Weekend Roundup
Homer: From 'Dark Ages' to Modernism
Dear Classical Wisdom Reader,
It’s been a week of Homer here at Classical Wisdom!
Members can read an exclusive article by Mary Naples about the so-called ‘Greek Dark Ages’ from which Homer first emerged. Learn how this period has been neglected and misunderstood, and how it connects to the earlier, vanished civilization of the Mycenaeans. On top of that, it asks just how historically accurate is Homer?
I know what you’re thinking! The outlandish world of the cyclops and the sirens can’t possibly be historical… can it? Well, we also have an article looking at Odysseus’ descent to the underworld, investigating just how ‘real’ this journey and the other more fantastical episodes of the Odyssey actually were. It may completely change the way you read the Odyssey!
Members can also watch back our latest Roundtable Discussion, wherein yours truly talks about the influence of Homer (and the Classics more generally) on the writings of the Irish Modernist writer James Joyce. It was a lot of fun! Discover how Joyce used the Odyssey of Homer to create an epic for our modern age…
You can check it all out just below, alongside the rest of this week’s resources…
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That’s it for this week!
All the best,
Sean Kelly
Managing Editor
Classical Wisdom