Dante's The Divine Comedy 2019: Lecture 8: Heresy, the Structure of Lower Hell, and Introduction to Violence (Cantos 10-11)
In this lecture, we (a) conclude the Circle of Heresy (6) by talking about the Guelf leader Cavalcante di Cavalcanti, (b) observe the nasty smell of Lower Hell and take a moment to consider the struct...
10 Sep 201927min
Homer's Iliad 2019: Lecture 10: Bk 5 Pt. 1
In this lecture, we (a) introduce Diomedes and Athene's desire to use him to remove the dangerous and exasperating Aphrodite from the battlefield; (b) we distinguish the concepts of tīmḗ (honor) and ...
10 Sep 201930min
Dante's The Divine Comedy 2019: Lecture 7: The Gate of Dis and Lower Hell Pt.1 (Cantos 9-10)
In this lecture, we (a) review the major events of Circle 5: wrath and sullenness; (b) we reach The Gate of Dis and watch the drama unfold between Virgil, Dante the Pilgrim, the Fallen Angels, the Fur...
5 Sep 201925min
Homer's Iliad 2019: Lecture 9: Bk 3 Pt. 2 and Bk 4
In this lecture, we (a) describe the one-one-one combat between Menelaos and Paris of Troy for the hand of Helen; (b) we examine the interference of Aphrodite and what this means for the war; and (c) ...
5 Sep 201932min
Homer's Iliad 2019: Lecture 8: Bks 2 and 3 Pt. 2
In this lecture we (a) review the history of Agamemnon's scepter, (c) see Troy and meet Priam, Antenor, and Helen for the first time during the teichoscopia, and (c) hear our first descriptions of the...
4 Sep 201933min
Dante's The Divine Comedy 2019: Lecture 6: Upper Hell Pt. 2 (Cantos 6-9)
In this lecture we discuss Circles Four and Five of Dante's Inferno. Specifically we (a) consider Plutus, Ciacco, and the place of Fortune among the avaricious and prodigal; (b) we then consider the f...
3 Sep 20191h 9min
Homer's Iliad 2019: Lecture 7: Books 2 and 3 Pt. 1
In this lecture, (a) we perceive a false dream which Agamemnon follows rather than good counsel; (b) we meet Thersites of the endless speech after a disastrous "call to arms" by Agamemnon, and (c) we ...
3 Sep 201928min
Conversations at the Leaky Cauldron 026: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Chs. 31-36 Pt. 1
In this episode, Ms. Sarah Miller, Mr. Wes Schantz, and I consider the beginning of the end--our final topics in our Harry Potter Conversation series. We specifically look into: (a) the relationship b...
3 Sep 201951min
