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Big Thoughts from a Small Speck Chloe Yeoman

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A podcast covering everything from well-being to spirituality to being alive. It’s tough right now, let's make it a bit better.

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    Aphrodite Part Four: The Final Part

    Aphrodite Part Four: The Final Part

    Hi Folks, just a super quick one this week to recap the previous few episodes! I hope you enjoy it and look forward to the next and final section of my dissertation series. 

    Sending love,

    Chloe 

    • 3 min
    Aphrodite Part Three: Poetry Analysis with Sappho

    Aphrodite Part Three: Poetry Analysis with Sappho

    Hey folks, I am so excited to be able to present a second episode to you this week! Woo!! I hope you enjoy it and enjoy my poetry analysis. I rediscovered my love of poetry and literary analysis and I can't wait to do it again. 



    The sources used:

    Sappho Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments (Poochigian and Duffy, 2009, Penguin Classics)

    Greek Lyrics trans Richmond Lattimore (1960, University of Chicago Press)

    Sappho Come Close (Poochigian, 2015, Penguin Classics)

    • 17 min
    Aphrodite Part Two: The Problem with Homer

    Aphrodite Part Two: The Problem with Homer

    Hey Guys! Welcome to this second episode in the Aphrodite series!! I am so glad to finally be getting this out to you! I hope you enjoy it!!



    All my best,

    Chloe



    Bibliography: If you would like to see a bibliography I am happy to supply one. The full version does not fit in the description. 

    • 13 min
    Aphrodite Part One

    Aphrodite Part One

    Link to Vanity Fair article: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/dont-worry-darling-movie-review



    Sources:

    Hesiod's Theogony, Herodotus, and Homer's Iliad, Vergil's The Aeneid. 

    • 9 min
    Between Episodes

    Between Episodes

    Hi guys,



    This week I explore my opinions on religion and how it affects us as humans and the possible causes behind it! I am uploading during this in between point as it is my birthday on Friday so I want to give myself the day! I hope you have a great week and I will be speaking to you all again in September when we start the Aphrodite series!



    All my best,



    Chloe

    • 10 min
    Ishtar - Part Four: The Recap of Ishtar

    Ishtar - Part Four: The Recap of Ishtar

    Hey guys! So glad to have you back! I am excited to give you the final epsiode from the Ishtar section of my disso!! I hope you guys have a great week and I'll see you guys next time!!

    Chloe

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    Bibliography

    Anon., 2020. The Epic of   Gilgamesh. 2nd Edition ed. Milton Keynes: Penguin Books.

    Collins, J. J., 2018. The Near Eastern Context. In: Introduction to the Hebrew Bible. s.l.:1517 Media: Fortress Press, pp. 25-51.

    Harris, R., 1991. Inanna-Ishtar as Paradox and a   Coincidence of Opposites. History of Religions, 30(3), pp. 261-278.

    History.com Editors, 2021. Mesopotamia. [Online]  Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-middle-east/mesopotamia     [Accessed 7 March 2022].

    Howard, S., 2017. En Hedu'anna. Journal of the   Washington Academy of Sciences, 103(2), pp. 21-34.

    Jacobsen, T., 1987. Inanna's Descent. In: The Harps that   Once.... Yale: Yale University Press, pp. 205-232.

    Kriwaczek, P., 2012. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth   of Civilisation. New York: Thomas Dunne Books.

    Marcovich, M., 1996. From Ishtar to Aphrdotite. Journal   of Aesthetic Education, 30(2), p. 45.

    Oppenheim, A. L., 1977. Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of   a Dead Civilisation. 2nd Edition ed. London: University of Chicago Press.

    Pinker, A., 2005. Descent of the Goddess Ishtar to the   Netherworld and Nahum II 8. Vetus Testamentum, 55(1), pp. 89-100.

    Pryke, L., 2017. Ishtar. New York: Routledge.

    • 11 min

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