Community Discussion: Fostering Civil Dialogue
In this clip Professor Nagy responds to a question about whether or not heroes can hope to achieve something that is beyond their portion or fate [huper moiran]. Nagy argues that within the ancient Greek song culture, the poetic phrase "beyond fate" can be equivalent to saying something is "beyond tradition." This idea becomes especially clear when Achilles and Aeneas, "two men who were by far the best," face off… Read more