Homer
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Sneak Preview: Abandoning a Goddess
Dear Readers and Listeners, It’s a heavy-hearted weekend for the world. All of our very best wishes for peace, love, and safety to our friends in Paris. Let’s hope we somehow learn to end the madness of hatred and violence. This week on the History of Literature Podcast, we’ll take a deeper look at the Continue reading
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Just Because…
Because some days you just need 48 seconds like these to keep you going… Check out our own look at a different Huh Oh Meh Eh Er by listening to the History of Literature Podcast Episode 3 – Homer: He was a blind poet whose stories of heroes and gods helped launch an incredible era of literary and Continue reading
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Sneak Preview: Homer in Ian McKellen’s English
Yesterday we brought you a snippet of the Iliad in the Original Greek. How about The Odyssey in Ian McKellen’s sonorous rendition? https://youtu.be/lgB9vxYT9kw?list=PLyr11gt6ZVmkPkp3lb4Kocn8vJJy-cICQ All there on Youtube, all for free. I love the twenty-first century so much. Come back Monday when The History of Literature takes a look at Homer. In the meantime, you can Continue reading
Jacke Wilson 