Liberty is joined by Cade, the host of Episode 3, to delve further into Medea’s feelings in Argonautica 3.752-770. How does that anxiety feel? How does Apollonius represent her emotions? Liberty and Cade walk a torturous path with Medea as she is pulled to and fro between her love for Jason and her ties to […]

Join Ava and Liberty as they examine Medea’s inner struggle between her societal norms and her love for Jason in Argonautica 3.656-664. They also dive into some of the ways Apollonius draws on Homeric epic and Medea’s character in Euripides’ Medea, as well as some similarities between Medea and Dido in Vergil’s Aeneid.

Focusing on Argonautica 3.471-488, Natalie and Ava explore relationships between the men (Jason and Argus), the women (Chalciope and Medea) and goddesses (Hera and Athena). How might they might relate to one another in the context of the larger quest and story? Book notes: Hunter, R., ed. 1989. Apollonius of Rhodes Argonautica Book III. Cambridge: […]

In Argonautica 3.275-319, Dylan and Natalie discuss the moment when Eros causes Medea to fall in love with Jason. They look at the implications this has within the poem, and for the poem’s place in epic literature.

Looking at Argonautica 3.151-93, Cade and Dylan chat about what Jason is like as hero, in the Argonautica and also in comparison to other Greek epic heroes like Achilles or Odysseus.

We’re joined by Dr. Rebecca van der Horst to talk about the different version of heroism that we find in Argonautica 2 as compared to Book 1. Instead of strength, heroes are all about clever planning. We follow Jason and the Argonauts all the way to Colchis, and we look at the start of their […]

Deborah Beck and Bill Farris kick off Season 3 with a conversation about how Book 1 sets the tone for the Argonautica, both what the story is about and how Apollonius tells the story. Reading notes:Beck, D. 2018. “Emotional and Thematic Meanings in a Repeating Homeric Motif: A Case Study,” Journal of Hellenic Studies 138: […]

Professor Deborah Beck returns to wrap things up. Things end well for this podcast season and for the course. For Creon, not so much.

Antigone offers one last lament before going down to her tomb to die. It’s the last thing we’ll ever hear her say. As she leaves, the chorus gives a bizarre ode that has left even the top commentators scratching their heads. It’s like no other choral ode we’ve seen, and some scholars have argued that […]

Nikhil and Payton get together again, this time to discuss aspects of the conversation between Haemon and Creon (Antigone 738-71).