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Epic narrative, twins, and heroes | Open House with Gregory Nagy and Douglas Frame

Discussion with Gregory Nagy and Douglas Frame. Some of the main topics: Twins seen through the prism of Indo-European vs Near Eastern traditions, and Nestor [1:51] Patroklos as the therapōn of Achilles or as a ritual stand-in [13:36] Diachronic and historical ways of looking at the continuity of traditions, and the relationships between the languages that influenced the epic poetry of Ancient Greece [17:10] Protesilaos and Achilles [31:48] Relationship between Alcibiades and Socrates [34:06] Alexander, kingship, epic, and history [35:34 ] Herakles, heroic madness, and twin healers in Iliad: Podaleirios and Makhaon [47:11] The term ‘legend’ and sacred narrative [53:36] Myth vs history, the kleos of the ancestors [56:27] For further details, please visit https://kosmossociety.org/?p=4618