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Podcast: The Colin McEnroe Show
Episode: Anger, politics, death: Revisiting ‘The Iliad’ through a modern lens
Description: Homer’s The Iliad is a literary classic. This hour, we look at some of the many ways the epic applies to life today, in our understanding of plague, death, politics, and anger. We look at the value of returning to the story over and over again and how it can be used as a framework for other stories. GUESTS: Emily Katz Anhalt: Professor of classical languages and literature at Sarah Lawrence College and the author of Embattled: How Ancient Greek Myths Empower Us To Resist Tyranny and Enraged: Why Violent Times Need...