Achilles is mad, and in this episode, we'll discuss why.

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References

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

Wallace, David. "The Iliad Book 1." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 17 Sep 2013. Web. 5 Feb 2020.

Before we start reading the Iliad, let's go over some useful information about Homer and his epics.

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References

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

Ong, Walter J. Orality and literacy. Routledge, 2013.

Stubblefield, David. "Summary of Ong On the Differences Between Orality and Literacy - Studocu". Studocu, https://www.studocu.com/en-us/document/southern-wesleyan-university/information-literacy-in-the-social-sciences/lecture-notes/summary-of-ong-on-the-differences-between-orality-and-literacy/2675184/view. Accessed 5 Feb 2020.

In this episode, we see what wasps and jurors have in common.

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References

Aristophanes. Aristophanes I: Clouds; Wasps ; Birds. Translated by Peter Meineck, Hackett Pub., 1998.

Storey, Ian C.  Wasps: Introduction. Aristophanes I: Clouds; Wasps ; Birds. By Aristophanes, Translated by Peter Meineck, Hackett Pub., 1998.

Wasson, Donald L. “The Wasps.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient History Encyclopedia, 25 Apr. 2018, www.ancient.eu/The_Wasps/.

In this episode, we cover the second play in Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy, and we meet the sister who was completely ignored in the first play.

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References

Lattimore, Richmond, translator.  Aeschylus I:  Oresteia.  Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore.  Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1953.

"The Libation Bearers - Aeschylus - Ancient Greece - Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_aeschylus_libation.html. Accessed 20 Dec 2019.

Wasson, Donald L. "Libation Bearers." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 03 Oct 2018. Web. 20 Dec 2019.

In this episode, we join Aristophanes in making fun of Cleon in his highly topical The Knights.

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References

Aristophanes. "The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1". Project Gutenberg, http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8688. Accessed 16 Dec 2019. 

"The Knights - Aristophanes - Ancient Greece - Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_aristophanes_knights.html. Accessed 6 Jan 2020.

Nelson, Stephanie. Aristophanes and his tragic muse: comedy, tragedy and the polis in 5th century Athens. Brill, 2016.

In this episode, we will cover the first play in Aeschylus's Oresteia trilogy.  And boy, did Agamemnon have it coming!

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References

"AGAMEMNON - AESCHYLUS | KING OF MYCENAE | PLAY SUMMARY". Ancient Literature, 2019, https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_aeschylus_agamemnon.html. Accessed 18 Dec 2019.

Lattimore, Richmond, translator.  Aeschylus I:  Oresteia.  Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore.  Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1953.

Wasson, Donald. "Agamemnon (Play)". Ancient History Encyclopedia, 2018, https://www.ancient.eu/Agamemnon_(Play)/.

In this episode we'll look at what we know, or at least what we think we know, about Aristophanes.

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References

"ARISTOPHANES - FATHER OF COMEDY | PLAYS & BIOGRAPHY". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_aristophanes.html. Accessed 16 Dec 2019.

Cartwright, Mark. "Aristophanes". Ancient History Encyclopedia, 2013, https://www.ancient.eu/Aristophanes/.

Tragedy tomorrow (or at least next week).  Comedy tonight!  But first you might want to know what to expect because Old Comedy has some things that we don't really see in modern theatre.

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References

Cartwright, Mark. "Ancient Greek Comedy." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 25 Mar 2013. Web. 12 Dec 2019.

MacLennan, Bruce. "Typical Structure Of A Greek Play". Web.Eecs.Utk.Edu, 1999, http://web.eecs.utk.edu/~bmaclenn/Classes/US210/Greek-play.html.

In this episode we read the oldest of Old Comedy, The Acharnians, in which Aristophanes proposes an interesting option for ending the Peloponnesian War.

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References

"The Acharnians - Aristophanes - Ancient Greece - Classical Literature". Ancient Literature, https://www.ancient-literature.com/greece_aristophanes_acharnians.html. Accessed 27 Dec 2019.

"The Acharnians and Old Comedy | The Acharnians Wikipedia". Gradesaver.Com, https://www.gradesaver.com/the-acharnians/wikipedia/the-acharnians-and-old-comedy. Accessed 30 Dec 2019.

Aristophanes. "The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1". Project Gutenberg,http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8688. Accessed 16 Dec 2019.

Cartwright, Mark. "Peloponnesian War". Ancient History Encyclopedia, 2018, https://www.ancient.eu/Peloponnesian_War/.

Wikisource contributors. "Aristophanes: The Eleven Comedies." Wikisource . Wikisource , 18 Jun. 2019. Web. 27 Dec. 2019.

In this episode we talk about final play in Aeschylus's Oedipus trilogy, Seven Against Thebes.

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References

Clifford Orwin, "Feminine Justice: The End of the Seven against Thebes," Classical Philology 75, no. 3 (Jul., 1980): 187-196. https://doi.org/10.1086/366565

"The Internet Classics Archive | The Seven Against Thebes By Aeschylus". Classics.Mit.Edu, http://classics.mit.edu/Aeschylus/seventhebes.html. Accessed 6 Dec 2019.

"Polynices". En.Wikipedia.Org, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynices. Accessed 9 Dec 2019.

Tom Lehrer.  ”Oedipus Rex.”  An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer, Lehrer Records, 1959.

Vellacott, Philip. “Aeschylus' ‘Seven against Thebes.’” The Classical World, vol. 73, no. 4, 1979, pp. 211–219. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/4349173.

Wasson, Donald. "Seven Against Thebes". Ancient History Encyclopedia, 2018, https://www.ancient.eu/Seven_Against_Thebes/.