EPISODE · Apr 23, 2024 · 1H 19M
thus the line break read Homer Writer Of Epics
from The Line Break · host Bob Sykora and Chris Corlew
Strap on your leather armor and sharpen your curved bronze swords, Bob Curator of Calendars and Chris Wrecker of Ships are reading The Iliad! The dudes realized they had both separately decided to storm the gates of Troy (Bob shepherded by Emily Wilson's translation, Chris violently thrown around by Robert Fagles') and figured why not do an episode on it? In this episode, you'll find enthusiastic gushing about the language of epics, parsing of the way the Homeric epics are culturally absorbed, Chris confusing "Antigone" with "Aeschylus," confusion as to way Ajax was basically absent from the 2004 film Troy, and stunningly knuckle-dragging sexism from an ancient society! Follow KC Poetry Calendar on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcpoetrycalendar/ Read the Shipwrecked Sailor blog: https://shipwreckedsailor.substack.com/
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Strap on your leather armor and sharpen your curved bronze swords, Bob Curator of Calendars and Chris Wrecker of Ships are reading The Iliad! The dudes realized they had both separately decided to storm the gates of Troy (Bob shepherded by Emily Wilson's translation, Chris violently thrown around by Robert Fagles') and figured why not do an episode on it? In this episode, you'll find enthusiastic gushing about the language of epics, parsing of the way the Homeric epics are culturally absorbed, Chris confusing "Antigone" with "Aeschylus," confusion as to way Ajax was basically absent from the 2004 film Troy, and stunningly knuckle-dragging sexism from an ancient society! Follow KC Poetry Calendar on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kcpoetrycalendar/ Read the Shipwrecked Sailor blog: https://shipwreckedsailor.substack.com/
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