What makes us human? Greek and Roman thinkers were preoccupied with this question. And some of their observations of animals foreshadowed recent findings in the behavioural sciences.
Articles on The Odyssey
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Greek epic poetry often uses mothers and wives to humanize its heroes, reminding listeners of the meaning of sacrifice.
These books and poems give the women of the Odyssey a say and other new perspectives on the classic tale.
Sometimes books have such a pervasive cultural presence that it is always necessary to read them to have an idea about what they have to say.
Homer and Aeschylus turned to the divine to write their happy endings. But no gods are conspiring above the US, ready to swoop down and save humankind from itself.
Greek epics remind audiences that leaders need to be able to plan for the future based on what has happened in the past. They need to understand cause and effect.
PTSD is a relatively modern term, but the symptoms are as old as civilisation itself.
Analyse the great quest of Odysseus with a little 21st-century know how and it’s fascinating what you find out.
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Professor of Classical Studies, Brandeis University
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Research Associate, Institute for Prehistory and Early History and Medieval Archaeology, University of Tübingen
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Research Associate, Curation and Communication, University of Tübingen
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Associate Professor, Physics, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (UEPG)
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Lecturer in Comparative Literature, Queen Mary University of London
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Casual Academic, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
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Visiting Professor of Social Inequities and Injustice, Loughborough University
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Professor of Classics, Humanities and Italian Studies, University of New Hampshire
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Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow in Ancient History, Macquarie University
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Professor of Creative Writing, University of Technology Sydney
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Post-doctoral researcher, Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in English Literatures, University of Wollongong
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Practice and Public Humanities, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Greek Culture and Classical Receptions, University of Liverpool
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Professor, Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Sydney