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Homeric Odyssey and the Cultivation of Justice has concluded. This site will remain accessible for those of you who have come upon the series after its conclusion. We hope to offer other series in the future - the target date for the next one is late spring of 2001. Thanks to all of you who participated in our dialogue!
Unit One: (Unit One is now archived here)
Readings: Odyssey focus passages; Odyssey scrolls i-iv.
Lecture: Lecture on ancient Greek Hero cult and optional lecture on oral poetry.
Discussion: Telemakhos' journey. Law and justice in Odysseus' absence. Fathers and sons and the unjust suitors.
Unit Two: (Unit Two is now archived here)
Readings: Odyssey scrolls v-xii.
Lecture: Lectures Two and Three and Discussion of scroll viii.
Discussion: The songs of Demodokos. The journey of Odysseus and getting to know the noos of those he encounters. Connecting with heroes in the underworld.
Unit Three: (Unit Three is now archived here)
Readings: Odyssey scrolls xiii-xix.
Lecture: Lectures Four and Five and Discussion on metaphor and metonym.
Discussion: The Hero comes home. Ainoi in Greek song culture and Penelope's dream. Return to the image of the righteous king.
Unit Four: (Unit Four is now archived here)
Readings: Odyssey scrolls xx-xxiv.
Lecture: Lecture Six and Discussion on the father in the garden.
Discussion: The death of the suitors. The Hero in the garden. Heroes as champions of dikê.