This week Jeff and Dave - with the help of Prof. Deborah Roberts (Emerita, Haverford College) - begin their look at tragedian Aeschylus' magnum opus, Prometheus Bound. We get started with Prof. Roberts providing a lovely reading of the central passage of the play, in which Prometheus explains the many kindnesses he has wrought for the human race. Then we follow up by setting the table with the briefest of looks at the development of tragedy. Next, we dig into the main course with a bit of Greek from the play's opening, and the fascinating dialogue between smith god Hephaestus and the personifications Power (Κράτος) and Violence (Βία). In addition to examining the perennial central questions of how this telling differs from Hesiod, whether Zeus can be just while mistreating so severely one of his own – who fought for him in fact in his war against the other Titans – we also take a few glances at the vexed question of who really wrote the play. And if threnodic literature is not your cup of tea, don't worry, there are many wretched puns and inane surrealities along the way.
Et in Arcadia Ego? Evander and Cacus in Vergil’s Aeneid Book VIII, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 108)
The Census of Quirinius in the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 107)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Faces: Janus and Camilla in Aeneid Book VII, Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 106)
The Fury’s Still Out on this One: Allecto in Aeneid Book VII, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 105)
William Morrell and Epic Poetry in Colonial New England (Ad Navseam, Episode 104)
Eye of the Tiber: Aeneid Book VII, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 103)
Dis is where it Ends: Aeneid Book VI, Part 4 (Ad Navseam, Episode 102)
If Dis is It, Please Let me Know: Aeneid Book VI, Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 101)
Gouda Nuff for Now: The Cheesy Clip Show (Ad Navseam, Episode 100)
The Palladium (Gvrgle 5)
Memorizing Latin: The Why and Some What, Part 2 (Gvrgle 4)
Dis is the Place: Aeneid Book VI, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 99)
Use Your Allusion I: Classics in Pop Music (Ad Navseam, Episode 98)
Bough Wow: Vergil’s Aeneid Book VI, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 97)
Royal Boxing Day: Vergil’s Aeneid Book V, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 96)
Regatta Love It: Vergil’s Aeneid Book V, Part 1 (Ad Navseam, Episode 95)
The Renaissance Idea of the Dignity of Man (Ad Navseam, Episode 94)
Come on Baby Light My Pyre: Vergil’s Aeneid Book IV, Part 4 (Ad Navseam, Episode 93)
It’s Not You, It’s Me: Aeneid Book IV Part 3 (Ad Navseam, Episode 92)
Bride and Gloom: Aeneid Book IV, Part 2 (Ad Navseam, Episode 91)
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