We were excited to welcome Emily Greenwood for an Online Open House entitled “Herodotus, interpretation, and translation.” Kosmos members can access additional materials pertaining to the workshop by logging into the forums. Read more
In part 1, we looked at dreams as represented in Homeric epic. In part 2, we continue our exploration with some passages from tragedy, comedy, history, philosophy, and lyric poetry, representing different types of dream, whether direct messages or coded symbols. Read more
"There is a river, Indus, second of all rivers in the production of crocodiles. Darius, desiring to know where this Indus empties into the sea, sent ships manned by Scylax, a man of Caryanda, and others whose word he trusted" So Herodotus introduces this voyage of exploration undertaken on behalf of the Persian empire. Read more
The Persian Wars culminated in the Greek victory in the Battle of Salamis, which secured the continued independence of the Greek city-states. This transitional period from Archaic to Classic Greece is characterized by the interdependent growth of naval power and of democracy. Read more
Anger [mēnis], goddess, sing it, of Achilles, son of Peleus— disastrous [oulomenē] anger that made countless pains [algea] for the Achaeans, and many steadfast lives [psūkhai] it drove down to Hādēs, heroes’ lives, but their bodies it made prizes for dogs [kuōn, pl.] and for all birds, and the Will of Zeus was reaching its fulfillment [telos]. In this very familiar passage at the start of the Iliad we see… Read more
