“The task of hearing as Homer’s audience did requires the apparently paradoxical task of listening for what is unspoken.” Originally published in 1992 and reprinted in 2011 with six essays, The Power of Thetis explores the ways the Iliad engages, via the relationship between Thetis, Achilles, and Zeus, a traditional motif—goddesses who seek immortality forContinue reading “Book Review: “The Power of Thetis and Selected Essays” by Laura Slatkin”
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Homer in Late Antiquity
Being fascinated with the evolution of Greek identity, Homeric reception, and the relationship between the two, I’ve been eager to learn more about Aelia Eudocia (401-460), poet, saint, empress. Her story, as I have learned it, intrigues: Born into a pagan Greek family in Athens, she was named Athenais after her city’s patron goddess. HerContinue reading “Homer in Late Antiquity”