at http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio Theme music: "2 Part Invention", composed by Mark Christopher Brandt, performed by Thomas Mirus. ©️2019 Heart of the Lion Publishing Co./BMI. All rights reserved.
In this episode, Erik Rostad discusses the Address to Young Men on Reading Greek Literature on how they might derive profit from pagan literature, book 43 for his 2023 reading list. Show Notes Author: St. Basil the Great Version: Loeb Classical Library Read for Free Online My Thoughts about On Greek Literature The Great Books... The post On Greek Literature by St. Basil the Great appeared first on Books of Titans.
J.J. and Dr. Simon Goldhill try to nail down exactly what Midrash really is and try to place the classical Rabbis in their historical context.Simon Goldhill is a Professor in Greek Literature and Culture and Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at King's College. His latest book is Victorian Culture and Classical Antiquity: Art, Opera, Fiction, and the Proclamation of Modernity. Previously, Professor Goldhill was Director of CRASSH from 2011-2018. CRASSH is dedicated to interdisciplinary research, with 16 faculty research groups, Humanitas Visiting Professors, and longer term interdisciplinary research projects.
The New Testament is often studied in isolation, separated from other ancient writings. How did this division come about, and what do we lose by looking at it as something different? Dr. Robyn Walsh talks about what can be gained from placing the New Testament back into the canon of Classical Literature.
In this week's episode, Ricky and Jon interview Spencer Klavan. Spencer is a scholar, writer and podcaster. After studying Greek and Latin as an undergraduate at Yale, he spent five years at Oxford earning his doctorate in ancient Greek literature. Now an editor at the Claremont Institute, he has written for many outlets, including The Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times, City Journal, Newsweek, the Claremont Review of Books, The Federalist, The American Mind, and The Daily Wire. We spoke at length about his book "How To Save The West - Ancient Wisdom For 5 Modern Crises” and explored how Ancient wisdom might just be the antidote to the chaos of our modern times.---ARTICLES AND LINKS DISCUSSED---Follow Spencer Klavan on Twitter:@SpencerKlavan---FOLLOW THE CONVERSATION ON reddit:https://www.reddit.com/r/thenewfleshpodcast/---SUPPORT THE NEW FLESHBuy Me A Coffee:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thenewflesh---Instagram: @thenewfleshpodcast---Twitter: @TheNewFleshpod---Follow Ricky: @ricky_allpike on InstagramFollow Jon: @thejonastro on Instagram---Logo Design by Made To Move: @made.tomove on InstagramTheme Song: Dreamdrive "Vermilion Lips"
Professors Miriam Leonard and Daniel Orrells, curators at the Freud Museum London, dig into the Austrian's collection of ancient objects, and how archaeology shaped his approach to psychoanalysis in the 20th century. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) simultaneously pioneered both psychoanalysis and global antiquity. Fascinated by classical cultures, he collected objects across space and time, from Ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt, finding interconnections across the Mediterranean and Middle East. Freud challenged historical precedents - posing Moses as an Egyptian, not a Jew - but he also appropriated classical history to legitimate his practice, and reckon with ideas like the Oedipus Complex. But above all, Freud saw the mind and conscious as ‘an archaeological site'. Likewise, Professors Miriam Leonard and Daniel Orrells dig into his study to find the objects for Freud's Antiquity, unearthing his complex position as both a product and critic of 19th century imperialism. They share how Freud challenged the Western ownership of both historical objects and knowledge, the parallels between individual and human history, why his writings reflect the Nazification of Europe before World War II, and how the violence of empire continues to impact our present. Freud's Antiquity: Object, Idea, Desire runs at the Freud Museum London until 16 July 2023. For more on Freud's Asian objects, listen to Professor Craig Clunas, curator of Freud and China, on EMPIRE LINES: pod.link/1533637675/episode/44861b4a5e6a32380693ec6622210890 WITH: Miriam Leonard, Professor of Greek Literature and its Reception at University College London (UCL). Daniel Orrells, Professor of Classics and Centre Director for Queer@Kings at King's College London (KCL). They are co-curators are Freud's Antiquity: Object, Idea, Desire. ART: ‘Red-Figure Hydria, Greece (380-360BCE)'. PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES at: twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936 Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines
Silvio Bär, Professor of Classics at the University of Oslo, speaks to Karin Kukkonen about Ancient Greek literature and its heroes. Learn how the “epic memory” works, why cognitive dissonance can help us understand ancient texts better, and the major difference between us and the ancient Greeks as an audience for tales about heroes. Silvio's reading recommendation Homer's Iliad and The Odyssey (Silvio's favourite translations are by Richmond Lattimore) Post-production: Bård Ingebrigtsen & Vera Syrovatskaya. Written alternative
Recently, leading resurrection scholars Dr Mike Licona and Dr Dale Allison Jr. discussed their two different approaches toward historical evidence for Jesus' resurrection... even though they agree on the Christian conclusion. Kamil Gregor (from @camandkam ) joins me to point out where he and I differ on the path the evidence takes toward a conclusion against Jesus' resurrection.The Resurrection of Jesus: Mike Licona & Dale Allison in Dialogue by @SeanMcDowell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VacHNTfpAsU=== RESOURCES ===Richard Miller's paper on missing bodies:(2010). "Mark's empty tomb and other translation fables in classical antiquity." Journal of biblical literature, 129(4), 759-776https://www.jstor.org/stable/25765965Here's some literature on divine translation and appearances of divine beings. I'm including recent titles, which cite a ton of older literature.Miller, R. C. (2014). Resurrection and Reception in Early Christianity. RoutledgeCook, J. G. (2018). Empty Tomb, Resurrection, Apotheosis. Mohr SiebeckFox, R. L. (2006). Pagans and Christians. Penguin UK, particularly the "Seeing the Gods" chapterLitwa, M. D. (2014). Iesus Deus. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, particularly chapter 5Litwa, M. D. (2019). How the Gospels Became History. Yale University Press, particularly chapters 11-15Larsen, K. B. (2008). Recognizing the Stranger: Recognition Scenes in the Gospel of John. BrillBurnett, D. C. (2021). Christ's Enthronement at God's Right Hand and Its Greco-Roman Cultural Context. Walter de GruyterPetridou, G. (2016). Divine Epiphany in Greek Literature and Culture. Oxford University PressJustin Daneshmand's recent PhD thesis "The Elusive Jesus of Luke-Acts in Its Ancient Mediterranean Literary Context" (2020, University of Manchester)Some literature on Paul in context:Wendt, H. (2016). At the Temple Gates. Oxford University PressEyl, J. (2019). Signs, Wonders, and Gifts. Oxford University PressKloppenborg, J. S. (2019). Christ's Associations. Yale University PressStanley, C. D. (2004). Arguing with Scripture. Bloomsbury Publishing USAIs The Historical Jesus More Plausible Than Mythicism With Kamil Gregorhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRcHbiDJ640Bible Scholar Attempts my Resurrection Questions (Dale Allison)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLnoyJXPXAs=================Support Paulogia athttp://www.patreon.com/paulogiahttp://www.paypal.me/paulogiaPaulogia Channel Wish-Listhttps://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/YTALNY19IBC8?ref_=wl_sharePaulogia Merchhttps://teespring.com/stores/paulogiaJoin this channel to get access to perks:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIS4cWaXgWpznjwovFYQBJQ/joinPaulogia Audio-Only-Version Podcasthttps://paulogia.buzzsprout.comFollow Paulogia athttp://www.twitter.com/paulogia0http://www.facebook.com/paulogia0https://discord.gg/BXbv7DSSend me cool mail!PaulogiaPO Box 1350Lantz Stn Main, NSB2S 1A0CanadaSupport the show
Confabulating with Dr. Luke Gorton Educational History: 2014, Ph.D. in Classics, The Ohio State University, Columbus. Certificate earned: Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean. Dissertation: Through the Grapevine: Tracing the Origins of Wine. Research Interests: Greek and Latin Language and Literature Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean Contacts Between Greece and Near Eastern Literatures and Cultures Greek, Latin, and Indo-European Linguistics Teaching Interests: Classical religions and culture (Greek Mythology, Magic in Ancient Religion, etc.) Language courses (Greek, Latin, and other ancient languages) Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity Representative Courses: CLST 107 - Greek Mythology CLST 333-334/RELG 347 - Topics in Greek Literature and Culture Magic in Ancient Religion Sex and Gender in Ancient Religion Apocalypse in the Ancient World LATN 303-304 - Advanced Classical Latin GREK 301-302 - Advanced Ancient Greek CLST 333-334/RELG 347 - Topics in Greek Literature and Culture RELG 232 - Introduction to Christian Scriptures --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ihshg/support
On our Thursday review panel this week: the film critic Leila Latif and Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge, review the British comedy horror film All My Friends Hate Me, directed by Andrew Gaynord and Howard Brenton's play Cancelling Socrates, directed by Tom Littler at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London. And the last of our author interviews with the writers shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest, whose novel The Book of Form and Emptiness is the story of Benny, a teenager in the US who finds that objects are starting to talk to him. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Sarah Johnson Image: The cast of All My Friends Hate Me Credit: BFI Distribution
"A Dreadful Consolation," written by by Christos Ikonomou and translated from the Greek by Karen Emmerich: https://airlightmagazine.org/airlight/issue-5/a-terrible-consolation/
In this episode, we explore the expanded fictionalized version of Jesus' life in Nikos Kazantakis “The Last Temptation of Christ”. This story follows the Bible loosely, using Kazantakis thoughts on what Christ must've felt before being crucified. It focuses mainly on his struggles of being human in every sense of the word dealing with earthly temptations such as fear, doubt, lust, violence, and reluctance. We explore this banned novel and decide whether or not it is as blasphemous as the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Church claimed it to be. If you liked or didn't like this episode, let us know.Leave us a comment and subscribe to our channel!BannedBookClubPodcast.comFollow us on Instagram: @bannedbookclubpodFollow us on Facebook: @bannedbookclubpodEmail us at info@bannedbookclubpodcast.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bannedbookclub)
Join us in learning about the world's potential first feminist, ancient poet and LGBTQA+ pioneer, silenced and ridiculed, but still being resurfaced today
Dr. Jenkins welcomes Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick back to Path to the Academy, where they discuss St. Basil's “Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature.” St. Basil gives both high and low praise to the pagans, and Fr. Andrew and Dr. Jenkins discuss the text's relevance for today, how pagans could be virtuous, and why we should read the pagans to help us understand Holy Scripture.
Dr. Jenkins welcomes Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick back to Path to the Academy, where they discuss St. Basil's “Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature.” St. Basil gives both high and low praise to the pagans, and Fr. Andrew and Dr. Jenkins discuss the text's relevance for today, how pagans could be virtuous, and why we should read the pagans to help us understand Holy Scripture.
Dr. Jenkins welcomes Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick back to Path to the Academy, where they discuss St. Basil's “Address to Young Men on the Right Use of Greek Literature.” St. Basil gives both high and low praise to the pagans, and Fr. Andrew and Dr. Jenkins discuss the text's relevance for today, how pagans could be virtuous, and why we should read the pagans to help us understand Holy Scripture.
Dr. Mario Telo, Professor of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies, and Comparative Lit., at UC Berkeley, joins Andrew to first address what makes Ancient Greek Literature such a queer and homoerotic source. Then, they get into discussions on why "class" is so important in the word "Classics," what male same-sex relationships looked like in ancient Greece, and Mario gets into how he approaches writing and teaching Greek drama. Make sure to follow Mario on his Instagram, @telo_mario. And, to see more of his research and writing head here: https://dagrs.berkeley.edu/people/mario-telo To look into his 2020 book, Archive Feelings: A Theory of Greek Tragedy head here: https://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814214558.html To listen to the rest of the episode, head on over to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ivorytowerboilerroom We also give an extensive book list so here are a few of those titles (get ready to read): Plato's Symposium: https://bookshop.org/books/the-symposium-2ebefeb5-c76d-4ac1-8303-641e982cebed/9780140449273 Aristophanes' Lysistrata: https://bookshop.org/books/lysistrata/9780486282251 Madeline Miller's The Song of Achilles: https://bookshop.org/books/the-song-of-achilles/9780062060624 Mary Renault's The Persian Boy: https://bookshop.org/books/the-persian-boy/9780394751016 Donna Zuckerberg's Not All Dead White Men: https://bookshop.org/books/not-all-dead-white-men-classics-and-misogyny-in-the-digital-age/9780674241411 Caroline Winterer's The Culture of Classicism: https://www.hfsbooks.com/books/the-culture-of-classicism-winterer/ Follow Ivory Tower Boiler Room on Facebook, @ivorytowerboilerroom, Instagram, @ivorytowerboilerroom, TikTok, @ivorytowerboilerroom, and Twitter, @IvoryBoilerRoom! Email us at ivorytowerboilerroom@gmail.com. We love hearing from you about the podcast and are always interested in interview suggestions. Thanks for "Capricorn" Sophie! Check out Anne Sophie Andersen's Seasons promo video. Composer: Anne Sophie Andersen (follow her on Instagram, @anne_sophie_andersen), Dancer: Daisy Payero, Video: Cecilie Beck Kronborg (follow her on Instagram, @ceciliebeckofficial) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ivorytowerboilerroom/support
Why doesn't Homer mention Thebes? It was a powerful city-state, at one point the most powerful in the Mediterranean... and yet it's conspicuously not prevalent in the great epics. Perhaps its absence speaks volumes... This Classical Wisdom Speaks episode is with Elton Barker and Joel Christensen, joint authors of both Homer's Thebes: Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts as well as Homer: A Beginner's Guide. Elton Barker is Professor of Greek Literature and Culture at the School of Arts & Cultures at the Open University, in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. He is also the General Secretary at Pelagios Network and Author of “Entering the Agon: Dissent and Authority in Homer, Historiography, and Tragedy”. Joel Christensen is Professor and Chair at the Department of Classical Studies in Brandeis University. In addition to his and Elton's joint books, he is Author of The Many-Minded Man: The "Odyssey," Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic (Myth and Poetics II)We'll discuss women in Archaic Greece, the possibility of a Theban Epic and whether or not Homer stole... or sampled from other traditions. You can purchase Elton and Joel's, book, Homer's Thebes: Epic Rivalries and the Appropriation of Mythical Pasts here: https://chs.harvard.edu/book/barker-elton-and-joel-christensen-homers-thebes/ You can learn more about Classical Wisdom and Classical Wisdom Speaks here: https://classicalwisdom.com/Get your FREE Guide: How to Be Happy: An Ethical Guide to ancient Philosophy here: https://classicalwisdom.com/how-to-be-happy/
On this week's Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with Professor Emeritus Harold W. Attridge of the Yale Divinity School. A leading scholar of Jewish and Greek Literature related to the New Testament and Early Christianity, Harold lends new insight to the human condition of the time. After, Producer Clayton Early and Fact Checker Chris Smith stop by to discuss whether or not the original verdict holds up!We have merch!Join our Discord!Tell us who you think is to blame at http://thealarmistpodcast.comEmail us at thealarmistpodcast@gmail.comFollow us on Instagram @thealarmistpodcastFollow us on Twitter @alarmistThe Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/alarmist. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A man in the middle of total chaos in a supermarket, makes a confusing, but meaningful purchase.From: Istanbul, TurkeyLanguages: English, TurkishCredits:Thank you for listening to Ochenta Stories. This story was written by Tekin Tekin, Tekin is 18 years old and studies Greek Literature at Istanbul University.Tekin also performed both the English and Turkish versions of this story.The sound design for this piece was by Luis López.
Ένας νόμιζε ότι το 'χερόγραφο' είναι ένα αρχαίο και ιερό εύρημα. 'Ενας άλλος διαπίστωσε ότι ήταν ένα κοινό γραπτό. Το διήγημα του Κώστα Παρορίτη αναφέρεται στη σύγκρουση των δύο.
Listen to a short story by Andreas Karkavitsas about a young man who fulfilled his duty to his family. - Ακούστε ένα συγκινητικό διήγημα του Ανδρέα Καρκαβίτσα για έναν νεαρό άντρα που εκπλήρωσε τους στόχους τους.
In this talk, Jane Lightfoot considers what a particular corner of the classical world, astrology, thought about disease – how it classified it, what mental models it built around it, and how it might have coped, or failed to cope, with the situation that is facing us today.Speaker: Professor Jane Lightfoot FBA, Professor of Greek Literature; Charlton Fellow and Tutor in Classics, New College, University of Oxford Image: Waning gibbous moon and Mars. © photo by japatino via Getty Images
Author Andreas Karkavitsas loved to write about the sea, the seafarers, the sponge divers. Generations grew up with his stories. In this short story he describes a shipwreck and its impact on those who were left behind. - Το διήγημα Ναυάγια του Ανδρέα Καρκαβίτσα περιγράφει την πραγματικότητα των ναυτικών, τους κινδύνους και τις απώλειές τους.
"The letter", a short story by Napoleon Lapathiotis, is about lost possibilities, unrequited love and the people who come to our lives only for a moment. - Το διήγημα του Ναπολέοντα Λαπαθιώτη "Tο γράμμα" είναι γεμάτο λυρισμό, νοσταλγία και αναπάντητα ερωτηματικά. Αφήγηση: Ντίνα Γερολύμου.
Ακούστε την ιστορία ενός ξενιτεμένου όπως τη διηγήθηκε ο λογοτέχνης Αργύρης Εφταλιώτης.
In this episode, presenter and broadcast journalist Catherine Galloway talks youth, ageing, research time, and timelessness with Professor Simon Goldhill, a former director of CRASSH, and Professor of Greek Literature and Culture at the Faculty of Classics. We also spend time considering the life-changing power of the moment. As chair of the Nine Dots Prize Board, Professor Goldhill makes the phone call to the winner of this lucrative and prestigious biennial international essay competition, telling the astonished recipient that their ‘out of the box' thinking has netted them $100,000, a publishing contract with Cambridge University Press, and the chance to come to CRASSH for a term to work on turning their essay answer into a book. The latest recipient was announced this month, and we've got the scoop on the idea that won. Thoughtlines is produced by Carl Homer at Cambridge TV. Learn more: - Find more on Professor Simon Goldhill here: https://www.classics.cam.ac.uk/directory/simon-goldhill - To discover the identity of the 2021 winner of the Nine Dots Prize mentioned in this episode click here: https://ninedotsprize.org/ - An open access copy of the first Nine Dots Prize book, Stand Out Of Our Light: Freedom and Resistance In The Attention Economy, by James Williams, is available here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/stand-out-of-our-light/3F8D7BA2C0FE3A7126A4D9B73A89415D - An open access copy of the second Nine Dots Prize book, Bread, Cement, Cactus: A Memoir of Belonging and Dislocation, by Annie Zaidi, is available here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/bread-cement-cactus/75DCB40487D5CD8DCB772761555CF10C Simon Goldhill is the Professor of Greek Literature and Culture at the Faculty of Classics and a Fellow of King's College Cambridge. Professor Simon Goldhill's forthcoming book on time, discussed in this episode, will be released in 2022 by Cambridge University Press, and is titled The Christian Invention of Time: Temporality and the Literature of Late Antiquity. Two of his recent books are A Very Queer Family Indeed: Sex, Religion and the Bensons in Victorian Britain (The University of Chicago Press, 2016)https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/V/bo24550846.html
Daily Bible Study-Fr. Simon talks about why not celebrating the Ascension today (in most of the USA), importance of Sunday, Expulsion of Jews from Corinth and Paul telling the Jews he’s going to the Gentiles Fr. Simon answers letters about confession, Greek Literature and Zeus, Jesus speaking about money, Assemblies of God Word of the […] All show notes at Father Simon Says May 13th-Ascension??, Expulsion of Jews and Paul going to the Gentiles - This podcast produced by Relevant Radio
Oooooooh a SPECIAL episode?! We are fancy AF. And we are absolutely DELIGHTED to be joined by the lovely Laura Jenkinson-Brown, the creator behind Greek Myth Comix. If you listened to our last two episodes of Myth Dynamite Season 2 (and if you haven’t ... rude) then you will know that Abi and Sarah got a bit ... well ... mad about Odysseus. Listening back, we felt an external point of view might balance things a bit. That’s where Jenks comes in. Jenks’ knowledge of the Odyssey is DEEP (I mean the nerdy references alone... we can’t even) and it has inspired her comics, merch and even a ‘Choose your own adventure’ book, Odyssey-style (coming out of hiding for the FIRST TIME in this episode!) We planned to chat for 30 mins ... we recorded for 2 hours. It was a joy
Here is my segment of the #Christmas episode of TGIF on the Wallasey Unleashed channel - see the full episode and subscribe here: hhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLy-iMASe91bbJReLRyVfHg. It tried to be cynical but it didn't work out. This is the work of Samuel Clements Moore. The poem, which has been called "arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American", is largely responsible for some of the conceptions of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century to today. Prior to the poem, American ideas about St. Nicholas and other Christmastide visitors varied considerably.On Christmas Eve night, while his wife and children sleep, a man awakens to noises outside his house. Looking out the window, he sees St. Nicholas in an air-borne sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. After landing his sleigh on the roof, the saint enters the house through the chimney, carrying a sack of toys with him. The man watches Nicholas filling the children's Christmas stockings hanging by the fire, and laughs to himself. They share a conspiratorial moment before the saint bounds up the chimney again. As he flies away, Saint Nicholas wishes everyone a "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night."Clement Clarke Moore ( 1779 – 1863) was an American Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, as well as Divinity and Biblical Learning, at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Located on land donated by the "Bard of Chelsea" himself, the seminary still stands today on Ninth Avenue between 20th and 21st Streets, in an area known as Chelsea Square. Moore's connection with that institution continued for over twenty-five years. He is the author of the yuletide poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", which later became famous as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azPXxmB4nKI
Here is my segment of the #Christmas episode of TGIF on the Wallasey Unleashed channel - see the full episode and subscribe here: hhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLy-iMASe91bbJReLRyVfHg. It tried to be cynical but it didn't work out. This is the work of Samuel Clements Moore. The poem, which has been called "arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American", is largely responsible for some of the conceptions of Santa Claus from the mid-nineteenth century to today. Prior to the poem, American ideas about St. Nicholas and other Christmastide visitors varied considerably.On Christmas Eve night, while his wife and children sleep, a man awakens to noises outside his house. Looking out the window, he sees St. Nicholas in an air-borne sleigh pulled by eight reindeer. After landing his sleigh on the roof, the saint enters the house through the chimney, carrying a sack of toys with him. The man watches Nicholas filling the children's Christmas stockings hanging by the fire, and laughs to himself. They share a conspiratorial moment before the saint bounds up the chimney again. As he flies away, Saint Nicholas wishes everyone a "Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night."Clement Clarke Moore ( 1779 – 1863) was an American Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, as well as Divinity and Biblical Learning, at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Located on land donated by the "Bard of Chelsea" himself, the seminary still stands today on Ninth Avenue between 20th and 21st Streets, in an area known as Chelsea Square. Moore's connection with that institution continued for over twenty-five years. He is the author of the yuletide poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", which later became famous as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azPXxmB4nKI
We continue with out Classical Studies course and our introduction to The Iliad. In this episode, we look at the main goddesses and gods in the poem and discuss the opening chapter. Dr. Gary Stickel tells us about the epic. Sean Marlon Newcombe hosts.
One of the greatest authors in Western literature, Homer has been a stable of literary study since the days of Socrates and Plato. Now, though, an insidious attack on the value and relevance of his work has been launched. Listen in as Dr. Gary Stickel mounts a spirited defense of Homer's work. Sean Marlon Newcombe hosts.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man who, according to Machiavelli, was the last of the Five Good Emperors. Marcus Aurelius, 121 to 180 AD, has long been known as a model of the philosopher king, a Stoic who, while on military campaigns, compiled ideas on how best to live his life, and how best to rule. These ideas became known as his Meditations, and they have been treasured by many as an insight into the mind of a Roman emperor, and an example of how to avoid the corruption of power in turbulent times. The image above shows part of a bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. With Simon Goldhill Professor of Greek Literature and Culture and Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge Angie Hobbs Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield And Catharine Edwards Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck, University of London Producer: Simon Tillotson
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man who, according to Machiavelli, was the last of the Five Good Emperors. Marcus Aurelius, 121 to 180 AD, has long been known as a model of the philosopher king, a Stoic who, while on military campaigns, compiled ideas on how best to live his life, and how best to rule. These ideas became known as his Meditations, and they have been treasured by many as an insight into the mind of a Roman emperor, and an example of how to avoid the corruption of power in turbulent times. The image above shows part of a bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. With Simon Goldhill Professor of Greek Literature and Culture and Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge Angie Hobbs Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield And Catharine Edwards Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck, University of London Producer: Simon Tillotson
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man who, according to Machiavelli, was the last of the Five Good Emperors. Marcus Aurelius, 121 to 180 AD, has long been known as a model of the philosopher king, a Stoic who, while on military campaigns, compiled ideas on how best to live his life, and how best to rule. These ideas became known as his Meditations, and they have been treasured by many as an insight into the mind of a Roman emperor, and an example of how to avoid the corruption of power in turbulent times. The image above shows part of a bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius. With Simon Goldhill Professor of Greek Literature and Culture and Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge Angie Hobbs Professor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield And Catharine Edwards Professor of Classics and Ancient History at Birkbeck, University of London Producer: Simon Tillotson
"He smote his breast, and thus reproached his heart. Endure, my heart; far worst has thou endured." If you are looking for an uplifting tale of a man's struggle through life, then look no further. 'The Odyssey' is the second of the epic poems by the Greek author Homer. Kyrin from the Mere Mortals crew has already reviewed the well renowned 'The Iliad' and herein contains his opinions of the journey of Odysseus."The poem brings forth suggestive questions still applicable to a modern context. What is a hero? Why is the call of home so strong? What are the limits that a single person can endure? Though not answered implicitly, we can gain knowledge of these from the behaviour and speech of Odysseus and his companions. In comparison to 'The Iliad' I personally found this story a bit too drawn out and lacking in the specific details that we see when we follow the adventure of Achilles. Nevertheless it is a decent read and worth knowing the general tale, if for no other reason that it's still talked about and parodied (The Simpsons for example) in modern times."Timeline:(0:00) - Introduction(3:53) - What is a hero?(6:06) - The call of home and why people move(9:01) - Hospitality and how it can be abused(10:19) - Comparison to The Iliad(13:05) - Summary and pragmatic takeawayAs always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!Connect with Mere Mortals:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcast
"Love in the snow" is a timeless tale of unrequited love by Greek author Alexandros Papadiamantis. Narrated by Dina Gerolymou. - Ο έρωτας στα χιόνια, διήγημα του Αλέξανδρου Παπαδιαμάντη, σε αφήγηση της Ντίνας Γερολύμου.
To βλογημένο μαντρί, διήγημα του Φώτη Κόντογλου, σε αφήγηση της Ντίνας Γερολύμου.
Το μοιρασμένο φλουρί, του Παύλου Νιρβάνα, διηγείται την ιστορία του Πέτρου που μια Πρωτοχρονιά κέρδισε το φλουρί. Ωστόσο, έπρεπε να το μοιραστεί...
Το Άνθος του Γιαλού είναι ένα χριστουγεννιάτικο διήγημα του Αλέξανδρου Παπαδιαμάντη. Μια ιστορία αγάπης που θα έπρεπε να είχε αίσιο τέλος την Ημέρα των Χριστουγέννων.
Welcome and Merry Christmas!As you undoubtedly know by now, this is my favorite time of the year. I love the decorations, the lights, I love the stories. I know I mentioned my love of A Christmas story, but what you may not know is that I have a favorite Christmas poem. I love it so much in fact that this week I am dedicating a whole show to it.Not only is it an amazing poem, but it is also one of the oldest and most popular Christmas poems ever written. The poem, originally titled, “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, now more popularly called “Twas the Night Begore Christmas” was written in the early 19th century. Considerable controversy surrounded the authorship for many years. It is believed that either Clement Clark Moore or Henry Livingston, Jr. were the authors. Clement Clarke Moore lived between 1779 and 1863. A writer and American Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, he also taught Divinity and Biblical Learning, in New York City. He rose to prominence and eventually donated the land which would become a seminary, which continues at Chelsea Square. It is believed that Professor Moore wrote the poem for his children. Initially he didn’t want to publish it as he was afraid of his reputation as a scholar. As the story has it, he eventually did publish the story anonymously on Dec. 23, 1823 in the Troy Sentinel newspaper in upstate New York.Henry Livingston Jr., although there is really no evidence he claimed authorship of the piece during his life time, is also credited with writing the piece.Henry Livingston Jr., was a revolutionary war soldier and late became a poet. His children had claimed that the poem, “A visit from St. Nicholas”, was something they remember their father reading them a number of years earlier.One of the descendants claimed to have had the original story, with cross outs, in the text, but that was destroyed in a house fire in Wisconsin. So, there is no way to authenticate his story.The two men didn’t know eachtoher, although one of the Livingston relatives did marry a relative of Moore’s. There is no evidence Moore could have gotten a copy from Livingston or vice verse.Based on the facts surrounding this strange case of who is the real author, I would argue that likely Professor Moore is the author. However, there is one other fact you may want to know. A fairly recent study of the grammatical structure of the piece and the writings of both men suggest that Livingston may have been the actual author.What is also tantalizing is that in the original version of the poem, what we commonly name the reindeer, “Donner and Blitzen”, are spelled “Dunder and Blixem”. Which is Dutch. Livingston was Dutch, while Moore was not. Moore did not speak Dutch either.So, maybe I change my vote to Livingston?I am not going to wade farther into this controversy. But I think it is fascinating that after all these years there are still some mysteries out there which cannot be solved objectively. And isn’t that what a good story is? A mystery?For when we pick up a book, short story, or a poem, there is a quickening of our heartbeat, a more rapid movement of our blood, a tingle on our skin as we have no idea how that story is going to end. That is what good writing does for us. It provides mystery.As the poem ends, Happy Christmas to All, and to All a Goodnight!Support the show (http://paypal.me/BryanNowak)
Season 2 Episode 61: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas Welcome to Tea Toast & Trivia. Thank you for listening in. I am you host, Rebecca Budd, and I am looking forward to sharing this moment with you. Clement Clarke Moore, born July 15, 1799 was a writer and American Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature, Divinity and Biblical Learning at the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in New York City. Clement Moore had strong ties to the seminary for I understand that it was his generosity that led him to donate land, which was his private apple orchard, upon which the seminary was built. The Seminary remains on the same parcel of land, which is located at Ninth Avenue between 20th and 21st streets, in an area known as Chelsea Square Clement Moore became a wealthy man through the ownership of the estate “Chelsea,” an inheritance he received from the passing of his mother and grandfather. Fast forward to present day, the “Chelsea” area is located on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between 14th Street to the south, the Hudson River and West Street to the west and Sixth Avenue to the east, with its northern boundary variously described as near the upper 20s or 34th Street. Clement Moore accomplished a great deal in his lifetime. He was a writer and a poet, a professor and scholar. He served twice in the position of President of Columbia College (now Columbia University) and served as a board member on the New York Institution for the Blind. But what he is most known for is how he changed the way we see Christmas. He called the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” It was published anonymously in the Troy Sentinel in 1823. He had second thoughts in 1837 when eventually he told everyone that he had penned the poem. Many believe that it is the most well-known and beloved poem written by an American poet. We read it every Christmas, most generally on Christmas Eve, and then reflect on Christmases past when we were young and heard the familiar words read by our parents and grandparents. Santa and the tradition of Christmas gift-giving was transformed by this poem Clement Moore published several academic works, including A Compendious Lexicon of the Hebrew Language (Collins & Perkins, 1809), but “A Visit from St. Nicholas” more commonly known as “The Night Before Christmas” and “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” captured the hearts of children young and old. Please join me in reading, A Visit form St. Nicholas AKA ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
David Grubbs talks with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour about Basil the Great's text "On the Right Use of Greek Literature."
David Grubbs talks with Michial Farmer and Nathan Gilmour about Basil the Great's text "On the Right Use of Greek Literature."
"He smote his breast, and thus reproached his heart. Endure, my heart; far worst has thou endured." If you are looking for an uplifting tale of a man's struggle through life, then look no further. 'The Odyssey' is the second of the epic poems by the Greek author Homer. Kyrin from the Mere Mortals crew has already reviewed the well renowned 'The Iliad' and herein contains his opinions of the journey of Odysseus."The poem brings forth suggestive questions still applicable to a modern context. What is a hero? Why is the call of home so strong? What are the limits that a single person can endure? Though not answered implicitly, we can gain knowledge of these from the behaviour and speech of Odysseus and his companions. In comparison to 'The Iliad' I personally found this story a bit too drawn out and lacking in the specific details that we see when we follow the adventure of Achilles. Nevertheless it is a decent read and worth knowing the general tale, if for no other reason that it is still talked about and parodied (The Simpsons for example) in modern times."Timeline:0:00 - Introduction3:53 - What is a hero?6:06 - The call of home and why people move9:01 - Hospitality and how it can be abused10:19 - Comparison to The Iliad13:05 - Summary and pragmatic takeawayAs always, we hope you enjoy, Mere Mortals out!About Mere Mortals:Striving for excellence through life's lessons. Daily uploads @ 5pm AEST. 4M's, Book Reviews, Musings, Bonus, Meanderings, Interviews & Themed Podcast.Connect with Mere Mortals:Website: https://www.meremortalsmedia.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mere_mortals_media/Facebook: https://facebook.com/Meremortalsmedia
Don't Quill the Messenger : Revealing the Truth of Shakespeare Authorship
Dr. Earl Showerman returns to the show to discuss with Steven the influences of classic Greek Literature as source material for the popular (and rumored to be cursed) Macbeth!... er... sorry, "The Scottish Play." Support the show by picking up official Don't Quill the Messenger merchandise at www.dontquillthepodcast.com Presented by the Shakespeare Oxford Fellowship. Learn more at www.shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org Don't Quill the Messenger is a part of the Dragon Wagon Radio independent podcast network. For more great podcasts visit www.dragonwagonradio.com
Be the bee. Focus on the beauty that God has put in everyone and everything. For more on the bee metaphor, see St. Basil's Address to Young Men on Greek Literature and Advice from Elder Paisios.
This episode of Rendering Unconscious Podcast is "Enigmatic signifiers waiting for translation: an Overinclusive Metapsychology of Gender and sexualities by Jean Laplanche," a lecture given by Dr. Nicolas Evzonas presented on the 25th October 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in an interdisciplinary meeting on « psychoanalyses and sexualities ». Here is the link for more information about this meeting: https://historypsychiatry.com/2018/05/14/cfp-meeting-on-psychoanalyses-and-sexualities-ides-buenos-aires-october-2018/ Dr. Evzonas holds a PhD in Greek Literature. He is an analytically oriented therapist with an institutional and private practice in Paris. He is also a researcher and lecturer at the department of psychoanalytic studies in Paris Diderot University. His scholarly work has received numerous distinctions and awards, and he is the author of some forty articles in the fields of literature, cinema, psychopathology and psychoanalysis, published in French, English, Greek and Portuguese. His main interests focus on trans identities and countertransference at the intersection of metapsychology and gender studies. He is currently working as a co-editor of a special issue of the American monographic journal Psychoanalytic Inquiry on "Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Issues in France: Sexualities, Gender, Classe and Race ». Please visit www.univ-paris-diderot.academia.edu/NicolasEvzonas As Dr. Evzonas mentions in his talk, Laplanche's work has been translated into English via psychoanalyst Jonathan House and his publishing agency, Unconscious in Translation: https://uitbooks.com Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more: www.drvanessasinclair.net Rendering Unconscious is also a book: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): www.trapart.net For more, please visit the following websites: www.drvanessasinclair.net www.renderingunconscious.org www.trapart.net www.dasunbehagen.org Please support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at: Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud Please visit the About page for links to all of these sites: www.renderingunconscious.org/about The track at the end of the episode is “A gentle stroll in wonderland (remixed)” by a place both wonderful and strange. From the album "The larval stage of a bookworm (remixed)" by Carl Abrahamsson. From Highbrow Lowlife: www.highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com photo of Dr Nicolas Evzonas
Professor Peter Mackridge takes his audience on a whistle-stop tour of the major landmarks of Modern Greek Literature. In a wide-ranging talk, which begins with the nineteenth century Romantic poet Dionysios Solomos and then circles back to him by way of Medieval, Renaissance and Modern writings, Professor Peter Mackridge takes his audience on a whistle-stop tour of the major landmarks of Modern Greek Literature.
A sermon from the Parable of the Dishonest Manager for Oxford Baptist Church. This parable is about forgiveness. Anything we do not forgive will entrap us. So, as we have been forgiven so must we too, radically and graciously, forgive.
This episode of Rendering Unconscious Podcast is "The Truth of Gender: Psychoanalysis' Unthinkable Trauma," a lecture given by Dr Nicolas Evzonas at the 11th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychoanalysis and Philosophy (SIPP-ISPP) at Södertörn University, Stockholm, Sweden, on May 2, 2019: www.sipp-ispp.org Dr Evzonas holds a PhD in Greek Literature. He is an analytically oriented therapist with an institutional and private practice in Paris. He is also a researcher and lecturer at the department of psychoanalytic studies in Paris Diderot University. His scholarly work has received numerous distinctions and awards, and he is the author of some forty articles in the fields of literature, cinema, psychopathology and psychoanalysis, published in French, English, Greek and Portuguese. His main interests focus on trans identities and countertransference at the intersection of metapsychology and gender studies. He is currently working as a co-editor of a special issue of the American monographic journal Psychoanalytic Inquiry on "Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Issues in France: Sexualities, Gender, Classe and Race ». Please visit https://univ-paris-diderot.academia.edu/NicolasEvzonas Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. Rendering Unconscious is also a book: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): www.trapart.net For more, please visit the following websites: www.sipp-ispp.org www.drvanessasinclair.net www.renderingunconscious.org www.trapart.net www.dasunbehagen.org Please support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at: Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud Please visit the About page for links to all of these sites: www.renderingunconscious.org/about The track at the end of the episode is “Chained to fellow prisoners” from the upcoming album "The chapel is empty." Words by Vanessa Sinclair. Sounds by Akoustik Timbre Frekuency. From Highbrow Lowlife. https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com photo of Dr Nicolas Evzonas
By Janae Jean and Spencer Schluter For this month’s interview and podcast, we spoke with renowned author and lecturer, Edith Hall. Edith is a Professor in the Department of Classics and Centre for Hellenic Studies at King’s College in London, England. While she originally specialized in ancient Greek Literature, her work has expanded to include …
The Professor of Greek Literature and Culture from Cambridge University joins academician Patrick French to discuss how collaborative, interdisciplinary work can solve complex problems.
Are complex problems like Climate change or inequality more likely to be solved through collaborative, interdisciplinary work? How do you go about it and what are best practices to follow? Is there space for developing ideas to be presented? In what instances would such interdisciplinary work not work? Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek Literature and Culture from Cambridge University joins Patrick French to discuss how interdisciplinary work can solve complex questions.
In the fifth edition of our 'Talking Europe' podcast series, Miriam Leonard, Professor of Greek Literature and its Reception at UCL Classics, talks revolution, freedom and the role of Greek philosophy and tragedy in Hannah Arendt's thought. The conversation, with the European Institute's Dr Uta Staiger, takes its point of departure from a Special Issue on Hannah Arendt and the Ancients in the Journal of Classical Philology (Jan 2018), which was edited by Prof. Leonard. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/cp/2018/113/1
A brand new sketch show podcast. In this episode Matt Prendergast unveils his Museum of Greek Literature, Professor Chaos has staffing issues, and Marianne Featherstone faces the noose... Written by Gareth Johnson, Brian Murray, Dario Knight & Matthew Doherty Starring Gareth, Brian, Matthew, Pete Benson, John North, Jo Pratt, Emily Pugh and Alistair Sanderson. Recorded by Pete Benson Edited by Gareth Johnson Produced by Dario Knight Title Music by Bensound.
Once again, Jen and Dawn go on a journey of re-discovery through one of horror's most beloved franchises: Scream. It is still very 90's journey, filled with regrettable fashion choices that Jen just doesn't understand. Your hosts also endure college theatre flashbacks complete with what Dawn thought was a mis-remembered piece of Greek Literature, but it turns out she was right. Which of course, meant Jen got to school her on the origins of Ghostface. So... tie? This episode is the first part of a two-parter that covers Scream and Scream 2. The First part can be found on our website or wherever you catch your podcasts. Thanks always to The Shape for the intro music. "I Think I Love You" by Less Than Jake We are now available in iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and all your favorite podcatchers. Or, get our RSS feed on Soundcloud! Please rate and review us, we love to hear from you all. And support us on our Patreon (www.patreon.com/womenincaskets)! Sign up to access exclusive monthly podcasts and other special events and help us bring you even more crazy Women In Caskets content!
With Brent Seales and Dirk Obbink Brent Seales (Professor of Computer Science, University of Kentucky) and Dirk Obbink (Associate Professor in Papyrology and Greek Literature, Faculty of Classics, Oxford) discuss their work using digital technologies to reveal and read the 'invisible library' hidden within ancient manuscripts.
With Dirk Obbink (Associate Professor in Papyrology and Greek Literature, Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford) Dirk Obbink (Associate Professor in Papyrology and Greek Literature, Faculty of Classics, Oxford) discusses their work using digital technologies to reveal and read the 'invisible library' hidden within ancient manuscripts.
Yannis Vangelokostas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), gives the third talk in panel 2; A Panorama of the 20th Century: Dominant Discourses, Resistance and Culpability.
The Gaisford 2015 Lecture: Pearls before Swine? The Past & Future of Greek Introduction by Professor Chris Pelling, University of Oxford, Speaker: Professor Edith Hall, King's College, London University.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Greek poet Sappho. Born in the late seventh century BC, Sappho spent much of her life on the island of Lesbos. In antiquity she was famed as one of the greatest lyric poets, but owing to a series of accidents the bulk of her work was lost to posterity. The fragments that do survive, however, give a tantalising glimpse of a unique voice of Greek literature. Her work has lived on in other languages, too, translated by such major poets as Ovid, Christina Rossetti and Baudelaire. With Edith Hall Professor of Classics at King's College, London Margaret Reynolds Professor of English at Queen Mary, University of London and Dirk Obbink Professor of Papyrology and Greek Literature at the University of Oxford Fellow and tutor at Christ Church, Oxford Producer: Simon Tillotson.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Greek poet Sappho. Born in the late seventh century BC, Sappho spent much of her life on the island of Lesbos. In antiquity she was famed as one of the greatest lyric poets, but owing to a series of accidents the bulk of her work was lost to posterity. The fragments that do survive, however, give a tantalising glimpse of a unique voice of Greek literature. Her work has lived on in other languages, too, translated by such major poets as Ovid, Christina Rossetti and Baudelaire. With Edith Hall Professor of Classics at King's College, London Margaret Reynolds Professor of English at Queen Mary, University of London and Dirk Obbink Professor of Papyrology and Greek Literature at the University of Oxford Fellow and tutor at Christ Church, Oxford Producer: Simon Tillotson.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aesop. According to some accounts, Aesop was a strikingly ugly slave who was dumb until granted the power of speech by the goddess Isis. In stories of his life he's often found outwitting his masters using clever wordplay, but he's best known today as the supposed author of a series of fables that are some of the most enduringly popular works of Ancient Greek literature. Some modern scholars question whether he existed at all, but the body of work that has come down to us under his name gives us a rare glimpse of the popular culture of the Ancient World. WITH Pavlos Avlamis, Junior Research Fellow in Classics at Trinity College at the University of Oxford Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge Lucy Grig, Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Edinburgh Producer: Luke Mulhall.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aesop. According to some accounts, Aesop was a strikingly ugly slave who was dumb until granted the power of speech by the goddess Isis. In stories of his life he's often found outwitting his masters using clever wordplay, but he's best known today as the supposed author of a series of fables that are some of the most enduringly popular works of Ancient Greek literature. Some modern scholars question whether he existed at all, but the body of work that has come down to us under his name gives us a rare glimpse of the popular culture of the Ancient World. WITH Pavlos Avlamis, Junior Research Fellow in Classics at Trinity College at the University of Oxford Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge Lucy Grig, Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Edinburgh Producer: Luke Mulhall.
Be the bee. Focus on the beauty that God has put in everyone and everything. For more on the bee metaphor, see St. Basil's Address to Young Men on Greek Literature and Advice from Elder Paisios.
Götter und Schriften rund ums Mittelmeer. Symposion in memoriam Friedrich Kittler | Symposium Fr, 19.10.2012 – Sa, 20.10.2012, ZKM_Medientheater Der Gräzist und bekannte Theoretiker des Vokalalphabets Barry Powell erzählt vom Auftauchen der Vokale unter den Buchstaben und Schriften des Mittelmeers. Er erzählt vom Ereignis der „Erfindung“ dieses ersten als Alphabet zu bezeichnenden Schrift-Systems des Abendlands und vom tiefsten Grund seiner Erfindung, wie er in den ältesten griechischen Schriftfunden zu Tage liegt: nicht Aufzeichnung von Befehl, Verwaltung oder Handel, sondern eindeutige Notation des Hexameters. Barry B. Powell ist Halls-Bascom Professor emeritus der Klassischen Altertumswissenschaften an der University of Wisconsin–Madison, wo er vierunddreißig Jahre lang lehrte. Er ist Autor des häufig zitierten Lehrbuchs Classical Myth (2011 in der 7. Ausgabe erschienen). Sein Buch A Short Introduction to Classical Myth (2006 in Deutsch erschienen unter dem Titel Klassische Methologie: Eine Kurze Einführung) stellt eine wichtige Überblickstudie zum Thema dar. Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (1991) stellt die These auf, dass ein einzelner Mann das griechische Alphabet ausdrücklich nur dazu entwickelte, die Gedichte des Homer aufzeichnen zu können. Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature (2003) erarbeitet die sich hieraus ergebenden Schlussfolgerungen. Seine kritische Studie Homer (2004 in der 2. Ausgabe erschienen, ins Italienische übersetzt) gilt als wichtige Einführung für Philologen, Geschichtswissenschaftler und Studenten der Literatur. A New Companion to Homer (1997, mit Ian Morris, ins Griechische übersetzt) ist eine umfassende Bewertung der modernen Studien zu Homer. Sein Buch The Greeks: History, Culture, Society (2. Auflage, 2009, mit Ian Morris, ins Chinesische übersetzt) ist eine vollständige Übersicht, die häufig in Hochschulseminaren verwendet wird. Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization (2009, ins Arabische übersetzt) stellt den Versuch dar, eine wissenschaftliche Terminologie und Taxonomie für das Studium des Schreibens zu entwickeln. Sein im nächsten Jahr erscheinender Text World Myth ist eine Übersicht der Weltmythen. In Vorbereitung ist ebenfalls eine Übersetzung der Ilias und der Odyssee für die Oxford University Press. Powell hat außerdem zahlreiche Romane, Gedichte und Drehbücher geschrieben. Er lebt in Santa Fe, New Mexico, zusammen mit seiner Frau und seinen Katzen. Barry B. Powell is the Halls-Bascom Professor of Classics Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he taught for thirty-four years. He is the author of the widely used textbook Classical Myth (7th edition, 2011) and many other books. His A Short Introduction to Classical Myth (2001, translated into German) is a summary study of the topic. Homer and the Origin of the Greek Alphabet (1991) advances the thesis that a single man invented the Greek alphabet expressly in order to record the poems of Homer. Writing and the Origins of Greek Literature (2003), develops the consequence of this thesis. His critical study Homer (2nd edition, 2004, translated into Italian), is widely read as an introduction for philologists, historians, and students of literature. A New Companion to Homer (1997, with Ian Morris, translated into modern Greek), is a comprehensive review of modern scholarship on Homer. His The Greeks: History, Culture, Society (2nd edition, 2009, with Ian Morris, translated into Chinese) is a complete review, widely used in college courses. His Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization (2009, translated into Arabic) attempts to create a scientific terminology and taxonomy for the study of writing. His forthcoming text World Myth (2013) reviews the myths of the world. He is preparing a translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey for Oxford University Press. He has also written novels, poetry, and a screenplay. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with his wife and cats.
Held at The Ioannou School for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford University. Introduced by Prof. Christopher Pelling. Dr. Thomas A. Schmitz talks on "The Reader in Greek Literature".
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Xenophon.Xenophon, an aristocratic Athenian, was one of the most celebrated writers of the ancient world. Born in around 430 BC, he was a friend and pupil of the great philosopher Socrates. In his twenties he took part in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Persian king Artaxerxes II, and played a key role in guiding the surviving Greek troops - known as the Ten Thousand - back to safety. It was a dangerous journey from deep inside hostile territory, and lasted more than a year. Xenophon's gripping account of this military campaign, the Anabasis, is one of the masterpieces of Greek literature.Xenophon went on to write a history of the Peloponnesian War and its aftermath. But he was not just a historian, and his other works include books about household management, hunting and his mentor Socrates. His advice on the education and behaviour of princes had a significant influence in Renaissance Italy, and his treatise on horsemanship is still widely read today.With:Paul CartledgeA.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge UniversityEdith HallProfessor of Classics and Drama at Royal Holloway, University of LondonSimon GoldhillProfessor in Greek Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge and Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at King's College.Producer: Thomas Morris.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of Xenophon.Xenophon, an aristocratic Athenian, was one of the most celebrated writers of the ancient world. Born in around 430 BC, he was a friend and pupil of the great philosopher Socrates. In his twenties he took part in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the Persian king Artaxerxes II, and played a key role in guiding the surviving Greek troops - known as the Ten Thousand - back to safety. It was a dangerous journey from deep inside hostile territory, and lasted more than a year. Xenophon's gripping account of this military campaign, the Anabasis, is one of the masterpieces of Greek literature.Xenophon went on to write a history of the Peloponnesian War and its aftermath. But he was not just a historian, and his other works include books about household management, hunting and his mentor Socrates. His advice on the education and behaviour of princes had a significant influence in Renaissance Italy, and his treatise on horsemanship is still widely read today.With:Paul CartledgeA.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge UniversityEdith HallProfessor of Classics and Drama at Royal Holloway, University of LondonSimon GoldhillProfessor in Greek Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge and Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at King's College.Producer: Thomas Morris.
First dialogue between Oliver Taplin and Joshua Billings on tragedy: they discuss what 'tragedy' means, from its origins in Greek culture to philosophical notions of what tragedy and tragic drama are.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Battle of Thermopylae. For the historian Herodotus, the Battle of Thermopylae was the defining clash between East and West: “The Persians fell in their scores, for the officers stood behind lashing them forward, forward all the time. Many fell into the sea and were drowned, many more were trampled to death by their comrades ... The Greeks knew they were doomed now the Persians had discovered a way round the hill, and put forth their last ounce of strength, utterly desperate, utterly unsparing of their lives. (King) Leonidas fell in this battle. He had proved himself a great and brave man”.A force of three hundred free Spartans and their King had stood and fallen before an invading army of three million, led by a brutal tyrant. Or so the story goes – such was their courage and its association with freedom that, nearly two and a half thousand years later, William Golding wrote, “A little of Leonidas lies in the fact that I can go where I like and write what I like. He contributed to setting us free”.How important are the Greek/Persian wars to the story of democracy? Was the West and its values really so far removed from life in the Persian Empire?With Tom Holland, historian and author of Persian Fire; Simon Goldhill, Professor in Greek Literature and Culture at King's College, Cambridge; Edith Hall, Leverhulme Professor of Greek Cultural History at the University of Durham and author of Inventing the Barbarian: Greek Self-Definition through Tragedy.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Battle of Thermopylae. For the historian Herodotus, the Battle of Thermopylae was the defining clash between East and West: “The Persians fell in their scores, for the officers stood behind lashing them forward, forward all the time. Many fell into the sea and were drowned, many more were trampled to death by their comrades ... The Greeks knew they were doomed now the Persians had discovered a way round the hill, and put forth their last ounce of strength, utterly desperate, utterly unsparing of their lives. (King) Leonidas fell in this battle. He had proved himself a great and brave man”.A force of three hundred free Spartans and their King had stood and fallen before an invading army of three million, led by a brutal tyrant. Or so the story goes – such was their courage and its association with freedom that, nearly two and a half thousand years later, William Golding wrote, “A little of Leonidas lies in the fact that I can go where I like and write what I like. He contributed to setting us free”.How important are the Greek/Persian wars to the story of democracy? Was the West and its values really so far removed from life in the Persian Empire?With Tom Holland, historian and author of Persian Fire; Simon Goldhill, Professor in Greek Literature and Culture at King’s College, Cambridge; Edith Hall, Leverhulme Professor of Greek Cultural History at the University of Durham and author of Inventing the Barbarian: Greek Self-Definition through Tragedy.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Humanism. On the 3rd January 106 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero, lawyer, politician, Roman philosopher and the founding father of Humanism was born. His academy, the Studia Humanitas taught ‘the art of living well and blessedly through learning and instruction in the fine arts', his version of ‘humanitas' put man not God at the centre of the world.Centuries later, Cicero's teachings had been metamorphosed into ‘Classical Humanism', a faith in the soft arts of the Greek world. But how did Cicero's ideas become Renaissance ideals? How did a small Greek curriculum later become a world philosophy? The human centred creed is credited with giving us human rights and democracy but has also been blamed for the most unspeakable horrors of the modern age. Have his ideas been distorted through the centuries for political ends? And why do some contemporary thinkers think the Humanist tradition is responsible for Elitism, Sexism and even Nazism? With Tony Davies, Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Birmingham and author of Humanism; Lisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London and Honorary Fellow of Kings College Cambridge; Simon Goldhill, Reader in Greek Literature and Culture at Kings College Cambridge.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Humanism. On the 3rd January 106 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero, lawyer, politician, Roman philosopher and the founding father of Humanism was born. His academy, the Studia Humanitas taught ‘the art of living well and blessedly through learning and instruction in the fine arts’, his version of ‘humanitas’ put man not God at the centre of the world.Centuries later, Cicero’s teachings had been metamorphosed into ‘Classical Humanism’, a faith in the soft arts of the Greek world. But how did Cicero’s ideas become Renaissance ideals? How did a small Greek curriculum later become a world philosophy? The human centred creed is credited with giving us human rights and democracy but has also been blamed for the most unspeakable horrors of the modern age. Have his ideas been distorted through the centuries for political ends? And why do some contemporary thinkers think the Humanist tradition is responsible for Elitism, Sexism and even Nazism? With Tony Davies, Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Birmingham and author of Humanism; Lisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London and Honorary Fellow of Kings College Cambridge; Simon Goldhill, Reader in Greek Literature and Culture at Kings College Cambridge.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Humanism. On the 3rd January 106 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero, lawyer, politician, Roman philosopher and the founding father of Humanism was born. His academy, the Studia Humanitas taught ‘the art of living well and blessedly through learning and instruction in the fine arts’, his version of ‘humanitas’ put man not God at the centre of the world.Centuries later, Cicero’s teachings had been metamorphosed into ‘Classical Humanism’, a faith in the soft arts of the Greek world. But how did Cicero’s ideas become Renaissance ideals? How did a small Greek curriculum later become a world philosophy? The human centred creed is credited with giving us human rights and democracy but has also been blamed for the most unspeakable horrors of the modern age. Have his ideas been distorted through the centuries for political ends? And why do some contemporary thinkers think the Humanist tradition is responsible for Elitism, Sexism and even Nazism? With Tony Davies, Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Birmingham and author of Humanism; Lisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London and Honorary Fellow of Kings College Cambridge; Simon Goldhill, Reader in Greek Literature and Culture at Kings College Cambridge.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Humanism. On the 3rd January 106 BC Marcus Tullius Cicero, lawyer, politician, Roman philosopher and the founding father of Humanism was born. His academy, the Studia Humanitas taught ‘the art of living well and blessedly through learning and instruction in the fine arts’, his version of ‘humanitas’ put man not God at the centre of the world.Centuries later, Cicero’s teachings had been metamorphosed into ‘Classical Humanism’, a faith in the soft arts of the Greek world. But how did Cicero’s ideas become Renaissance ideals? How did a small Greek curriculum later become a world philosophy? The human centred creed is credited with giving us human rights and democracy but has also been blamed for the most unspeakable horrors of the modern age. Have his ideas been distorted through the centuries for political ends? And why do some contemporary thinkers think the Humanist tradition is responsible for Elitism, Sexism and even Nazism? With Tony Davies, Professor and Head of the Department of English, University of Birmingham and author of Humanism; Lisa Jardine, Professor of Renaissance Studies, Queen Mary College, University of London and Honorary Fellow of Kings College Cambridge; Simon Goldhill, Reader in Greek Literature and Culture at Kings College Cambridge.