Henry Thomas Riley describes the plot of today's play as "extremely meagre".  I think you'll see why.

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References

Cartwright, Mark. "Plautus." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 04 Jan 2016. Web. 06 Sep 2020.

Owens, William M. "Plautus' Stichus and the Political Crisis of 200 BC." American Journal of Philology 121.3 (2000): 385-407.

Riley, Henry T., translator. The Complete Works of Titus Maccius Plautus. Delphi Classics, 2016.

Telemakhos takes Athena's advice, and Penelope tries to control her own life in Book 2 of the Odyssey.

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References

Cartwright, Mark. "Odyssey." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 15 Mar 2017. Web. 24 Aug 2020.

Homer.  The Odyssey.  Translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Vintage Classics, 1990.

Tsykynovska, Helen. "The Odyssey Book 2." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 15 Sep 2013. Web. 26 Aug 2020.

When Aphrodite is good, she is very very good, but when she is bad, she is horrid.

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References

“Hippolytus – Euripides – Ancient Greece – Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_euripides_hippolytus.html.  Accessed 2 Sep 2020

Mitchell, Robin N. "Miasma, Mimesis, and Scapegoating in Euripides'" Hippolytus"." Classical Antiquity 10.1 (1991): 97-122.

Roche, Paul, translator. “Hippolytus.” Euripides: Ten Plays. Signet Classic, 1998, pp. 45-99.

Wasson, Donald L. "Hippolytus." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 04 Jul 2018. Web. 31 Aug 2020.

In this episode, we'll look at the two Homeric Hymns dedicated to Athena.

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Reference

Shelmerdine, Susan Chadwick. The Homeric Hymns. Focus Information Group, 1995.

In this episode, we start reading the second of the great Homeric epics, the story of Odysseus's journey home from Troy.

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References

Cartwright, Mark. "Odyssey." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 15 Mar 2017. Web. 24 Aug 2020.

Homer.  The Odyssey.  Translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Vintage Classics, 1990.

“The Odyssey – Homer – Homers epic poem – Summary". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_homer_odyssey.html.  Accessed 24 Aug 2020

Tsykynovska, Helen. "The Odyssey Book 1." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 15 Sep 2013. Web. 24 Aug 2020.

You may know Miles Gloriosus as the braggart soldier in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. This play is the source material for that character.

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References

Berg, Deena, translator.  “Major Blowhard [Plautus’s Miles Gloriosus].”  Five Comedies, Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., 1999, pp. 1-98.

Brotherton, Blanche. “The Plot of the Miles Gloriosus.” Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 55, 1924, pp. 128-136. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/283012. Accessed 22 Aug. 2020.

"Miles Gloriosus". Encyclopædia Britannica, 1998, https://www.britannica.com/art/Miles-Gloriosus.

"Plautus’ Miles Gloriosus (“The Braggart Soldier”) – 1999 – Classics". Wp.Stolaf.Edu, https://wp.stolaf.edu/classics/st-olaf-ancient-plays/miles-gloriosus1999/.

We have reached the concluding book of the I.  It's time to say farewell to Achilles, Patroklos, Hektor, and the rest.

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References

Delahoyde, Michael. " HOMER'S ILIAD: BOOK XXIV". Public.Wsu.Edu,https://public.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/mythology/iliad24.html.  Accessed 14 Aug 2020.

Lattimore, Richmond, translator. The Iliad Of Homer. University of Chicago Press., 1951.

Wallace, David. "The Iliad Book 24." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 17 Sep 2013. Web. 14 Aug 2020.

We already read Sophocles's take on the death of Heracles.  In this episode, we'll look at Euripides's take on what happens to the children of Heracles, or Heracleidae in Greek.

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References

Coleridge, E.P., translator.  “The Heracleidae.” Euripides’s Collection [19 books].  Publish This, LLC, 2014.

“Heracleidae – Euripides – Ancient Greece – Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_euripides_heracleidae.html.  Accessed 16 Aug 2020

Wasson, Donald L. "The Children of Heracles." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 06 Dec 2018. Web. 16 Aug 2020.

Today we have two more Homeric Hymns, numbers 9 and 27, both dedicated to Artemis.

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Reference

Shelmerdine, Susan Chadwick. The Homeric Hymns. Focus Information Group, 1995.

The Ancient Greeks knew how to throw a funeral!

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References

Delahoyde, Michael. " HOMER'S ILIAD: BOOK XXIII". Public.Wsu.Edu,https://public.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/mythology/iliad23.html.  Accessed 7 Aug 2020.

Lattimore, Richmond, translator. The Iliad Of Homer. University of Chicago Press., 1951.

Wallace, David. "The Iliad Book 23." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 17 Sep 2013. Web.  7 Aug 2020.