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18. homeric hymn to dionysus
In our current episode of MythTake we discuss the ‘arrival’ of Dionysus as depicted in the Homeric Hymn #7. The Hymn describes a young, strong and beautiful god who is abducted by pirates for ransom. Long story short, it doesn’t quite work out for the pirates and yet again we see the after effects of a divine encounter.
In the course of a few lines these men and their vessel are transformed, literally in the case of the crewmen, into dolphins; and figuratively – the helmsman will become the prototypical priest of Dionysus. The Captain– well let’s just say that he too becomes transformed. He is consumed, digested by the god.
These metamorphoses as a result of a divine epiphany are again quite common in the mythical corpus. Hesiod’s encounter with the Muses on the slopes of Mt. Helicon, The Cretan sailors in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo and others. In the presence of divinity humans often find themselves ‘altered’. Their paths through life take a turn, they become something else. Shepherds become poets, sailors become priests, helmsman become baccantes, predators become prey – you get the picture.
As we discussed the passage it became quite evident that there are many mythological elements that this small hymn (of 49 lines) has in common with other sources. These metonymical connections spread out from this hymn (like the ivy covering the ship’s mast) and work their way into Hesiod, Euripides, Ovid, Apollodorus and beyond. [DS]
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Source Passage
Homeric Hymn to Dionysus (Hymn 7)
Ovid. Metamorphoses. 3. 845-863.
Apollodorus. Library of Greek Mythology. 3.5.3
Translation Sources
Apollodorus. The Library of Greek Mythology. Translated by Robin Hard. Oxford World’s Classics: 1997.
Homeric Hymn to Dionysus. Translated by Susan C. Shelmerdine. Focus Publishing: 1995.
Ovid. Metamorphoses. Translated by Charles Martin. Norton: 2004.
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17. Heroes at Home: Deianira
This week we meet an unlikely hero, Deianara. Can this fearful, anxious woman, blamed for the death of Heracles, be considered a hero? We think so!
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Source Passages
Sophocles Trachiniae (Women of Trachis) 1-48, 436-469.
Translation Sources
Sophocles. Women of Trachis. Translated by Michael Jameson. Edited by Greene and Lattimore. Chicago, 1957.
Selected Sources
Edwin Carawan. “Deianira’s Guilt.” Transactions of the American Philological Association 40 (130): 2000, 189-237.
Shout Outs & Notes
Literature and History podcast by Doug Metzger
The History of Ancient Greece podcast by Ryan Stitt
The Story Behind podcast by Emily
The Lonely Pallet podcast by Tamar Avishai
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ancient world podcasts
Treat yourself to some new podcast listening! Our friends over at the Literature and History podcast put together this handy infographic of some of the best podcasts about the ancient world.
Quick links:
The History of Ancient Greece (Ryan Stitt)
Podcast History of Our World (Rob Monaco)
Trojan War Podcast (Jeff Wright)
Literature and History (Doug Metzger)
Ancient Greece Declassified (Jason Webley)
The Ancient World (Scott C.)
MythTake (Alison Innes & Darrin Sunstrum)
Open Yale Courses–Introduction to Ancient Greek History (Donald Kagan)
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16. heroes at home: helen of troy
We continue our look at heroes at home with the woman who needs no introduction, the (in)famous Helen of Troy.
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Source Passages
Euripides’ Trojan Women lines 914-965.
Translation Sources
Euripides. Trojan Women. Translated by Diskin Clay. Focus, 2005.
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15. heroes at home: megara
Join our informal discussion on heroes of the home! Tonight we chat about Megara, the first wife of Heracles, from Euripides’ Heracles.
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Source Passages
Euripides Heracles 275-311, 516-561.
Translation Sources
Euripides. Heracles. Translated by Michael R. Halleran. Focus Classical Library. 1988.
Shout Outs & Notes
Ellie Mackin “Odysseus doesn’t go to the Underworld in the Nekyia, peeps!” Blog post.
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14. Hallowe’en Special: Necromancy in Greek Mythology
C’est l’Hallowe’en! We have a special spooky episode for you this week: two episodes of necromancy from Greek mythology! Follow the spell-binding details (haha!) of Odysseus’ encounter with the dead and Jason’s summoning of Hekate in Argonautika.
Have a safe and spooktacular Hallowe’en!
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Source Passages
Odyssey 11.13-50
Arognautika 3.1026-1049, 1194-1224
Translation Sources
Apollonios Rhodios. Argonautika. Trans. Peter Green. University of California, 2007.
Homer. Odyssey. Trans. Richmond Lattimore. Harper Perennial Classics, 1967.
Shout Outs & Notes
Listener mail from @EllieMackin–you should follow her!
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13. mythological tour of the solar system: ceres/demeter
Our last stop on our mythological tour of the solar system is the dwarf planet Ceres! We take a look at the Greek goddess Demeter, who is anything but insignificant!
(I can’t believe we’ve made it through 13 episodes and you guys are still listening. Thanks!)
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Source Passages
Homeric Hymn to Demeter 90-104, 233-280, 440-495
Translation Sources
Homeric Hymns. Trans. Susan Shelmerdine. Newburyport MA: Focus Publishing, 1995. Print.
Selected Sources
NASA. “Ceres” http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/ceres
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12. mythological tour of the solar system 9: pluto/hades
Welcome to episode 12! Our apologies for being more than a little late getting the blog post up, but here it is at last.
This episode, we delve into the mysterious world of Hades. This Greek god of the underworld is also associated with wealth and the Roman god Pluto. There aren’t a lot of myths about Hades but we can learn a lot from his appearance in Homeric Hymn to Demeter.
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Source Passages
Homeric Hymn to Demeter 1-23; 334-385.
Translation Sources
Homeric Hymns. Trans. Susan Shelmerdine. Newburyport MA: Focus Publishing, 1995. Print.
Selected Sources
NASA. “Pluto: King of the Kuiper Belt” http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/pluto
Shout Outs & Notes
We highly recommend listening to The Endless Knot episode on Pluto. Sarah and Mark provide a great discussion of the origin of the god Pluto. You can subscribe to their podcast through iTunes.
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