We were excited to welcome Joel Christensen for an Open House entitled “Epic Narrative and Toxic Heroism.” The event took place on Friday, May 13 at 12:00 p.m. EDT and was recorded. There is a suggested reading. Read more
We were excited to welcome Kevin McGrath for an Open House entitled "The Narrative Form of the Odyssey." The event took place on Friday, August 14 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and was recorded. You can download handouts associated with this event. Read more
In part 2 we see the difficulty of being a mortal mother of a hero. Unlike some of the examples we looked at featuring divine mothers, these sons do not rely on their mothers or ask them for help, and the mothers seem to have no control over events or their sons’ lives. But as with the divine mothers, some are caring while others act unlovingly to their sons. Read more
In these posts we are looking at the way the relationship between mothers and sons is portrayed in Homeric epic. In this first post we look at some divine mothers: Aphrodite, mother of Aeneas, and Thetis, mother of Achilles; Hera and Hephaistos, and the role Thetis played in caring for Hephaistos. Does their own immortality shape the care they have for their children? Is there a difference between mothers whose… Read more
For the first Open House discussion of Fall 2019, we were delighted to welcome Lynn Kozak, McGill University, to discuss 'Recall Strategies in the Iliad'. There are focus passages. The event took place on Thursday, September 12, at 11 a.m. EDT and was recorded. Read more
