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    The Iliad and Achilles

    The Iliad and Achilles

    FromAncient Greece: Myth, Art, War

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    The Iliad and Achilles

    FromAncient Greece: Myth, Art, War

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    Length:
    49 minutes
    Released:
    Mar 15, 2013
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Martial, monstrous and on the boundaries of mortal and immortal, Achilles in the greatest warrior in Greek myth. In this investigation of Homer's Iliad, Professor Chris Mackie looks into the background of a hero born to a goddess, raised by a centaur and yet destined to die young.

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    Released:
    Mar 15, 2013
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (24)

    In this subject students are introduced to the diversity of the ancient Greek achievement, which has exercised a fundamental and continuing influence upon later European literature and culture. The subject commences with a detailed treatment of Homer's Iliad and the myth of the Trojan war. This is one of the dominant myths in the Greek tradition and is narrated in some detail in epic poetry, in drama, and in art and architecture. We explore how myths are 'read' in their historical context, especially in the contexts of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars of the 5th Century BC. A variety of sources are treated to enable students to build up a picture of Greek society as a whole.