Homer’s Iliad 2019: Lecture 19: Books 12 and 13 and 14 Pt. 1
In this lecture, we discuss (a) Hektor's wild winning streak and his relationship to Poulydamas; (b) we witness the emergence of Poseidon against the will of Zeus and his help of the Achaians; and fin...
8 Okt 201935min
Dante's The Divine Comedy 2019: Lecture 15: Cocytus and the Traitors to Family and Country Pt. 1 (Cantos 32-33)
In this lecture, we consider (a) the giants their acts of transgressing as prefigurations of Lucifer's transgression; (b) we descend to the frozen river Cocytus and meet Bocca who has his name betraye...
3 Okt 201930min
Homer’s Iliad 2019: Lecture 18: Book 11 Pt. 2
In this lecture, we discuss (a) the mounting injuries of the Achaians (Diomedes, Odysseus, Machaon, Eurypylos); (b) Patroklos' mission to Nestor, and Nestor deploys the full-force of his rhetorical ap...
3 Okt 201931min
Homer’s Iliad 2019: Lecture 17: Books 10 Pt. 2 and 11 Pt. 1
In this lecture we discuss, (a) Dolon's "folle volo" into the hands of Diomedes and Odysseus, (b) the fate of Rhesos and the Thracians, and (c) we move into Book XI (11) where we discuss Agamemnon's "...
1 Okt 201927min
Dante's The Divine Comedy 2019: Lecture 14: The Deceitful Counselors, Schismatics, Falsifiers, and Descent to Dis (Cantos 26-31)
In this lecture, we discuss (a) Odysseus' transgressing and the destructive flame-like nature of speaking (falsely); (b) observe the drama of Guido da Montafeltro; (c) we observe the Schismatics (Dit...
1 Okt 201939min
Dante's The Divine Comedy 2019: Lecture 13: The Malebranche, Thieves, and Deceitful Counselors (Cantos 21-26)
In this lecture, we consider (a) the Malebranche and their allegorical, dramatic, and comic significance; (b) we observe the hypocrites and then Dante's essence-altering transformation of thieves and ...
25 Sep 201934min
Homer's Iliad 2019: Lecture 16: Bk 9, The Embassy, and 10, the Doloneia Pt. 1
In this lecture, we (a) consider the speeches of Phoinix and Aias the Greater to Achilleus; (b) we then move to the night-counsel and choice of Diomedes and Odysseus as spies, and (c) we conclude by m...
25 Sep 201935min
Dante's The Divine Comedy 2019: Lecture 12: Panderers and Seducers, Flatterers, Simoniacs and Future-Seers (Cantos 18-21)
In this lecture, we (a) introduce the first four bolgias of Circle 8: the Malebolgia; (b) we consider the specific sinners of Jason of the Argonauts and Venedico Caccianemico among the panderers and s...
23 Sep 201926min
