19 episodes
The Odyssey Odyssey Tom Lee
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5.0 • 16 Ratings
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Tom Lee retells the epic poem "The Odyssey" with diversions and excursions into the vast constellation of Greek myths surrounding the central story. The Odyssey describes a journey through time and against death, away from demons and towards home - if home is still there. Hear the story and the stories surrounding story while reflecting on how how humans have connected with this complicated hero for almost three thousand years.
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EPISODE 14: We Have to Talk About the Giants...
IN WHICH: We explore the lineage of King Alcinous, Odysseus's host, tracing his family line back to the notorious and ill-fated race of Giants.
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BONUS: Christmas With A Pope
IN WHICH: We return from an unexpected hiatus with a "party piece" - a performance of an excerpt from Alexander Pope's 1726 verse translation of The Odyssey, Book V.
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EPISODE 13: Laundry Day
IN WHICH: Odysseus is rescued by a young princess engaged in pursuits of domestic management. Athena returns him to a state of manly elegance, and the princess promises him a speedy return to his homeland on a magical ship.
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Summer Special - His Left Foot: Philoctetes
IN WHICH: Odysseus uses guile and deceit to attain The Bow of Heracles from Philoctetes, the man he betrayed and abandoned ten years before.
Watch a video of "The Speckled Bull" - an Irish folktale descended from the myth of Heracles and Achelous HERE.
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Summer Special - Achilles' (High) Heel
IN WHICH: We recount the Roman story of the Achilleid, detailing how the immortal nymph Thetis tried to protect her all-too-mortal son Achilles from the perils of the Trojan War and how "wily Odysseus" contrived to foil her schemes.
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12 - "Rosie, You're All Right"
IN WHICH we explore the most repeated poetic line in all of the Odyssey and learn the tragic story of Eos, goddess of the dawn, who kindled the wrath of Aphrodite and was cursed ever after to a life of unrequited lust. Ouch.
Also, we delve into the misty past of the great citadel of Troy and learn how gods helped to create it, and to (almost) destroy it.
Notes, images and music for this episode can be FOUND HERE.
E-mail Tom Lee HERE
Customer Reviews
Be Transported…
Tom’s story telling connected me with an ability I had forgotten I had. The ability to be mesmerized & escape(for 30minutes:). What a gift!
Super!
Wonderful storytelling that captures your imagination and takes on a great journey. Thank you!
How is an epic Ancient Greek poem like an elephant?
I can’t tell you how thoroughly I have enjoyed following the adventures of Odysseus and his fellow travelers, be they gods or mortals. Tom has a delightful sense of place and time (both the “now” and the “then”). This is not a story that tells itself, but the pace and presentation are spot on - and quite delightful!