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How to Choose a Good Wife (According to Odysseus) (opens the original)
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My video essay on Odysseus and Penelope. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://greatbooks.io Companion videos:- Gregory Nagy on the Homeric Question: https://youtu.be/5GU1RN3eGQw - Odysseus after the Odyssey: https://youtu.be/Z7SmVKDz_Sk - Odysseus vs. Achilles: https://youtu.be/Wm6Yod-hsM0 Music by Michael Levy, "Composer for Lyre" — used with permission. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Dx2vFEg8DmOJ5YCRm4A5v?si=I
Odysseus and the Art of Lying | Homer's Odyssey Explained (opens the original)
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My video essay on Odysseus and the art of lying. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: greatbooks.io Companion videos: - Gregory Nagy on the Homeric Question: - Odysseus after the Odyssey: Timestamps: 00:00 0. Introduction 00:27 1. The Cyclops Scene 06:07 2. Lying as Institution 18:17 3. Hero as Man of Pain 25:54 4. Socrates as Hero Music by Michael Levy, "Composer for Lyre" — used with permission. Website: https://www.ancientlyre.
What Happens to Odysseus After the Odyssey? Telegony, Inferno, Ulysses, Republic Compared (opens the original)
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My video essay on Odysseus after the Odyssey. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://greatbooks.io Companion interviews:- What All Great Men Want (But Won’t Admit To) | UT Philosopher Thomas Pangle: Music by Michael Levy, “Composer for Lyre” — used with permission. Website: https://www.ancientlyre.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7Dx2vFEg8DmOJ5YCRm4A5v?si=IK4k7e2SQ_u6_d70Ror1XA Get full access to Johnathan Bi at
Homer Didn't Write The Odyssey, This is Who Did | Harvard’s Gregory Nagy (opens the original)
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An interview with Gregory Nagy on the Homeric question. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://greatbooks.io Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-gregory-nagy-homeric-question Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
America's War on Christianity | Tocqueville on Religion (opens the original)
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My lecture celebrating America’s 250th at the Chateau de Tocqueville: Tocqueville on Religion. Professor Aaron Herold tutored me as I was going through Democracy in America. His insights were critical to forming my own reading on Tocqueville and you can read more about them in his wonderful book: https://amzn.to/3Ssp7zt Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://greatbooks.io Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-
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