Show Notes
The average moviegoer can't answer that because, honestly--who's plowed through the 592-page epic poem recently? With today's lecture, no one needs to, but you might end up WANTING TO.
We discuss what THE ODYSSEY actually is, when it was sung, when it was written, whether it was actually Homer who did the writing and so much more.
Then we dive into the difficulty of translating this behemoth, with some gorgeous (and hilarious) comparisons of lines from the years 1611, 1967, 1996 and 2018.
Lastly we dive into my impressions of the movie, which I saw AT A DRIVE-IN.
In a mere hour you could feel a lot smarter about one of the foundational texts of all of Western Literature. Listen in now!
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