Podcasts about homer's iliad

What is the deep esoteric and poetic force encrypted in Homer's The Iliad and Odyssey, and how can we claim that power and integrate it into our magic and lives? T. Susan Chang (certified professional tarot reader, author, and co-host of the Fortune's Wheelhouse podcast) and Jack Grayle (ceremonial magician, practitioner of the PGM and longtime devotee of Hekate) deeply explore these themes in new online course being offered called "GODSONG: 365 Days of Homer: A devotional reading of Iliad and Odyssey!” Susie and Jack are such a pleasure, I know you'll enjoy this!►✅ Signup for the GODSONG course - https://grayle-lore.teachable.com/p/godsong?fbclid=IwAR3-eZa0S4eW0Z5g7pvKyf3MrrAMBuu-_4Y6IhHCL-DaOEZfmP0URUJfY1A ►✅ Susie's website www.tsusanchang.com ►✅ Jack's website - https://jackgrayle.com/ ►✅ Support Fortune's Wheelhouse on Patreon - www.patreon.com/fortuneswheelhouse ►✅ Susie's Etsy shop - www.etsy.com/shop/tarotista ►✅ Fortune's Wheelhouse Academy group on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/244982916053599►✅ Follow Susie on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tsusanchang/►✅ Follow Susie on Twitter - https://twitter.com/tsusanchang **The Two-Line Greek Formula Susie Recited, (with her translation and custom template below, and how you can customize it!**Thetis wants a favor from Zeus.Ζεῦ πάτερ εἴ ποτε δή σε μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισιν ὄνησαἢ ἔπει ἢ ἔργῳ, τόδε μοι κρήηνον ἐέλδωρTranslation:Father Zeus, if ever I, among immortals, pleased youEither in word or in deed, grant me this wish.μετ᾽ ἀθανάτοισιν (among immortals) can be replaced with μετὰ θνἠτοισιν (among mortals)And Ζεῦ πάτερ can be replaced by the metrically appropriate (long-long or long-short-short syllable structure) god of your choice, e.g. Ἑρμη, Ἑρμεια, Φιλανδρε, Βρίμω, Κουρη, Κυπρια, Ἰακχος etc. etc.

This special episode of Troubadour Talks features three members of the Literary Canon Club—a group dedicated to reading through the entire Western Canon from Homer to Rand. Book one in our group was The Iliad. In this episode, Kirk discusses various aspects of Homer's The Iliad with Molly Johnson, Marco Romero and Heather Schwarz. Even if you have never read the Iliad, this discussion will show you the value of taking time out of your busy life to read great literature.

This special episode of Troubadour Talks features three members of the Literary Canon Club—a group dedicated to reading through the entire Western Canon from Homer to Rand. Book one in our group was The Iliad. In this episode, Kirk discusses various aspects of Homer's The Iliad with Molly Johnson, Marco Romero and Heather Schwarz. Even if you have never read the Iliad, this discussion will show you the value of taking time out of your busy life to read great literature.

Dave and Jeff finish off their tour through some of the narrative and aesthetic aspects of Homer's first epic, the Iliad. Death on all sides, as Patroclus and Hector bite the dust, plus greaves, shields, and the Superman paradox. Come for the appetizers, stay through dessert.

Honor Lost, Honor Defended, Achilles Spends Book 9 Glamping in his Tent.

Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus' son Achilles  Those words are among the first Wyoming Catholic College freshmen read as fall semester begins. They open Homer's Iliad. In the epic, “Atreus' son the lord of men,” that is, Agamemnon so offends Achilles that Achilles refuses to fight. As a result, the Greeks suffer defeat after defeat before the walls of Troy, being driven back and back to their ships on the beach. Until.... Dr. Glenn Arbery, President of Wyoming Catholic College loves Homer's Iliad and is once again in the classroom with freshmen introducing this, one of the greatest of The Great Books.

Achilles, Agamemnon, Briseis, Chryseis, Diomedes, a face that launched a thousand ships...Join us for Part 1 of our journey through the Iliad. It's going to be epic!

Never look at a solar eclipse. Unless you're wearing badass solar eclipse glasses and taking cool photos. Night Sky Pix sent us an article about photographing the upcoming solar eclipse, and it's so in depth we'll need to get it back from the Challenger Deep. So, if you live in the right places, get your camera and your solar filters and get snapping.SimRefinery is the least well known Sim game of all time. That's because Maxis never actually finished it and it's been sitting in a box for decades. But now it's been temporarily released on Archive.org and around 20 000 people have downloaded it. SimRefinery was a training simulation commissioned by Chevron and designed to help introduce refinery workers and company staff learn about the operations of their facilities.DJ is cautiously excited about Promised Neverland, an Amazon live action remake of the anime with the same name. A knock off version of the Eloi from The Time Machine find out what they're being kept for and try to escape. Don't get your hopes up though, what are the chances someone will actually make a good live action anime adaptation?This week, Professor tries to drive across America in Overland and DJ takes a time machine to a medieval battle royale.Upcoming annual Solar eclipse and how to take photos of it- https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2020-june-21- https://nightskypix.com/how-to-photograph-a-solar-eclipse/Unreleased SimRefinery prototype from the shadows of history-https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/06/a-lost-maxis-sim-game-has-been-discovered-by-an-ars-reader-uploaded-for-all/- https://obscuritory.com/sim/when-simcity-got-serious/Promised Neverland now a live action series on Amazon-https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/promised-neverland-live-action-series-in-development-at-amazon-1234629626/Games PlayedProfessor– Overland – https://store.steampowered.com/app/355680/Overland/Rating: 3.5/5DJ– Shadow Arena – https://store.steampowered.com/app/1226470/Shadow_Arena/Rating: 3/5Other topics discussedSimpsons Solar Eclipse!! from the episode Gone Maggie Gone (Marge takes a peek at the solar eclipse, which blinds her)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sE0haQuvp0Pinhole Camera (A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens but with a tiny aperture (the so-called pinhole) – effectively a light-proof box with a small hole in one side.Light from a scene passes through the aperture and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box, which is known as the camera obscura effect.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole_cameraCamera Obscura (Camera obscura (plural camerae obscurae or camera obscuras, from Latin camera obscūra, “dark chamber”), also referred to as pinhole image, is the natural optical phenomenon that occurs when an image of a scene at the other side of a screen (or, for instance, a wall) is projected through a small hole in that screen as a reversed and inverted image (left to right and upside down) on a surface opposite to the opening.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_obscuraDisposable Camera (A disposable or single-use camera is a simple box camera meant to be used once. Most use fixed-focus lenses. Some are equipped with an integrated flash unit, and there are even waterproof versions for underwater photography.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_camera4–5 July 2020 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse (The Moon may turn slightly darker than a usual Full Moon for those in much of North and South America, and Africa during the maximum phase of this penumbral lunar eclipse.)- https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/2020-july-5SimRefinery (SimRefinery was a computer management simulation game designed to simulate Chevron's Richmond refinery operation. It was developed by the Maxis Business Simulations division of Maxis in 1993.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimRefineryInternet Archive (The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge." It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, movies/videos, moving images, and millions of books. In addition to its archiving function, the Archive is an activist organization, advocating a free and open Internet.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_ArchiveOpenTTD (OpenTTD is a business simulation game in which players try to earn money via transporting passengers and freight by road, rail, water and air. It is an open-source remake and expansion of the 1994 Chris Sawyer video game Transport Tycoon Deluxe.- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenTTD- https://www.openttd.org/Days of Thunder (Days of Thunder is a 1990NASCAR racing simulation video game loosely based on the 1990 movie Days of Thunder. Oberth's version was recovered from floppy discs in 2020 after his death by the Video Game History Foundation and its source code was made available in June 2020 with permission of Oberth's estate.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Thunder_(1990_video_game)- https://gamehistory.org/days-of-thunder-nes-unreleased/A Super Mario 64 decompilation- https://github.com/n64decomp/sm64Maxis (Maxis is an American video game developer and a division of Electronic Arts (EA). The studio was founded in 1987 by Will Wright and Jeff Braun, and acquired by EA in 1997. Maxis is best known for its simulation games, including The Sims, Spore and SimCity.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaxisSpore (Spore is a 2008 life simulation real-time strategy God game developed by Maxis, published by Electronic Arts and designed by Will Wright, and was released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore_(2008_video_game)The Office (American TV Series) (The Office is an American mockumentary sitcom television series that depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. It is an adaptation of the 2001-2003 BBC series of the same name, being adapted for American television by Greg Daniels, a veteran writer for Saturday Night Live, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(American_TV_series)Red Dwarf (American version) (a pilot episode for an American version (known as Red Dwarf USA) was produced through Universal Studios with the intention of broadcasting on NBC in 1992.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Dwarf#U.S._versionThe I.T. Crowd (American version) (An American version of The IT Crowd was almost aired by NBC in 2007–08. It starred Richard Ayoade reprising his role as Moss, with Joel McHale as Roy, Jessica St. Clair as Jen and Rocky Carroll as Denholm. A third attempt at an NBC remake was confirmed in January 2018.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_IT_Crowd#American_versionsNetflix’s live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop will tone down Faye’s revealing costume from the anime.-https://screenrant.com/live-action-cowboy-bebop-show-faye-costume-changes/A Quiet Place (A Quiet Place is a 2018 American post-apocalypticscience fiction horror film co-written, directed by and starring John Krasinski. Written by Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and Krasinski, the plot revolves around a father (Krasinski) and a mother (Emily Blunt) who struggle to survive and raise their children in apost-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind extraterrestrial creatures with an acute sense of hearing.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Quiet_Place_(film)Arachnids (Starship Troopers monster) (The Arachnids (more commonly known as Bugs, and Archies) are a hostile alien species that have conquered many planets across space.)- https://starshiptroopers.fandom.com/wiki/ArachnidNicholas Cage (Nicolas Kim Coppola, known professionally as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and filmmaker. To avoid the appearance of nepotism as Coppola's nephew, he changed his name early in his career to Nicolas Cage, inspired in part by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_CageLuna Park Sydney (Luna Park Sydney is a heritage-listed amusement park located at 1 Olympic Drive, Milsons Point, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia, on the northern shore of Sydney Harbour. The amusement park is owned by the Luna Park Reserve Trust, an agency of the Government of New South Wales, and was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 5 March 2010.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_Park_SydneyLuna Park Ghost Train and the legend of the Devil-Horned Man-https://cdn.mamamia.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/19135844/luna-park-feature.jpg- https://www.mamamia.com.au/luna-park-ghost-train/XR SEQ Podcast (TNC Podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/xrseqpodcastShout Outs9 June 1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey, 22-year-old housewife from Hackensack, New Jersey, becomes the 1st woman to drive across the US, in a Maxwell 30, drives 3,800 miles from Manhattan to San Francisco in 59 days - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Huyler_Ramsey#Transcontinental_driveOn June 9, 1909, Alice Huyler Ramsey 22-year-old housewife and mother began a 3,800-mile journey from Hell Gate in Manhattan, New York, to San Francisco, California, in a green, four-cylinder, 30-horsepower Maxwell DA. On her 59-day trek she was accompanied by two older sisters-in-law and 19 year-old friend Hermine Jahns, none of whom could drive a car. They arrived amid great fanfare on August 7, although about three weeks later than originally planned. The group of women used maps from the American Automobile Association to make the journey. Only 152 of the 3,600 miles (244 of the 5,767 kilometers) that the group traveled were paved. Over the course of the drive, Ramsey changed 11 tires, cleaned the spark plugs, repaired a broken brake pedal and had to sleep in the car when it was stuck in mud. The women mostly navigated by using telephone poles, following the poles with more wires in hopes that they would lead to a town. Along the way, they crossed the trail of a manhunt for a killer in Nebraska, Ramsey received a case of bedbugs from a Wyoming hotel, and in Nevada they were surrounded by a Native American hunting party with bows and arrows drawn. Ramsey was named the "Woman Motorist of the Century" by AAA in 1960.9 June 2020 – Kathy Sullivan first American woman to walk in space has become the first woman to reach the deepest known spot in the ocean - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/science/challenger-deep-kathy-sullivan-astronaut.htmlOn Sunday, Kathy Sullivan, 68, an astronaut and oceanographer, emerged from her 35,810-foot dive to the Challenger Deep, according to EYOS Expeditions, a company coordinating the logistics of the mission. This also makes Dr. Sullivan the first person to both walk in space and to descend to the deepest point in the ocean. The Challenger Deep is the lowest of the many seabed recesses that crisscross the globe. Dr. Sullivan and Victor L. Vescovo, an explorer funding the mission, spent about an hour and a half at their destination, nearly seven miles down in a muddy depression in the Mariana Trench, which is about 200 miles southwest of Guam. “As a hybrid oceanographer and astronaut this was an extraordinary day, a once in a lifetime day, seeing the moonscape of the Challenger Deep and then comparing notes with my colleagues on the ISS about our remarkable reusable inner-space outer-spacecraft,” Dr. Sullivan said in a statement released by EYOS Expeditions on Monday.11 June 2020 – Mel Winkler passes away at 78 - https://deadline.com/2020/06/mel-winkler-dead-obituary-oswald-new-batman-adventures-actor-doc-hollywood-1202956911/Mel Winkler, a character actor with numerous TV, film and stage credits as well as being a recognizable voice behind characters on the animated series. Winkler appeared in such films as Doc Hollywood and Devil in a Blue Dress . After a 1969 stint on daytime’s The Doctors, he appeared steadily in episodic TV roles from the 1970s through the early 2000s, including such series as The Cosby Show, The Young Riders, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Star Trek: Voyager, Touched by an Angel, NYPD Blue and The Shield. As a voice actor, he was best known as the voice of the guardian mask Aku Aku in the Crash Bandicoot series, Lucius Fox in The New Batman Adventures and Johnny Snowman in the TV seriesOswald. He passed away in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles, California.11 June 2020 – Queen Elizabeth dials in to first official video call to chat to UK’s carers - https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/11/queen-dials-first-official-video-call-chat-uks-carers-12837809/The Queen has become the latest person to get into the lockdown trend of group video chats, after she made her first official public-facing conference call. Sat comfortably from the Oak Room in Windsor Castle, the 94-year-old monarch dialled in to chat to four carers about the difficulties they have faced during the coronavirus pandemic. The monarch – dressed in a floral dress and pearls – was also joined by her daughter Princess Anne, in the call on June 4 to mark Carers Week. In a video shared by the Royal Family’s Twitter account, the Queen praises the carers and chief executive of the Carers Trust, Gareth Howells, for their ‘extraordinary’ efforts. She can be heard saying: ‘I’m very impressed by what you have achieved already. I’m very glad to have been able to join you today.’ It was a first for the Queen’s long reign and she was the last to join the call and first to leave – a formal etiquette of royal engagements that Buckingham Palace decided to preserve. One carer on the call said it was ‘surreal’ to be sitting in her bedroom while talking to two Royals on a video call.Remembrances9 June 68 AD – Nero - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeroNero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was Roman emperor from 54 to 68, the last ruler of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. He was adopted by his great-uncle Claudius and became Claudius' heir and successor. Like Claudius, Nero became emperor with the consent of the Praetorian Guard. Nero's mother, Agrippina the Younger, dominated Nero's early life and decisions until he cast her off and had her killed five years into his reign. Nero's rule is usually associated with tyranny and extravagance. Most Roman sources, such as Suetonius and Cassius Dio, offer overwhelmingly negative assessments of his personality and reign; Tacitus claims that the Roman people thought him compulsive and corrupt. Suetonius tells that many Romans believed that the Great Fire of Rome was instigated by Nero to clear the way for his planned palatial complex, the Domus Aurea. According to Tacitus he was said to have seized Christians as scapegoats for the fire and burned them alive, seemingly motivated not by public justice but by personal cruelty. There is evidence of his popularity among the Roman commoners, especially in the eastern provinces of the Empire, where a popular legend arose that Nero had not died and would return. At least three leaders of short-lived, failed rebellions presented themselves as "Nero reborn" to enlist popular support. He died from suicide outside Rome at the age of 30 with his final words “Too late! This is fidelity!”9 June 1959 – Adolf Windaus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_WindausAdolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, German chemist who won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1928 for his work on sterols and their relation to vitamins. He was the doctoral advisor of Adolf Butenandt who also won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1939. Throughout his life, Windaus won many awards including the Goethe Medal, the Pasteur Medal, and the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. In addition to his many accomplishments and discoveries in science, Windaus was also one of the very few German chemists who did not work with the Nazis and openly opposed their regime. As the head of the chemical institute at the University of Göttingen, Windaus personally defended one of his Jewish graduate students from dismissal. Windaus believed that while every man had a moral code, his science was motivated by curiosity, and was not driven by politics, ethics, and applications of his discoveries. This viewpoint caused Windaus to decline to research poison gas during World War I. He was involved in the discovery of the transformation of cholesterol through several steps to vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol). He gave his patents to Merck and Bayer and they brought out the medical Vigantol in 1927. He died at the age of 82 in Göttingen,West Germany.9 June 1990 – George Beadle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_BeadleGeorge Wells Beadle, American geneticist. In 1958 he shared one-half of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum for their discovery of the role of genes in regulating biochemical events within cells. Beadle and Tatum's key experiments involved exposing the bread mold Neurospora crassa to x-rays, causing mutations. In a series of experiments, they showed that these mutations caused changes in specific enzymes involved in metabolic pathways. These experiments led them to propose a direct link between genes and enzymatic reactions, known as the One gene-one enzyme hypothesis. The one gene–one enzyme hypothesis is the idea that genes act through the production of enzymes, with each gene responsible for producing a single enzyme that in turn affects a single step in a metabolic pathway. He died from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 85 in Pomona, California.Famous Birthdays9 June 1640 – Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_I,_Holy_Roman_EmperorLeopold I (full name: Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Felician), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife, Maria Anna of Spain, Leopold became heir apparent in 1654 by the death of his elder brother Ferdinand IV. Elected in 1658, Leopold ruled the Holy Roman Empire until his death in 1705, becoming the longest-ruling Habsburg emperor (at 46 years and 9 months). Leopold's reign is known for conflicts with the Ottoman Empire in the east and rivalry with Louis XIV, a contemporary and first cousin, in the west. After more than a decade of warfare, Leopold emerged victorious from the Great Turkish War thanks to the military talents of Prince Eugene of Savoy. By the Treaty of Karlowitz, Leopold recovered almost all of the Kingdom of Hungary, which had fallen under Turkish power in the years after the 1526 Battle of Mohács. Leopold fought three wars against France: the Franco-Dutch War, the Nine Years' War, and the War of the Spanish Succession. In this last, Leopold sought to give his younger son the entire Spanish inheritance, disregarding the will of the late Charles II. Leopold started a war that soon engulfed much of Europe. When peace returned, Austria could not be said to have emerged as triumphant as it had from the war against the Turks. He was born in Vienna.9 June 1843 – Bertha von Suttner - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_von_SuttnerBertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner also known as Baroness Bertha von Suttner née Countess Kinsky.Austrian-Bohemian pacifist and novelist. In 1905, she became the second female Nobel laureate (after Marie Curie in 1903), the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first Austrian laureate. In 1889 Suttner became a leading figure in the peace movement with the publication of her pacifist novel, Die Waffen nieder! (Lay Down Your Arms!), which made her one of the leading figures of the Austrian peace movement. The book was published in 37 editions and translated into 12 languages. In 1897 she presented Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria with a list of signatures urging the establishment of an International Court of Justice and took part in the First Hague Convention in 1899 with the help of Theodor Herzl, who paid for her trip as a correspondent of the Zionist newspaper, Die Welt. Suttner's pacifism was influenced by the writings of Immanuel Kant, Henry Thomas Buckle, Herbert Spencer, Charles Darwin and Leo Tolstoy (Tolstoy praised Die Waffen nieder!) conceiving peace as a natural state impaired by the human aberrances of war and militarism. As a result, she argued that a right to peace could be demanded under international law and was necessary in the context of an evolutionary Darwinist conception of history. Suttner was a respected journalist, with one historian describing her as "a most perceptive and adept political commentator". She was born in Prague,Kingdom of Bohemia.9 June 1961 – Michael J. Fox - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._FoxMichael Andrew Fox, known professionally as Michael J. Fox, is a Canadian-American, actor, comedian, author, film producer and activist with a film and television career spanning from the 1970s. He starred in the Back to the Future trilogy in which he portrayed Marty McFly. Other notable roles have included his portrayal of Alex P. Keaton on the American sitcom Family Ties and Mike Flaherty on the ABC sitcom Spin City . He has won five Primetime Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991 at age 29, and disclosed his condition to the public in 1998. He semi-retired from acting in 2000 as the symptoms of the disease worsened. He has since become an advocate for research toward finding a cure, and founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Since 1999, Fox has mainly worked as a voice-over actor in films such as Stuart Little and Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire. On the CBS TV show The Good Wife, he earned Emmy nominations for three consecutive years for his recurring role as crafty attorney Louis Canning. He has also taken recurring guest roles and cameo appearances in Boston Legal, Scrubs,Curb Your Enthusiasm, Rescue Me, and Designated Survivor. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2010, and was also inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2000. He was born in Edmonton,Alberta.Events of Interest9 June 53 AD – The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia. - https://www.mintageworld.com/media/detail/12089-claudia-octavia-and-nero-got-married-/In 53 AD, Octavia was married to her adopted brother Nero after she was legally transferred to another clan. Apparently her stepmother Agrippina had planned this marriage even before her own marriage to Claudius. Nevertheless, Nero succeeded his adoptive father as Emperor, making Octavia Empress. It appears their marriage was loveless and also childless.9 June 68AD – Nero commits suicide, after quoting Homer's Iliad, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors - https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/nero#section_3Nero failed to respond decisively to a revolt in Gaul, prompting further unrest in Africa and in Spain, where the governor Galba declared himself legate of the Senate and Roman People. Soon the Praetorian Guard declared allegiance to Galba, and the Senate followed suit, declaring Nero an enemy of the people. Nero attempted to flee, but upon learning that his arrest and execution were imminent, he took his own life. Fifty years later, the historian Suetonius reported Nero’s final lament: “What an artist dies in me!” The civil war during the year of the Four Emperors was described by ancient historians as a troubling period. According to Tacitus, this instability was rooted in the fact that emperors could no longer rely on the perceived legitimacy of the imperial bloodline, as Nero and those before him could. Galba began his short reign with the execution of many of Nero's allies. One such notable enemy included Nymphidius Sabinus, who claimed to be the son of Emperor Caligula. The social, military and political upheavals of the period had Empire-wide repercussions, which included the outbreak of the Revolt of the Batavi.9 June 1959 – The USS George Washington is launched. It is the first nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_George_Washington_(SSBN-598)#Construction_and_launchingThe USS George Washington was launched on 9 June 1959 sponsored by Mrs. Ollie Mae Anderson (née Rawlins), wife of US Treasury Secretary Robert B. Anderson, and commissioned on 30 December 1959 as SSBN-598 with Commander James B. Osborn in command of the Blue crew and Commander John L. From, Jr. in command of the Gold crew. The George Washington was originally scheduled to become the USS Scorpion, but during her construction she was lengthened by the insertion of a 130-foot missile section and finished as a fleet ballistic-missile submarine. The George Washington was commissioned into service in December 1959 and the United States instantly gained the most powerful deterrent force imaginable - a stealth platform with enormous nuclear firepower. Arguably, it can be considered the submarine that has most influenced world events in the 20th Century. In the early 1980s the George Washington had her missile removed and was reclassified as an attack submarine before finally being decommissioned several years later.9 June 1979 – The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Sydney_Ghost_Train_fireOn the night of 9 June 1979, a fire broke out inside the ride at approximately 10:15 pm. Due to a combination of low water pressure, under-staffing within the park, and inadequate coverage of the Ghost Train by the park's fire hose system, the fire was able to completely consume the ride.It took an hour to bring the fire under control, but it was extinguished before any significant damage could be done to the adjacent River Caves and Big Dipper. The fire killed six children and one adult, and destroyed the amusement park's ghost train. Inadequate fire-fighting measures and low staffing caused the fire to completely destroy the ride, which was first constructed in 1931, and had been transported from Glenelg, South Australia to Milsons Point, New South Wales during 1934 and 1935. Originally the fire was blamed on electrical faults, but arson by unknown figures has also been claimed. The exact cause of the fire could not be determined by a coronial inquiry. The coroner also ruled that, while the actions of Luna Park's management and staff before and during the fire (in particular their choosing not to follow advice on the installation of a sprinkler system in the ride) breached their duty of care, charges of criminal negligence should not be laid. The case was reopened in 1987: no new findings were made, although the police investigation and coronial inquiry were criticised. The fire forced the closure of Luna Park until 1982, when it reopened under a new name and new owners.IntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes -https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS -http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rssInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comSupport via Podhero- https://podhero.com/podcast/449127/nerds-amalgamatedRate & Review us on Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/nerds-amalgamated-623195

With the wind rustling the trees, a faint hint of the bouquet from the honeysuckle on the air, the moon moved from behind the cloud. It was hard to accept that this was still the same group that everyone knew and liked (loved is suck a strong word and with Buck involved we might be stretching it a bit). The utter shock of it all is beyond belief; we are almost at that time folks. Yes, we really are almost at the 2 year mark. Tell your friends that like Keith Richards we have refused to stop going, like an aging rock band we are here once again. The Nerds are back!First up this week we have a segment about QTIME, what is that you ask? Well it is an amazing device to help when gaming is more important than life, but you still have to pay the bills. It is awesome for those parents that want to guide their dirt urchins out into the wide blue yonder and do their chores around the house. It is also the perfect way to destroy a room full of sports fans. Want to know exactly what this miracle device is, listen in and hear the Professor tell us about it and Buck hatch evil ideas.Now there are restaurants that have monkey waiters, cafes where you can cuddle a cat or puppy, there are even sushi bars with trains. Now we give you Cat Robots! Yes folks it is that time of year when the biggest collection of Nerds and Geeks gather. It is the CES once again and Buck has found that there are Cat Robots, also a super important and special bot for those times when you stuck needing a roll of paper. This is important and we invite you to tell us your favourite exhibit at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) we only discuss a couple, there are some many things it would require a special episode of its own.Next up we have DJ telling us about the news that Studio Ghibli are planning to release 2 new movies. The special part of this is we have an expected release date of….Listen in and find out when. Also we discuss what the movies theme is going to be. We don’t want to spoil it for you and tell you everything now, but we are sure you will enjoy it as much as we do. Lastly, we have the usual game played, shout outs, remembrances, birthdays, and special events. Until next time, thanks for listening, take care of yourselves, look out for each other and stay hydrated.Qtime : Limiting Gaming Time - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/10/23/father-son-create-app-parents-shut-childs-video-consoles-remotely/Cat Robots in Restaurants - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51003084?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology&link_location=live-reporting-storyStudio Ghibli making 2 movies for 2020 - https://www.cbr.com/studio-ghibli-two-new-films-2020/Games currently playingProfessor– Final Fantasy Adventure - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_AdventureRating – 5/10Buck– Desert Order - https://www.desertorder.com/Rating – 3.5/5DJ– Watchers - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1124980/Watchers/Rating – 3.5/5Other topics discussedQTIME official website- https://getqtime.com/Court dress (style of clothes prescribed for courts of law and for royal courts._- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_dressYouTube Challenge - Hey Jimmy Kimmel I Unplugged the TV During the Game- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMmqqKV49cgYouTube Challenge – I Turned Off the TV During Fortnite- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPTXkp4pPeICES (Consumer Electronics Show) and its info- https://www.ces.tech/- https://metro.co.uk/2018/01/08/ces-stand-dates-held-7212783/Cat Cafes in Brisbane- Lucky Cat Café - https://www.luckycatcafe.com.au/- Cat Cuddle Café - https://catcuddlecafe.com/Charmin’s Rollbot unveiled at CES 2020- https://www.cnet.com/news/charmins-pooptime-robot-pal-will-bring-fresh-toilet-roll-when-you-need-it-most/The Good Place (American fantasy comedy television series created by Michael Schur.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_PlaceHow Do You Live (1937 novel by Yoshino Genzaburō. It follows a 15-year-old boy named Junichi Honda, nicknamed Koperu, and his uncle as the youth deals with spiritual growth, poverty, and the overall experience as human beings.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Do_You_Live%3F_(novel)Studio Ghibli 25 Years Concert - Joe Hisaishi in Budokan- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY1XtWyKlJAMining billionaire Andrew Forrest pledges $70 million bushfire relief and recovery donation- https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-09/andrew-forrest-pledges-$70m-donation-to-bushfire-relief/11854654Four Wedding and a Funeral (American romantic comedy web television miniseries, based on the 1994 British film of the same name written by Richard Curtis.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Weddings_and_a_Funeral_(miniseries)Stephen Fry (English actor, comedian and writer)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_FryHugh Laurie (English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian and author.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Laurie1st episode of Q.I. starring Hugh Laurie, Danny Baker & John Sessions- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lmJ15QvMZEJames A. Garfield (20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death by assassination six and a half months later.)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._GarfieldMusicals Taught me Everything I Know (TNC Podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/mtmeikShoutout4 Jan 2019 - Tom Long passed away. Tom Long an Australian film and television actor. He played court official and avid surfer Angus in the late 1990s TV series SeaChange and Brendon Abbott in the 2003 Australian TV movie The Postcard Bandit. He was also in the movie the Dish as Glenn Latham, Comedian Jane Kennedy, a writer and producer for The Dish said Long was "one of the most modest and talented human beings I have had the privilege to work with". He died of encephalitis at the age of 51. - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-06/tom-long-seachange-the-dish-actor-dies-aged-51/118433285 Jan 2019 – Hayao Miyazaki celebrated his 79th birthday. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a film and animation studio, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and as a maker ofanimated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the animation business. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki6 Jan 1994 - Washington State University’s research moose, Morty, who strolled to fame in the opening credits of the CBS-TV series 'Northern Exposure,' has died. The moose died of cobalt and copper deficiency. - https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/01/07/Northern-Exposure-moose-dies/1000757918800/6 Jan 2019 – Australian comedian Celeste Barber has raised more than $46 million dollars for The Trustee for NSW Rural Fire Service & Brigades Donations Fund. - https://www.facebook.com/donate/1010958179269977/2477326602586291/Rememberances6 Jan 1990 - Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, Soviet physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1958 with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation, made in 1934. Cherenkov observed the emission of blue light from a bottle of water subjected to radioactive bombardment. This phenomenon, associated with charged atomic particles moving at velocities greater than the phase velocity of light, proved to be of great importance in subsequent experimental work in nuclear physics, and for the study of cosmic rays. Eponymously, it was dubbed the Cherenkov effect, as was the Cherenkov detector, which has become a standard piece of equipment in atomic research for observing the existence and velocity of high-speed particles. He died at the age of 85 in Moscow,Russian SFSR. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Cherenkov6 Jan 1990 - Ian Charleson, Scottish stage and film actor. He is best known internationally for his starring role as Olympic athlete and missionary Eric Liddell, in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire. He is also well known for his portrayal of Rev. Charlie Andrews in the 1982 Oscar-winning film Gandhi. He performed numerous Shakespearean roles, and in 1991 the annual Ian Charleson Awards were established, particularly in honour of his final Hamlet. The awards reward the best classical stage performances in Britain by actors aged under 30. Ian McKellen said Charleson was "the most unmannered and unactorish of actors: always truthful, always honest". He died from AIDS related causes at the age of 40 in London. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Charleson6 Jan 1997 - Catherine Scorsese, American actress, and the mother of director Martin Scorsese. Of Italian descent, she began acting when her son Martin Scorsese cast her in his film It's Not Just You, Murray!. She frequently played the role of an Italian mother, and is perhaps most well known for her appearance in her son's film Goodfellas, as Mrs. DeVito, Tommy's mother. She acted in films other than her son's. She was married to Charles Scorsese. Her father, Martin Cappa, was a stage co-ordinator and her mother, Domenica, was a shop owner. She published a recipe book, Italianamerican: The Scorsese Family Cookbook. She died from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 84 in Manhattan, New York. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_ScorseseFamous Birthdays6 Jan 1822 - Heinrich Schliemann, German businessman and a pioneer in the field of archaeology. He was an advocate of the historicity of places mentioned in the works of Homer and an archaeological excavator of Hisarlik, now presumed to be the site of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His work lent weight to the idea that Homer's Iliad reflects historical events. Schliemann's excavation of nine levels of archaeological remains with dynamite has been criticized as destructive of significant historical artifacts, including the level that is believed to be the historical Troy. Schliemann's famous finds include Priam's Treasure, a cache of gold jewellery discovered in 1873. Schliemann was also the excavator of the bronze age site of Mycenae in North Greece, where he found the so-called "Mask of Agamemnon" in 1876. He was born in Neubukow,Mecklenburg-Schwerin. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Schliemann6 Jan 1954 - Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer and scenario writer best known as the creator of the Dragon Quest series of role-playing games, supervising and writing the scenario for Chrono Trigger, as well as the first visual noveladventure game Portopia Serial Murder Case. In Chrono Trigger, Horii appearing in one of the endings with the game development staff. He was born in Sumoto, Hyōgo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuji_Horii6 Jan 1955 - Rowan Atkinson, English actor, comedian and writer. He is best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder and Mr. Bean. Atkinson first came to prominence in the BBC's sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News, receiving the 1981 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance, and via his participation in The Secret Policeman's Ball. His other work includes the James Bond film Never Say Never Again, playing a bumbling vicar in Four Weddings and a Funeral, voicing the red-billed hornbill Zazu in The Lion King, and playing jewellery salesman Rufus in Love Actually. Best known for his use of physical comedy in his Mr. Bean persona, Atkinson's other characters rely more on language. Atkinson often plays authority figures speaking absurd lines with a completely deadpan delivery. He was born in Consett,County Durham - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan_AtkinsonEvents of Interest6 January 1873: Crédit Mobilier of America scandal investigated, this led to the censure of Oakes Ames of Massachusetts and James Brooks of New York. This scandal showed how corruption tainted Gilded Age politics, and the lengths railroads and other economic interests would go to assure and increase profits. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%A9dit_Mobilier_scandal6 Jan 1912 - German geophysicistAlfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift. He hypothesized that that the continents are slowly drifting around the Earth. He suggested that the continents were once a single landmass and gradually drifted apart, either because of the centrifugal force of the Earth’s rotation, or astronomical precession. Wegener also originally thought mid-ocean ridges might play some role, since the Atlantic seafloor “is continuously tearing open and making space for fresh, relatively fluid and hot [material rising] from depth.” But he eventually abandoned those notions. - https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201901/history.cfm6 Jan 1950 – The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China presently known as Taiwan severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_in_ChinaIntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us onFacebook- Page - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/- Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/440485136816406/Twitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rssInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/nerds_amalgamated/General EnquiriesEmail - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.com

ANNOUNCEMENT: We recently learned that C&C co-founder Lise van Boxel has been diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. She is currently undergoing treatment. If you would like to help and express your support, please visit the GoFundMe page created for her benefit. In this episode, Brian is joined by guest Scott Hambrick, founder of Online Great Books. Brian will be teaching a seminar through Scott's website starting in January. Sign up here and receive a 25% discount. Brian and Scott discuss questions raised about war in Book 6 of Homer's Iliad. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brian-wilson5/support

In this lecture, the entire narrative of Homer's "Iliad" is rapidly reviewed. The review includes major events, characters, and themes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

Why do the legendary walls of a Bronze Age city in Asia still cast such a long shadow? Novelist and classics expert Natalie Haynes, Alev Scott author of Ottoman Odyssey, archaeologist Naoíse Mac Sweeney and medievalist Hetta Howes join Rana Mitter to share new perspectives on the conflict immortalised in Homer's Iliad as the British Museum opens an exhibition dedicated to Troy. Troy: Myth and Reality runs at the British Museum in London from November 21st to 8th March 2020. Natalie Haynes is the author of novels which retell Greek myths including The Amber Fury, the Children of Jocasta and A Thousand Ships: This is the Woman's War. Hetta Howes teaches medieval literature at City University and is a New Generation Thinker on the scheme run by the BBC and the AHRC to put research on radio. Alev Scott is the author of Ottoman Odyssey and Turkish Awakening. Naoíse Mac Sweeney is Associate Professor of Ancient History at the University of Leicester. Producer: Torquil MacLeod

Nathan Gilmour, Jordan Poss, and Todd Pedlar talk about books twenty-one and twenty-two of Homer's Iliad.

Nathan Gilmour, Jordan Poss, and Todd Pedlar talk about books twenty-one and twenty-two of Homer's Iliad.

Dr. Stephen Smith joins Hugh Hewitt to discuss the ninth book of the Iliad.

Dr. Stephen Smith joins Hugh Hewitt to discuss the Iliad, Books 4-6.

David Grubbs, Michial Farmer, and Jordan Poss talk about books eighteen, nineteen, and twenty of Homer's Iliad.

David Grubbs, Michial Farmer, and Jordan Poss talk about books eighteen, nineteen, and twenty of Homer's Iliad.

In this lecture, we discuss the events which take place between Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey". Specifically, we consider (a) the events of the lost epic "Aethiopis", and we see the fall of Penthesilea, Memnon, Antilochos, and Achilleus; next (b) we observe the cunning of Odysseus in the "contest of the arms of Achilleus" and his part in the making of the Trojan horse; (c) we conclude the day by witnessing "The Sack of Ilium" and the deaths and abductions of many Trojans we came to know during Homer's "Iliad". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we (a) revisit the dying speech of Hektor, (b) observe connections between Priam's journey to Achilleus' camp and a journey to the underworld (Hades), and (c) witness Achilleus regain his compassion and humanity while we (and Andromache, Hekabe, and Helen) sorrow over Hektor's death. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

David Grubbs, Carla Godwin, and Jordan Poss talk about books sixteen and seventeen of Homer's Iliad.

David Grubbs, Carla Godwin, and Jordan Poss talk about books sixteen and seventeen of Homer's Iliad.

David Grubbs, Christina Bieber Lake, and Nathan Gilmour talk about books fourteen and fifteen of Homer's Iliad.

David Grubbs, Christina Bieber Lake, and Nathan Gilmour talk about books fourteen and fifteen of Homer's Iliad.

In this lecture, we focus on (a) the decision of Achilleus to allow Patroklos to wear his armor and attempt to live-out his fate; (b) the epic battle between Sarpedon and Patroklos, and (c) we witness the beginning of the end for the Trojans: the epic of fall of Patroklos. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

David Grubbs, Michial Farmer, and Nathan Gilmour talk about books twelve and thirteen of Homer's Iliad.

David Grubbs, Michial Farmer, and Nathan Gilmour talk about books twelve and thirteen of Homer's Iliad.

David Grubbs, Danny Anderson, and Nathan Gilmour talk about books ten and eleven of Homer's Iliad.

David Grubbs, Danny Anderson, and Nathan Gilmour talk about books ten and eleven of Homer's Iliad.

Victoria Reynolds Farmer, Coyle Neal, and David Grubbs talk about books seven to nine of Homer's Iliad.

Victoria Reynolds Farmer, Coyle Neal, and David Grubbs talk about books seven to nine of Homer's Iliad.

Victoria Reynolds Farmer, Coyle Neal, and Jordan Poss talk about books five and six of Homer's Iliad.

Victoria Reynolds Farmer, Coyle Neal, and Jordan Poss talk about books five and six of Homer's Iliad.

In this lecture, we (a) consider the speeches of Phoinix and Aias the Greater to Achilleus; (b) we then move to the night-counsel and choice of Diomedes and Odysseus as spies, and (c) we conclude by meeting Dolon and seeing the respective Trojans and Achaians go out into the night. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we observe (a) Zeus prohibiting the other gods from the battlefield; (b) the last-chance effort of Agamemnon and the Achaians to placate Achilleus by means of an embassy; and (c) the speech of Odysseus to Achilleus. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we (a) review Hektor's trip back to Troy and his farewell speech to Andromache, his wife; (b) we observe single combat between Aias the Greater and Hektor upset by nightfall, and (c) we see weak attempt of Paris and the Trojans to negotiate an end to the war without returning Helen. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

Michial Farmer, Carla Godwin, and Victoria Reynolds Farmer talk about books three and four of Homer's Iliad.

In this lecture, we discuss (a) the concept of xenia and (b) its relation to Glaukos and Diomedes' strange interaction and exchange, and (c) we conclude by observing Hektor back in Troy meeting Hekabe, Helen (and Paris), and his wife Andromache. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

Michial Farmer, Carla Godwin, and Victoria Reynolds Farmer talk about books three and four of Homer's Iliad.

In this lecture, we (a) observe the first major Trojan champion (Sarpedon) defeat an Achaian champion (Tlepolemos); (b) we witness the cruelty of Hektor in the wake of his friend's pleas for help, and (c) a battle between Diomedes and Ares, a far more formidable god than Aphrodite! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

Michial Farmer, Christina Bieber Lake, and Jay Eldred talk about the opening books of Homer's Iliad.

In this lecture, we (a) review the concepts of tîmê (honor) and kleos (glory), (b) we observed the epic battle of Diomedes and Sthenelos vs. Pandaros and Aineias, and (c) witnessed the stabbing of a goddess (Aphrodite) by a mortal man (Diomedes). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

Michial Farmer, Christina Bieber Lake, and Jay Eldred talk about the opening books of Homer's Iliad.

In this lecture, we (a) introduce Diomedes and Athene's desire to use him to remove the dangerous and exasperating Aphrodite from the battlefield; (b) we distinguish the concepts of tīmḗ (honor) and kleos (glory; that which is said of one; one's legend) and geras (physical rewards, like Briseis), and (c) considered (1) the amorality of the Olympian gods as well as (2) the theme that when: (a) a minor character (like Pandaros) injures a major character (like Menelaos or Diomedes), then (b) that minor character will be killed, generally by a major character. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we (a) describe the one-one-one combat between Menelaos and Paris of Troy for the hand of Helen; (b) we examine the interference of Aphrodite and what this means for the war; and (c) we view a dark covenant formed by Zeus and Hera and observe the trickery of Athene and foolhardiness of Pandaros, the Lykian. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture we (a) review the history of Agamemnon's scepter, (c) see Troy and meet Priam, Antenor, and Helen for the first time during the teichoscopia, and (c) hear our first descriptions of the beginning of the Trojan War before the one on one battle between Paris and Menelaos takes place! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, (a) we perceive a false dream which Agamemnon follows rather than good counsel; (b) we meet Thersites of the endless speech after a disastrous "call to arms" by Agamemnon, and (c) we see Odysseus jump into action to corral the troops. We then (d) meet Paris at the opening of Bk. 3 and close with a (e) description of the Achaian and Trojan Forces and an (f) explanation of Homeric Simile. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture we (a) review Agamemnon's disgraceful treatment of Chryses, (b) consider Achilleus' assembly, Kalchas' prophecy, and Agamemnon's (over)reaction, and (c) conclude with meeting Thetis, Zeus and Hera, and sharing a laugh at Hephaistos' expense. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we consider (a) the proem of Homer's "Iliad" and how it prefigures the events of the narrative; (b) the hubris of Agamemnon and the rage of Apollo; and (c) the assembly called by Achilleus (and Kalchas' history with Agamemnon). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we consider (a) differing mythological accounts of Achilleus' near vulnerability and Homer's alteration of mythology; (b) Achilleus' stint on Skyros pretending to be a daughter of King Lykomedes, and (c) how the cunning Odysseus tricked Achilleus into revealing himself. Additionally, we consider what uncertainty underlies the myth of Achilleus and how that relates to all people. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we (a) review the symbolic significance of the three animals which Dante encounters in Canto 1, review the Platonic model of the tripartite soul, and relate that to the three types of sin Dante uses to structure his Inferno; (b) we consider Dante's "invocation to the muse" and how that relates to Homer's (unread by Dante) and Virgil's epic poems; (c) we conclude with considering Joseph Campbell's Monomyth and how Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey", and Virgil's "Aeneid", and Dante's "The Divine Comedy" have a "Refusal of the Call to Adventure". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we (a) consider the mythic background of Homer's "Iliad"; (b) examine the reasons for the sacrifice of Iphigeneia, and (c) establish the theme that no one gets away with anything in Greek mythology (especially when they challenge a god). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we (a) review the Judgment of Paris, (b) talk about the starting point of Homer's "Iliad" in media res, and (c) read together the proem, or first seven lines, of the poem together. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture we discuss: the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the Apple of Eris, and the Judgment of Paris. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this final lecture on Virgil's "Aeneid", we discuss (a) the vitriolic hate which Juno (through Allecto) spreads into the hearts of Queen Amata, Turnus, and the Latin people en masse; (b) we witness the original skirmish between farmers and Trojans and the opening of the Gates of War; and (c) we witness the epic, rage-filled, conclusion of Virgil's "Aeneid" and how all has come full circle since the beginning of Homer's "Iliad". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we consider (a) the burning of Aeneas' ships and several connections between his "Aeneid" and Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey"; (b) Aeneas' "golden ticket" (golden-bough) into the underworld, and (c) the more developed Dis (Hades/Underworld) of Virgil in comparison to Homer's from his "Odyssey". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we discuss (1) the proem of the poem and its connections to Homer's "Iliad" and "Odyssey", (2) the stoic tradition and how Neptune's "oratorical" skill is a symbol for stoicism and the subjugation of emotion to reason, and (3) the future and fate of the Trojan and Roman peoples. I also say Rome rather Troy as the last word of the lecture by accident! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode Andrew answers a question about his recurring claim that Homer's Iliad is the best handbook for rhetoric ever written. Remember: subscribe, rate, review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning. In this episode Andrew answers a question about his recurring claim that Homer's Iliad is the best handbook for rhetoric ever written. Remember: subscribe, rate, review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Part 2 of our discussion after reading Homer's Iliad. Oxford University Press edition on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Odyssey-Oxford-Classics-Hardback-Collection/dp/0199669104/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547686260&sr=8-1&keywords=oxford+world+classics+odyssey Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com

Part 1 of our discussion after reading Homer's Iliad. Oxford University Press edition on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Iliad-Hardback-Oxford-Classics-Collection/dp/0198797354/ref=pd_ybh_a_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=NT74QCSR70CBVFJPFCR9 Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com

James Mendez Hodes is a Filipino-American writer, game designer, cultural consultant, and martial artist who knows which kind of sword Alex should use. If you're curious about Heian or Sengoku period Japan, or about playing other cultures or historical periods in general, listen in! Consider this a companion piece to an upcoming episode of ONE SHOT in which Alex will be running Kagematsu! Mendez's website, Mendez on Twitter, Support the hip hop translation of Homer's Iliad!, Thousand Arrows, An extremely useful post on best practices for historical gameplay, Fist City, Kagematsu.

In this lecture, we review (a) the lost epics: "The Aethiopis" and "The Little Iliad" and move through (b) "The Sack of Ilium" and "The Returns". Specifically, we consider (a) the Trojan Horse, Sinon, and Laocoon, (b) the carnage at Troy the night it falls, and (c) the misbegotten ways home of the Achaian heroes. * Aigisthos, not Orestes, kills Agamemnon! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we consider summaries of the lost epics: (a) "The Aethiopis", and (b) "The Little Iliad". Specifically, we consider the fates of (1) Achilleus, (2) Aias the Greater, and (3) Paris of Troy. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we conclude the Homer's "Iliad" lecture course. We consider (a) the underworld journey of Priam to Achilleus, (b) the realization of his own mortality by Achilleus, and (c) the range of human experience and suffering. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture we consider: (a) The duplicity of Apollo and Athene, (b) the fight and pre-fight between Hektor and Achilleus, and (c) the catastrophic consequences of Achilleus' actions afterward. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we consider (1) the fight between Achilleus and Lykaon, (2) the rage of Xanthos against Achilleus, and (3) the theomachy, or battle of the gods on the Trojan battlefield! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this lecture, we discuss: (a) the release of the Olympian Gods back onto the battlefield, (b) the future of Aineias and his combat with Achilleus, and (c) the sad fate of Priam's youngest son, Polydoros. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode, we (a) review the shield of Achilleus, (b) observe his reconciliation with Agamemnon, and (c) consider the divine origins of "Delusion" among men. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode, (a) the errors of Hektor are compounded, (b) the workshop of Hephaistos is described, and (c) the shield of Achilleus is explained and analyzed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode, we discuss (a) the Fall of Patroklos, (b) the fight over his corpse, and (c) Patroklos' prophecy for the future. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

Welcome back for season two of That's Ancient History! We are kicking things off with a very special first episode featuring an interview with award-winning author Pat Barker. Pat Barker's latest book, The Silence of the Girls, retells Homer's Iliad from the perspective of Briseis a Trojan Queen who has been captured during the Trojan War and given as a slave to the Greek hero Achilles. This podcast discussed the experience of women during wartime, enslavement, sexual violence, PTSD, retelling ancient myths and the timeless themes of Homer's poetry. Follow That's Ancient History on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/thatsancient Books Mentioned: The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker: https://amzn.to/2PTIvAc War Music by Christopher Logue: https://amzn.to/2O7jFva The Iliad by Homer: https://amzn.to/2ApKUxa Country by Michael Hughes: https://amzn.to/2O2vtyG Antigone by Jean Anouilh: https://amzn.to/2Po6dI0

In this episode, we discuss (a) the consequences of Hera's subterfuge (Bks. 14-15), (b) the release of Patroklos and the Myrmidons into battle!; And we conclude with (c) The fall of the noble Sarpedon. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode of Consilience Conversations, Dr. Matt Roos and I consider (a) Chapter 3 of Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff's "The Coddling of the American Mind," "Us vs. Them". We then consider (b) the Stanley Milgram experiments as well as the Robbers Cave ones, (c) make a classical connection to "Us vs. Them" thinking in Homer's "Iliad", and (d) consider the neuroscientific/psychological roots of Identity Politics. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

Our sometimes curmudgeonly but always thoughtful co-host Scott Hambrick shares today some of the things that bring value to his life, and some of things that rob his life of value. And, well, as it turns out it's not things at all which bring him value, but rather people and experiences.   As he says, he tends to view himself as a project. People have the unique capacity for introspection, development, and change. As Socrates famously says "the unexamined life is not worth living." Scott derives value from the activities and experiences which allow him to examine his life, gain deeper understanding of the human experience, and refine his values and personal code of ethics. Strength training fits into this idea well. In addition to being a lifter, Scott is also a voracious reader, regularly tackling challenging literature. This practice has refined his core values, as well as his ability to think critically about problems. He also values the time spent with his family highly -- even citing his family as the primary motivator for what he does. As Scott says, the best and worst things you'll ever do... you'll do with your wife. His marriage sums up the breadth of his human experience.   Scott has rarely regretted the money he's spent on experts, whether it's for coaching, music lessons, or counseling. While things tend to fade - either literally as they break or wear out, or figuratively as your tastes change throughout your life - experiences and skills can last you throughout your life.   The notebooks Scott mentions he uses for note taking are Moleskin Cahier notebooks. They are compact yet big enough to take notes on long books, like Homer's Iliad. They also have stitched pages so they can hold up to the abuse of frequent note-taking. And they're cheap!   Connect With Matt Matt on Instagram Starting Strength Online Coaching — Matt’s website Matt on Facebook Matt on Twitter Connect With Scott Scott on Instagram Silver Strength – Scott’s website Scott on Facebook Scott on Twitter Connect With the Show Barbell Logic on Twitter Barbell Logic on Instagram The Website Barbell Logic on Facebook barbelllogicpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode (1) Zeus wakes up and is FURIOUS; (2) Zeus and Hera "civilly" resolve their differences, and (3) Zeus threatens Poseidon with physical combat. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

Finishing up our discussion of Homer's Iliad.

In this episode, we discuss the (1) deception of Hera, (2) the inscrutability of nature, and (3) how the unknown + the feminine =archetype of the seductress/witch. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

The first episode of Cryptosophy! Max and Doyle sketch their project--working through the Great Books of the Western tradition, starting with Homer's Iliad.

In this episode, we consider (1) the brutal spear of Meriones, (2) the accusations and actions of Menelaos, and (3) the bravery of the Aiantes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode, I consider (1) anger and sorrow as motivational forces on warriors, (2) differences between Idomeneus and Aineias, and (3) connections between Aineias and Dante and Christ (Easter-special). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode, we discuss (1) the disobedience of Poseidon and his relation to Zeus, (2) the dualities and relationships of Book 13, and (3) the full depth of man's recklessness examined in the wake of conflict amidst the gods themselves. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

On today's show we examine the Six of Pentacles and Hospitality through Xenia. The Six of Pentacles reminds us to be generous with our time and money, but not so much that people become dependent on you or you would lose your wealth. Xenia is a guest/host relationship and we look at two stories that exemplify this: Baucis and Philemon from Ovid's Metamorphoses, as well as Diomedes and Glaucus' encounter in Book 6 of Homer's Iliad. How to get in touch with us Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mythtarotlove/ Email: mythtarotlove@gmail.com Instagram: @mythtarotlove Patreon: www.patreon.com/mythtarotlove

In Episode 007, we provide an introduction to Homer's Iliad. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

The Ancient Greeks had a very intimate connection with the environment around them and it therefore help a great significance to them. They portrayed this significance in their literature as they created characters out of natural elements that were imbued with a divinity. In this podcast two Ancient Greek works (Homer's Iliad and Hesiod's Theogony) will be discussed in this light.

Andrew Ford of Princeton University joins us for a conversation about the Iliad. What makes it so...epic? And what kind of vision of the world does Homer provide his audiences?

First up in this episode is Todd Pierce, with “If Only You Could Remember” which had us both as lost as the speaker (in a good way) and mesmerized. Todd is currently rereading War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad, by Christopher Logue and the chapbook Weird Vocation, by Art Zilleruelo.  First up in this episode is Todd Pierce, with “If Only You Could Remember” which had us both as lost as the speaker (in a good way) and mesmerized. Todd is currently rereading War Music: An Account of Homer's Iliad, by Christopher Logue and the chapbook Weird Vocation, by Art Zilleruelo.  He hopes that 2016 is the year that he finishes Don Quixote. Other facts:  he once flew a plane without crashing it, and once crashed a bicycle without riding it. Todd Pierce has been published in Opium Magazine, Annapolis Underground, and Poet Lore. Stay tuned to see if he can add Painted Bride Quarterly to that growing list! Until then, we are honored to publish his first ever selfie! You really have to scroll down or click here and check out the format of “Brazilian”—it’s one of the best executions of this difficult format that we’ve seen. We had so much fun discussing this one, and were very happy we could finally educate Jason Schneiderman on SOMETHING. But to be even more mysterious, though (spoiler alert) we loved the poem, we found out some bad news after this podcast, which we will discuss in Episode 9!      Beau Boudreaux is New Orleans born and raised, and he uses his deep, southern roots for inspiration in his writing. Read more in Louisiana Literature and Southern Poetry Anthology, buy Running Red, Running Redder (Cherry Grove Collections, 2012) and see even more here.   Tell us what you think on our Facebook Event page for this episode! Sign for our email list if you’re in the area, and even if you’re not! If you haven’t yet, follow us on Twitter @PaintedBrideQ and Instagram @paintedbridequarterly. Don't forget to subscribe and rate us on our iTunes page! Send us a self-addressed stamped envelope, and we’ll send you a PBQ Podcast Slushpile sticker! Read on! KVM   Present at the Editorial Table: Kathleen Volk Miller Marion Wrenn Jason Schneiderman Tim Fitts   Production Engineer: Joe Zang   PBQ Box Score: 2=0 ------------------------   Todd Pierce If Only You Could Remember   When we came upon the muddy river between the mountains I realize now were not there, our dog crawling out of the lungs of the mysterious beast he found ahead of us, lost as much but more at home, we learned to distinguish dream from wish, surrounded by the forest’s tired breath chilling the sky, our noses bunched up against the scent of something not quite death, as I plucked a bloated tick off your nape and popped it under the rolling clouds, fine raindrops running red down the dog’s white sides.   Beau Boudreaux Brazilian   She leans in                                                     towards my ear   overwhelmed, awash                                       shock of perfume   zoo stench, sniff                                            an old Easter lily   no, I really do admire                                      the cut of her   hemline, zebra skin                                         bangs on the brow   oh commando                                                  Ms. Orlando   information I don’t need                                 a cheat, she’s the only one   smoking, cocktailed                                       touching my arm.      

The Iliad, Books 17-24.  As the Iliad reaches its  spectacular climax, it’s time to ask a big question. Who wrote it? Episode 11 Quiz: http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-11-quiz Episode 11 Transcription: http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-011-who-was-homer Episode 11 Song: "Trojan War Epic Rap Battle" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX29MfZlMlU Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/literatureandhistory

The Iliad, Books 9-16. The violent and spellbinding middle books of the Iliad leave us with questions about Homer’s theology. Episode 10 Quiz: http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-10-quiz Episode 10 Transcription: http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-010-homer-s-gods Episode 10 Song: "What Happened to the Weasel Hat?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkHXYs8Irl8 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/literatureandhistory

The Iliad, Books 1-8. Homer’s Iliad is the Tyrannosaurus Rex of ancient epics. And at the core of its 24 books is one shiny metal. Episode 9 Quiz: http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-9-quiz Episode 9 Transcription: http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-009-glittering-bronze-men Episode 9 Song: "History's First Mullets" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP6JmLa7hck Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/literatureandhistory

Action Movie Anatomy hosts Ben Bateman and Andrew Ghai break down Troy! Troy is a 2004 American epic war film written by David Benioff and directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It is loosely based on Homer's Iliad, though the film narrates the entire story of the decade-long Trojan War rather than just the quarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon in the ninth year. Achilles leads his Myrmidons along with the rest of the Greek army invading the historical city of Troy, defended by Hector's Trojan army. The end of the film (the sacking of Troy) is not taken from the Iliad, but rather from Virgil's Aeneid as the Iliad concludes with Hector's death and funeral. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey had a long history before it became the site of the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I - it is an area that has been inhabited by Greeks and Romans, and its literary origins stretch all the way back to Homer's Iliad. Guest: Christopher Mackie

Classicist C.J. Armstrong explains the importance and beauty of Homer's Iliad.  This is the first of several Wasteland Companions, shows where we give you the important background and summary of a great book.  Unfortunately, Jeff's mic wasn't working right.  Fortunately, this is one of the few shows where he doesn't talk too much.  Share with a high schooler or college student perhaps who is reading this in their studies, or a friend who likes to go back and pick up great works they missed in school.

The warrior goddess Athena ranges the battlefield in Homer's Iliad, but her role differs greatly from those of mortal women in the epic. Professor Chris Mackie compares and contrasts the goddess of cunning intelligence with the mortal women of the epic. Copyright 2013 Gillian Shepherd / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

The warrior goddess Athena ranges the battlefield in Homer's Iliad, but her role differs greatly from those of mortal women in the epic. Professor Chris Mackie compares and contrasts the goddess of cunning intelligence with the mortal women of the epic. Copyright 2013 Gillian Shepherd / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Martial, monstrous and on the boundaries of mortal and immortal, Achilles in the greatest warrior in Greek myth. In this investigation of Homer's Iliad, Professor Chris Mackie looks into the background of a hero born to a goddess, raised by a centaur and yet destined to die young. Copyright 2013 Gillian Shepherd / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

Martial, monstrous and on the boundaries of mortal and immortal, Achilles in the greatest warrior in Greek myth. In this investigation of Homer's Iliad, Professor Chris Mackie looks into the background of a hero born to a goddess, raised by a centaur and yet destined to die young. Copyright 2013 Gillian Shepherd / La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

On this week's episode of the Talk Theatre In Chicago podcast, Tom Williams talks with Timothy Edward Kane from An Iliad at Court Theatre. Kane talks about the challenges of doing a one person show about Homer's Iliad.

Heroes of Homer's Iliad and the Warrior Code by Marsh McCall(October 31, 2007)

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Odyssey by Homer, often claimed as the great founding work of Western Literature. It's an epic that has entertained its audience for nearly three thousand years: It has shipwrecks, Cyclops, brave heroes and seductive sex goddesses. But it’s also got revenge, true love and existential angst. The story follows on from Homer's Iliad, and tells of the Greek hero Odysseus and his long attempt to get home to Ithaca after the Trojan War. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what has given the Odyssey such a fundamental position in the history of western ideas, what are the meanings behind the trials and tribulations that befall Odysseus and how the Odyssey was composed and by whom. With Simon Goldhill, Professor of Greek at King's College, Cambridge; Edith Hall, Leverhulme Professor of Greek Cultural History at Durham University; Oliver Taplin, Classics Scholar and Translator at Oxford University.