This week the guys wrap up Book VIII of Vergil's epic by discussing Aeneas' amazing shield. Wrought by the ignipotens fire-forger Vulcan at the lascivious behest of his sometime bride Venus, the shield is an ekphrasis of Roman history. But how does it compare to its predecessor, that of Achilles from Iliad XVIII? Is it, in Jeff's words, "too on the nose"? Or are there deeper meanings beneath the oxhide? And how does Aeneas compare to Odysseus in terms of plausible humanity? Should he tell some lies or bump some fists to seem more real? Come along for these questions and more — complete with tedious detours through Dante, supines, album covers, early Christian apologists, and Disney's Beauty and the Beast™! Did they leave out anything from this one?
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part VIII (Ad Navseam, Episode 148)
We Know What you Did Last, Summers: A Conversation with Kirk Summers about Theodore Beza as Poet (Ad Navseam, Episode 147)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part VII (Ad Navseam, Episode 146)
Make it Come Alive: A Conversation with Veteran Translator Stanley Lombardo (Ad Navseam, Episode 145)
Oh boy oh boy: A Conversation with Gary "Hercules" Schmidt (Ad Navseam, Episode 144)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part VI (Ad Navseam, Episode 143)
Anna Maria van Schurman and Women's Education, with Anne Larsen and Steve Maiullo of Hope College (Ad Navseam, Episode 142)
Gullible's Travels? An Introduction to Herodotus with Dr. Ken Bratt (Ad Navseam, Episode 141)
In the Beginning was Sermo: Reopening the Conversation on John 1:1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 140)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part V (Ad Navseam, Episode 139)
The Roman Mysteries: A Conversation with Bestselling Children’s Author Caroline Lawrence (Ad Navseam, Episode 138)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part IV (Ad Navseam, Episode 137)
Legend-tripping at Bunnyman Bridge: American Urban Legends and Classical Mythological Tropes (Ad Navseam, Episode 136)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 135)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 134)
H.I. Marrou’s A History of Education in Antiquity, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 133)
Io Wanna be a Cowboy: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, Part III (Ad Navseam, Episode 132)
Hey, I’ma be Liver Now: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 131)
We Didn’t Steal the Fire: Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound, Part I (Ad Navseam, Episode 130)
Giving Goliath his Due: Mycenaeans and Philistines, Part II (Ad Navseam, Episode 129)
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