In this segment Douglas Frame, Leonard Muellner, and Gregory Nagy read, translate, and discuss Odyssey 1.255–266, with a focus on the grammar, a discussion of the paratactic nature of the passage, and of a rhetorical control of the oral poet. Read more
In this segment Douglas Frame, Leonard Muellner, and Gregory Nagy translate and discuss Odyssey 1.252–256, featuring a discussion of the significance of the front gates of Odysseus' palace, where Athena-Mentes meets Telemachus. Read more
We were excited to welcome Leonard Muellner and Douglas Frame for an Online Open House. The title of the discussion is: 'An exploration of the relevance of Odysseus's words about kingship in Odyssey 8 to the Ionian setting of Homeric poetry'. Read more
In this segment Douglas Frame, Leonard Muellner, and Gregory Nagy discuss Odyssey 1.239–251. Topics include the Pan-Achaeans, as a parallel to Panhellenes; the contra-factual tomb of Odysseus at Troy and an implicit comparison to the tomb of Achilles; the verb 'to smash' and the troubles of Telemachus. Read more
In this segment Douglas Frame, Leonard Muellner, and Gregory Nagy discuss Odyssey 1.230–238. Topics include grieving over one who is missing in action; the concept of "blameless" as originating in the sacrificial language; a metaphor of ending (the war) as winding up a wool thread into a ball; and a discussion of the relation of movable nu and pauses at lines' ends. Read more
