Odyssey Book 1/Albert Lord Singer of Tales

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In this episode, Tristan and Noah read book 1 of the Odyssey and Albert Lord's Singer of Tales.

Texts referenced in this episode:

Bandersnatch. Directed by David Slade, House of Tomorrow and Netflix, 2018. Netflix, netflix.com

Heubeck, Alfred, Stephanie West and J.B. Hainsworth. A Commentary on Homer's Odyssey: Volume I: Introduction and Books I-VIII. Oxford University Press, Oxford: 1998.

Lord, Albert. The Singer of Tales. Third Edition, edited by David F. Elmer. Center for Hellenic Studies, Cambridge Massachusetts: 2018.

You do NOT need to have read the Odyssey to get something from this podcast, but it is encouraged! Tristan and Noah read the poem in the original Greek and alternate which translations we use in each episode. We also sometimes translate passages ourselves.

For episode 2, we are reading Book 2 of the Odyssey and also The Traditional Epithet in Homer by Milman Parry.