Podcasts that mention 📚 The Odyssey of Homer by Homer

If you read Homer Homer has robots in the Iliad and a classical scholar was pointing out to me just a few months ago

The guest mentions Homer's 'the Iliad' as containing early ideas of robots.

► Watch this excerpt @ 11:40

The name is from the odyssey... We only get like a few paragraphs in the odyssey and so a lot has been extrapolate extrapolated from that that doesn't really exist in the text like you know

The speaker explains that the name of his new studio/channel, 'The Lotus Eaters', is taken from Homer's epic poem, describing the island and the events there.

► Watch this excerpt @ 02:31

so increasingly you know the relationship between human beings and technology is an ancient topic you know Homer talks about this in the Iliad you know what's the role of bronze spears in warfare

The guest mentions Homer talking about technology in 'The Iliad' as an example of the long-standing relationship between humans and technology.

► Watch this excerpt @ 47:07

or you read the odyssey

Speaker uses reading 'The Odyssey' as an example of academic writing style, contrasting it with real-world writing.

► Watch this excerpt @ 34:49

and so is the odyssey

Walter Isaacson names "The Odyssey" as a book similar to Moby Dick in its theme of a journey, implying it's also a favorite.

► Watch this excerpt @ 48:42

but not like the Odyssey is an exploration of a man's tragic flaws not a celebration of o like Odus is the bad guy in many ways you know what I mean

Speaker discusses the themes and interpretation of Homer's epic poem, The Odyssey.

► Watch this excerpt @ 46:41

And the the timelessness of that, and so, so many parts of the Odyssey are inexplicable; you know, as he gets there—not to spoil the ending—but you know he just, there's this sort of moment at the end where he just, you know, murders with his bare hands like a hundred people and just like, 'Of course he did!'

In this segment, Ryan Holiday reflects on the story of The Odyssey, highlighting its timeless nature and discussing the surprising and violent ending, which he finds difficult to explain to his children.

► Watch this excerpt @ 00:19:11

They just knew Homer. They just knew the Iliad, the Odyssey, and those things and thought it was all fake.

The speakers discuss how the historical reality of the Trojan War wasn't widely accepted until relatively recently, despite being described in Homer's works.

► Watch this excerpt @ 01:46:51

but if you had to choose one or the other I'm I'm really into the I'm reading the uh The Iliad I'm really into the Trojan warship right now

Speaker (Stavros) mentions reading The Iliad and relating it to the concept of choosing glory over a long life, referencing Achilles.

► Watch this excerpt @ 21:52

they said oh uh Homer's description of Troy in the in the Iliad was a bunch of [ __ ]

Steven Pressfield mentions Homer's 'The Iliad' in the context of the discovery of Troy.

► Watch this excerpt @ 01:55:44

um just as a you remember ulyses odys was coming home from the Trojan War and realized he was going to pass the island of the sirens and he wanted to hear the song of the sirens but he knew that like any mortal man uh he'd crash into the rocks and die so you remember what he did he filled his men's ears with beeswax he had them lash him to the Mast and he said no matter what I do just keep on sailing

David Eagleman recounts the story of Ulysses and the sirens from Homer's Odyssey to explain the concept of a 'Ulysses contract'.

► Watch this excerpt @ 53:23

there's a you know a scene in The Iliad where one of the heroes kind of uh Walks from ship to ship because he's so huge and he is able to you know transmit himself from the prow to the next prow

Spencer Klavan references a specific scene from The Iliad.

► Watch this excerpt @ 24:56

so Odysseus is on his way back from the Trojan War and uh and he has all these hardships and he's trying to get home and he gets told that the only way for him to get home is to to face skilla and cytus

The speaker references the story of Odysseus's journey, the subject of Homer's epic poem, as an example in a philosophical discussion about courage.

► Watch this excerpt @ 01:41:43

It was kind of like the odyssey. you ever had the odyssey rally. i have. And you. it was pretty wild huh. oh yeah. yeah very similar to that

Theo compares a chaotic childhood story to 'The Odyssey'. Riley confirms he is familiar with the work.

► Watch this excerpt @ 01:04:06

um that's from uh The Odyssey

Tim mentions 'The Odyssey' in a discussion about the Lotus-eaters.

► Watch this excerpt @ 01:54:43