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Musings in Greek Literature

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by Prof. Deborah Beck

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Musings on Homer’s Iliad, Sophocles Antigone, and Apollo's Argonautica

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3/16/2022

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May 31, 2024

S4, Episode 8: Odysseuses

Professor Deborah Beck and Professor Lesley Dean Jones look back on the Odysseuses we’ve encountered in Homer Odyssey and Sophocles Ajax and Philoctetes. We muse on some other Odysseuses, and tricksters ,as well. Works and authors mentioned in this episode: Cratinus Odysseis (exists only in fragments), Euripides Cyclops

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May 29, 2024

S4, Episode 7: The Arguments of Sophocles’ Philoctetes

Caroline Young is joined by Kristen Allen to discuss Philoctetes. We’ll examine the arguments presented by Philoctetes and Neoptolemus. Which character is more convincing, and why?

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May 17, 2024

S4, Episode 6: Reversal and Recognition in Sophocles’ Philoctetes

Zach Springer is joined by Caroline Young to discuss the analysis of tragedy in Aristotle’s Poetics in relation to Sophocles’ Philoctetes. We also get into the difficulties of Odysseus’ moral character in Sophocles’ play, Neoptolemus’ nature, and other complexities. Recommended reading: Aristotle Poetics

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Musings on Homer’s Iliad, Sophocles Antigone, and Apollo's Argonautica

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