A FEW LINKS FOR HOMER's ILIAD and ODYSSEY
Homer
Iliad 1.1 Perseus annotated Greek text (you can switch to English too)
Basic intro
to alphabet etc. of ancient Greek at Berkeley
Basic
Greek alphabet info
Homer
in Perseus Encyclopedia assigned reading for CLAS 006m002
Background
on The Iliad of Homer including a map and list
of main characters
Porter:
The Iliad and the Greek Bronze Age, U. of S. assigned reading for CLAS
006m002
Porter:
Homeric Gods, Univ. of Saskatchewan
Porter:
Homeric Society, Univ. of Saskatchewan assigned reading for CLAS 006m002
Porter:
Iliad as Oral Formulaic Poetry, Univ. of Saskatchewan
The
Epic Cycle (by C. David Claudon) follow his links for study guide
to Iliad, including names of characters as introduced
Reed
College map of Homeric (Iliadic) Geography another map
here
(click to enlarge)
Classical
Epic Links and Resources for a course at Temple U.
Study guide for Homer's
Iliad
(Temple U.) Good Study Questions for each Book. Recommended for CLAS
006m002
ILIAD,
BOOKS 1-3 STUDY QUESTIONS (Virginia Tech) Good Study Questions. Recommended
for CLAS 006m002
ILIAD,
BOOKS 4 and 6 STUDY QUESTIONS
ILIAD,
BOOKS 9, 11, AND 16 STUDY QUESTIONS
ILIAD,
BOOKS 18 AND 19 STUDY QUESTIONS
ILIAD,
BOOKS 20-22, AND 24 STUDY QUESTIONS
Reed
College Humanities 110 Archives
TROY
DURING THE BRONZE AGE
Iliadmthological
background, outline of the Iliad
Troy and
the Trojan War
HOMER
AND THE END OF THE MYCENAEAN AGE
Classical
Myth: Info: Time Line
Course
Notes Porter including Homer
Poetry
Recitation Page at Harvard You can dowlnoad recordings of Greg
Nagy and Carolyn Higbie reading passages from the Iliad (and other
folks doing other Greek and Latin poetry) http://www.indefense.com/products/as/as.html
Greg Nagy reading the start of Iliad
One
Homer's Iliad,
Book 1, lines 1-52 read in the restored pronunciation of classical
Greek by Stephen G. Daitz, City University of New York.
Homeric singing (with audio
files)
Some diagrams of pictures of the shield of Achilles or similar shields:
diagram
; drawing
from 1749 (info at #444 here),
lots of info here
about a carved model here
(see also here
for color) or a drawing like this
. Painting
from about 1710. There is virus-protection software called Achilles'Shield.
Also somethign to do with Lara
Croft, Tomb Raider?
"The
Shield of Achilles" by W.H. Auden. Comments on Auden here.
Pic
of relief of Hephaestus and Cyclopes forging shield of Achilles
Directory
of Homer Links from "Altaseek"
The
Internet Classics Archive | The Iliad by Homer Translated by Samuel
Butler
Homer's
Iliad Background info from the "Classics Techology center"
The
Virtual Iliad promises "an interactive ... in-depth summary of Homer's
Iliad"
Study
Guide for Reading Homer's Iliad By Robin Mitchell-Boyask, Temple
U., designed to accompany Fagles translation
The
Iliad, by Homer Some Homer links, plus an Amazon.com ad
Homer's
Iliad and Odyssey High school site
Iliad,
Mythological Background, Univ. of Saskatchewan Pretty good
Iliad
Links Some links from ancientsites.com
Aristotle's
Poetics: Notes on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey Malcolm Heath on what Aristotle
says about Homer
Aquila Theatre Company has
done the "Wrath
of Achilles"
A
pic Also here
An
Iliad 24 papyrus at Princeton
Keyword
search for Homer in Duke Papyrus Archive Very nice! With pics you can
enlarge of Homeric papyri
Keyword
Search for Homer in Michigan papyri
Outline
of Homer's Iliad by David Silverman, Reed College
Outline
of Homer's ILIAD Brief (1-2 page) book-by-book outline
Introduction
to Latin Epic : The Iliad An Oxford page with info and summaries
HarvardIliadCourse
taught by G. Nagy, with links including full text of some of his books,
and other stuff
CCIV
325EpicLinks Links for my CCIV course on Roman epic
Thomas
Martin Overview of Archaic and Classical Greek History toc
Aquila
Theatre Co. Presents Homer's Iliad: Book One poster for a performance
(back
to Clas 006M section 2 home page)
Odyssey:
Homer's
Odyssey resources Good site, with brief outlines of each book, and
links to pics, maps, text in Greek and several translations online, and
other neat links (e.g. to Joyce, kafka). Recommended on CLAS 006m002 syllabus
Study
Guide for Homer's Odyssey (Temple U.) Good Study Questions for each
Book (but based on Fagles translation). Recommended on CLAS 006m002
syllabus
Tennyson's Ulysses
also here
and here and
here
and here (with a
recorded reading?) and a few critical notes here
Odyssey
Seton Hall: basic info and extensive links
Odyssey
main characters and plot summary. Recommended on CLAS 006m002 syllabus
Homer and the movies (including
"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?", which is "loosely based on Homer's 'Odyssey'")
New play from American Repertory Theater is "Highway Ulysses": see NYTimes
story and also (for a while) here
Pics of Odysseus and the Cyclops:
Odysseus escaping under the ram on a vase
; pic
of blinding at Princeton site which also has another
pic
blinding pic
; 17th-century
pic of blinding of Cyclops; 2nd-grade class pics;
several pics of blinding
and of the escape
"Random
Homer Quote" (not what you think)
Homer's
Iliad and Odyssey (some basic info online)
Introduction
to Homer and the Odyssey (brief essay for a Humanities course)
Hope
College: Introduction to Homer, The Odyssey (brief essay)
LUCE:
Homer ( version of an address to the Classical Association of Ireland)
Outline
of the Odyssey (Peradotto)
odysseyquestions
Home
Page of a course on TROY AND THE TROJAN WAR
Od1-6outline
Od7-12outline
Od13-18outline
Od19-24outline
U.
of Reading, Classics Gateway (links on epic, etc.)
(back
to 006M section 2 home page)
Resource Pages for Classics
-
Missouri
Classics (with resources)
-
Classics
Resources LWright
-
Classics
and Mediterranean Archaeology Home Page
-
Mississippi
classics
-
Holy
Cross Topoi
-
Wes'
Related Resources-Classical Studies
-
J
O'D's Classical, Medieval, etc links and indices
-
Kentucky:
Classics Elsewhere
-
Diogenes'
Links To The Ancient World
-
Pantelia-Resources
for Classicists
-
Classical
Resources (J. Ruebel)
-
Stanford
Links (good on depts.)
