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Academic talk on the Trojan War
This talk was presented on the scholarly consensus regarding the historical Trojan War.
The Iliad as a D&D from tumblr
Although this blog is really about the Odyssey, I thought this link would be of interest to readers: https://www.tumblr.com/earlhamclassics/159267261673/thoodleoo-thoodleoo-theres-a-lot-of-evidence As one can see, it presents the Iliad as a D&D session.
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An interesting video
This is an excerpt from a documentary an compares the Irish bardic tradition to that of Homer.
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The Odyssey Book 2: lines 103-128
Here Antinous‘ speech to his fellow suitors continues. He goes into greater detail about how Penelope deceived him and his fellow suitors. One should notice as well the use of the imperfect tense as in the first of these lines. … Continue reading
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An article about Greek music
This article from the BBC discusses new evidence about Greek music. In particular, it discusses deciphering of a later Greek method of musical notation and understanding of ancient Greek musical instruments. A sample of reconstructed music is included. To the modern … Continue reading
Jules Verne and the birth of science fiction proper
The first writer I would identify as writing what can be properly termed science fiction is the French author Jules Verne. Admittedly, a case could be made for Mary Shelley who penned the novel Frankenstein, but in my view that … Continue reading
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The Odyssey Book 2: lines 96-102
The speech of Antinous, the leader of the suitors, continues in these lines, as it will in the lines of the Odyssey that follow. What stands out in this passage is first that Antinous seeks to speak badly of Penelope … Continue reading
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Science fiction in its time and place
Like any literary genre, science fiction is a product of its time and place. As author Frank Herbert (as reported in the book The Road to Dune) quipped, “[A]liens don’t buy books. Humans buy books.” Moreover those books are sold … Continue reading
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Eclipse dating
Although I want to be getting back to posting on this blog regularly in future, for now I will merely offer a eclipse_dating which purports to have established the exact date of an eclipse mentioned in the Odyssey.