In this segment Douglas Frame, Leonard Muellner, and Gregory Nagy read, translate, and discuss Odyssey 1.213–220, focusing on the synchronic and diachronic etymologies and meanings of Telemachus' epithet pepnumenos, "breathed-in." Read more
In this video Leonard Muellner, Gregory Nagy, and Douglas Frame talk about the experience of reading Homer together without doing any preparations, as a playful and open-minded activity. Over the coming weeks we will be sharing further segments of the Center for Hellenic Studies series in which they read, translate, and discuss passages from Homeric epic. Read more
In this segment Douglas Frame (CHS), Leonard Muellner (CHS), and Gregory Nagy (Harvard University) discuss Odyssey 1.203–212, part of a speech by Athena (disguised as Mentes) to Telemachus. Topics include how to translate tosos ["τόσος] so great" in context; and the use of the particle dē [δή]. Read more
In this segment, Douglas Frame (CHS), Leonard Muellner (Brandeis University), and Gregory Nagy (Harvard University) discuss Odyssey 1.194–202, with attention to translation and the meaning of particles, an analysis of a possible reference to alternative/earlier versions of the Odyssey in Athena's speech to Telemachus, and a discussion of the motif of “wild men.” Read more
In this video Gregory Nagy, Leonard Muellner, and Douglas Frame discuss reading Homer aloud: pronunciation and its changes through time; pausing at enjambments; mastering the rhythm by memorizing passages; fixed metrical patterns; rhythm built into the language; predictability of ends of hexameter lines. Read more
