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Jordan Poss and David Grubbs talk about books 8 and 9 of Homer’s Odyssey.

SHOW NOTES

• Our translation of Homer: Robert Fagles (1996).
• This is the Terminator 2 of the ancient world.
• Hebrews 13:2: “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
• Jordan doesn’t show Schindler’s List to his guests, in the spirit of hospitality.
• Is Book 8 Self-Insert Fic?
• Other blind characters in classical literature: Tiresias (Oedipus the King) and Phineas (Argonautica). David half-remembers John Mark Reynolds talking about this.
• Other author cameos: Alfred Hitchcock and M. Night Shyamalan.
• Sports are a way to have an aristeia with a low body count.
• Chariots of Fire shows the sacred elements in athletic competition.
• Odysseus finds himself checking in to the Hotel California.
• Jordan makes one of our many references to O Brother, Where Art Thou? 
• Aristotle calls man a political animal in the Politics. (Stay tuned for a future series on this book here on The Core Curriculum.)
• Our theme music was provided by Blue Dot Sessions.

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