PPT-Stoic Readings of Homer Chapter 3, A. A. Long

Homer Foundation of Greek cultural identity Basis for Greek education Reflected by nearly all Greek philosophy literature and art Well into Roman Empire Homer held a cultural position in the Mediterranean only comparable to the Bible. Live Like a Stoic for a Week Last Revision: 16 th November 2014 Contents Introduction Who Were the Stoics? Central Stoic Ideas Stoic Maxims & Affirmations Stoic Week: Your Daily Routine The 1 Live Like a Stoic for a Week Monday 25th November 2013 – Sunday 1st December 2013 The Stoic Week 2013 Handbook Download questionnaires and recordings, etc., from the Stoicism Today blog for HOMER Legacy ( Version 2.68 ) January 20 11 HOMER Energy 2334 Broadway, Suite B , Boulder , Colorado 80304 720 - 565 - 4046 • www. homerenergy.com Natio nal Renewable Energy Laboratory 1 for HOMER Legacy ( Version 2.68 ) January 20 11 HOMER Energy 2334 Broadway, Suite B , Boulder , Colorado 80304 720 - 565 - 4046 • www. homerenergy.com Natio nal Renewable Energy Laboratory 1 Mary Lee Jensen. Academic Advisor. Academic Advising Center. September 2014. Objectives for Session. Identify kinds of college readings. Identify strategies for active reading. Apply appropriate strategies to different types of readings.. The Odyssey. May have lived sometime between 850 BCE and early 1200 BCE. Much of his life is a mystery. He probably lived closer to the 850 BCE date. The Iliad . and . The Odyssey . both date from around this time. warsi. & David Rothman. Queensborough. Community College. City University of New York. True Integration: Seeing Reading and Writing in Two Mirrors Through A Content-Based Approach. Reading. Variety of Reading Genres. 515-445. Parmenides. material monism. ca. 420 BCE. Demokritos. corpuscular-atomic theory. 384-322 BCE. Aristotle. astronomy, logic, physics, meteorology, biology, psychology.... 341-270 BCE. Epicurus. why the Greeks are hospitable. See where Odysseus travels. Review theme, irony, characterization, and symbolism. Who Was Homer, Anyway?. Blind poet from the island of Chios. describes events as a seeing person. The Odyssey. There are numerous theories about Homer. Here is some of what we know:. Homer is an ancient Greek story teller and court singer. . He was born around 8. th. century B.C.. He was . blind. y . Homer. The . Iliad. - Background. The Epic Form. Oral tradition. Provides form and structure to express the legend. Homer’s language, meter, and style are formulaic. Over time, bards developed common expressions, phrases, and descriptions that fit the rhythms of the epic verse line.. “The end for which everything is done but which is not itself done for the sake of anything [. summum bonum]. ” (Long). . The . telos. [goal/end] in which Stoic ethics finds its purpose. “Living in agreement [with nature],” “Good flow of life” (Zeno). _______ . Greek . poet who wandered from town to town chanting his poetry to the accompaniment of a . ____. .. . Some say that the lyrics were not written by one person but are instead a . ________ . Many believe that Homer was a blind Greek poet who wandered from town to town chanting his poetry to the accompaniment of a lyre. . Some say that the lyrics were not written by one person but are instead a collection of Greek poems..