Stop! Homer Time: The Iliad - Episodes 7 & 8 (Books 15-19)

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🗓️ 21 September 2024

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

For our latest show-within-a-show, we'll revisit Ancient Greece through Emily Wilson's new translation of Homer's The Iliad. We'll be reading it a few books at a time and having a more in-depth chat about it than we do about most books. These two episodes cover Books 15-19

Episode 7: Things start heating up in books 15 and 16, as Achilles finally sort of acknowledges that there's a war on and Patroclus rides out to meet his fate.

Episode 8: Now that we've bid Patroclus goodbye, it's time to fight over his body! The Trojans and Greeks scramble to control the fallen hero and the borrowed armor he wore. Achilles is heartbroken at the news and resolves to enact revenge. His mom overnights him some dope armor. Some horses cry and then give Achillies lip.

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0:00.0	This is a headgum podcast.
0:04.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well told tale,
0:11.0	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:15.6	Plus these are books you should have read by now. Oh, uh, uh,
0:24.0	uh,
0:25.0	uh,
0:26.0	uh,
0:27.0	uh,
0:28.0	uh,
0:29.0	uh...
0:31.0	uh... Hey, welcome to stop.
0:43.0	Homer time a podcast brought to you by the boys that overdo a podcast about the books
0:50.1	you've been meaning to read, my name is Craig.
0:54.0	My name is Andrew.
0:56.0	I was wondering if there's a Greek version of the name Craig,
1:01.0	and I don't know if there is because it's probably whatever Greek
1:06.0	however you would say like mountainous of the rock something yeah man I was I thought it was so cool when I was little, I learned that Craig means of the rock.
1:17.0	It also made me like already, you know, forgive anybody who was like is your name Craig?
1:26.0	My source for this is like those little like Christiany little cars that they give out
1:31.0	with what your name means on it but I think Andrew means
1:33.4	manly that's what I was okay I was taught and I'm that's why I am such a such a sort of
1:40.5	macho presence on the show.
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