One of the study groups has been working on Odyssey 22, and in December 2020 Kosmos Society performed it as one of the groups taking part in the Reading Greek Tragedy Online: Odyssey ’Round the World event. This Gallery features some visual depictions of this episode, also known as the Mnēstērophoníā, or Slaying of the Suitors. 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
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 read, translate, and discuss Odyssey 1.221–229. Topics include long-term and short-term genealogies; asyndeton as an expressive tool; a hubristic feast; Telemachus, son of Odysseus/son of Penelope; larger-than-life heroes. Read more
In this segment Douglas Frame, Leonard Muellner, and Gregory Nagy read, translate, and discuss Odyssey 1.213–220, focusing on the synchronic and diachronic etymologies and meanings of Telemachus' epithet pepnumenos, "breathed-in." Read more
