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 segment, Gregory Nagy, Leonard Muellner, and Douglas Frame read, translate, and discuss Odyssey 1.156–168. Topics include rotting bones, neglected rules of reciprocity, and powers of particles. Read more
We are pleased to share this segment in the Center for Hellenic Studies series on reading Homeric epic in ancient Greek. In each installment we read, translate, and discuss a small passage in the original Greek in the most accessible way. In this segment, Gregory Nagy, Leonard Muellner, and Douglas Frame read Odyssey 1.99–112. Topics include: dēmos in Homeric diction and dāmos in Linear B, the significance of Athena’s spear,… Read more
