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The Odyssey: Homer vs. Plato vs. Nolan w/ Julian the Philosopher
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In this week’s episode we invite our friend Julian the Philosopher back on the show to discuss the mythic source material from which Christopher Nolan’s new film is based: The Odyssey. We discuss not just Nolan’s new film, but Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, quite a bit of the historical context around these works of epic poetry, how these stories were thought of initially, criticized by Plato, recontextualized by Virgil, translated countless times and transformed into Nolan’s new blockbuster film. As part of our larger conversation, we discuss the dichotomy between the Homeric hero and the Platonic Hero of the mind, considering how each incarnation of the story fits into this framework or not. Thank you and enjoy the show :)
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In this week’s episode we discuss:
-The Homeric Hero
-Nolan’s Odysseus
-The Emily Wilson Translation
-The Presence / Absence of Gods
-Hanging of the Servants
-The Life and Times of Homer
-The People From the Sea
-Achilles and the Ethiopian Fleet
In the extended episode available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go off script to discuss:
-Virgil’s Aeneid
-The Telegony
-Rome, Ancestors of Troy
-The Christianization of The Odyssey
-The Boatman Charon
-John the Baptist
-The Sirens
-Philip K. Dick, Christ and the Sacraments
This discussion was impelled by the research and study of Julian Soloninka with additional contributions made by Luke Madrid, Heka Astra, Mari Sama and Tim Hacker. Recorded in unscripted, Socratic discussion style.
I did have notes ready but I did not use them. They are available for our rabbit tier. Good stuff in there. We just didn't talk about it!
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