

#1744
Mentioned in 17 episodes
Iliad
Book • 2010
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Mentioned in 17 episodes
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as the great poet whose work casts a shadow over other accounts of the Trojan War.


Dominic Sandbrook

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6. Troy
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when comparing the length of the Mahabharata to other epics.


Leo Mirani

54 snips
Below Delhi, the search for India's mythical past
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alongside the Odyssey, noting Virgil's Aeneid is almost in competition with these epics.

Charlotte Higgins

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How Greece Shaped Rome with Mary Beard
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in relation to a piece discussing its impact on modern warriors.

Jack Fowler

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Zeldin’s Drive to Deregulate and the Iliad’s Relevance Today
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in comparison to Hesiod, highlighting their similarities and differences in style and approach to mythology.

Deacon Harrison Garlick

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A Discussion on Hesiod's Theogony
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as one of Homer's epic poems of the Trojan War.

Jonathan Silver

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Ido Hevroni on Teaching Homer in Wartime
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as one of the authors who describes Hera as the foster daughter of Tethys and Oceanus.

Natalie Haynes

18 snips
Hera
Mentioned by the speaker as a well-known epic poem in Western culture, in comparison to the Shahnameh.

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Culture | Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Part 1
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in reference to his translation of the Iliad.

Deacon Harrison Garlick

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Iliad: Book 1 | The Rage of Achilles
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regarding Aeneas' role in the Iliad.


Edith Hall

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The Aeneid
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when discussing the time Athens began to take shape.


Dan Snow

The Acropolis
Mentioned when discussing oaths in the Greco-Roman world.

443: Talmudic Matthew — Oaths
Mentioned by Edith Hall as the core of the entire curriculum for every single ancient schoolboy.

Alexandria: The Library
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when comparing the length of the Mahabharata to other epics.


Leo Mirani

Below Delhi, the search for India's mythical past
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, referring to the translations by Addison and Dryden.

Jeffery Rosen

How the Classics Inspired America's Founders
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as already a scholarly endeavor in Alexandria in the first century BC.

Dirk Jongkind

S5E4: How did the early church handle differences between manuscripts?
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as an ancient text for finding evidence of Achilles and Patroclus' relationship.

Charlotte Gregory

RE-AIR: Conversations: So Are They Cousins Or Not?! The Love of Achilles & Patroclus w/ Charlotte Gregory
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in relation to the Iliad and the shield of Achilles.

Charlotte Higgins

Myth and Legend Reimagined: Charlotte Higgins and Dr Amy Jeffs in conversation
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in the context of Greek tragedies.

Erik Rostad

#255 - The Library of Ancient Wisdom by Selena Wisnom
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as the translator of the Iliad into rhyming iambic pentameter.


Tom Lee

BONUS: Homer and the Pterodactyl (11:07)