The Iliad of Homer

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Call Number: BOCD 883.01 Va Oversize
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	BOCD 883.01 Va Oversize	4-week checkout	On Shelf

12 lectures on 6 discs.
In one container.
Lecture 1. Introduction to Homeric epic -- Lecture 2. The Homeric question -- Lecture 3. Glory, honor and the wrath of Achilles -- Lecture 4. Within the walls of Troy -- Lecture 5. The embassy to Achilles -- Lecture 6. The paradox of glory -- Lecture 7. The role of the gods -- Lecture 8. The longest day -- Lecture 9. The death of Patroklos -- Lecture 10. Achilles returns to battle -- Lecture 11. Achilles and Hektor -- Lecture 12. Enemies' tears, Achilles and Priam.
Elizabeth Vandiver, lecturer.
Professor Vandiver makes it clear why, after almost 3,000 years, the Homeric epics remain not only among the greatest adventure stories ever told, but also two of the most compelling meditations on the human condition ever written. Questions include, why does Achilles rage? What are the limits of our freedom? Who or what shapes our actions and our ends? Why do we love our own so strongly? Where is the line between justice and revenge, and what does it mean to be mortal?
Compact discs.

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