Homer's Odyssey is a massively influential poem from Ancient Greece filled with epic battles, fantastic monsters, gods, spirits, and a journey around the known world and into the underworld. Through three episodes, Odysseus' encounter with the cyclops Polyphemus, his descent into the Hades where he meets his family, comrades, and the ancient hero Heracles, and his return to Ithaca and retaking of his home with his son Telemachus, we will explore the character of Odysseus, the symbolism around him, and how the wisdom of the goddess Athena hones his mind to make him a most formidable hero.
Mythos & Logos are two ancient words that can be roughly translated as “Story & Meaning.”
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The purpose of this channel is to share the important stories at the foundation of human cultures throughout history. These include mythology, legends, folktales, religious stories, and parables from the dawn of history to the modern day. This channel provides interpretations and insight into these stories, to find and apply their meaning to contemporary life. All stories covered are treated academically. This channel makes no claims regarding the historical, scientific, or religious truth of these tales. Rather, its goal is to find the meanings understood by their authors and apply them to the modern world.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:03 Ulysses and Nausicaa by Jean Veber
00:46 Odysseus Deceives Polyphemus by Joseph Mallord William Turner
00:53 Telemachus, Son of Odysseus, by Jan Styka
00:56 Penelope and the Suitors by John William Waterhouse
01:06 Penelope by Bela Čikoš Sesija
01:25 Ulysses at the Court of Alcinous by Francesco Hayez
02:19 Odysseus the Wanderer
02:23 Dying Achilles by Ernst Herfer, photographed by Dr. K, licensed under Creative Commons
02:46 The Building of the Trojan Horse by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
03:03 Athena, Third Century Roman Mosaic from Tusculum
03:36 Polyphemus by Guido Reni
04:03 Odysseus in the Cave of Polyphemus by Constantin Hansen
04:37 Odyssey, Book IX
05:26 The Blinding of Polyphemus by Theodoor van Thulden
05:37 The Blinding of Polyphemus, Funerary Amphora from the Eleusis Museum, photographed by Carole Raddato, licensed under Creative Commons
05:43 Aeneas by the Carracci Family
06:05 Odysseus and Polyphemus by Arnold Böcklin
06:45 Circe Offering the Cup to Odysseus by John William Waterhouse
07:05 Odysseus and the Sirens, Third Century Rome, from the Bardo Museum
07:13 Ulysses and the Sirens by Herbert James Draper
07:21 The Companions of Odysseus Rob the Cattle of Helios by Pellegrino Tibaldi
07:40 Odysseus and Nausicaa by Valentin Serov
08:05 The Journey Into Hades
08:08 Tiresias Foretells the Future to Odysseus by Henry Fuseli
09:03 Clytemnestra and Agamemnon by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
09:23 Agamemnon, Tiresias, and Ajax, from the Tomb of Orcus, photographed by Robin Iversen Rönnlund, licensed under Creative Commons
09:42 Hercules and the Crown by John Flamsteed
09:54 Hercules Killing the Stymphalian Birds by Albrecht Dürer
10:22 Odyssey, Book XI
11:51 A Ptolemaic Prince as Hermes, from the Cabinet des Médailles
11:55 Pallas Athene by Gustav Klimt
12:06 Heracles Statue, Vienna, photographed by Tilman2007, licensed under Creative Commons
12:17 Poster of the 7th International Art Exhibition in Munich by Franz von Stuck
12:40 The Long Way Home
12:44 Athena Appearing to Odysseus to Reveal the Island of Ithaca by Giuseppe Bottani
13:54 The Return of Odysseus to Ithaca by Gerard de Lairesse
14:16 Telemachus Recognizes his Father Odysseus in the House of the Swineherd Eumaeus by Johann August Nahl the Younger
14:27 Penelope Awaiting Odysseus by Heva Coomans
14:53 Penelope Taking Down the Bow of Ulysses by Angelica Kauffmann
15:04 Illustration for the Odyssey by François-Louis Schmied
15:33 Ulysses and the Suitors by Lovis Corinth
15:58 Illustration for the Odyssey by François-Louis Schmied
16:10 Odysseus in Battle with the Suitors by Lovis Corinth
16:22 Ulysses and Telemachus by Thomas Degeorge
16:45 Odysseus and Penelope by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein
17:22 Ulysses and Penelope by Francesco Primaticcio
17:42 Conclusion
17:56 The Suitors by Gustave Moreau
18:45 Bust of Athena, Istanbul Archaeological Museum, photographed by Sefer Azeri, licensed under Creative Commons
19:07 Hercules by John Singer Sargeant
19:53 Outro
Ambiment - The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.