Lunch & Learn with Aldo Bottino
Time, Tripods, Textiles and Trees:
Metaphors and Metonyms that Construct the Homeric Odyssey
• Free Online Event
• Wednesday, April 15, 2026
• 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
• Online via Zoom
You’re invited! The New Alexandria Foundation is hosting a lively Lunch & Learn with Aldo Bottino, author of Time, Tripods, Textiles and Trees: Metaphors and Metonyms that Construct the Homeric Odyssey.
Join us for an exploration of the Homeric epic through the lens of cognitive linguistics and oral poetics.
What to Expect
This is not a formal lecture — it’s a guided conversation with plenty of time for your questions.
About Time, Tripods, Textiles and Trees: Metaphors and Metonyms that Construct the Homeric Odyssey
Bottino focuses on metaphorical and metonymical elements in key episodes and passages of the Odyssey to better understand the architecture of the epic and its causation. Beginning with an investigation of the trees gifted by Laertes to Odysseus and moving to the reunion of father and son in Book 24, Aldo Bottino combines cognitive science and discourse studies, along with oral poetics frameworks developed by Parry-Lord, Gregory Nagy, and Douglas Frame, to offer a new interpretation of the imaginative devices at the core of crucial episodes in Homer’s poem.
Meet Your Speaker
Aldo Bottino is a Non-resident Visiting Scholar at Brandeis University and was an Associate at the Center of Hellenic Studies at Harvard University.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Time: 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: Free
Recording: This session will be recorded and posted to our YouTube channel after the event.
Expect spirited discussion, big questions, and new insights!
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