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This text explores the content, character, & structure of the Homeric Odyssey through a modern psychological lens, focusing on how the epic both represents the workings of the human mind & provides for its audiences - both ancient & modern - a therapeutic model for coping with the exigencies of chance & fate. By reading the Odyssey as an exploration of the constitutive elements of human identity, the function of narrative in defining the self, & the interaction between the individual & their social context, the book addresses enduring questions about the poem, such as the importance of Telemachus's role, why Odysseus must tell his own tale, & the epic's sudden & unexpected closure. Through these dynamics, the book reasons, the Odyssey not only instructs readers about how narrative shapes a sense of agency but also offers solutions for avoiding dangerous stories & destructive patterns of thought.
Psychology and literature --- Epic poetry --- Heroic poetry --- Poetry --- Literature and psychology --- Literature --- Themes, motives --- Homer. --- Homerus. --- Homer and Psychology, Cognitive Science and Homer, Meaning of the Odyssey, Therapy and Epic/Homer, Homeric Theory of Mind. --- Psychology and literature. --- Themes, motives.
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The Homeric Hymns have survived for two and a half millennia because of their captivating stories, beautiful language, and religious significance. Well before the advent of writing in Greece, they were performed by traveling bards at religious events, competitions, banquets, and festivals. These thirty-four poems invoking and celebrating the gods of ancient Greece raise questions that humanity still struggles with-questions about our place among others and in the world. Known as "Homeric" because they were composed in the same meter, dialect, and style as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, these hymns were created to be sung aloud. In this superb translation by Diane J. Rayor, which deftly combines accuracy and poetry, the ancient music of the hymns comes alive for the modern reader. Here is the birth of Apollo, god of prophecy, healing, and music and founder of Delphi, the most famous oracular shrine in ancient Greece. Here is Zeus, inflicting upon Aphrodite her own mighty power to cause gods to mate with humans, and here is Demeter rescuing her daughter Persephone from the underworld and initiating the rites of the Eleusinian Mysteries. This updated edition incorporates twenty-eight new lines in the first Hymn to Dionysos, along with expanded notes, a new preface, and an enhanced bibliography. With her introduction and notes, Rayor places the hymns in their historical and aesthetic context, providing the information needed to read, interpret, and fully appreciate these literary windows on an ancient world. As introductions to the Greek gods, entrancing stories, exquisite poetry, and early literary records of key religious rituals and sites, the Homeric Hymns should be read by any student of mythology, classical literature, ancient religion, women in antiquity, or the Greek language.
Hymns, Greek (Classical) --- Gods, Greek --- Homeric hymns --- Inni omerici --- Homērikoi hymnoi --- Hymni Homerici --- ancient greek hymns. --- ancient literature. --- ancient religion. --- antiquity. --- aphrodite. --- apollo. --- ares. --- artemis. --- asclepius. --- athena. --- celebrating the gods. --- dactylic hexameter. --- demeter. --- dionysus. --- dioscuri. --- gaia. --- greece. --- greek book literature. --- greek gods. --- greek language. --- greek literature. --- greek mythology. --- helios. --- hephaestus. --- hera. --- heracles. --- hermes. --- hestia. --- historical context. --- homeric. --- hymns. --- literature. --- mythology. --- pan. --- persephone. --- poetry. --- poseidon. --- religion. --- selene. --- the iliad. --- the muses. --- the odyssey. --- translated poetry. --- zeus.
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"Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were central to the educational system of Byzantium, yet the religion and culture of the Homeric epics--even the ancient Greek language itself--had become almost unrecognizable to Byzantine Greek readers coming to the texts nearly two millennia later. The scholar, poet, and teacher John Tzetzes (ca. 1110-1180) joined the extensive tradition of interpreting Homer by producing his Allegories of the Iliad, dedicated to the foreign-born empress Eirene. Tzetzes later composed the Allegories of the Odyssey, a more advanced verse commentary, to explain Odysseus's journey and the pagan gods and marvels he encountered. Through historical allegory, the gods become ancient kings deified by the pagan poet; through astrological interpretation, they become planets whose positions and movements affect human life; through moral allegory Athena represents wisdom, Aphrodite desire. This edition presents the first translation of the Allegories of the Odyssey into any language."-- The Allegories of the Odyssey by John Tzetzes is a twelfth-century commentary on Homer's Odyssey in fifteen-syllable verse. Though the Allegories of the Odyssey can be read as a stand-alone work in its own right, it is preferable to regard it as the successor work to his Allegories of the Iliad. The Allegories of the Iliad can be divided stylistically into two sections. The first section, consisting of Books 1-15, is dedicated to the foreign-born empress Eirene (born Bertha von Sulzbach in Bavaria) and was meant to help familiarize her with one of the foundational works of the new Byzantine environment in which she found herself after her marriage to Emperor Manuel I Komnenos in 1146. This section consists of a book-by-book plot summary of Homer's Iliad interspersed with Tzetzes's own allegorical interpretation. At Book 16, however, the style changes dramatically: gone are the basic plot-level summaries, replaced instead with direct quotations from the Iliad that are then explained in allegorical terms.--
Epic poetry, Greek --- History and criticism --- Homer. --- Homer --- Tzetzes, John, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Epic poetry, Greek. --- History and criticism. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Odyssey (Homer). --- Hóiméar --- Hūmīrūs --- Homeros --- Gomer --- Omir --- Omer --- Omero --- Ho-ma --- Homa --- Homérosz --- האמער --- הומירוס --- הומר --- הומרוס --- هومر --- هوميروس --- 荷马 --- Ὅμηρος --- Гамэр --- Hamėr --- Омир --- Homère --- Homero --- 호메로스 --- Homerosŭ --- Homērs --- Homeras --- Хомер --- ホメーロス --- ホメロス --- Гомер --- Homeri --- Hema --- Pseudo-Homer --- Pseudo Omero --- Homerus. --- Appreciation --- Homerus --- Epic poetry, Greek - History and criticism --- Homer. - Odyssey --- Homer - Criticism and interpretation --- Tzetzes, John, - active 12th century. - Allegories of the Odyssey
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In October 2018, Samford University hosted Teaching Dante, a conference designed to help non-specialists teach the work of the Florentine poet more effectively in undergraduate core and general education courses. This volume of essays on the Divine Comedy includes a keynote address by Albert Russell Ascoli (UC-Berkeley), as well as a selection of top papers from the conference
Religion & beliefs --- Dante --- Richard Rorty --- ethics --- philosophy --- interdisciplinary --- pedagogy --- Dante Alighieri --- The Divine Comedy --- Homer --- The Odyssey --- Ulysses --- core curriculum --- noumena --- symbolism --- higher education --- core and general education curricula --- literary studies --- interdisciplinarity --- great books programs --- teaching --- virtue --- formation --- understanding --- prayer --- hope --- friendship --- Christian Humanism --- The Christian Intellectual Tradition --- Literature Pedagogy --- Milton --- Spenser --- Purgatorio --- love --- education --- Virgil --- Augustine --- Confessions --- Commedia --- Inferno --- Paradiso --- theology and poetry --- medieval astrology --- Beatrice --- Gospel of Luke --- Emmaus --- figura --- Christ --- Eric Auerbach --- history of theology --- medieval theology --- Divine Comedy --- undergraduate seminar --- great books --- caritas --- Catholicism --- theology --- poetry --- the liberal arts --- Great Books programs
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In October 2018, Samford University hosted Teaching Dante, a conference designed to help non-specialists teach the work of the Florentine poet more effectively in undergraduate core and general education courses. This volume of essays on the Divine Comedy includes a keynote address by Albert Russell Ascoli (UC-Berkeley), as well as a selection of top papers from the conference
Dante --- Richard Rorty --- ethics --- philosophy --- interdisciplinary --- pedagogy --- Dante Alighieri --- The Divine Comedy --- Homer --- The Odyssey --- Ulysses --- core curriculum --- noumena --- symbolism --- higher education --- core and general education curricula --- literary studies --- interdisciplinarity --- great books programs --- teaching --- virtue --- formation --- understanding --- prayer --- hope --- friendship --- Christian Humanism --- The Christian Intellectual Tradition --- Literature Pedagogy --- Milton --- Spenser --- Purgatorio --- love --- education --- Virgil --- Augustine --- Confessions --- Commedia --- Inferno --- Paradiso --- theology and poetry --- medieval astrology --- Beatrice --- Gospel of Luke --- Emmaus --- figura --- Christ --- Eric Auerbach --- history of theology --- medieval theology --- Divine Comedy --- undergraduate seminar --- great books --- caritas --- Catholicism --- theology --- poetry --- the liberal arts --- Great Books programs
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In October 2018, Samford University hosted Teaching Dante, a conference designed to help non-specialists teach the work of the Florentine poet more effectively in undergraduate core and general education courses. This volume of essays on the Divine Comedy includes a keynote address by Albert Russell Ascoli (UC-Berkeley), as well as a selection of top papers from the conference
Religion & beliefs --- Dante --- Richard Rorty --- ethics --- philosophy --- interdisciplinary --- pedagogy --- Dante Alighieri --- The Divine Comedy --- Homer --- The Odyssey --- Ulysses --- core curriculum --- noumena --- symbolism --- higher education --- core and general education curricula --- literary studies --- interdisciplinarity --- great books programs --- teaching --- virtue --- formation --- understanding --- prayer --- hope --- friendship --- Christian Humanism --- The Christian Intellectual Tradition --- Literature Pedagogy --- Milton --- Spenser --- Purgatorio --- love --- education --- Virgil --- Augustine --- Confessions --- Commedia --- Inferno --- Paradiso --- theology and poetry --- medieval astrology --- Beatrice --- Gospel of Luke --- Emmaus --- figura --- Christ --- Eric Auerbach --- history of theology --- medieval theology --- Divine Comedy --- undergraduate seminar --- great books --- caritas --- Catholicism --- theology --- poetry --- the liberal arts --- Great Books programs --- Dante --- Richard Rorty --- ethics --- philosophy --- interdisciplinary --- pedagogy --- Dante Alighieri --- The Divine Comedy --- Homer --- The Odyssey --- Ulysses --- core curriculum --- noumena --- symbolism --- higher education --- core and general education curricula --- literary studies --- interdisciplinarity --- great books programs --- teaching --- virtue --- formation --- understanding --- prayer --- hope --- friendship --- Christian Humanism --- The Christian Intellectual Tradition --- Literature Pedagogy --- Milton --- Spenser --- Purgatorio --- love --- education --- Virgil --- Augustine --- Confessions --- Commedia --- Inferno --- Paradiso --- theology and poetry --- medieval astrology --- Beatrice --- Gospel of Luke --- Emmaus --- figura --- Christ --- Eric Auerbach --- history of theology --- medieval theology --- Divine Comedy --- undergraduate seminar --- great books --- caritas --- Catholicism --- theology --- poetry --- the liberal arts --- Great Books programs
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