First of all, thanks a lot for your answer and your precious advices. and I like very much your last lines which were very interesting for me. I will go to the...
Before I go, I have to say that I have not read Soller's book, but I have encountered the arguments that are attributed him in this discussion, but in reverse....
Surely one of the most beautiful scenes in all literature is the first appearance of Penelope in the Odyssey, descending the stairs from the women's quarters,...
joseph vade
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Aug 20, 2002 10:20 am
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Dear Homer list members, I have just ordered Miss. Brann's new book on Homer. Are any of you familiar with it. Is it of interest? This is my first post to this...
J Keyser
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Oct 20, 2002 11:31 am
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Although Odysseus is not a youth when the epic starts, he does go through many trials. By the time the epic nears its end, is there any evidence that he is a...
what an interesting question !!!! i hope i will receive the answers ! cleo ... From: homer@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, October 20, 2002 13:31:42 To:...
Anything by Eva Brann is likely to be excellent. Here is the information on her book (lifted from OCLC FirstSearch). It's too early for reviews, but this one's...
Jim Costopoulos
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Oct 21, 2002 1:39 pm
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<PRE>ok thanks!...
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I am pleased to announce the formation of a new group for slow readings of Plato's Apology of Socrates. The discussion leader will be Angela Cembrola who has...
Does anyone know of any modern interpretaions of the _Odyssey_? I'm not talking about a new translation, but the story set in a different time period. It could...
I think the Rouse translation is cool. Easy to read and not too intensive for the casual non-academic dude like I am. word up. ... know it's ... though. my ...
... is ... Of course Odysseus became a changed man after the epic! Dude went all over the place with his boyz constantly catchin beat downs. After living in a...
... In prose Butcher and Lang and in verse Lattimore are the two translations I've found that stay closest to the original. Both have the disadvantage of...
stephen baily
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Dec 23, 2002 3:55 pm
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See the George Clooney Film 'Brother where art thou' based on the Odyssey set in modern day in the Southern States of the USA is currently being shown on Sky ...
Hi I am a new member of Indian origin but a Singaporean. I am currently reading Homer's Iliad and odyssey (Lattimore's translation) for a course and was...
I will be away from internet access from August 10 until August 17 (I will be vacationing in a cottage on the shore of the Black Sea in Sarpi -- about 130 km....
I am trying to write a "case" as it were for Achilles. Imagine if he HAD killed Agamemnon. What is there in Book I to support him doing this, what would have...
I am trying to write a "case" as it were for Achilles. Imagine if he HAD killed Agamemnon. What is there in Book I to support him doing this, what would have...
Dear Hannah L ... I do not understand - he did not kill agamemnon - why imagine he did - why not imagine that agamemnon killed him or that they both died at...
It sounds like you're working on one of those alternate history literary treatments. The first thing to imagine, if Achilles had killed Agamemnon (i.e. if...
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Hi Hannah I am curious as to whether your email is part of a project you are working on or an effort to kick off a slow reading of the Iliad. ... Achilles...
Michael L. Windham
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Sep 25, 2003 7:01 am
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Achilles would have killed Agamemnon, in book I, if Hera had not sent Athena to stop him. I imagine that is what Hannah was thinking of. I don't think...
I am reading book 24 (translated by Richmond Lattimore) there is one part which i don't quite get it is that Priam was on his way to ransom his son body back...
This invitation pertains to two different groups. One is the plato-phaedo list, the other is a list called philosophy2. Both are groups that existed in the...
i would gladly participate in a slow reading of the iliad, particularly of the greek ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo!...
stephen baily
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I'd love that too. I've just begun to learn Greek, so my gleams of insight will be few and dim. But I think it would be useful anyway to compare translations. ...
I would be interested in a slow reading but Greek is out for me. I wonder if there is a way we could contribute, some from Greek and some from English...
Michael L. Windham
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Sep 29, 2003 4:06 pm
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It would be absolutely wondeful if we could begin a slow reading of the iliad. What do we need to do to start this going? Dimitri...
