HeyJaredSinging Homer
An evolving performance of Homer's Odyssey in ancient Greek and English, with commentary.
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Taking a bow (opens the original)
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A tragic fall and a pratfall can be the same passive-kinetic event viewed from different seats. Hence the registration of an artwork depends in part upon the disposition of its viewer. Science fiction, for example, is the most self-serious genre in film and on television, alongside Tolkienesque fantasy; they both tend to be filled with Yoda-like inversions of quotidian English word order, sometimes delivered, without loss of effect, in cheap or outlandish or even freakishly ridiculous costume. B
Singing Proems (opens the original)
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I have just made a couple of recordings for a friend’s presentation in Australia, and it occurred to me that I should share them here. In particular, it seems a good way to make quality files freely downloadable for him, the participants at his gathering, and anyone else, in case they turn out to be too big for e-mail attachments. (The download buttons are to the right of the audio timeline.) At any rate, here’s a chance to sing and hear Homer without the veils of commentary or English performan
The Longing of the Cyclops (opens the original)
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εἰ δὴ ὁμοφρονέοις ποτιφωνήεις τε γένοιο‘If only you could be of my same mind, and become someone to talk to …’(Polyphemus to his bellwether ram, Od.9.456)<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substac
‘Nausicaa's not in it?’ (opens the original)
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‘The Witlessness of Her Thought’—Homer in English (opens the original)
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Odyssey 11.260-80In Greek:<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="997" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gMR_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-med
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