Carly Silver Feldman
@carlyasilver.bsky.social
Editor, writer, museum-goer, researcher, public historian, globetrotter, bespectacled legend
GQ India doing an Us Weekly-'5 Things to Know About' type piece about Homer made my day.
rogueclassicist ~ david meadows@rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Odyssey: Who was Homer, credited as the author of the epic Greek saga that inspired Christopher Nolan’s latest movie? Did he actually exist? | GQ India www.gqindia.com/content/the-...
look, I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up but I think I may have discovered something incredible on worldcat
A little Roman octopus to wish you a happy week! 🐙❤️ From a Roman villa mosaic at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, AD 100-200. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology
I'd love to commission an edited collection on the reception of #theodyssey
Smiling Antinous
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Just a friendly reminder to surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, theatre, bakery, bookstore, and café.
Please enjoy this medieval mosaic of two roosters capturing a fox from the twelfth-century floor of the Church of Santa Maria e San Donato in Murano, as taken by Iowa medievalist Shane Bobrycki. 🐓🦊🐓 Now this is some gallus humor.
This Palgrave book examines the enduring appeal of Odysseus in artistic representation from antiquity to the present. The volume aims to provide a sense of how this character changes from ancient Greek myth through modern poetry. Learn more: spklr.io/63325EPABb 📚💙 #booksky #Odysseus
My favorite type of journalism: when the giant avocado isn't ripe enough to eat, so pictures of it compared to other office objects are snapped. businesstech.co.za/news/lifesty...
We bought the 1kg ‘Avozilla’ from Woolworths – this is how big it really is
BusinessTech bought the limited-edition Avozilla from Woolworths to see if it lives up to the name.
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Storytelling, Philosophy, and Reception Ep 28. Joel Christensen. Odyssey. Bettina Joy de Guzman. Full video (46 minutes) youtu.be/KWUh6WflGbI
Go get yourself a copy of WHY ODYSSEUS? here! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Why Odysseus?
This book examines Odysseus' enduring appeal from Homer's Odyssey to ancient philosophical understandings of Greek myth and Cavafy's poetry.
link.springer.com
Joel@sentantiq.bsky.social · 4w agoHomer’s Hollywood Odyssey open.substack.com/pub/keenon/p...
If Odysseus had spent less time on forever wars in Troy and more time on issues affecting white working-class citizens of Ithaca, then maybe Penelope's suitors wouldn't have tried to kill him.
Before you see Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” this weekend, Provost and Homer scholar Joel P. Christensen shares his insights on why the story resonates with audiences today @sentantiq.bsky.social
The ‘Odyssey’ Is the Epic of Our Time
Graduate Center Provost and “Why Odysseus?” author Joel P. Christensen explores Homer’s enduring power as audiences anticipate Christopher Nolan’s new film.
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💙📚 Can't get enough of #TheOdyssey? Read @sentantiq.bsky.social's new book WHY ODYSSEUS?, which dives into this complex 'hero' and his many adaptations. For a limited time, save 20% on print and ebook editions at bit.ly/4eZyy0L with code ITHACA: bit.ly/4wwkcMK. #LitFic 🗃️
Again with the headlines assuming I have oddly specific preconceptions
cara giaimo@cjgiaimo.bsky.social · last mo.i love when a press release headline sounds like it was written by an aggrieved fish
An hour of speculation about Nolan's Odyssey with @sarahebond.bsky.social @apistone.bsky.social @eltonteb.bsky.social @movieswedig.bsky.social @rogueclassicist.bsky.social @joegoodkin.bsky.social @illdottore.bsky.social @tonykeen58.bsky.social and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_vW...
Nolan's Odyssey Open House
YouTube video by Joel Christensen
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Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the capybaras, for today is their special day! For Capybara Day, here's an engraving from the book ' The Illustrated Natural History' (1863) by J. G. Wood. 📷 Reserve 590.2/WOO #CapybaraAppreciationDay #NationalCapybaraDay #CapybaraDay #RareBooks
What's an Assyriologist's favorite part of Rochester? South Wedge.
"Why Odysseus?" is out in print today! Check the flyer for a 20% discount code link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
A spot of ancient colour! Discovered 2 July 1763, this fabulous depiction of a 'Panther' once graced the Schola Tomb of Mamia outside Pompeii's Herculaneum Gate. Such tombs were exclusively granted to public benefactors. #Pompeii 🏺 Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8649)
Please sign this petition - now over 9k sigs - to stop the philistinic slashing of Humanities and Social Sciences staff at Exeter. #UCU #UKHE All solidarity with my brilliant friends and colleagues at @exeterucu.bsky.social
UCU Commons@ucucommons.org · 2mo agoPETITION: www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
One month until Nolan's movie comes out, but somehow this book is available electronically today and in print for the movie! Why Odysseus? Survivor, Scoundrel, (Anti)hero link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Why Odysseus?
This book examines Odysseus' enduring appeal from Homer's Odyssey to ancient philosophical understandings of Greek myth and Cavafy's poetry.
link.springer.com
So proud to have commissioned and publish this book. Joel did an amazing job, and I think anyone who is interested in #theodyssey will love it.
Joel@sentantiq.bsky.social · 2mo agoOne month until Nolan's movie comes out, but somehow this book is available electronically today and in print for the movie! Why Odysseus? Survivor, Scoundrel, (Anti)hero link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Trying to avoid the old odium philologicum but ch. 3 of "Why Odysseus?" Looks at translating Homer and explores why it is so, well, complicated, before comparing choices made by Lattimore, Lombardo, Wilson, and Mendelsohn link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Translation: The Man of Many Words
I first encountered Odysseus in cartoons. My oldest memory of the hero hails from comic retellings of his journey I received as a gift from my paternal grandmother Honor, a lifelong elementary school ...
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#FrescoFriday - Haven't done one in a while, so here's an old favourite. A delicately painted pastel-like panel of a woman holding an askos, seemingly decanting perfume or oil into a small container. From Casa Farnesina, ca. Late 1st Century BC. #Art 🏺 Image: Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo
