1A – The Discovery of Gilgamesh

Jacke gets ready for the release of Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, the rare instance of a summer blockbuster based on a literary classic, with some help from classics scholars Daniel Mendelsohn (The Odyssey, An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and an Epic) and Mary Beard (Talking Classics ...  Show more

As a literary classic turns 300, Jacke talks to the University of Oxford's David Womersley about Jonathan Swift, the nature of satire, and The Cambridge Anniversary Edition of Gulliver's Travels, which Womersley edited. PLUS Daniel Mendelsohn, classics scholar and translator ofTh ...  Show more

It's amazing how many curious things can be uncovered if only we took the time to do a little digging.

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Curiosity is often found in the center of unusual stories. Let's see what bounty today's tour brings us, shall we?

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Learning about things that happened in the past can generate a sense of wonder. And these two stories are bound to do just that.

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The beginning rarely looks like the end, but once you dig into these curious lives, you'll start to notice the shape of greatness.

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