Leonard Muellner

Homeric Greek | Odyssey 1.27–43

We are pleased to share the latest video in the series on reading Homeric epic. Join Leonard Muellner, Gregory Nagy, and Douglas Frame as they read, translate, and discuss a brief passage in an informal and accessible way. If you’ve ever wanted to read Homer in the original, here is your chance to do so with teachers who have spent a lifetime thinking about this poetry. With this expert guidance… Read more

Homeric Greek | Odyssey 1.11–26: Threads of song

We are pleased to share the latest in this series on reading Homeric epic in the original Greek. In each instalment we read, translate, and discuss a small passage in the original Greek in the most accessible way. If you’ve ever wanted to read Homer in the original, here is your chance to do so with teachers who have spent a lifetime reading and thinking about this poetry. Together they… Read more

Homeric Greek | Odyssey 1.1-10: Starting to begin the Odyssey

We are pleased to share this segment in our series on reading Homeric epic in ancient Greek. In each instalment we read, translate, and discuss a small passage in the original Greek in the most accessible way. If you’ve ever wanted to read Homer in ancient Greek, here is your chance to do so with teachers who have spent a lifetime studying these works. Together they help even new readers… Read more

Oinops and Myth

~A guest post by Jacqui Donlon and the Oinops Study Group~  You may remember that at the end of our last post “Oinops, Sacrifice and Ritual,” we, the Oinops Study Group, decided to reach out to our Hour 25 Community for a mentor.  We had discovered much, but fitting the pieces together to establish the system of oinops needed some help.  We wanted to understand the use of oinops in… Read more

Open House | Iliad 9, and the responses of Achilles, with Leonard Muellner and Gregory Nagy

We were pleased to welcome Professor Leonard Muellner, Professor Gregory Nagy, and Allie Marbry, for another Open House. The conversation this week (shown in the video below), centered on Iliad Scroll 9, with a focus on the way that Achilles responds to Odysseus, Phoinix, and Ajax during the Embassy, giving particular attention to the following focus passages: Iliad 9.356–363 So long as I fought the Achaeans Hector did not let… Read more