In this first of countless (?) episodes on the Odyssey, Jeff and Dave wash ashore on the opening books, Castaway style. Here we find Odysseus’ wife and son, Penelope and Telemachus, besieged in their home on Ithaca by greedy, gluttonous, mindless suitors, and with no idea when Odysseus is ever coming home. As with the Iliad, we consider the first word of the poem — ἄνδρα (andra, man) — and investigate how this might be a guidestone for understanding the epic’s deeper themes. Other key questions: will Telemachus rise to the occasion? How do the meanings of names (glint-eyed Athena) give us insight into character? And what’s Lazy Steve doing in this neck of the woods? Don’t miss the concluding yogurt.
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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)
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