The Odyssey XV-XVI on Core Curriculum

The latest episode of Core Curriculum’s journey through the Odyssey has arrived! In this episode my friend Jay Eldred hosts Michial Farmer and me in a talk through books XV and XVI.

In these books of the Odyssey, Telemachus returns to Ithaca from his search for his father; Odysseus, incognito, begins to scope out the members of his household; and father and son reunite. Along the way, Jay, Michial, and I talk about fathers real and substitute; what Helen’s parting gift to Telemachus may or may not mean, the swineherd Eumaeus’s tragic backstory and his reconciliation to his fate, the finely observed details of Homer’s poem, its recurring theme of hospitality, and even country novelty singer Ray Stevens. This was a fun episode, and I hope y’all enjoy listening.

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