Bunnyhop Book Club

The Iliad, rewritten & adapted into a new audio drama by George Weidman. Headphones recommended.
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Mastering by F1NG3RS

00:00 Book Four: Invisible Archer Pandarus
31:39 Commentary: Archers in Homer's time
34:53 Stripping the armor
36:21 Protecting the dead
37:55 The story of Simoeisios
40:39 This episode's artifact: Colorized Trojan archer from Aphaia
42:47 Musician credits & Patreon epithets
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The Iliad, rewritten & adapted into a new audio drama by George Weidman. Headphones recommended.
Support the project here and listen to your own glorious heroic epithet: http://www.patreon.com/superbunnyhop
Music & sound from Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com/
Mastering by F1NG3RS

00:00 Book Three: Helen, Lady of Haunting
26:39 Commentary: Historical Oddities of Book 3
31:35 Sexism in The Iliad & Ancient Greece
35:42 Ableism in The Iliad
39:33 This episode’s artifact: Plaster Face of Mycenaean Woman
41:14 Musician credits
41:23 Patreon epithets
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The Iliad, rewritten & adapted into a new audio drama by George Weidman. Headphones recommended.
Support the project here and listen to your own glorious heroic epithet: http://www.patreon.com/superbunnyhop
Music & sound from Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com/
Mastering by F1NG3RS

00:00 Book Two: The Hymn of Achean Formations
29:39 Commentary: Introduction to The Iliad
35:07 The divine right to rule
37:52 Details on late bronze-age collapse
40:26 The Iliad's connection to development of democracy
45:05 Agamemnon's dream & Homer's dramatic irony
47:49 The connection between the Greek gods & human psychology
52:14 The Catalog of Ships
54:24 This episode's artifact: Mycenaean Warrior Vase
55:15 Thanks, acknowledgements, music credits
55:37 Heroic Patron epithets
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The Iliad, rewritten & adapted into a new audio drama by George Weidman. Headphones recommended.
Support the project here and listen to your own glorious heroic epithet: http://www.patreon.com/superbunnyhop
Music & sound from Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com/
Mastering by F1NG3RS

00:00 Book One: Smoldering Deserter Achilles
36:15 Commentary: Introduction to The Iliad
38:57 Translators' word choices
41:19 Trojan War terminology & cycle
43:29 Homer and the Greek alphabet
44:43 Mycenaean Greece, Homer's setting
46:23 This episode's artifact: The Pylos Combat Agate
49:22 Thanks, acknowledgements, music credits
49:50 Heroic Patron Epithets
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