Kiwi Hellenist
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Yes, 'blue' existed in ancient Greek
A short look at ancient Greek colour terms, words corresponding to 'blue', and some of the problems with translating colour terms between languages.
Includes commentary on clips from 'Did the Greeks have no word for blue?' by the channel Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris.
For more detailed discussion, see my essay 'How to make sense of ancient Greek colours', from May 2020. kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2020/05/ancient-greek-colours.html
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Homer and the Trojan War on Youtube (2023-2024)16:34Homer and the Trojan War on Youtube (2023-2024)
Homer and the Trojan War on Youtube (2023-2024)
Просмотров 4292 месяца назад
A review of recent videos that analyse and introduce Homer, the Iliad and Odyssey, and the Trojan War. Period covered: August 2023 to July 2024. Apologies if I omitted your content! Videos mentioned: Perspective 01:59 - stolen content BackdropHistory 03:26 - AI generated content The Historian's Craft 04:26 - stolen content World of Antiquity 07:14 - Was Homer a Real Person? ruclips.net/video/rz...
Close reading of the Odyssey 004: 1.150-199. Conversation between Telemachos and Athena36:19Close reading of the Odyssey 004: 1.150-199. Conversation between Telemachos and Athena
Close reading of the Odyssey 004: 1.150-199. Conversation between Telemachos and Athena
Просмотров 2552 месяца назад
A close reading of the Odyssey, with attention to thematic, linguistic, and other matters. Notable textual variations 154 ὅϲ ῥ’ ἤειδε παρὰ μνηϲτῆρϲιν ἀνάγκῃ: ὃς δὴ πολλὸν ἐκαίνυτο πάντας ἀείδων pseudo-Herodotean Life of Homer 156 γλαυκῶπιν: [γλαυκώπι]δ̣’ one ancient copy 171-173: omitted reportedly some ancient copies; bracketed as spurious West 185-186: omitted reportedly two Hellenistic schol...
Close reading of the Odyssey 003: 1.96-149. Athena arrives in Ithaca36:12Close reading of the Odyssey 003: 1.96-149. Athena arrives in Ithaca
Close reading of the Odyssey 003: 1.96-149. Athena arrives in Ithaca
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A close reading of the Odyssey, with attention to thematic, linguistic, and other matters. Notable textual variations 112 πρότιθεντο ἰδὲ MSS, one ancient witness, scholia, van Thiel: πρότιθεν τοὶ δὲ Herodian, West 112 δατεῦντο MSS, multiple ancient witnesses, van Thiel: δατέοντο West 140 MSS, two papyri, one ancient witness, van Thiel: 139 regarded as spurious sch. Od. 4.54; 140 bracketed as sp...
Close reading of the Odyssey 002: 1.44-95. Athena and Zeus35:31Close reading of the Odyssey 002: 1.44-95. Athena and Zeus
Close reading of the Odyssey 002: 1.44-95. Athena and Zeus
Просмотров 4614 месяца назад
A close reading of the Odyssey, with attention to thematic, linguistic, and other matters. Notable textual variations 51 and 72 omitted in Laurentianus 32,24 51 δώματα van Thiel, West: δώμασι most MSS 70 ὅου van Thiel: ὅο West from one MS where ὅο was written then altered to ὅου 88 Ἰθάκηνδ’ ἐϲελεύϲομαι van Thiel: Ἰθάκηνδε ἐλεύϲομαι West (both have MS support) 89 μᾶλλον van Thiel: μάλλον West (e...
Close reading of the Odyssey 001: 1.1-43. The proem35:49Close reading of the Odyssey 001: 1.1-43. The proem
Close reading of the Odyssey 001: 1.1-43. The proem
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A close reading of the Odyssey, with attention to thematic, linguistic, and other matters. Annotations: Notable textual variations Punctuation: 18-19 οὐδ’ … φίλοισι parenthesis van Thiel: apodosis with full stop West Orthographic: -ε at line-end van Thiel: -εν West iota subscript van Thiel: iota adscript West lunate sigma van Thiel: modern style West 15 ϲπέϲϲι van Thiel: σπέεσι West 43 ἀπέτιϲε ...
Fact-check: Eratosthenes' measurement of the earth (IBM, 1961)32:52Fact-check: Eratosthenes' measurement of the earth (IBM, 1961)
Fact-check: Eratosthenes' measurement of the earth (IBM, 1961)
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A review of the accuracy of a short two minute video from 63 years ago. When you're reporting on ancient events, evidence matters!
How to read an app crit27:27How to read an app crit
How to read an app crit
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An introduction to reading the apparatus criticus, or critical apparatus: the records of variant readings that you find in a critical edition of an ancient or mediaeval text. The video illustrates how the app crit works with four examples: 01:30 The Hildebrandslied (ed. Braune and Helm, 1952) 05:11 The Vǫluspá (ed. Dronke, 1997) 10:04 Statius, Thebaid book 10 (ed. Williams, 1972) 17:14 Homeric ...
Pre-Dorian geography in the Iliad's Catalogue of Ships18:11Pre-Dorian geography in the Iliad's Catalogue of Ships
Pre-Dorian geography in the Iliad's Catalogue of Ships
Просмотров 34 тыс.2 года назад
In ancient Greek legend, a series of migrations took place in between the Trojan War and the time of the 'now'. Here we look at how these migrations are reverted 'de-migrated' in the Catalogue of Ships in Iliad book 2. Re-recording for RUclips of a paper given at the ASCS 39 Conference, Feb. 2017.
The Aeneid and the Epic Cycle26:17The Aeneid and the Epic Cycle
The Aeneid and the Epic Cycle
Просмотров 8612 года назад
Vergil's Aeneid is very meta in its use of Homer and other older poetry. Does it do the same with the Epic Cycle? The answer is: sort of. Vergil was certainly aware of the Epic Cycle but there's some reason to think that he never actually got to read it. Re-recording for RUclips of a paper given at the ASCS 41 Conference, Dunedin, NZ, Jan. 2020. I also used some material in this paper in a piec...
The dates of Jesus25:19The dates of Jesus
The dates of Jesus
Просмотров 6432 года назад
RUclips version of a paper given at the ASCS 43 Conference, hosted by the Classics Department of the University of Tasmania (online conference). A written form of the material appeared in Sep.-Nov. 2021 at kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2021/09/dates-jesus-1.html. The exact dates of Jesus' life are unrecoverable, but what we can do is read what ancient sources have to say, and try to piece together...
The Odyssey 5. The wanderings32:17The Odyssey 5. The wanderings
The Odyssey 5. The wanderings
Просмотров 5484 года назад
A look at Odysseus' wanderings, with particular attention to the Cyclops episode and the Nekyia ('the dead book').
The Odyssey. 4. Type scenes26:00The Odyssey. 4. Type scenes
The Odyssey. 4. Type scenes
Просмотров 4424 года назад
Type scenes, also known as typical scenes or themes, have been studied since the 1930s. They aren't just formulas: they convey very definite meanings.
The Odyssey 3. Hospitality29:17The Odyssey 3. Hospitality
The Odyssey 3. Hospitality
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.4 года назад
In the Odyssey, hospitality is both a moral and an economic relationship.
The Odyssey. 2. The opening and the Telemachy25:08The Odyssey. 2. The opening and the Telemachy
The Odyssey. 2. The opening and the Telemachy
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The Odyssey of Homer, part 2. The opening of the Odyssey and the voyage of Telemachus.
The Odyssey. 1. What is the Odyssey?24:59The Odyssey. 1. What is the Odyssey?
The Odyssey. 1. What is the Odyssey?
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The Odyssey. 1. What is the Odyssey?