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The Iliad of Homer [cd sound recording]
Title:
The Iliad of Homer [cd sound recording]
Author:
Vandiver, Elizabeth, 1956-
ISBN:
9781565853171
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Springfield, VA : The Teaching Company, c2000.
Physical Description:
6 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (59 p.)
Series:
The great courses
Series Title:
The great courses
General Note:
12 lectures on 6 discs.
"Course no. 301"
Title on container spine: The Iliad of Homer part 1 of 1.
Contents:
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.
Abstract:
"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?
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Iliad of Homer talking book.
