Exploring the classical world - Audio
By The Open University
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Description
Exploring the classical world introduces texts by Homer, Horace, Juvenal and others, placing them in their social and political context and assessing their value as historical sources. Readings in the original Latin or Greek and in translation illustrate the metric structures used and the challenges of effectively recreating these works in modern English. The material is drawn from The Open University course A219 Exploring the classical world
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Exploring the classical world | A brief introduction to this album. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Exploring the classical world | Transcript -- A brief introduction to this album. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Interpreting Homer | Reading' classical texts and the differing philosophies of translation, with a dramatised example from the Lattimore translation of Homer's Odyssey. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Interpreting Homer | Transcript -- Reading' classical texts and the differing philosophies of translation, with a dramatised example from the Lattimore translation of Homer's Odyssey. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Homer's people | Metaphor, imagery, characterisation and the portrayal of strong emotion in Homer's Odyssey, with dramatised excerpts from book iv. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Homer's people | Transcript -- Metaphor, imagery, characterisation and the portrayal of strong emotion in Homer's Odyssey, with dramatised excerpts from book iv. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Homer's world | The power of the Gods and the nature of Homeric heroes, including a reading from the original Greek and dramatisations from Odyssey book v. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Homer's world | Transcript -- The power of the Gods and the nature of Homeric heroes, including a reading from the original Greek and dramatisations from Odyssey book v. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Homer - lost in translation? | Comparing and evaluating translations of Homer, focusing on Lattimore, and the difficulties and decisions involved. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Homer - lost in translation? | Transcript -- Comparing and evaluating translations of Homer, focusing on Lattimore, and the difficulties and decisions involved. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Homer - translation through recreation | Different approaches to recreating the original Homeric experience in prose, poetry and on stage. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Homer - translation through recreation | Transcript -- Different approaches to recreating the original Homeric experience in prose, poetry and on stage. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Catullus - poetic voices | The love poetry of Catullus and his place in contemporary Roman society, with readings in Latin and translation. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Catullus - poetic voices | Transcript -- The love poetry of Catullus and his place in contemporary Roman society, with readings in Latin and translation. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Catullus - political worlds | The role of Catullus and his poetry in political and personal rivalries in the late Roman Republic. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Catullus - political worlds | Transcript -- The role of Catullus and his poetry in political and personal rivalries in the late Roman Republic. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The Alcaic stanzas of Horace | The sounds and rhythms of Latin poetry, focusing on the Alcaic form with readings from Horace's ode 3.6. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- The Alcaic stanzas of Horace | Transcript -- The sounds and rhythms of Latin poetry, focusing on the Alcaic form with readings from Horace's ode 3.6. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Exploring Roman elegiac poetry | The sounds and rhythms of Roman Elegiac poetry, with readings in Latin and translation. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Exploring Roman elegiac poetry | Transcript -- The sounds and rhythms of Roman Elegiac poetry, with readings in Latin and translation. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Satire in the city of Rome | Using Roman satirical writing to discover social history. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- Satire in the city of Rome | Transcript -- Using Roman satirical writing to discover social history. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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The satirical verse of Juvenal | The motivations of Juvenal in his satirical works, with readings in Latin and in translation of Satire 5. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Transcript -- The satirical verse of Juvenal | Transcript -- The motivations of Juvenal in his satirical works, with readings in Latin and in translation of Satire 5. | 7/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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