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Poetics of Repetition in Homer
(Harvard Univeristy, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2005)Repetition in Homeric poetry is a matter of performance, not only composition. I argue that this observation applies to the Homeric phenomenon of “repeated utterances.” This argument is part of a larger project, which ... -
God-Hero Antagonism in the Hippolytus of Euripides
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The Barley Cakes of Sosipolis and Eileithuia
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Song 44 of Sappho and the Role of Women in the Making of Epic
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2015-02-27) -
Andromache and her virtuosity as a singer of laments in the Homeric Iliad, Part I
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A Roll of the Dice for Ajax
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On the festival of the goddess Hērā at the Hēraion overlooking the Plain of Argos
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The Last Words of Socrates at the Place Where He Died
(2015-03-27)In H24H 24§45, I quote and analyze the passage in Plato’s Phaedo 117a–118a where Socrates dies. His last words, as transmitted by Plato, are directed at all those who have followed Socrates—and who have had the unforgettable ... -
On Traces of Hero-Cults for Socrates and Plato
(2015-04-02)I start by citing a most important article by Stephen White: White, S. A. 2000. “Socrates at Colonus: A Hero for the Academy.” Reason and Religion in Socratic Philosophy (ed. N. D. Smith and P. Woodruff) 151–75. ... -
Who is the best of heroes, Achilles or Odysseus? And which is the best of epics, the Iliad or the Odyssey?
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2015-04-10)In H24H, I speak about the complementarity of the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey in foregrounding respectively Achilles and Odysseus as the best hero among all the Achaeans who came to fight in the Trojan War. (In this context, ... -
The Vow of Socrates
(2015-04-17)In Plato’s Phaedo 118a, we read this description of the very last seconds before Socrates died from the poison that pervaded his body after he was forced to drink the potion of hemlock that the State had measured out for ... -
Mērionēs Rides Again: An Alternative Model for a Heroic Charioteer
(2015-05-01)The date for my putting together a posting for this week, 2015.04.30, coincides with the date of a special day set aside for celebrating the life and accomplishments of Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, whose premature death on ... -
The Upgrading of Mērionēs from Chariot Driver to Chariot Fighter
(2015-05-08)In my posting of 2015.05.01, I analyzed the Homeric passage at Iliad 17.608–625 where a hero named Koiranos is killed while driving the chariot of Idomeneus, king of the Cretans. After the killing, which happens at verses ... -
The failed apobatic adventure of Pandaros the archer: A bifocal commentary on Iliad 5.166-469
(2015-05-20)In this posting for 2015.05.20, I experiment with different ways of making annotations in a commentary. The passage I have chosen for this commentary is Iliad 5.166–469. I will analyze these 300odd Homeric verses in two ... -
An Experiment in the Making of a Homer Commentary
(2015-05-27)This posting, 2015.05.27, continues where I left off in a previous posting, 2015.04.10. There I translated and then analyzed the text of the first song of Demodokos, contained in verses 72–83 of Odyssey 8, which I described ... -
Feeling pain and delight while hearing a song in Odyssey 8
(2015-06-10)This posting of 2015.06.10 continues from where I left off in the posting of 2015.06.03, where I was focusing on the audience’s reception of the first song of Demodokos. The song, as we saw, is paraphrased at verses 72–83 ... -
An unnamed woman's lament as a signal of epic sorrow
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A pseudo-Homer gets exposed by Homer
(Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies, 2015-06-24)