Liv Reads Homer: The Odyssey Book XIII

This is an episode of the Memory Collective podcast ANCIENT HISTORY 101 by Alexandra Sills! Find loads more episodes on endless topics in ancient history wherever you're listening to this (and more info here)... AVAILABLE NOW! The Odyssey: a Modern Retelling. Submit your question ...  Show more

This episode originally aired in June 2023. Liv speaks with Dr Joe Watson about the trans characters of Ovid's Metamorphoses, Iphis and Caeneus, along with some necessary asides into Atalanta, Arachne, and Medusa. : WHO WANTS TO WATCH THE ODYSSEY WITH ME?! I'm teaming up with the ...  Show more

Natalie retells Homer's epic story in an extraordinary tour-de-force performance recorded in the BBC's Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House. The ancient original would most probably have been performed from memory, and Natalie does the same: twenty-four books in twenty-seven minut ...  Show more

Reading' classical texts and the differing philosophies of translation, with a dramatised example from the Lattimore translation of Homer's Odyssey. 

As a guest of the Phaeacians, Odysseus entertains his hosts with the tale of his misadventures. He tells the story of what happened after he and his fellow Ithacans left Troy with the spoils of war. Here, Odysseus relays his encounter with the dreaded Cyclops, the Witch Circe, an ...  Show more

In this first episode of the Instant Classics Book Club, Mary and Charlotte explain why The Odyssey is such a pleasure, as well as historically significant, and provide the basic facts necessary to get going. Sign up here: https://instantclassics.supportingcast.fm/ Pick a transla ...  Show more