#  @TheGreatB00ks Ascend: The Great Books Podcast Ascend: The Great Books Podcast posts on X about books, odyssey, the great, youtube the most. They currently have [------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1737839450913439744/interactions)  - [--] Week [-------] -34% - [--] Month [-------] -91% - [--] Months [---------] +153% - [--] Year [----------] -29% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::1737839450913439744/posts_active)  - [--] Month [--] -72% - [--] Months [---] -5.80% - [--] Year [---] +57% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::1737839450913439744/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.41% - [--] Month [------] +5.50% - [--] Months [------] +25% - [--] Year [------] +70% ### CreatorRank: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::1737839450913439744/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [social networks](/list/social-networks) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [countries](/list/countries) [finance](/list/finance) [ncaa football](/list/ncaa-football) [stocks](/list/stocks) [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands) **Social topic influence** [books](/topic/books) #385, [odyssey](/topic/odyssey) #101, [the great](/topic/the-great) #230, [youtube](/topic/youtube), [we are](/topic/we-are), [book](/topic/book), [what is](/topic/what-is), [homer](/topic/homer), [in the](/topic/in-the), [what are](/topic/what-are) **Top assets mentioned** [Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/$spot) [TROY (TROY)](/topic/troy) [Cronos (CRO)](/topic/cronos) [God's Country (COUNTRY)](/topic/gods) [Polis (POLIS)](/topic/polis) [Jesus Coin (JESUS)](/topic/jesus) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Welcome to Ascend We are a weekly Great Books podcast hosted by @HarrisonGarlic1 and @minihan8. [----] is the YEAR OF HOMER. Join us as we read one book (chapter) of Homer's Iliad per week for the first six months of [----] and then the Odyssey for the last six months. What are the Great Books The Great Books are the most impactful texts that have shaped Western civilization. They include ancients like Homer Plato St. Augustine Dante and St. Thomas Aquinas and also moderns like Machiavelli Locke and Nietzsche. We will explore the Great Books with the light of the Catholic intellectual tradition." [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1738167075883880903) 2023-12-22T11:58Z [----] followers, 45.6K engagements "What is your favorite epithet in the Iliad Hector breaker of horses Achilles breaker of men Menelaus lord of the war cry White-armed Hera What else Read Homer with us We are reading the Iliad starting January [----]. Did Homer write the Iliad The Iliad did not originate as a written epic. It originally consisted of oral poems or rhapsodies memorized and performed by Greek bards in the centuries between the fall of Troy and Homer. https://t.co/EdK9aZHv1L We are reading the Iliad starting January [----]. Did Homer write the Iliad The Iliad did not originate as a written epic. It originally" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1739790144058638494) 2023-12-26T23:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "We are reading the Iliad next week The Iliad tells of the Achaeans (Greeks) besieging the Trojans at Troy. Who are the main Achaean characters Achilles: the son of King Peleus and Thetis the sea nymph; also called Pelides i.e. son of Peleus and was the leader of the Myrmidons and the most skilled warrior on the Achaean side. Famous for his rage he is a contender for the main protagonist of the Iliad. Agamemnon: the son of Atreus also called Atrides brother of Menelaus and the king of Mycenae. He is the husband of Clytemnestra and the father of Iphigeneia. He is the leader of the largest" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1740733253080781017) 2023-12-29T13:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Episode 1: Introduction to Ascend Join @minihan8 and @HarrisonGarlic1 for a quick introduction to Ascend. Who are we Why read the Great Books What is our plan for the Year of Homer Youtube: Spotify: Google Podcast: RSS: On many other podcasting apps as well Apple: Pending Website: Pending" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1741464772191625597) 2023-12-31T14:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@Beanie0597 @CoffeewClassics Thank you Its the YEAR OF HOMER. We are reading the Iliad and the Odyssey this year. One book (chapter) a week. All are welcome to join us. First episode is posted" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1741483068571922799) 2023-12-31T15:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Looking for something to read in [----] Join us for the YEAR OF HOMER. We are going to read the Iliad and then the Odyssey. One book (chapter) per week. A slow pace to read and read well. And read it with others We start reading Book One this week. More:" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1741563425208045923) 2023-12-31T20:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "HAPPY NEW YEAR. "The great books are an invitation to reclaim your education." Ring in the New Year with Ep. [--] of Ascend: "How to Read the Great Books Well" @minihan8 and @HarrisonGarlic1 are joined by @RichardSMeloche and Dr. Aaron Henderson of the @AlcuinInstitute to discuss Deacon's article: "Avoiding the Unreal: How to Read the Great Books Well." Episode: Article: Let us know what you think. PS: Our Introduction to Homer (Ep. 3) comes out today" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1741804503374934195) 2024-01-01T12:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@HarrisonGarlic1 We discuss this on Ascend ep. [--] How to Read the Great Books Well with @RichardSMeloche and @minihan8. We are concerned as anybody else at the headlong plunge into the abyss that Western civilization seems to be taking wrote Robert M. Hutchins" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1742872420581527785) 2024-01-04T11:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "As we read book one of the Iliad we are introduced to Agamemnon the high king of the Achaeans. Yet. there is an unsettling backstory untold in the Iliad. ➡ Agamemnon sacrificed his own daughter. What happened On their way to Troy the thousand-ship fleet of the Achaeans anchored at the island of Aulis. The fleet was unable to leave due to a persistent north wind. Desperate to leave a prophet named Calchas revealed that the goddess Artemisthe deity of the hunt animals care of children etc.was enraged because a rabbit sacred to the goddess had been slain by the Achaeans. To appease her anger" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742875960830038290) 2024-01-04T11:49Z [--] followers, [----] engagements "The sacrifice of Agamemnons daughter is a narrative that will haunt the Odyssey and then be taken up explicitly in one of the best Greek tragedies ever told: the Oresteia. The details of the myth shift a bit in each retelling. Check out our guide for more:" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742877452844646447) 2024-01-04T11:55Z [--] followers, [---] engagements "Share pics of your Iliad and your small groups. We love to see them. Reading Book One this week. #YearofHomer #HomerInAYear" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1743094449402450381) 2024-01-05T02:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "As we continue through book one. How should we think of the Greek gods They seem far from perfect. The Greek gods dwell on Mount Olympus and are ruled by the chief god Zeus. As Lattimore observes the gods of Homer are mainly immortal men and women incomparably more powerful than mortals but like mortals susceptible to all human emotions and appetites therefore capable of being teased flattered enraged seduced chastised. Each god has a patronage or represents projections of feelings or activities in the observed world. Phoebus Apollo for example is the god of archery light and truth and Pallas" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1743234896477249616) 2024-01-05T11:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Want to read Homer in a Year Join us Schedule We'll cover one book (chapter) per week in the Iliad followed by the same with the Odyssey. Each work has [--] books. January - Iliad Books 1-4 February - Iliad Books 5-8 March - Iliad Books 9-12 April - Iliad Books 13-16 May - Iliad Books 17-20 June - Iliad Books 21-24 July - Odyssey Books 1-4 August - Odyssey Books 5-8 September - Odyssey Books 9-12 October - Odyssey Books 13-16 November - Odyssey Books 17-20 December - Odyssey Books 21-24 We look forward to reading Homer with you in 2024" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1743803014723330461) 2024-01-07T01:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Happy Sunday What stood out to you the most in book one of the Iliad Who is more at fault: Achilles or Agamemnon Be sure to check the guide The podcast for book two drops this Tuesday" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1744138339882537106) 2024-01-07T23:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Happy Sunday After the year of Homer we are looking at: The Greek plays Plato What texts would you like to see on Ascend as part of these discussions" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1746562528627347708) 2024-01-14T15:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "As we read Book Three of the Iliad we must ask: Does anyone like Paris As book one revealed the complexities of Achaean politics so too does book three reveal the internal politics of the Trojans. In short almost no one likes Paris. After Paris hides from Menelaus Hector chastises him saying among other things that it be better if Paris had never been born (3.45) hes a curse to his father and a joy to the enemies of Troy (3.57-8). Moreover the people of Troy seem to want to give his new bride Helen back the Achaeans (3.191). Helen also laments that if she shares that cowards bed once more the" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1747957889119969566) 2024-01-18T12:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "How is Homer like a pipe organ in a cathedral A quick beautiful comment on Homeric similes by Dr. Karl Schudt. #HomerInAYear #YearOfHomer" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1748677688007504341) 2024-01-20T12:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Happy Sunday As we wrap up reading Book Three of the Iliad here are some minors details you may have noticed: After Paris hides from Menelaus Homer refers to Paris as magnificent brave Paris (3.41). It is an obvious use of irony that should alert us to be watchful for Homers more subtle uses of humor and irony. When Helen describes the Achaean heroes to Priam she says of Odysseus: hes quick at every treachery under the sunthe man of twists and turns (3.243-4). The latter half of Helens description will be used later by Homer to open the Odyssey. She also reveals that Odysseus led a prior" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1749027057688875107) 2024-01-21T11:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Three short texts that best map the problems with our modern world: [--]. Pope Benedict XVIs Regensburg Address [--]. CS Lewis Abolition of Man [--]. Leo Strauss Three Waves of Modernity. What would you recommend" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1749633638180753835) 2024-01-23T03:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Who is Cronus As Cronus (i.e. Cronos or Kronos) is referenced several times in book four of the Iliad. Who is he A brief summary The earth (Gaia) and the heavens (Uranus) came together and gave birth to the great and powerful Titansand the chief titan Cronos waged war against his own father and defeated him and ascended in power and ruled over the world. In turn Cronos had childrenthe Olympian godsbut fearing his children would dethrone him he ate them when they were born. Yet at the birth of one of his sons Cronos was tricked into swallowing a stone and the young male child named Zeus" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1749769358828573130) 2024-01-23T12:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The great books are an invitation to reclaim your education. They are a remedy to the privations of modern education and a salvageable substitute for our lack of a robust liberal arts formation. In reading the authors of the great books we are still in the ordinary world but it is an ordinary world transfigured and seen through the eyes of wisdom and genius. We are invited to the Great Conversation to listen and to add our voice to the pursuit of truth" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1751941895230468240) 2024-01-29T12:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "More: How should you read the great books We are concerned as anybody else at the headlong plunge into the abyss that Western civilization seems to be taking wrote Robert M. Hutchins editor of the [----] Great Books of the Western World" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1751941896841093532) 2024-01-29T12:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Good morning. We are reading Book Five of the Iliad this week. DIOMEDES FIGHTS THE GODS Athena grants Diomedes an Achaean power to fight the Trojans (5.01) and convinces Ares who has sided with the Trojans to refrain from entering the fray (5.33). Diomedes is smashing the Trojan lines before him (5.105) when Pandarus the Trojan who previously broke the truce by shooting Menelaus shoots Diomedes (5.107). Diomedes is restored by Athena who tells him not to fight any of immortals save Aphrodite and grants him the ability to see the gods (5.142). Diomedes delivers a brutal death to Pandarus" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1752311671727518005) 2024-01-30T12:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "8 REASONS YOU SHOULD READ HOMER'S ILIAD [--]. The First Great Book: The Iliad is the first great book in the Western canonsave the Bible. As one would start with Genesis to understand the Hebrews one starts with Homer to understand the Greeks. It is the beginning of the West" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1753017542887485552) 2024-02-01T11:28Z [----] followers, 20.8K engagements "5. Freedom & Fatalism: The Iliad is a story of force and fate. Does man have any freedom under the will of the gods Are the gods subject to a nameless fate Homer the teacher presents a complex tale that begins the dialogue of the relation of human and the divine" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1753017551255216182) 2024-02-01T11:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "6. Achilles v. Hector: The Iliad is unique insofar as Homer humanizes the enemy: the Trojans. Homer uses Hector as a foil against Achilles to question what is arete (excellence). Different cultures in the West have favored Achilles or Hector. The question to explore is why" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1753017552622514530) 2024-02-01T11:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Check out this thread on the Great Books by @alecmbianco Alec will join us for a discussion on the Odyssey later in our Year of Homer. HOMER If you cant read anything else read Homer. These two books are the foundation of all study. As Andrew Kern says all philosophy is a footnote to Homer. Iliad Odyssey https://t.co/S5IgHCVbqL HOMER If you cant read anything else read Homer. These two books are the foundation of all study. As Andrew Kern says all philosophy is a footnote to Homer. Iliad Odyssey https://t.co/S5IgHCVbqL" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1754142438329852147) 2024-02-04T13:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "GM. What has been your favorite part of the Iliad thus far Book five gave us some wonderful scenes--like Athena placing the strength of his father into Diomedes and helping him spear Ares. We start Book Six tomorrow. Good job" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1754477775014986087) 2024-02-05T12:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "POST SCRIPT What others books would you add What is essential to any family library Let us know" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1754700903519556072) 2024-02-06T02:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "HECTOR RETURNS HOME TO HIS FAMILY The famous scene is an introduction to the ancient concept of PIETY and its threefold object: the gods the polis and family. A virtue of gratitude very much lost by modern man Let's look: The ancient notion of piety is one of gratitude. A man who is thankful and humble before the gods is a pious man. The notion of piety however is also extended to the polis and to the family; because as a man is in debt to the gods he is also in debt to his country and to his family. The presentation of Hector in book six is an invitation to consider his piety. It is notable" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1755559745283399868) 2024-02-08T11:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Did you know We have a FREE [--] page [---] question and answer guide on the Iliad. A great resource for the classroom or small group. Here:" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1756089884366770206) 2024-02-09T22:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "5 Reasons to Read the Great Books The great books are the most impactful texts in the history of Western civilization. Yet the goal is not to become a well-read relativist. The goal is to reclaim our intellects from this modern age and discover the truth Let's look" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1756481671056986599) 2024-02-11T00:53Z [----] followers, 12.7K engagements "Is Hector a virtuous character for Homer What does virtue or arete even mean for Homer How is this word arete picked up by Plato Let's look Hector displays many characteristics we would refer to as virtues. He is brave magnanimous and pious. The narrative of him seeing his wife and son in Troy is a charming testament to Hectors character (6.462). Though not without his shortcomings Hector presents to us as a virtuous leader. This is however us looking back at Hector as moderns through the more robust virtue tradition of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. What was virtue for Homer In the Greek" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1757014905369018376) 2024-02-12T12:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "AJAX DUELS WITH HECTOR We are reading Book Seven of the Iliad this week: the duel of Ajax and Hector. ➡Podcast is episode is out. What happens in Book Seven Here is a summary: Hector and Paris lead the rampaging Trojans on a counteroffensive against the Achaeans (7.19). Athena goes to intervene but Apollo convinces her to halt the war and the heat of combat now to presumably save the Trojans from Athenas wrath (7.34). To do this Athena inspires Helenus one of the fifty sons of Priam that the gods have commanded that Hector challenge the bravest Achaean to single combat (7.58). Hector makes" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1757386305296556326) 2024-02-13T12:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "If we are to reclaim what was lost when the liberal arts fell then the purpose of studying the great books must be the pursuit of truth. It was not relativistic dialogue that led Bl. Alcuin of York and Emperor Charlemagne to rebuild the West. Nor was it relativism that nurtured St. Thomas Aquinas or Dante. We are the inheritors of a robust pursuit of trutha desire to satiate in the thickness of reality" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1757937853302985018) 2024-02-15T01:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Wonderful Join us as we read through the Iliad and then the Odyssey in this YEAR OF HOMER. We have: Podcasts Youtube videos [---] Question and Answer Guide on the Iliad Resources: @TheGreatB00ks Just subscribed to the podcast Time to buy some books. @TheGreatB00ks Just subscribed to the podcast Time to buy some books" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1758630441496531101) 2024-02-16T23:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "On the telos of the mind All things are judged good or bad according to their purpose (or telos as the classical Greeks called it). I know a good knife must be sharp because I understand its purpose is to cut. And because I know its purpose I understand that the whetstone is good for the knife while its opposite would be bad. In sum because I understand the purpose or telos of the thing I can know whether the quality of that thing is good or badand also what is good or bad for that thing. So too is it for our intellect. If the purpose of our intellect is truth then it is by that standard I" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1758840372455731211) 2024-02-17T13:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Iliad is better than the Odyssey. [--] Reasons the Iliad is simply a better story with better characters than the Odyssey. Lets take up a few (somewhat hyperbolic) reasons 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1758970477165375980) 2024-02-17T21:43Z [----] followers, 99.4K engagements "6. Arete What does it mean to be an excellent (arete) human The Iliad explores this question by contrasting Achilles and Hectorand tradition crowned Hector as the hero. The arete of Odysseus is complicated and conflicted. 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1758970501249040629) 2024-02-17T21:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "7. Theme of the Family Hector returning to his family in Troy far outshines Odysseus return to Penelope. Hector dies for his family and polis. Odysseus leaves Penelope again and is killed by a child he fathered with Circe. Not even close. 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1758970509121740805) 2024-02-17T21:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@QuixoteSword Agreed. Its also notable that so much of what we know culturally from the Odyssey eg lotus eaters cyclops sirens Scylla and Charybdis etc. all comes from only four books" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1759003640218402979) 2024-02-17T23:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@jethrothekenite What is the central theme of the Odyssey" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1759063348753154204) 2024-02-18T03:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Odyssey is a beautiful tale of fidelity loyalty and more ➡ Here are [--] positive lessons from the Odyssey. Though Odysseus is a conflicted character the Odyssey has many good themes. Here are a few excellent ones" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1759550508455321983) 2024-02-19T12:08Z [----] followers, 25.4K engagements "3. Guest-Friendship (Xenia) Strangers are to be welcomed as friends. Only after they are bathed and feasted do you ask them their name. They often reciprocate by telling you their story. You then send them on their way with a gift. Beautiful lessons in hospitality. There are deep parallels in Hebrew culture (eg Abraham Lot etc) and in the New Testament (St Paul on entertaining angels) and in the early church (Benedictines)" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1759550529095540898) 2024-02-19T12:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "4. The Faithful Wife Penelope is an icon of fidelity to her husband Odysseus. There is no equivalent to her in the Iliad as Homer describes her as having arete (excellence)a term reserved for men. She is the matchless queen of cunning outsmarting the suitors. Her reunion with Odysseus and the riddle of the marriage bed is a beautiful testament to her fidelity to her husband" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1759550537291174138) 2024-02-19T12:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "5. The Loyal Servant The lowly Swineherd is the epitome of the loyal servantan unwavering fidelity to his king. We discover that he is actually royalty and that he serves his lowly station with excellent and docility. Hes contrasted to the goatherd the disloyal servant who suffers the most BRUTAL death in all the Odyssey OR the Iliad" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1759550540902543854) 2024-02-19T12:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Thank you for the reviews It really helps us. Join us as we read the Iliad. Apple: Spotify:" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1760120669428146470) 2024-02-21T01:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Our friend @RewiretheWest is a friend of the podcast and will join us to discuss the Odyssey later this year. Happy Saturday y'all https://t.co/6DYDF6SGx7 Happy Saturday y'all https://t.co/6DYDF6SGx7" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1761594265711362410) 2024-02-25T03:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "NEW EPISODE This week we are discussing BOOK NINE of the Iliad. The Embassy to Achilles ➡Who is Phoenix ➡What is the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus exactly ➡What are the two fates of Achilles And more #YearOfHomer" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1762453294381765036) 2024-02-27T12:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@polusyroy Its a good one. Have you read his book on the Odyssey as a political journey" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1763756895448219820) 2024-03-02T02:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Agreed. The Odyssey has good themes and Odysseus embodies those at times but overall hes not a hero. All the complications of Achilles v. Hector are held within Odysseus himself. Worth pondering but not emulation. Post a villain that people treat like a hero. Odysseus. Fight me. https://t.co/ORRPzTUbi2 Post a villain that people treat like a hero. Odysseus. Fight me. https://t.co/ORRPzTUbi2" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1763889709787353372) 2024-03-02T11:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "If youre looking for a hero in the Odyssey look to Penelope. She is an icon of fidelity to her husband Odysseus. There is no equivalent to her in the Iliad as Homer describes her as having arete (excellence)a term reserved for men. She is the matchless queen of cunning outsmarting the suitors. Her reunion with Odysseus and the riddle of the marriage bed is a beautiful testament to her fidelity to her husband" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1764097495334842696) 2024-03-03T01:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Why read the Iliad It is foundational to philosophy. While Homer was not a philosopher he was a teacherand the themes he raised serve as the groundwork for Plato and Aristotle. What does it mean to be a good man Does man have free will Are the divine and fate distinct Homer presents perennial questions about man in narrative form. Plato will borrow from and debate with Homer. Join us as we read Homer in a Year:" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1764627759899267340) 2024-03-04T12:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Who should we have on to discuss Plato Let us know" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1765499696267591723) 2024-03-06T22:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Who is your favorite character in the Odyssey We'd vote: THE SWINEHERD The lowly Swineherd is the epitome of the loyal servant: an unwavering fidelity to his king. We discover that he is royalty and that he serves his lowly station with excellent and docility. Hes contrasted to the goatherd the disloyal servant who suffers the most BRUTAL death in all the Odyssey OR the Iliad" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1766466346773008732) 2024-03-09T14:09Z [----] followers, 14.2K engagements "Six reasons to read the Iliad. ➡Greek reason + Hebrew faith + Roman order = a world ready to receive Jesus Christ To understand Greek reason we start with Homer. [--]. The First Great Book - The Iliad is the first great book save the Bible. As we start with Genesis to understand the Hebrews we start with Homer to understand the Greeks. [--]. Being an Excellent Man: Homer uses the heroes of the Trojan war as contrasts for the question of human excellence (arete). What is human excellence What does it mean to be a good man We are shown this question in Achilles v. Hector. [--]. Hospitality: Homer" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1769139113909780647) 2024-03-16T23:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Antigone is worth your time. A phenomenal tale that uses the honors we owe the dead to explore the order of justice and law. Like the Oresteia it pushes past a primitive notion of what is just into a nascent grasp of natural law and an ordered cosmos. Gm. Wake up early and read great books. https://t.co/B3sooGNfZi Gm. Wake up early and read great books. https://t.co/B3sooGNfZi" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1771141498844643618) 2024-03-22T11:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Are women the "beautiful evil" Hesiod tells of how Prometheus stole fire from the heavens and gave it to man. This lifted man out of darkness and made him god-like capable of civilization. How does Zeus punish man Gives him the beautiful evil: women. Let's dive deep [--] First let's look at the stealing of the fire. Man originally lived in darkness unable to light his homes or keep away wild beasts. He had no way to cook his food or to forge metal. He had no warmth or light. He lacked technology and innovation. Man without fire is a creature of darkness and suffering. Prometheus stealing fire" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1771557700612014564) 2024-03-23T15:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Gm. Read Homer with us ➡ Why read Homer The great books are great because they take up perennial questions about our existence. What is a good man What does it mean to be free What is our relation to the divine These questions start in Homer" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1773311751762624573) 2024-03-28T11:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "We are concerned as anybody else at the headlong plunge into the abyss that Western civilization seems to be taking. Robert M. Hutchins editor of the [----] Great Books of the Western World. What are the great books What is the purpose in studying them In order to recall the West to sanity Hutchins and his associate editor Mortimer Adler compiled the fifty-four volume Great Books of the Western Worldseries representing the primary texts from the greatest intellects in Western history. From Homer to Dante to Shakespeare they saw these authors in a dialogue a Great Conversation that gave the West" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1775855425939767804) 2024-04-04T11:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Book [--] of the Iliad with @HarrisonGarlic1 and @HootenWilson is now out on Youtube ✅ Who is Flannery O'Connor ✅ Is Hector a tragic hero ✅ Can reading the Iliad help you read the Bible ✅ And more" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1777822183101808662) 2024-04-09T22:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "If you want to take seriously your intellectual life there is no better place to start than reading the great books. Join the great conversation of authors who built Western civilization. It starts with Homer. We are reading Homer in a year. Join us" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1778015616093622411) 2024-04-10T11:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Opening of the Iliad v. the Odyssey ➡The Iliad: The will of Zeus moves all things toward their end. ➡The Odyssey: "Why do men blame us for all their problems" says Zeus. This week @HootenWilson joined @HarrisonGarlic1 to discuss Book [--] of the Iliad" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1778744492364881929) 2024-04-12T11:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Thoughts on clergy reading the great books as part of their formation Would you want a pastor who was familiar with Sophocles and Plato Discussing Antigone with the men in the diaconate formation program tonight. https://t.co/eKAd5HvUqV Discussing Antigone with the men in the diaconate formation program tonight. https://t.co/eKAd5HvUqV" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1778986263044931690) 2024-04-13T03:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Recommended translations of the Iliad: [--]. Robert Fagles (especially for a first read) [--]. Richmond Lattimore (a classic) Hi my name is Erik and Im an Iliadoholic. https://t.co/MO0yXyJ4IV Hi my name is Erik and Im an Iliadoholic. https://t.co/MO0yXyJ4IV" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1780291239838986244) 2024-04-16T17:44Z [----] followers, 14.4K engagements "If youre looking for a great book that is: ✅Short ✅Life-changing ✅A map of modernity Then read the Abolition of Man. A reminder that relativists are only relativists about the values they want to destroy and strict absolutists about the values they promote. Relativism *always* devolves into power dynamics. Read the Abolition of Man. https://t.co/mSI7hEYduN A reminder that relativists are only relativists about the values they want to destroy and strict absolutists about the values they promote. Relativism *always* devolves into power dynamics. Read the Abolition of Man. https://t.co/mSI7hEYduN" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1780342964109123636) 2024-04-16T21:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Its our YEAR OF HOMER. You guys are doing great on the Iliad. We are on Book [--] this week. Well start the Odyssey this summer. One book (chapter) a week. Reclaim your intellectual life Good work everyone" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1780786478395617565) 2024-04-18T02:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Why should you read the Iliad Heres one reason: ✅Achilles v. Hector The Iliad is unique insofar as Homer humanizes the enemy: the Trojans. Homer uses Hector as a foil against Achilles to question what is arete (excellence) Different cultures post-Iliad have favored either Achilles or Hector. ➡The question to explore is why. What lesson does Homer have for us on what it means to be an excellent man This is the beginning of the Wests reflection on virtue" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1780915740398252216) 2024-04-18T11:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Why should you read the Odyssey Heres one reason: ✅ The Importance of Home Odysseus has several temptations to never return homeCalypso Circe Nausicaa lotus eaters etc. But there is something important about home. The land of your ancestors your people and your parents. It is the place that invested in you. He has a role at home and he is needed. Many struggle today to understand the importance of home" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1781286262457995431) 2024-04-19T11:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Do you have a reading schedule A priest friend of the podcast reads [--] pages of whatever book hes reading each morning. Thats a [---] page book a month. Whats your approach" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1781676385926254899) 2024-04-20T13:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Why should you read the great books Heres one reason ✅Conform your mind to reality The goal is not to become a cosmopolitan relativist. The goal is to discover truth. Truth is conformity of the mind to reality. But modern man wants reality to conform to his mind. We must pursue the truth" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1782023925662191910) 2024-04-21T12:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Save Western Civilization from the Abyss We are concerned as anybody else at the headlong plunge into the abyss that Western civilization seems to be taking." Editor of [----] Great Books of the Western World The great books are an attempt to recall the West back to sanity" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1782370128211968438) 2024-04-22T11:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "This is a must read for anyone who wants to take their intellectual life seriously. One of my students recommended this so I picked up a copy https://t.co/6NATBVvYGA One of my students recommended this so I picked up a copy https://t.co/6NATBVvYGA" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1782544182285942849) 2024-04-22T22:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "One of the most important lessons you can draw from the great books is DOCILITY. Too often we think we're smarter than the ancients because we have iPhone or Google. What could Homer even teach me But Homer is a teacher. And he teaches on the perennial truths of man" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1782601141957579115) 2024-04-23T02:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "You should read the Odyssey. Heres one lesson to show why: ➡Boys Need to be Unsafe Telemachus Odysseus son has to leave the safety of his boyhood home his nurse and his mother to find news of his father. But his journey is about him finding his own spirit (thumos). Its the classic coming of age story. He has his own mini-odyssey that allows him to mature from a boy to a man. It also shows the need a boy has for his father and the vacuum that is created if a boy lacks a father figure. By the time he returns home hes ready to take the reins of his house and set it back in orderalongside his" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1783093053479117017) 2024-04-24T11:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The danger of the great books. Many who read the great books become well-read relativists. Why And should we then read the great books In his [----] masterpiece The Art of Worldly Wisdom the Spanish priest Baltasar Gracian S.J. exhorted his audience to avoid the faults of your nation. He explains: Water shares the good or bad qualities of the strata through which it flows and man those of the climate in which he is born. We live as Cardinal Ratzinger observes under a dictatorship of relativism and it contaminates every feature of our intellect. To have the requisite self-awareness and virtue to" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1783446407333961939) 2024-04-25T10:42Z [----] followers, 19.8K engagements "Do you want to read the Odyssey Join us Well be reading the Odyssey together this summer. One book (chapter) per week. Nice steady pace with LOTS of guest professors and friends. Many good conversations are in store for this summer" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1786871970522337396) 2024-05-04T21:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Zeus is worried about a usurper. In Hesiod's Theogony we see how Cronos overthrew his father Uranus and then Zeus overthrew Cronos. Zeus' reign seems secure after battling the titans and Typhon. But will one of his sons usurp him and continue the succession 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1788896940823879771) 2024-05-10T11:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Now jump to the war in Troy. How does it start The origin of the war in Troy is the marriage of King Peleus (mortal) and Thetis (immortal). Discord (who was not invited) throws in a golden apple for the "fairest" and Hera Aphrodite and Athena fight over it. 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1788896943860551772) 2024-05-10T11:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Poseidon & Zeus were fighting for the affection of Thetis the nymph. But Prometheus tells them that Thetis' son will be greater than his father. Prometheus saves Zeus from the fate of Uranus and Cronos. Zeus saves his reign by having Thetis marry a mortal Peleus. 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1788896956296708415) 2024-05-10T11:40Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements "The son of Thetis and Peleus is: Achilles Achilles is greater than his father Peleus but also all other mortals. Achilles has the spirit of a potential king over all gods and men RAGING inside a mortal frame. The last threat to Zeus' reign is neutralized. 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1788896958905565372) 2024-05-10T11:40Z 13.1K followers, [---] engagements "@alancornett Which tomb is this" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1788943290860990921) 2024-05-10T14:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Rome is the final revenge of Troy upon Greece. Book [--] of the Iliad presents a tension: Aeneas is saved because he's destined to rule Troy but. Troy is destined to fall. ➡Lost epics merged myths and imperial propaganda weave a great tale: The mythical founding of Rome In his stance against Achilles Aeneas presents his genealogypresumably due to Apollos observation that Aeneas patrimony is more impressive than Achilles (20.250 125). We also see Poseidon tell the gods that Aeneas is destined to survive (20.349). Most notable Poseidon prophesies: Aeneas will rule the men of Troy in powerhis sons" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1792739909914013961) 2024-05-21T02:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Gm Wake up early and read the great books. We are reading Book [--] of the Iliad this week. Well be reading the Odyssey next" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1793231900837871813) 2024-05-22T10:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Why read the Iliad It contains perennial questions (and answers) about the condition of man: ✅ free will v fate ✅ role of the divine ✅ structure of the cosmos ✅ purpose of suffering ✅ what does it mean to be good ✅ and more Read Homer with us" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1793356365148114947) 2024-05-22T19:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "CHILDREN SUMMER READING LIST Read good books to your children and have them read good books Parents have a duty to cultivate their children's imagination. Here are great books for kids organized by AGE" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1793979774043631673) 2024-05-24T12:18Z [----] followers, 13.9K engagements "THE NURSERY (Ages [--] 7) Read these to your children and have your older children read them themselves: Aesop. Aesops Fables Andersen Hans Christian. Fairy Tales. Carroll Lewis. Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. Collodi Carlo. Pinocchio Kingsley Charles. Water Babies Kipling Rudyard. Just So Stories; Jungle Book. Lang Andrew. Blue Book of Fairies Milne A.A. Winnie the Pooh Potter Beatrix: Peter Rabbit" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1793979779907027423) 2024-05-24T12:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "YOUTH (Ages [--] 20) Austen Jane. Pride and Prejudice Bernanos Georges. Diary of a Country Priest. Bronte Charlotte. Jane Eyre Cather Willa. Death Comes for the Archbishop Chesterton G.K. Father Brown series; Everlasting Man; A Man Called Thursday Columbus Christopher. Four Voyages to the New World. Dostoyevsky Feodor. Crime and Punishment; Brothers Karamazov Hawthorne Nathaniel. Scarlet Letter Melville Herman. Moby Dick Shakespeare. MacBeth; Hamlet; Taming of the Shrew; As You Like It. Undset Sigrid. Kristin Lavransdatter" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1793979787959992487) 2024-05-24T12:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Read good books to your children Have your children read good books This list is drawn from John Senior's [----] good books list. Join us in reading the Odyssey this summer https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/ https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1793979790510432565) 2024-05-24T12:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The Greek plays serve as an intellectual bridge between Homer and Plato. They are indispensable in any great books reading list" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1795171978275361146) 2024-05-27T19:15Z 47.2K followers, 68.4K engagements "TOMORROW we start BOOK [--] of the Iliad. Need to catch up New to Homer Start here: New to the Great Books Start here: We start the Odyssey in a few weeks https://youtu.be/0jgh4flpMZYfeature=shared https://youtu.be/_CQCUO03SFAfeature=shared https://youtu.be/0jgh4flpMZYfeature=shared https://youtu.be/_CQCUO03SFAfeature=shared" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1795206001391497288) 2024-05-27T21:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Write in your books. Own them. [--] REASONS YOU SHOULD WRITE IN YOUR BOOKS. [--]. You read a book to REREAD it. Your marks and notes are like signposts to a future you. [--]. Your marks and notes help you track the narrative and key ideas which furthers your engagement with the text and improves memory. [--]. Use a different pen color on each read through to distinguish different patterns of thought and observations. [--]. "But my notes might be embarrassing later" YES. That would mean your understanding has matured. Growth is an imperfect messy process. [--]. You're creating an heirloom. Write and take notes" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1795610325149995396) 2024-05-29T00:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "We are reading Homer together this year. Six months on the Iliad Six months on the Odyssey Read Homer with us" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1795777462137143689) 2024-05-29T11:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Our conversation on Book [--] of the Iliad is out ✅ Funeral games ✅ Ghost of Patroclus ✅ Human sacrifice ✅ And more Join us as we finish the Iliad. We'll be reading the Odyssey next" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1797955204589174879) 2024-06-04T11:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Thank you We are almost at the end of the Iliad and are over [-----] downloads. We really appreciate everyone joining us to read the Iliad. Odyssey starts in a few weeks" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1798183962915037315) 2024-06-05T02:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "You're doing a great job We are humbled by everyone reading the Iliad with us. Where are we going from here ✅Book [--] next week ✅ BONUS Episode: What happens between the Iliad and the Odyssey ✅ Intro to the Odyssey We'll then read one book of the Odyssey per week" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1798792846738149433) 2024-06-06T19:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Those who wanted to hold political office in Athens were asked: "Do you treat your parents well" If a man cannot be pious toward his parents how will he be pious to the polis" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1798873024256688629) 2024-06-07T00:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Is Penelope the best character in the Odyssey She is an icon of fidelity to her husband Odysseus. There is no equivalent to her in the Iliad as Homer describes her as having arete (excellence)a term reserved for men. She is the matchless queen of cunning outsmarting the suitors. Her reunion with Odysseus and the riddle of the marriage bed is a beautiful testament to her fidelity to her husband. Shes a stark contrast to Helen (and to Clytemnestra)" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1799053823815598569) 2024-06-07T12:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Awesome Join us reading the Odyssey We start in THREE WEEKS. Decided to buy a new copy of the Odyssey to follow along with @TheGreatB00ks podcast Year of Homer and decided to round out the Fagles books with the Aeneid. Great time to revisit the classics you missed in school frens https://t.co/qLUcSMihMg Decided to buy a new copy of the Odyssey to follow along with @TheGreatB00ks podcast Year of Homer and decided to round out the Fagles books with the Aeneid. Great time to revisit the classics you missed in school frens https://t.co/qLUcSMihMg" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1799544824581751251) 2024-06-08T20:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "How should we read one of the most famous passages in literature: Priam asking Achilles for the body of Hector. Many read this as a repentance scene for Achilles. As if he's sorry for what he's done. Is that what the text shows us Let's look" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1801217686455648752) 2024-06-13T11:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "What's the story Achilles has the body of Hector at the Achaean camp. Priam king of Troy has secretly been led by Hermes with a wagon of treasure to plead with Achilles for the body of his son Prince Hector. He must beg before the man who killed his son (and many others)" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1801217688405946631) 2024-06-13T11:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Symbol = bring things together Diabolical = cast things apart 🧵Great thread on the depth of the word symbol and its use in Christianity" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1802169906101665793) 2024-06-16T02:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Gm. Wake up early and read the great books. We start the Odyssey NEXT WEEK" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1802672809128194178) 2024-06-17T12:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@alancornett Awesome Glad to have you. Next few weeks: Between Iliad and Odyssey (tomorrow) Intro with Deneen Book one Fatherhood with Jason Craig Book two Et al" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1802686361549279286) 2024-06-17T12:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Wait how does the Achilles die The death of Achilles is not recorded in the Iliad but happens between the Iliad and the Odyssey. Here's the story of his death. 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1803393280698098134) 2024-06-19T11:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Famously Paris who caused the whole Trojan war by absconding with Helen shoots (with Apollo's help) Achilles in the heel and he dies. Thus the idiom an Achilles heel and name of the Achilles tendon that connects the calf muscles to the heel bone" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1803393288973459633) 2024-06-19T11:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Achilles fails to take Troy. In the Iliad the contrast is between Achilles and Hector. But in the interim period between the Iliad and the Odyssey the contrast is between Achilles (raw power) and Odysseus (cunning). The former does not take Troy the latter does" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1803393291578143231) 2024-06-19T11:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "What happens BETWEEN the Iliad and the Odyssey This week @HarrisonGarlic1 and @minihan8 discuss what happens to: Achilles Paris Giant Ajax Andromache Little Astyanax And more We start the Odyssey NEXT WEEK" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1803739426108940642) 2024-06-20T10:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "CONGRATULATIONS🎉 Congrats to all who read the Iliad over the last six months. Well done What a wonderful journey. 19600+ podcast downloads 700+ YouTube subscribers [----] hours of videos watched Lots of people enjoyed reading the Iliad Great job. NEXT WEEK: The Odyssey" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1804124163642097783) 2024-06-21T12:08Z [----] followers, 17.2K engagements "The Odyssey is a story on the importance of place and of coming home. It is a coming of age story and a story of fidelity and perseverance. It is a story worth your time and attention. TOMORROW we launch into the Odyssey with an intro episode with Dr. Patrick Deneen. Join us" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1805208438592385230) 2024-06-24T11:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "INTRODUCTION TO HOMER New to Homer Want to read the Iliad or Odyssey with us but you're not sure who Homer is "Who is Homer" Check out links below:" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1805371985561616726) 2024-06-24T22:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Need a reason to read the Odyssey with us ➡Boys Need to be Unsafe Telemachus Odysseus son has to leave the safety of his boyhood home his nurse and his mother to find news of his father. But his journey is about him finding his own spirit (thumos). Its the classic coming of age story. He returns a man ready to set his home rightalongside his father" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1806484108077572374) 2024-06-28T00:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Need another reason to read the Odyssey with us Queen Penelope Penelope is an icon of fidelity to her husband Odysseus. There is no equivalent to her in the Iliad as Homer describes her as having arete (excellence)a term reserved for men. She is the matchless queen of cunning outsmarting the suitors. Her reunion with Odysseus and the riddle of the marriage bed is a beautiful testament to her fidelity to her husband" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1806655190046499144) 2024-06-28T11:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "In the Iliad the comparison is Achilles against Hector. In the Odyssey the comparison is Odysseus against Odysseus. The man of twists and turns gives the reader much to contemplate and discern" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1807919474550661526) 2024-07-01T23:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Notice that in the opening of the Odyssey the poet defers back to the Muse: start where you will. Unlike the Iliad the poet asks the Muse to start where she would in the story of Odysseus. Notably the Odyssey has a much more complicated chronological structure" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1808473814138802423) 2024-07-03T12:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "YOU CAN READ THE ODYSSEY. This week we are reading Book One of the Odyssey. Podcast video and a written guide out now. Last week we had an excellent conversation with Dr. Patrick Deneen et al. to introduce the great books and the Odyssey. Check it out. Links below" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1808585805553881305) 2024-07-03T19:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Gm Read the Odyssey with us: Intro with Dr Deneen - Posted Book One - Posted Fatherhood in the Odyssey - tomorrow Book Two - Next week" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1810267708786626914) 2024-07-08T11:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Also check out our 60+ page guide to the Odyssey on our website. Links: https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/listen https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/listen" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1810267712813179388) 2024-07-08T11:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "8. Zeus says its "shameless" how the mortals blame the gods for their troubles. This is almost comical after reading the deeply fatalistic Iliad. But the Odyssey is often read as having much more human agency than the Iliad" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1810866731063103721) 2024-07-10T02:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "9. It is said Aegisthus - in helping to murder Agamemnon - went "beyond his share" or "fate" - fate is seen as a portion an allotment of destiny that if man (or the gods.) trespass it causes chaos" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1810866732589846781) 2024-07-10T02:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "10. What is not recorded in Homer is WHY Clytemnestra had a pretense to murder Agamemnon: he had ritualistically sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia to appease Artemis in order to have favorable winds for the fleet sailing to Troy" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1810866734590496957) 2024-07-10T02:40Z 34.2K followers, [---] engagements "11. The story of Troy begins and ends with heinous acts: the sacrifice of Iphigenia and then the rape of Cassandra at the altar of Athena by little Ajax at the fall of Troy. For the latter Athena curses the Achaean journey home" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1810866736083665088) 2024-07-10T02:40Z 34.2K followers, [---] engagements "15. Athena takes on the guise of the man Mentor to help Telemachus in his journey - and this is the etymological origin of being someone's "mentor." [--]. Notice that Athena takes on the guise of man to lead Telemachus - as he is suffering from fatherlessness" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1810866740391292947) 2024-07-10T02:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "17. Notice too that Telemachus to become a man is sent to speak with his father's war buddies: Nestor and Menelaus. He must become like Orestes Ag's son who avenged him. [--]. Penelope is the "matchless queen of cunning" and her fidelity contrasts her with Clytemnestra" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1810866741787955667) 2024-07-10T02:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Why should fathers read the great books This week Jason Craig who leads Sword and Spade Magazine (great name) speaks with Dcn. Garlick and Adam about the importance of fatherhood and the lessons on fatherhood in the Odyssey" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1811006882871386398) 2024-07-10T11:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Book Two of the Odyssey is out Dcn. Garlick (@HarrisonGarlic1) shares how he engaged in guest-friendship by giving away roosters at his great books reading group" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1813170463280947280) 2024-07-16T11:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "How many pages do you try and read a day [--] pages a morning is a [---] page book a month" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1814478370215764409) 2024-07-20T01:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Good things are happening A few upcoming items: ✅Dr. Grabowski Mr. Lackey and @HarrisonGarlic1 discuss BOOK THREE of the Odyssey tomorrow. ✅ Next week: BOOK FOUR with Fr. Bonaventure OP and @minihan8 ✅ Recording with @KyleWashut and @HarrisonGarlic1 on the Odyssey education and @WYOCathCollege ✅ Recording with @zenahitz and @HarrisonGarlic1 on Aristophanes' Clouds ✅ Recording with @tsh and @HarrisonGarlic1 on Aristophanes' Frogs Good people good books and good things ahead Join us" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1815561752878198855) 2024-07-23T01:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Are you assigned the Iliad this fall Teaching the Iliad soon Need to read it before your kids do in school Haven't read it since high school. Only seen the Brad Pitt "documentary" We can help Everyone can read the Iliad" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1818110834364522503) 2024-07-30T02:26Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements "You could start a small group on the Iliad or Odyssey today. Podcasts videos written guides etc. to help you and your small group read Homer Read the great books with friends Build a community of fellow readers. We are more motivated to read when we have friends who are readers when chatting about books becomes a rewarding social activity. And perhaps Im biased but I think booklovers are generally just more fun to be around. https://t.co/fau9GrQB7F Build a community of fellow readers. We are more motivated to read when we have friends who are readers when chatting about books becomes a" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1818975831135338628) 2024-08-01T11:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "In one of the most important passages in the Odyssey Odysseus is offered an immortal life of pleasure with a beautiful goddess Calypso. He says no. How can he say no Homer gives us a subtle hint that unfurls the ancient view on glory death and mortality. 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1820798191031243192) 2024-08-06T12:24Z [----] followers, 27.8K engagements "The story of Odysseus and Calypso is found in Book Five of the Odyssey. In the opening of that book Homer changes his typical line about the "rosy fingers of Dawn." The change should catch our attention. Instead he mentions Dawn's lover Tithonus. But who is he 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1820798192889323552) 2024-08-06T12:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "We are committed to journeying through the great books with you. Here's what we have coming up after our Year of Homer: Hesiod's Theogony Intro to Aeschylus The Oresteia by Aeschylus Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus The Theban Plays by Sophocles The Bacchae by Euripides Tragic Plays Roundtable: Key Thoughts & Concepts The Clouds by Aristophanes The Frogs by Aristophanes [--] episodes with [--] already recorded. Good things are ahead" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1821670240771526940) 2024-08-08T22:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Which dialogue would you recommend to a first time reader of Plato We would say First Alcibiades. Which one would you recommend and why" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1824771812212781249) 2024-08-17T11:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Zeus at the beginning of the Odyssey: 🎯 https://t.co/Ex9FZZRIc7 🎯 https://t.co/Ex9FZZRIc7" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1825295393833336870) 2024-08-18T22:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Greek plays are worth reading" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1825978107582447940) 2024-08-20T19:28Z [----] followers, 37.6K engagements "PS - We'll be working through the Greek plays after our Year of Homer. We're on Book VII of the Odyssey this week. Join us" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1826008934836220005) 2024-08-20T21:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Go outside. Do spirited things. Read great books" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1827511634971049993) 2024-08-25T01:01Z 47.2K followers, 348.8K engagements "One of the best books you could read" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1827894300610380198) 2024-08-26T02:22Z [----] followers, 31.7K engagements "@HoosierCath @bluelionpolitix @HarrisonGarlic1 The two copies of the Symposium shown above both have good interpretive notes especially the one toward the bottom that has Blooms famous ladder of love essay. The Strauss text is good as well but is an investment. Enjoy" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1828450464460832823) 2024-08-27T15:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "@SJ_Murray Such an excellent text. One of the very best at articulating the relations between God time and mans free will" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1828499405248569712) 2024-08-27T18:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Writing in our great books: Yes or no" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1828613420620321134) 2024-08-28T01:59Z [----] followers, 46.6K engagements "@storriebooks We read great books to reread them. Writing in your book serves as signposts for a future read. Helps you go deeper and explore new aspects" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1828748820362182789) 2024-08-28T10:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@MTClassical Yes. We read great books to reread them. Markings etc. help guide us in future reads and allow us to go deeper" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1828749392356188668) 2024-08-28T11:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@M_Millerman Attn. @Athens_Stranger" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1829266019858219081) 2024-08-29T21:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Check us out on Youtube All of our episodes are on Youtube as well. We have [---] subscribers Help get us to [----] Link below:" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1830787788150657526) 2024-09-03T01:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "We are discussing BOOK NINE of the ODYSSEY this week. Incredibly important book: ✅ Odysseus finally gives his name ✅ Story of the Lotus-eaters ✅ The famous narrative of the Cyclops ✅ The curse placed upon Odysseus Join us The Odyssey is worth your time" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1830920427025191038) 2024-09-03T10:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Finally as the cave was presented as brutal parody of guest-friendship (the host eating his guest etc.) so too will be Odysseus' violence against the suitors. Homer will mix food and gore imagery and the characters will also reference guest-friendship (spears as gifts). 🧵" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1830935766731489693) 2024-09-03T11:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Join us as we read the Odyssey together We are on BOOK NINE this week. We also have [--] episodes up to help you read the Iliad. Join us https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/ https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1830935768358936960) 2024-09-03T11:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Gm Wake up early and read Homer" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1831659930664796411) 2024-09-05T11:45Z [----] followers, 16.3K engagements "An excellent edition 👀 It's a beauty Ignatius Press President @mabrumley received an advance printer proof copy of the Ignatius Catholic Study Biblesecure your copy now by pre-ordering at https://t.co/nps7u0Rdbp: https://t.co/x3khSDIvcg https://t.co/KZxThA0nJW 👀 It's a beauty Ignatius Press President @mabrumley received an advance printer proof copy of the Ignatius Catholic Study Biblesecure your copy now by pre-ordering at https://t.co/nps7u0Rdbp: https://t.co/x3khSDIvcg https://t.co/KZxThA0nJW" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1832231818818388466) 2024-09-07T01:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Its all in Plato all in Plato: Bless me what do they teach them at these schools The Old Professor A good evening. The claim that Platos philosophy is just the sum of what we find in the dialogues is fundamentally different from the claim that the dialogues are the best evidence we have for Platos philosophy. Gerson https://t.co/iU6yXLyW5x A good evening. The claim that Platos philosophy is just the sum of what we find in the dialogues is fundamentally different from the claim that the dialogues are the best evidence we have for Platos philosophy. Gerson https://t.co/iU6yXLyW5x" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1832972610621116467) 2024-09-09T02:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "✅5 Domestic & Wild The cattle scene however is one marked by duty danger death and violence. There is also the coupling of the domestic cattle and the wild lions. The herdsmen being unable to fend off the wild lions presents parallels to the conflict in the earlier City at War and both scenes raise an inclination that there are analogues here to the present conflict in Troy. The conflict of the herdsmen and lions gives way to the serene meadow at peacea possible parallel to the City at Peace. ✅6 Love is a Good Circle We then receive the circle of dancing another festive scene and one set" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1833099373724540960) 2024-09-09T11:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Join us in our YEAR WITH HOMER. This week we start Book Ten of the Odyssey. https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/listen https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/listen" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1833099380091404358) 2024-09-09T11:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "@Athens_Stranger @MTClassical @e_plutarchos Very good" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1833226790115946878) 2024-09-09T19:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Love the great books Here's what new at Ascend: [--]. TOMORROW Dcn. Garlick (@HarrisonGarlic1) flies solo and leads us through BOOK TEN of the Odyssey. [--]. This week Dcn. Garlick records with the @zenahitz on Aristophanes' The Clouds for our upcoming series on the Greek plays. [--]. Next week Dcn. Garlick records with @costofglory on Plutarch's life of Alcibiades. [--]. Next week Dcn. Garlick records with the @alancornett and @RichardSMeloche on THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE by Fr. Sertillanges OP. [--]. Dr. Grabowski and Thomas Lackey return to discuss BOOK ELEVEN of the Odyssey with Dcn. Garlick next week. Good" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1833317428719198467) 2024-09-10T01:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "BOOK TEN of the Odyssey is out Join Dcn. Garlick as he flies solo to discuss: ✅ King Aeolus island (master of the winds) ✅ A surprise attack by man-eating giants ✅ The men being turned into pigs by Circe Odysseus tells some of the most famous stories in the entire text" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1833459947260064094) 2024-09-10T10:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@elonmusk Read the Odyssey with us We are in our YEAR OF HOMER. Six months on the Iliad and now six months on the Odyssey. One book (chapter) per week. Join us BOOK TEN of the Odyssey is out Join Dcn. Garlick as he flies solo to discuss: ✅ King Aeolus island (master of the winds) ✅ A surprise attack by man-eating giants ✅ The men being turned into pigs by Circe Odysseus tells some of the most famous stories in the entire text. https://t.co/3lZH1KQlwi BOOK TEN of the Odyssey is out Join Dcn. Garlick as he flies solo to discuss: ✅ King Aeolus island (master of the winds) ✅ A surprise attack by" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1833815758528241894) 2024-09-11T10:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "We are reading Book Ten of the Odyssey this week. ➡How does guest-friendship inform the story of Circe and others in Book Ten All the narratives of book tenKing Aeolus the Laestrygonians and Circeincorporate guest-friendship in some manner. Recall that guest-friendship is sacred to the gods especially Zeus; thus King Aeolus is permitted to reject Odysseus and his men as guests since they are cursed by the gods (10.79). In fact rejecting them is contextualized as a duty as it would be a crime to host them (10.80). The narrative introduces us to the rightful rejection of a guest. The narrative" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1834552996882984997) 2024-09-13T11:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Happy Sunday Relax and read great books" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1835429423312674831) 2024-09-15T21:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@eveningstar555 Well done Well have a series on the Greek tragedies after we finish the Odyssey" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1835511948844089770) 2024-09-16T02:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements "Read the great books. Go for walks. Both are an education in what is real" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1835802977988198678) 2024-09-16T22:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements ""The greatest of all tyrannies is for man to want to be the divine." @Athens_Stranger gives a masterclass on the ending of Plato's First Alcibiades. Check it out" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1835858955156799559) 2024-09-17T01:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "This is part of our upcoming series on Plato For now check out our "YEAR WITH HOMER." We start Book Eleven of the Odyssey tomorrow. https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/ https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1835859473316937768) 2024-09-17T01:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "The YEAR OF HOMER continues We are reading Book [--] this week of the Odyssey: the Kingdom of the Dead. Odysseus journeys into the underworld Here's a summary of Book 11: Odysseus and his men sail to the edge of the world into the endless darkness and the house of death (11.21). Following the ritual Circe prescribed Odysseus fills a trench with blood and the shades of the dead came out to meet him (11.40). Odysseus first speaks to Elpenor his comrade who fell off the roof of Circes house and lays unburied back on Circes island (11.57). Odysseus then sees his mother who he did not know was dead" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1836003311549338108) 2024-09-17T11:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Does Achilles regret his pursuit of immortal glory In the Iliad Achilles chooses to remain in Troy and die for immortal glory rather than return home to a family peace and obscurity. In the Odyssey Odysseus travels down into the underworld and speaks with Achilles. Let's look: The shade of Achilles admits to Odysseus that he would rather be a slave on earth than have his eternal glories in the underworld It is a dispositive commentary on his choice between his two fates in the Iliad (11.550). As a reminder Achilles had the unique capacity to choose between his fates: either die in Troy with" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1837467389971087851) 2024-09-21T12:22Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements "Whiskey glasses safaris in the Sudan and memories of Dcn. Garlick's late father. Check out this clip with @alancornett and @HarrisonGarlic1" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1839032379748528473) 2024-09-25T20:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Alan joined Dcn. Garlick and @RichardSMeloche to discuss the Intellect Life by AG Sertillanges OP. Podcast out soon" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1839032899238244722) 2024-09-25T20:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "What is the BEST answer to someone who asks: Why should I read Homer" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1839367101397737635) 2024-09-26T18:11Z [----] followers, 14.3K engagements "@Signorelli89 Very good. Socrates says the Iliad and the Odyssey are about justice" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1839376639530299684) 2024-09-26T18:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Spend a year with Homer. If you just read one book (chapter) of the Iliad and then Odyssey per week (500-1000 lines) you can read both in a year. Its a slow attentive pace. And we are here to help" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1839486723727798522) 2024-09-27T02:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Who are Scylla and Charybdis In Book [--] of the Odyssey Circe warns Odysseus of the creature Scylla who she calls a grisly monster with six long swaying necks who lives on the cliffside (12.94). In some myths Scylla was originally a beautiful woman who was turned into the grotesque monster. Other myths are more specific stating that Scylla was a beautiful sea-nymph loved by the sea-god Glaucus. When Glaucus failed to attract Scylla he turned to Circe to make him a love potion to use on Scylla; however Circe attempted to seduce Glaucus but Glaucus would not give up his love for Scylla. Enraged" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1840853813747491293) 2024-09-30T20:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Absolutely love to hear about people reading the great books and starting small groups. Awesome" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1840933975755293041) 2024-10-01T01:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Over 12k downloads since starting the Odyssey Thank you You can read Homer" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1840935213259440549) 2024-10-01T02:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "This week @HarrisonGarlic1 and @minihan8 are joined by Dr. Pavlos Papadopoulos (@pleonidasp) of Wyoming Catholic College (@WYOCathCollege) to discuss Book [--] of the Odyssey: Ithaca at Last. Join us" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1841073231060504766) 2024-10-01T11:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Dcn. Garlick and @pleonidasp discuss: ✅ Horsemanship as virtue-building ✅ Horsemanship as an analogue to politics Check out this clip from the conversation on Book Thirteen of the Odyssey" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1841437472611561610) 2024-10-02T11:18Z [----] followers, 14.7K engagements "Dcn. Garlick is joined by @alancornett and @RichardSMeloche to discuss The Intellectual Life by A.G. Sertillanges OP. ✅The intellectual life is a vocation for everyone ✅Courage is essential for intellectual growth ✅It's never too late to start cultivating your mind" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1841782999232475203) 2024-10-03T10:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@Athens_Stranger Less is more. It is one of the reasons we wanted to (a) have the discipline to read the great books in order and (b) read them slowly. You have to allow the time for the great books to speak for themselves" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1841951951132500098) 2024-10-03T21:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Read the Odyssey with us" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1842019644413993278) 2024-10-04T01:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "What are we doing after Homer Here is the update we posted for our supporters on Patreon: ✅ Finish the Odyssey ✅ Hesiod and the Greek playwrights ✅ Launch into Plato" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1842160828255965599) 2024-10-04T11:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "We have an ALL STAR line up to help you finish the Odyssey. @alecmbianco of the Circe Institute @JaredZimmerer of Benedictine @MaryDonoghue1 of the USCCB @jennfrey of the TU Honors College @dcnadamconque of the Diocese of Lafayette And more" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1842164845518397626) 2024-10-04T11:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The contrasts are invitations to deeper truths. ➡Iliad: Achilles v. Hector ➡ Interim: Achilles v. Odysseus ➡ Odyssey: Odysseus v. Odysseus" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1842381551864041519) 2024-10-05T01:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "What are the best books / resources on classical education" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1842637668624310583) 2024-10-05T18:47Z 47.2K followers, 78.7K engagements "Amen. Read the Chronicles of Narnia in publication order. There. Fixed it. https://t.co/6cJWHMW23k There. Fixed it. https://t.co/6cJWHMW23k" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1842922038291472812) 2024-10-06T13:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "New to the Odyssey One of our favorite episodes is an intro to the Odyssey with Dr. Patrick Deneen Dr. Chad Pecknold and Dr. Richard Meloche. Wonderful conversation on the great books and why you should read the Odyssey" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1843245333822030169) 2024-10-07T11:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "TOMORROW @alecmbianco joins us to discuss the loyal Swineherd in Book [--] of the Odyssey. Until then check out his thread on virtue. [--] CARDINAL VIRTUES We have all heard of the [--] Classical or Cardinal Virtues at some point: Justice Prudence Courage and Temperance. But what are they and why do we no longer try to cultivate them today A brief thread on their importance: 🧵 https://t.co/lsQo72DMnB [--] CARDINAL VIRTUES We have all heard of the [--] Classical or Cardinal Virtues at some point: Justice Prudence Courage and Temperance. But what are they and why do we no longer try to cultivate them today" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1843483941946400929) 2024-10-08T02:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "THE LOYAL SWINEHERD This week Dcn. Garlick and Adam Minihan are joined by the @alecmbianco of the @circeins to discuss Book [--] of the Odyssey. ✅ What should we make of the loyal swineherd ✅ What does his name "Eumaeus" mean ✅ How does this servant have such noble piety" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1843598965033578710) 2024-10-08T10:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Listen friends Many of you are asking when we are going to read Plato or Aristotle - and they are on the horizon. BUT if you'll read Homer Hesiod Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides and Aristophanes with us FIRST. Well your reading of Plato will be much richer" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1843771030747382111) 2024-10-08T21:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "@shahbakhsh599 @HarrisonGarlic1 @minihan8 It comes out every Tuesday morning. Weve read the Iliad and are working through the Odyssey. Then January [----] we shift over to the Greek plays and then Plato" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1844784034167087314) 2024-10-11T16:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "If you read the great books you realize nothing is new. The human condition remains the same. As Plato warns in the Republic one of the characteristic marks of a democracy that is decaying into tyranny is that each faction accuses the other of being a threat to democracy and attempts to use the legal system to bring it to heel: Citizens are then accused by their https://t.co/AK9wkbRmEO As Plato warns in the Republic one of the characteristic marks of a democracy that is decaying into tyranny is that each faction accuses the other of being a threat to democracy and attempts to use the legal" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1845063101327999272) 2024-10-12T11:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "We are wrapping up book [--] of the Odyssey today and we start book [--] of the Odyssey tomorrow Keep up the good work" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1845780235544867204) 2024-10-14T10:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "The Prince Sets Sail for Home This week Adam Minihan and Dcn. Harrison Garlick discuss book [--] of the Odyssey. ➡Here's a quick summary of book 15: Athena goes to Sparta and inspires the young Telemachus to return home quickly (15.10) and advises him on how to avoid the ambush set by the suitors (15.31). Menelaus gives Telemachus kingly gifts and sends him and Nestors son back to Pylos (15.112). Telemachus asks Nestors son to leave him at his ship and not take him back to Nestors houseas to be able to return home quickly and not be hosted again by the old king (15.222). As Telemachus is" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1846159049768698197) 2024-10-15T11:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements "Why should you read the Odyssey ✅The importance of place ✅The coming of age of Telemachus ✅The journey home of Odysseus ✅A tale of loyalty (Penelope the Swineherd) ✅What is human excellence (arete) ✅What is hospitality (xenia) ✅ COOL MYTHOLOGICAL MONSTERS What else" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1846313827366797684) 2024-10-15T22:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Dr. Deneen was on our podcast to introduce us to the Odyssey Hes always worth a listen Last week we were honored to welcome the political philosopher and author @PatrickDeneen to speak about Homers Odysseya foundational text of our curriculumand the perennial human temptation to deny our own nature. The Odyssey is a deep dive into questions of what it is to https://t.co/AkbLXFl73F Last week we were honored to welcome the political philosopher and author @PatrickDeneen to speak about Homers Odysseya foundational text of our curriculumand the perennial human temptation to deny our own nature." [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1846354311552303390) 2024-10-16T00:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "Did you know All of our episodes are up on Youtube as well. ✅Videos on the whole Iliad ✅Videos up to Odyssey Book [--] ✅Videos on how to read the great books ✅And More Join us. Link below" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1846906694690811906) 2024-10-17T13:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements "We do not read the great books to become well-read relativists. We read the great books to conform our minds to reality - to discover what is true good and beautiful" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1846970224278753296) 2024-10-17T17:43Z 47.2K followers, 192.4K engagements "Here is your opportunity to read Homer Reading Homer alone is hard. BUT you're not alone. 25+ podcasts/videos on the Iliad. We are on book [--] of the Odyssey this week. Join us and read Homer" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1847103360714829966) 2024-10-18T02:32Z 38.6K followers, [----] engagements "If youve been reading Homer with us youll see his threefold piety underneath this: Piety toward the divine Piety toward the polis Piety toward the family Piety breeds gratitudea gratitude that helps man find his place in the cosmos. We need to recover a politics of gratitude. As Americans we are obsessed with rights - what we think is owed to us. But we think very little of duty - what we owe to others. From Aquinas to Cicero to Plato our tradition has told us that man must be grateful for what he https://t.co/UfgwMJ4AZ2 We need to recover a politics of gratitude. As Americans we are obsessed" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1848359389796720810) 2024-10-21T13:43Z 38.6K followers, [----] engagements "Wisdom on love and beauty awaits" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1848486245267046681) 2024-10-21T22:07Z 47.2K followers, 90.7K engagements "Do you love Plutarch If so you should follow @costofglory" [X Link](https://x.com/TheGreatB00ks/status/1848516618504011876) 2024-10-22T00:08Z [----] followers, 26K engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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"Welcome to Ascend We are a weekly Great Books podcast hosted by @HarrisonGarlic1 and @minihan8. [----] is the YEAR OF HOMER. Join us as we read one book (chapter) of Homer's Iliad per week for the first six months of [----] and then the Odyssey for the last six months. What are the Great Books The Great Books are the most impactful texts that have shaped Western civilization. They include ancients like Homer Plato St. Augustine Dante and St. Thomas Aquinas and also moderns like Machiavelli Locke and Nietzsche. We will explore the Great Books with the light of the Catholic intellectual tradition."
X Link 2023-12-22T11:58Z [----] followers, 45.6K engagements
"What is your favorite epithet in the Iliad Hector breaker of horses Achilles breaker of men Menelaus lord of the war cry White-armed Hera What else Read Homer with us We are reading the Iliad starting January [----]. Did Homer write the Iliad The Iliad did not originate as a written epic. It originally consisted of oral poems or rhapsodies memorized and performed by Greek bards in the centuries between the fall of Troy and Homer. https://t.co/EdK9aZHv1L We are reading the Iliad starting January [----]. Did Homer write the Iliad The Iliad did not originate as a written epic. It originally"
X Link 2023-12-26T23:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"We are reading the Iliad next week The Iliad tells of the Achaeans (Greeks) besieging the Trojans at Troy. Who are the main Achaean characters Achilles: the son of King Peleus and Thetis the sea nymph; also called Pelides i.e. son of Peleus and was the leader of the Myrmidons and the most skilled warrior on the Achaean side. Famous for his rage he is a contender for the main protagonist of the Iliad. Agamemnon: the son of Atreus also called Atrides brother of Menelaus and the king of Mycenae. He is the husband of Clytemnestra and the father of Iphigeneia. He is the leader of the largest"
X Link 2023-12-29T13:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Episode 1: Introduction to Ascend Join @minihan8 and @HarrisonGarlic1 for a quick introduction to Ascend. Who are we Why read the Great Books What is our plan for the Year of Homer Youtube: Spotify: Google Podcast: RSS: On many other podcasting apps as well Apple: Pending Website: Pending"
X Link 2023-12-31T14:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Beanie0597 @CoffeewClassics Thank you Its the YEAR OF HOMER. We are reading the Iliad and the Odyssey this year. One book (chapter) a week. All are welcome to join us. First episode is posted"
X Link 2023-12-31T15:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Looking for something to read in [----] Join us for the YEAR OF HOMER. We are going to read the Iliad and then the Odyssey. One book (chapter) per week. A slow pace to read and read well. And read it with others We start reading Book One this week. More:"
X Link 2023-12-31T20:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"HAPPY NEW YEAR. "The great books are an invitation to reclaim your education." Ring in the New Year with Ep. [--] of Ascend: "How to Read the Great Books Well" @minihan8 and @HarrisonGarlic1 are joined by @RichardSMeloche and Dr. Aaron Henderson of the @AlcuinInstitute to discuss Deacon's article: "Avoiding the Unreal: How to Read the Great Books Well." Episode: Article: Let us know what you think. PS: Our Introduction to Homer (Ep. 3) comes out today"
X Link 2024-01-01T12:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@HarrisonGarlic1 We discuss this on Ascend ep. [--] How to Read the Great Books Well with @RichardSMeloche and @minihan8. We are concerned as anybody else at the headlong plunge into the abyss that Western civilization seems to be taking wrote Robert M. Hutchins"
X Link 2024-01-04T11:35Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"As we read book one of the Iliad we are introduced to Agamemnon the high king of the Achaeans. Yet. there is an unsettling backstory untold in the Iliad. ➡ Agamemnon sacrificed his own daughter. What happened On their way to Troy the thousand-ship fleet of the Achaeans anchored at the island of Aulis. The fleet was unable to leave due to a persistent north wind. Desperate to leave a prophet named Calchas revealed that the goddess Artemisthe deity of the hunt animals care of children etc.was enraged because a rabbit sacred to the goddess had been slain by the Achaeans. To appease her anger"
X Link 2024-01-04T11:49Z [--] followers, [----] engagements
"The sacrifice of Agamemnons daughter is a narrative that will haunt the Odyssey and then be taken up explicitly in one of the best Greek tragedies ever told: the Oresteia. The details of the myth shift a bit in each retelling. Check out our guide for more:"
X Link 2024-01-04T11:55Z [--] followers, [---] engagements
"Share pics of your Iliad and your small groups. We love to see them. Reading Book One this week. #YearofHomer #HomerInAYear"
X Link 2024-01-05T02:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"As we continue through book one. How should we think of the Greek gods They seem far from perfect. The Greek gods dwell on Mount Olympus and are ruled by the chief god Zeus. As Lattimore observes the gods of Homer are mainly immortal men and women incomparably more powerful than mortals but like mortals susceptible to all human emotions and appetites therefore capable of being teased flattered enraged seduced chastised. Each god has a patronage or represents projections of feelings or activities in the observed world. Phoebus Apollo for example is the god of archery light and truth and Pallas"
X Link 2024-01-05T11:36Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Want to read Homer in a Year Join us Schedule We'll cover one book (chapter) per week in the Iliad followed by the same with the Odyssey. Each work has [--] books. January - Iliad Books 1-4 February - Iliad Books 5-8 March - Iliad Books 9-12 April - Iliad Books 13-16 May - Iliad Books 17-20 June - Iliad Books 21-24 July - Odyssey Books 1-4 August - Odyssey Books 5-8 September - Odyssey Books 9-12 October - Odyssey Books 13-16 November - Odyssey Books 17-20 December - Odyssey Books 21-24 We look forward to reading Homer with you in 2024"
X Link 2024-01-07T01:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Happy Sunday What stood out to you the most in book one of the Iliad Who is more at fault: Achilles or Agamemnon Be sure to check the guide The podcast for book two drops this Tuesday"
X Link 2024-01-07T23:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Happy Sunday After the year of Homer we are looking at: The Greek plays Plato What texts would you like to see on Ascend as part of these discussions"
X Link 2024-01-14T15:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"As we read Book Three of the Iliad we must ask: Does anyone like Paris As book one revealed the complexities of Achaean politics so too does book three reveal the internal politics of the Trojans. In short almost no one likes Paris. After Paris hides from Menelaus Hector chastises him saying among other things that it be better if Paris had never been born (3.45) hes a curse to his father and a joy to the enemies of Troy (3.57-8). Moreover the people of Troy seem to want to give his new bride Helen back the Achaeans (3.191). Helen also laments that if she shares that cowards bed once more the"
X Link 2024-01-18T12:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"How is Homer like a pipe organ in a cathedral A quick beautiful comment on Homeric similes by Dr. Karl Schudt. #HomerInAYear #YearOfHomer"
X Link 2024-01-20T12:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Happy Sunday As we wrap up reading Book Three of the Iliad here are some minors details you may have noticed: After Paris hides from Menelaus Homer refers to Paris as magnificent brave Paris (3.41). It is an obvious use of irony that should alert us to be watchful for Homers more subtle uses of humor and irony. When Helen describes the Achaean heroes to Priam she says of Odysseus: hes quick at every treachery under the sunthe man of twists and turns (3.243-4). The latter half of Helens description will be used later by Homer to open the Odyssey. She also reveals that Odysseus led a prior"
X Link 2024-01-21T11:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Three short texts that best map the problems with our modern world: [--]. Pope Benedict XVIs Regensburg Address [--]. CS Lewis Abolition of Man [--]. Leo Strauss Three Waves of Modernity. What would you recommend"
X Link 2024-01-23T03:22Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Who is Cronus As Cronus (i.e. Cronos or Kronos) is referenced several times in book four of the Iliad. Who is he A brief summary The earth (Gaia) and the heavens (Uranus) came together and gave birth to the great and powerful Titansand the chief titan Cronos waged war against his own father and defeated him and ascended in power and ruled over the world. In turn Cronos had childrenthe Olympian godsbut fearing his children would dethrone him he ate them when they were born. Yet at the birth of one of his sons Cronos was tricked into swallowing a stone and the young male child named Zeus"
X Link 2024-01-23T12:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The great books are an invitation to reclaim your education. They are a remedy to the privations of modern education and a salvageable substitute for our lack of a robust liberal arts formation. In reading the authors of the great books we are still in the ordinary world but it is an ordinary world transfigured and seen through the eyes of wisdom and genius. We are invited to the Great Conversation to listen and to add our voice to the pursuit of truth"
X Link 2024-01-29T12:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"More: How should you read the great books We are concerned as anybody else at the headlong plunge into the abyss that Western civilization seems to be taking wrote Robert M. Hutchins editor of the [----] Great Books of the Western World"
X Link 2024-01-29T12:14Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Good morning. We are reading Book Five of the Iliad this week. DIOMEDES FIGHTS THE GODS Athena grants Diomedes an Achaean power to fight the Trojans (5.01) and convinces Ares who has sided with the Trojans to refrain from entering the fray (5.33). Diomedes is smashing the Trojan lines before him (5.105) when Pandarus the Trojan who previously broke the truce by shooting Menelaus shoots Diomedes (5.107). Diomedes is restored by Athena who tells him not to fight any of immortals save Aphrodite and grants him the ability to see the gods (5.142). Diomedes delivers a brutal death to Pandarus"
X Link 2024-01-30T12:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"8 REASONS YOU SHOULD READ HOMER'S ILIAD [--]. The First Great Book: The Iliad is the first great book in the Western canonsave the Bible. As one would start with Genesis to understand the Hebrews one starts with Homer to understand the Greeks. It is the beginning of the West"
X Link 2024-02-01T11:28Z [----] followers, 20.8K engagements
"5. Freedom & Fatalism: The Iliad is a story of force and fate. Does man have any freedom under the will of the gods Are the gods subject to a nameless fate Homer the teacher presents a complex tale that begins the dialogue of the relation of human and the divine"
X Link 2024-02-01T11:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"6. Achilles v. Hector: The Iliad is unique insofar as Homer humanizes the enemy: the Trojans. Homer uses Hector as a foil against Achilles to question what is arete (excellence). Different cultures in the West have favored Achilles or Hector. The question to explore is why"
X Link 2024-02-01T11:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Check out this thread on the Great Books by @alecmbianco Alec will join us for a discussion on the Odyssey later in our Year of Homer. HOMER If you cant read anything else read Homer. These two books are the foundation of all study. As Andrew Kern says all philosophy is a footnote to Homer. Iliad Odyssey https://t.co/S5IgHCVbqL HOMER If you cant read anything else read Homer. These two books are the foundation of all study. As Andrew Kern says all philosophy is a footnote to Homer. Iliad Odyssey https://t.co/S5IgHCVbqL"
X Link 2024-02-04T13:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"GM. What has been your favorite part of the Iliad thus far Book five gave us some wonderful scenes--like Athena placing the strength of his father into Diomedes and helping him spear Ares. We start Book Six tomorrow. Good job"
X Link 2024-02-05T12:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"POST SCRIPT What others books would you add What is essential to any family library Let us know"
X Link 2024-02-06T02:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"HECTOR RETURNS HOME TO HIS FAMILY The famous scene is an introduction to the ancient concept of PIETY and its threefold object: the gods the polis and family. A virtue of gratitude very much lost by modern man Let's look: The ancient notion of piety is one of gratitude. A man who is thankful and humble before the gods is a pious man. The notion of piety however is also extended to the polis and to the family; because as a man is in debt to the gods he is also in debt to his country and to his family. The presentation of Hector in book six is an invitation to consider his piety. It is notable"
X Link 2024-02-08T11:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Did you know We have a FREE [--] page [---] question and answer guide on the Iliad. A great resource for the classroom or small group. Here:"
X Link 2024-02-09T22:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"5 Reasons to Read the Great Books The great books are the most impactful texts in the history of Western civilization. Yet the goal is not to become a well-read relativist. The goal is to reclaim our intellects from this modern age and discover the truth Let's look"
X Link 2024-02-11T00:53Z [----] followers, 12.7K engagements
"Is Hector a virtuous character for Homer What does virtue or arete even mean for Homer How is this word arete picked up by Plato Let's look Hector displays many characteristics we would refer to as virtues. He is brave magnanimous and pious. The narrative of him seeing his wife and son in Troy is a charming testament to Hectors character (6.462). Though not without his shortcomings Hector presents to us as a virtuous leader. This is however us looking back at Hector as moderns through the more robust virtue tradition of Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas. What was virtue for Homer In the Greek"
X Link 2024-02-12T12:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"AJAX DUELS WITH HECTOR We are reading Book Seven of the Iliad this week: the duel of Ajax and Hector. ➡Podcast is episode is out. What happens in Book Seven Here is a summary: Hector and Paris lead the rampaging Trojans on a counteroffensive against the Achaeans (7.19). Athena goes to intervene but Apollo convinces her to halt the war and the heat of combat now to presumably save the Trojans from Athenas wrath (7.34). To do this Athena inspires Helenus one of the fifty sons of Priam that the gods have commanded that Hector challenge the bravest Achaean to single combat (7.58). Hector makes"
X Link 2024-02-13T12:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"If we are to reclaim what was lost when the liberal arts fell then the purpose of studying the great books must be the pursuit of truth. It was not relativistic dialogue that led Bl. Alcuin of York and Emperor Charlemagne to rebuild the West. Nor was it relativism that nurtured St. Thomas Aquinas or Dante. We are the inheritors of a robust pursuit of trutha desire to satiate in the thickness of reality"
X Link 2024-02-15T01:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Wonderful Join us as we read through the Iliad and then the Odyssey in this YEAR OF HOMER. We have: Podcasts Youtube videos [---] Question and Answer Guide on the Iliad Resources: @TheGreatB00ks Just subscribed to the podcast Time to buy some books. @TheGreatB00ks Just subscribed to the podcast Time to buy some books"
X Link 2024-02-16T23:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"On the telos of the mind All things are judged good or bad according to their purpose (or telos as the classical Greeks called it). I know a good knife must be sharp because I understand its purpose is to cut. And because I know its purpose I understand that the whetstone is good for the knife while its opposite would be bad. In sum because I understand the purpose or telos of the thing I can know whether the quality of that thing is good or badand also what is good or bad for that thing. So too is it for our intellect. If the purpose of our intellect is truth then it is by that standard I"
X Link 2024-02-17T13:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Iliad is better than the Odyssey. [--] Reasons the Iliad is simply a better story with better characters than the Odyssey. Lets take up a few (somewhat hyperbolic) reasons 🧵"
X Link 2024-02-17T21:43Z [----] followers, 99.4K engagements
"6. Arete What does it mean to be an excellent (arete) human The Iliad explores this question by contrasting Achilles and Hectorand tradition crowned Hector as the hero. The arete of Odysseus is complicated and conflicted. 🧵"
X Link 2024-02-17T21:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"7. Theme of the Family Hector returning to his family in Troy far outshines Odysseus return to Penelope. Hector dies for his family and polis. Odysseus leaves Penelope again and is killed by a child he fathered with Circe. Not even close. 🧵"
X Link 2024-02-17T21:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@QuixoteSword Agreed. Its also notable that so much of what we know culturally from the Odyssey eg lotus eaters cyclops sirens Scylla and Charybdis etc. all comes from only four books"
X Link 2024-02-17T23:55Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@jethrothekenite What is the central theme of the Odyssey"
X Link 2024-02-18T03:52Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Odyssey is a beautiful tale of fidelity loyalty and more ➡ Here are [--] positive lessons from the Odyssey. Though Odysseus is a conflicted character the Odyssey has many good themes. Here are a few excellent ones"
X Link 2024-02-19T12:08Z [----] followers, 25.4K engagements
"3. Guest-Friendship (Xenia) Strangers are to be welcomed as friends. Only after they are bathed and feasted do you ask them their name. They often reciprocate by telling you their story. You then send them on their way with a gift. Beautiful lessons in hospitality. There are deep parallels in Hebrew culture (eg Abraham Lot etc) and in the New Testament (St Paul on entertaining angels) and in the early church (Benedictines)"
X Link 2024-02-19T12:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"4. The Faithful Wife Penelope is an icon of fidelity to her husband Odysseus. There is no equivalent to her in the Iliad as Homer describes her as having arete (excellence)a term reserved for men. She is the matchless queen of cunning outsmarting the suitors. Her reunion with Odysseus and the riddle of the marriage bed is a beautiful testament to her fidelity to her husband"
X Link 2024-02-19T12:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"5. The Loyal Servant The lowly Swineherd is the epitome of the loyal servantan unwavering fidelity to his king. We discover that he is actually royalty and that he serves his lowly station with excellent and docility. Hes contrasted to the goatherd the disloyal servant who suffers the most BRUTAL death in all the Odyssey OR the Iliad"
X Link 2024-02-19T12:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Thank you for the reviews It really helps us. Join us as we read the Iliad. Apple: Spotify:"
X Link 2024-02-21T01:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Our friend @RewiretheWest is a friend of the podcast and will join us to discuss the Odyssey later this year. Happy Saturday y'all https://t.co/6DYDF6SGx7 Happy Saturday y'all https://t.co/6DYDF6SGx7"
X Link 2024-02-25T03:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"NEW EPISODE This week we are discussing BOOK NINE of the Iliad. The Embassy to Achilles ➡Who is Phoenix ➡What is the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus exactly ➡What are the two fates of Achilles And more #YearOfHomer"
X Link 2024-02-27T12:23Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@polusyroy Its a good one. Have you read his book on the Odyssey as a political journey"
X Link 2024-03-02T02:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Agreed. The Odyssey has good themes and Odysseus embodies those at times but overall hes not a hero. All the complications of Achilles v. Hector are held within Odysseus himself. Worth pondering but not emulation. Post a villain that people treat like a hero. Odysseus. Fight me. https://t.co/ORRPzTUbi2 Post a villain that people treat like a hero. Odysseus. Fight me. https://t.co/ORRPzTUbi2"
X Link 2024-03-02T11:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"If youre looking for a hero in the Odyssey look to Penelope. She is an icon of fidelity to her husband Odysseus. There is no equivalent to her in the Iliad as Homer describes her as having arete (excellence)a term reserved for men. She is the matchless queen of cunning outsmarting the suitors. Her reunion with Odysseus and the riddle of the marriage bed is a beautiful testament to her fidelity to her husband"
X Link 2024-03-03T01:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Why read the Iliad It is foundational to philosophy. While Homer was not a philosopher he was a teacherand the themes he raised serve as the groundwork for Plato and Aristotle. What does it mean to be a good man Does man have free will Are the divine and fate distinct Homer presents perennial questions about man in narrative form. Plato will borrow from and debate with Homer. Join us as we read Homer in a Year:"
X Link 2024-03-04T12:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Who should we have on to discuss Plato Let us know"
X Link 2024-03-06T22:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Who is your favorite character in the Odyssey We'd vote: THE SWINEHERD The lowly Swineherd is the epitome of the loyal servant: an unwavering fidelity to his king. We discover that he is royalty and that he serves his lowly station with excellent and docility. Hes contrasted to the goatherd the disloyal servant who suffers the most BRUTAL death in all the Odyssey OR the Iliad"
X Link 2024-03-09T14:09Z [----] followers, 14.2K engagements
"Six reasons to read the Iliad. ➡Greek reason + Hebrew faith + Roman order = a world ready to receive Jesus Christ To understand Greek reason we start with Homer. [--]. The First Great Book - The Iliad is the first great book save the Bible. As we start with Genesis to understand the Hebrews we start with Homer to understand the Greeks. [--]. Being an Excellent Man: Homer uses the heroes of the Trojan war as contrasts for the question of human excellence (arete). What is human excellence What does it mean to be a good man We are shown this question in Achilles v. Hector. [--]. Hospitality: Homer"
X Link 2024-03-16T23:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Antigone is worth your time. A phenomenal tale that uses the honors we owe the dead to explore the order of justice and law. Like the Oresteia it pushes past a primitive notion of what is just into a nascent grasp of natural law and an ordered cosmos. Gm. Wake up early and read great books. https://t.co/B3sooGNfZi Gm. Wake up early and read great books. https://t.co/B3sooGNfZi"
X Link 2024-03-22T11:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Are women the "beautiful evil" Hesiod tells of how Prometheus stole fire from the heavens and gave it to man. This lifted man out of darkness and made him god-like capable of civilization. How does Zeus punish man Gives him the beautiful evil: women. Let's dive deep [--] First let's look at the stealing of the fire. Man originally lived in darkness unable to light his homes or keep away wild beasts. He had no way to cook his food or to forge metal. He had no warmth or light. He lacked technology and innovation. Man without fire is a creature of darkness and suffering. Prometheus stealing fire"
X Link 2024-03-23T15:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Gm. Read Homer with us ➡ Why read Homer The great books are great because they take up perennial questions about our existence. What is a good man What does it mean to be free What is our relation to the divine These questions start in Homer"
X Link 2024-03-28T11:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"We are concerned as anybody else at the headlong plunge into the abyss that Western civilization seems to be taking. Robert M. Hutchins editor of the [----] Great Books of the Western World. What are the great books What is the purpose in studying them In order to recall the West to sanity Hutchins and his associate editor Mortimer Adler compiled the fifty-four volume Great Books of the Western Worldseries representing the primary texts from the greatest intellects in Western history. From Homer to Dante to Shakespeare they saw these authors in a dialogue a Great Conversation that gave the West"
X Link 2024-04-04T11:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Book [--] of the Iliad with @HarrisonGarlic1 and @HootenWilson is now out on Youtube ✅ Who is Flannery O'Connor ✅ Is Hector a tragic hero ✅ Can reading the Iliad help you read the Bible ✅ And more"
X Link 2024-04-09T22:13Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"If you want to take seriously your intellectual life there is no better place to start than reading the great books. Join the great conversation of authors who built Western civilization. It starts with Homer. We are reading Homer in a year. Join us"
X Link 2024-04-10T11:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Opening of the Iliad v. the Odyssey ➡The Iliad: The will of Zeus moves all things toward their end. ➡The Odyssey: "Why do men blame us for all their problems" says Zeus. This week @HootenWilson joined @HarrisonGarlic1 to discuss Book [--] of the Iliad"
X Link 2024-04-12T11:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Thoughts on clergy reading the great books as part of their formation Would you want a pastor who was familiar with Sophocles and Plato Discussing Antigone with the men in the diaconate formation program tonight. https://t.co/eKAd5HvUqV Discussing Antigone with the men in the diaconate formation program tonight. https://t.co/eKAd5HvUqV"
X Link 2024-04-13T03:19Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Recommended translations of the Iliad: [--]. Robert Fagles (especially for a first read) [--]. Richmond Lattimore (a classic) Hi my name is Erik and Im an Iliadoholic. https://t.co/MO0yXyJ4IV Hi my name is Erik and Im an Iliadoholic. https://t.co/MO0yXyJ4IV"
X Link 2024-04-16T17:44Z [----] followers, 14.4K engagements
"If youre looking for a great book that is: ✅Short ✅Life-changing ✅A map of modernity Then read the Abolition of Man. A reminder that relativists are only relativists about the values they want to destroy and strict absolutists about the values they promote. Relativism always devolves into power dynamics. Read the Abolition of Man. https://t.co/mSI7hEYduN A reminder that relativists are only relativists about the values they want to destroy and strict absolutists about the values they promote. Relativism always devolves into power dynamics. Read the Abolition of Man. https://t.co/mSI7hEYduN"
X Link 2024-04-16T21:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Its our YEAR OF HOMER. You guys are doing great on the Iliad. We are on Book [--] this week. Well start the Odyssey this summer. One book (chapter) a week. Reclaim your intellectual life Good work everyone"
X Link 2024-04-18T02:32Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Why should you read the Iliad Heres one reason: ✅Achilles v. Hector The Iliad is unique insofar as Homer humanizes the enemy: the Trojans. Homer uses Hector as a foil against Achilles to question what is arete (excellence) Different cultures post-Iliad have favored either Achilles or Hector. ➡The question to explore is why. What lesson does Homer have for us on what it means to be an excellent man This is the beginning of the Wests reflection on virtue"
X Link 2024-04-18T11:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Why should you read the Odyssey Heres one reason: ✅ The Importance of Home Odysseus has several temptations to never return homeCalypso Circe Nausicaa lotus eaters etc. But there is something important about home. The land of your ancestors your people and your parents. It is the place that invested in you. He has a role at home and he is needed. Many struggle today to understand the importance of home"
X Link 2024-04-19T11:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Do you have a reading schedule A priest friend of the podcast reads [--] pages of whatever book hes reading each morning. Thats a [---] page book a month. Whats your approach"
X Link 2024-04-20T13:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Why should you read the great books Heres one reason ✅Conform your mind to reality The goal is not to become a cosmopolitan relativist. The goal is to discover truth. Truth is conformity of the mind to reality. But modern man wants reality to conform to his mind. We must pursue the truth"
X Link 2024-04-21T12:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Save Western Civilization from the Abyss We are concerned as anybody else at the headlong plunge into the abyss that Western civilization seems to be taking." Editor of [----] Great Books of the Western World The great books are an attempt to recall the West back to sanity"
X Link 2024-04-22T11:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"This is a must read for anyone who wants to take their intellectual life seriously. One of my students recommended this so I picked up a copy https://t.co/6NATBVvYGA One of my students recommended this so I picked up a copy https://t.co/6NATBVvYGA"
X Link 2024-04-22T22:57Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"One of the most important lessons you can draw from the great books is DOCILITY. Too often we think we're smarter than the ancients because we have iPhone or Google. What could Homer even teach me But Homer is a teacher. And he teaches on the perennial truths of man"
X Link 2024-04-23T02:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"You should read the Odyssey. Heres one lesson to show why: ➡Boys Need to be Unsafe Telemachus Odysseus son has to leave the safety of his boyhood home his nurse and his mother to find news of his father. But his journey is about him finding his own spirit (thumos). Its the classic coming of age story. He has his own mini-odyssey that allows him to mature from a boy to a man. It also shows the need a boy has for his father and the vacuum that is created if a boy lacks a father figure. By the time he returns home hes ready to take the reins of his house and set it back in orderalongside his"
X Link 2024-04-24T11:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The danger of the great books. Many who read the great books become well-read relativists. Why And should we then read the great books In his [----] masterpiece The Art of Worldly Wisdom the Spanish priest Baltasar Gracian S.J. exhorted his audience to avoid the faults of your nation. He explains: Water shares the good or bad qualities of the strata through which it flows and man those of the climate in which he is born. We live as Cardinal Ratzinger observes under a dictatorship of relativism and it contaminates every feature of our intellect. To have the requisite self-awareness and virtue to"
X Link 2024-04-25T10:42Z [----] followers, 19.8K engagements
"Do you want to read the Odyssey Join us Well be reading the Odyssey together this summer. One book (chapter) per week. Nice steady pace with LOTS of guest professors and friends. Many good conversations are in store for this summer"
X Link 2024-05-04T21:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Zeus is worried about a usurper. In Hesiod's Theogony we see how Cronos overthrew his father Uranus and then Zeus overthrew Cronos. Zeus' reign seems secure after battling the titans and Typhon. But will one of his sons usurp him and continue the succession 🧵"
X Link 2024-05-10T11:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Now jump to the war in Troy. How does it start The origin of the war in Troy is the marriage of King Peleus (mortal) and Thetis (immortal). Discord (who was not invited) throws in a golden apple for the "fairest" and Hera Aphrodite and Athena fight over it. 🧵"
X Link 2024-05-10T11:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Poseidon & Zeus were fighting for the affection of Thetis the nymph. But Prometheus tells them that Thetis' son will be greater than his father. Prometheus saves Zeus from the fate of Uranus and Cronos. Zeus saves his reign by having Thetis marry a mortal Peleus. 🧵"
X Link 2024-05-10T11:40Z 13.3K followers, [---] engagements
"The son of Thetis and Peleus is: Achilles Achilles is greater than his father Peleus but also all other mortals. Achilles has the spirit of a potential king over all gods and men RAGING inside a mortal frame. The last threat to Zeus' reign is neutralized. 🧵"
X Link 2024-05-10T11:40Z 13.1K followers, [---] engagements
"@alancornett Which tomb is this"
X Link 2024-05-10T14:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Rome is the final revenge of Troy upon Greece. Book [--] of the Iliad presents a tension: Aeneas is saved because he's destined to rule Troy but. Troy is destined to fall. ➡Lost epics merged myths and imperial propaganda weave a great tale: The mythical founding of Rome In his stance against Achilles Aeneas presents his genealogypresumably due to Apollos observation that Aeneas patrimony is more impressive than Achilles (20.250 125). We also see Poseidon tell the gods that Aeneas is destined to survive (20.349). Most notable Poseidon prophesies: Aeneas will rule the men of Troy in powerhis sons"
X Link 2024-05-21T02:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Gm Wake up early and read the great books. We are reading Book [--] of the Iliad this week. Well be reading the Odyssey next"
X Link 2024-05-22T10:46Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Why read the Iliad It contains perennial questions (and answers) about the condition of man: ✅ free will v fate ✅ role of the divine ✅ structure of the cosmos ✅ purpose of suffering ✅ what does it mean to be good ✅ and more Read Homer with us"
X Link 2024-05-22T19:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"CHILDREN SUMMER READING LIST Read good books to your children and have them read good books Parents have a duty to cultivate their children's imagination. Here are great books for kids organized by AGE"
X Link 2024-05-24T12:18Z [----] followers, 13.9K engagements
"THE NURSERY (Ages [--] 7) Read these to your children and have your older children read them themselves: Aesop. Aesops Fables Andersen Hans Christian. Fairy Tales. Carroll Lewis. Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass. Collodi Carlo. Pinocchio Kingsley Charles. Water Babies Kipling Rudyard. Just So Stories; Jungle Book. Lang Andrew. Blue Book of Fairies Milne A.A. Winnie the Pooh Potter Beatrix: Peter Rabbit"
X Link 2024-05-24T12:18Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"YOUTH (Ages [--] 20) Austen Jane. Pride and Prejudice Bernanos Georges. Diary of a Country Priest. Bronte Charlotte. Jane Eyre Cather Willa. Death Comes for the Archbishop Chesterton G.K. Father Brown series; Everlasting Man; A Man Called Thursday Columbus Christopher. Four Voyages to the New World. Dostoyevsky Feodor. Crime and Punishment; Brothers Karamazov Hawthorne Nathaniel. Scarlet Letter Melville Herman. Moby Dick Shakespeare. MacBeth; Hamlet; Taming of the Shrew; As You Like It. Undset Sigrid. Kristin Lavransdatter"
X Link 2024-05-24T12:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Read good books to your children Have your children read good books This list is drawn from John Senior's [----] good books list. Join us in reading the Odyssey this summer https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/ https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/"
X Link 2024-05-24T12:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The Greek plays serve as an intellectual bridge between Homer and Plato. They are indispensable in any great books reading list"
X Link 2024-05-27T19:15Z 47.2K followers, 68.4K engagements
"TOMORROW we start BOOK [--] of the Iliad. Need to catch up New to Homer Start here: New to the Great Books Start here: We start the Odyssey in a few weeks https://youtu.be/0jgh4flpMZYfeature=shared https://youtu.be/_CQCUO03SFAfeature=shared https://youtu.be/0jgh4flpMZYfeature=shared https://youtu.be/_CQCUO03SFAfeature=shared"
X Link 2024-05-27T21:30Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Write in your books. Own them. [--] REASONS YOU SHOULD WRITE IN YOUR BOOKS. [--]. You read a book to REREAD it. Your marks and notes are like signposts to a future you. [--]. Your marks and notes help you track the narrative and key ideas which furthers your engagement with the text and improves memory. [--]. Use a different pen color on each read through to distinguish different patterns of thought and observations. [--]. "But my notes might be embarrassing later" YES. That would mean your understanding has matured. Growth is an imperfect messy process. [--]. You're creating an heirloom. Write and take notes"
X Link 2024-05-29T00:17Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"We are reading Homer together this year. Six months on the Iliad Six months on the Odyssey Read Homer with us"
X Link 2024-05-29T11:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Our conversation on Book [--] of the Iliad is out ✅ Funeral games ✅ Ghost of Patroclus ✅ Human sacrifice ✅ And more Join us as we finish the Iliad. We'll be reading the Odyssey next"
X Link 2024-06-04T11:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Thank you We are almost at the end of the Iliad and are over [-----] downloads. We really appreciate everyone joining us to read the Iliad. Odyssey starts in a few weeks"
X Link 2024-06-05T02:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"You're doing a great job We are humbled by everyone reading the Iliad with us. Where are we going from here ✅Book [--] next week ✅ BONUS Episode: What happens between the Iliad and the Odyssey ✅ Intro to the Odyssey We'll then read one book of the Odyssey per week"
X Link 2024-06-06T19:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Those who wanted to hold political office in Athens were asked: "Do you treat your parents well" If a man cannot be pious toward his parents how will he be pious to the polis"
X Link 2024-06-07T00:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Is Penelope the best character in the Odyssey She is an icon of fidelity to her husband Odysseus. There is no equivalent to her in the Iliad as Homer describes her as having arete (excellence)a term reserved for men. She is the matchless queen of cunning outsmarting the suitors. Her reunion with Odysseus and the riddle of the marriage bed is a beautiful testament to her fidelity to her husband. Shes a stark contrast to Helen (and to Clytemnestra)"
X Link 2024-06-07T12:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Awesome Join us reading the Odyssey We start in THREE WEEKS. Decided to buy a new copy of the Odyssey to follow along with @TheGreatB00ks podcast Year of Homer and decided to round out the Fagles books with the Aeneid. Great time to revisit the classics you missed in school frens https://t.co/qLUcSMihMg Decided to buy a new copy of the Odyssey to follow along with @TheGreatB00ks podcast Year of Homer and decided to round out the Fagles books with the Aeneid. Great time to revisit the classics you missed in school frens https://t.co/qLUcSMihMg"
X Link 2024-06-08T20:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"How should we read one of the most famous passages in literature: Priam asking Achilles for the body of Hector. Many read this as a repentance scene for Achilles. As if he's sorry for what he's done. Is that what the text shows us Let's look"
X Link 2024-06-13T11:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"What's the story Achilles has the body of Hector at the Achaean camp. Priam king of Troy has secretly been led by Hermes with a wagon of treasure to plead with Achilles for the body of his son Prince Hector. He must beg before the man who killed his son (and many others)"
X Link 2024-06-13T11:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Symbol = bring things together Diabolical = cast things apart 🧵Great thread on the depth of the word symbol and its use in Christianity"
X Link 2024-06-16T02:42Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Gm. Wake up early and read the great books. We start the Odyssey NEXT WEEK"
X Link 2024-06-17T12:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@alancornett Awesome Glad to have you. Next few weeks: Between Iliad and Odyssey (tomorrow) Intro with Deneen Book one Fatherhood with Jason Craig Book two Et al"
X Link 2024-06-17T12:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Wait how does the Achilles die The death of Achilles is not recorded in the Iliad but happens between the Iliad and the Odyssey. Here's the story of his death. 🧵"
X Link 2024-06-19T11:43Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Famously Paris who caused the whole Trojan war by absconding with Helen shoots (with Apollo's help) Achilles in the heel and he dies. Thus the idiom an Achilles heel and name of the Achilles tendon that connects the calf muscles to the heel bone"
X Link 2024-06-19T11:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Achilles fails to take Troy. In the Iliad the contrast is between Achilles and Hector. But in the interim period between the Iliad and the Odyssey the contrast is between Achilles (raw power) and Odysseus (cunning). The former does not take Troy the latter does"
X Link 2024-06-19T11:44Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"What happens BETWEEN the Iliad and the Odyssey This week @HarrisonGarlic1 and @minihan8 discuss what happens to: Achilles Paris Giant Ajax Andromache Little Astyanax And more We start the Odyssey NEXT WEEK"
X Link 2024-06-20T10:39Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"CONGRATULATIONS🎉 Congrats to all who read the Iliad over the last six months. Well done What a wonderful journey. 19600+ podcast downloads 700+ YouTube subscribers [----] hours of videos watched Lots of people enjoyed reading the Iliad Great job. NEXT WEEK: The Odyssey"
X Link 2024-06-21T12:08Z [----] followers, 17.2K engagements
"The Odyssey is a story on the importance of place and of coming home. It is a coming of age story and a story of fidelity and perseverance. It is a story worth your time and attention. TOMORROW we launch into the Odyssey with an intro episode with Dr. Patrick Deneen. Join us"
X Link 2024-06-24T11:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"INTRODUCTION TO HOMER New to Homer Want to read the Iliad or Odyssey with us but you're not sure who Homer is "Who is Homer" Check out links below:"
X Link 2024-06-24T22:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Need a reason to read the Odyssey with us ➡Boys Need to be Unsafe Telemachus Odysseus son has to leave the safety of his boyhood home his nurse and his mother to find news of his father. But his journey is about him finding his own spirit (thumos). Its the classic coming of age story. He returns a man ready to set his home rightalongside his father"
X Link 2024-06-28T00:25Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Need another reason to read the Odyssey with us Queen Penelope Penelope is an icon of fidelity to her husband Odysseus. There is no equivalent to her in the Iliad as Homer describes her as having arete (excellence)a term reserved for men. She is the matchless queen of cunning outsmarting the suitors. Her reunion with Odysseus and the riddle of the marriage bed is a beautiful testament to her fidelity to her husband"
X Link 2024-06-28T11:45Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"In the Iliad the comparison is Achilles against Hector. In the Odyssey the comparison is Odysseus against Odysseus. The man of twists and turns gives the reader much to contemplate and discern"
X Link 2024-07-01T23:29Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Notice that in the opening of the Odyssey the poet defers back to the Muse: start where you will. Unlike the Iliad the poet asks the Muse to start where she would in the story of Odysseus. Notably the Odyssey has a much more complicated chronological structure"
X Link 2024-07-03T12:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"YOU CAN READ THE ODYSSEY. This week we are reading Book One of the Odyssey. Podcast video and a written guide out now. Last week we had an excellent conversation with Dr. Patrick Deneen et al. to introduce the great books and the Odyssey. Check it out. Links below"
X Link 2024-07-03T19:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Gm Read the Odyssey with us: Intro with Dr Deneen - Posted Book One - Posted Fatherhood in the Odyssey - tomorrow Book Two - Next week"
X Link 2024-07-08T11:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Also check out our 60+ page guide to the Odyssey on our website. Links: https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/listen https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/listen"
X Link 2024-07-08T11:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"8. Zeus says its "shameless" how the mortals blame the gods for their troubles. This is almost comical after reading the deeply fatalistic Iliad. But the Odyssey is often read as having much more human agency than the Iliad"
X Link 2024-07-10T02:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"9. It is said Aegisthus - in helping to murder Agamemnon - went "beyond his share" or "fate" - fate is seen as a portion an allotment of destiny that if man (or the gods.) trespass it causes chaos"
X Link 2024-07-10T02:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"10. What is not recorded in Homer is WHY Clytemnestra had a pretense to murder Agamemnon: he had ritualistically sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia to appease Artemis in order to have favorable winds for the fleet sailing to Troy"
X Link 2024-07-10T02:40Z 34.2K followers, [---] engagements
"11. The story of Troy begins and ends with heinous acts: the sacrifice of Iphigenia and then the rape of Cassandra at the altar of Athena by little Ajax at the fall of Troy. For the latter Athena curses the Achaean journey home"
X Link 2024-07-10T02:40Z 34.2K followers, [---] engagements
"15. Athena takes on the guise of the man Mentor to help Telemachus in his journey - and this is the etymological origin of being someone's "mentor." [--]. Notice that Athena takes on the guise of man to lead Telemachus - as he is suffering from fatherlessness"
X Link 2024-07-10T02:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"17. Notice too that Telemachus to become a man is sent to speak with his father's war buddies: Nestor and Menelaus. He must become like Orestes Ag's son who avenged him. [--]. Penelope is the "matchless queen of cunning" and her fidelity contrasts her with Clytemnestra"
X Link 2024-07-10T02:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Why should fathers read the great books This week Jason Craig who leads Sword and Spade Magazine (great name) speaks with Dcn. Garlick and Adam about the importance of fatherhood and the lessons on fatherhood in the Odyssey"
X Link 2024-07-10T11:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Book Two of the Odyssey is out Dcn. Garlick (@HarrisonGarlic1) shares how he engaged in guest-friendship by giving away roosters at his great books reading group"
X Link 2024-07-16T11:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"How many pages do you try and read a day [--] pages a morning is a [---] page book a month"
X Link 2024-07-20T01:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Good things are happening A few upcoming items: ✅Dr. Grabowski Mr. Lackey and @HarrisonGarlic1 discuss BOOK THREE of the Odyssey tomorrow. ✅ Next week: BOOK FOUR with Fr. Bonaventure OP and @minihan8 ✅ Recording with @KyleWashut and @HarrisonGarlic1 on the Odyssey education and @WYOCathCollege ✅ Recording with @zenahitz and @HarrisonGarlic1 on Aristophanes' Clouds ✅ Recording with @tsh and @HarrisonGarlic1 on Aristophanes' Frogs Good people good books and good things ahead Join us"
X Link 2024-07-23T01:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Are you assigned the Iliad this fall Teaching the Iliad soon Need to read it before your kids do in school Haven't read it since high school. Only seen the Brad Pitt "documentary" We can help Everyone can read the Iliad"
X Link 2024-07-30T02:26Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements
"You could start a small group on the Iliad or Odyssey today. Podcasts videos written guides etc. to help you and your small group read Homer Read the great books with friends Build a community of fellow readers. We are more motivated to read when we have friends who are readers when chatting about books becomes a rewarding social activity. And perhaps Im biased but I think booklovers are generally just more fun to be around. https://t.co/fau9GrQB7F Build a community of fellow readers. We are more motivated to read when we have friends who are readers when chatting about books becomes a"
X Link 2024-08-01T11:43Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"In one of the most important passages in the Odyssey Odysseus is offered an immortal life of pleasure with a beautiful goddess Calypso. He says no. How can he say no Homer gives us a subtle hint that unfurls the ancient view on glory death and mortality. 🧵"
X Link 2024-08-06T12:24Z [----] followers, 27.8K engagements
"The story of Odysseus and Calypso is found in Book Five of the Odyssey. In the opening of that book Homer changes his typical line about the "rosy fingers of Dawn." The change should catch our attention. Instead he mentions Dawn's lover Tithonus. But who is he 🧵"
X Link 2024-08-06T12:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"We are committed to journeying through the great books with you. Here's what we have coming up after our Year of Homer: Hesiod's Theogony Intro to Aeschylus The Oresteia by Aeschylus Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus The Theban Plays by Sophocles The Bacchae by Euripides Tragic Plays Roundtable: Key Thoughts & Concepts The Clouds by Aristophanes The Frogs by Aristophanes [--] episodes with [--] already recorded. Good things are ahead"
X Link 2024-08-08T22:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Which dialogue would you recommend to a first time reader of Plato We would say First Alcibiades. Which one would you recommend and why"
X Link 2024-08-17T11:34Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Zeus at the beginning of the Odyssey: 🎯 https://t.co/Ex9FZZRIc7 🎯 https://t.co/Ex9FZZRIc7"
X Link 2024-08-18T22:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Greek plays are worth reading"
X Link 2024-08-20T19:28Z [----] followers, 37.6K engagements
"PS - We'll be working through the Greek plays after our Year of Homer. We're on Book VII of the Odyssey this week. Join us"
X Link 2024-08-20T21:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Go outside. Do spirited things. Read great books"
X Link 2024-08-25T01:01Z 47.2K followers, 348.8K engagements
"One of the best books you could read"
X Link 2024-08-26T02:22Z [----] followers, 31.7K engagements
"@HoosierCath @bluelionpolitix @HarrisonGarlic1 The two copies of the Symposium shown above both have good interpretive notes especially the one toward the bottom that has Blooms famous ladder of love essay. The Strauss text is good as well but is an investment. Enjoy"
X Link 2024-08-27T15:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"@SJ_Murray Such an excellent text. One of the very best at articulating the relations between God time and mans free will"
X Link 2024-08-27T18:26Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Writing in our great books: Yes or no"
X Link 2024-08-28T01:59Z [----] followers, 46.6K engagements
"@storriebooks We read great books to reread them. Writing in your book serves as signposts for a future read. Helps you go deeper and explore new aspects"
X Link 2024-08-28T10:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@MTClassical Yes. We read great books to reread them. Markings etc. help guide us in future reads and allow us to go deeper"
X Link 2024-08-28T11:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@M_Millerman Attn. @Athens_Stranger"
X Link 2024-08-29T21:12Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Check us out on Youtube All of our episodes are on Youtube as well. We have [---] subscribers Help get us to [----] Link below:"
X Link 2024-09-03T01:59Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"We are discussing BOOK NINE of the ODYSSEY this week. Incredibly important book: ✅ Odysseus finally gives his name ✅ Story of the Lotus-eaters ✅ The famous narrative of the Cyclops ✅ The curse placed upon Odysseus Join us The Odyssey is worth your time"
X Link 2024-09-03T10:47Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Finally as the cave was presented as brutal parody of guest-friendship (the host eating his guest etc.) so too will be Odysseus' violence against the suitors. Homer will mix food and gore imagery and the characters will also reference guest-friendship (spears as gifts). 🧵"
X Link 2024-09-03T11:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Join us as we read the Odyssey together We are on BOOK NINE this week. We also have [--] episodes up to help you read the Iliad. Join us https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/ https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/"
X Link 2024-09-03T11:47Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Gm Wake up early and read Homer"
X Link 2024-09-05T11:45Z [----] followers, 16.3K engagements
"An excellent edition 👀 It's a beauty Ignatius Press President @mabrumley received an advance printer proof copy of the Ignatius Catholic Study Biblesecure your copy now by pre-ordering at https://t.co/nps7u0Rdbp: https://t.co/x3khSDIvcg https://t.co/KZxThA0nJW 👀 It's a beauty Ignatius Press President @mabrumley received an advance printer proof copy of the Ignatius Catholic Study Biblesecure your copy now by pre-ordering at https://t.co/nps7u0Rdbp: https://t.co/x3khSDIvcg https://t.co/KZxThA0nJW"
X Link 2024-09-07T01:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Its all in Plato all in Plato: Bless me what do they teach them at these schools The Old Professor A good evening. The claim that Platos philosophy is just the sum of what we find in the dialogues is fundamentally different from the claim that the dialogues are the best evidence we have for Platos philosophy. Gerson https://t.co/iU6yXLyW5x A good evening. The claim that Platos philosophy is just the sum of what we find in the dialogues is fundamentally different from the claim that the dialogues are the best evidence we have for Platos philosophy. Gerson https://t.co/iU6yXLyW5x"
X Link 2024-09-09T02:41Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"✅5 Domestic & Wild The cattle scene however is one marked by duty danger death and violence. There is also the coupling of the domestic cattle and the wild lions. The herdsmen being unable to fend off the wild lions presents parallels to the conflict in the earlier City at War and both scenes raise an inclination that there are analogues here to the present conflict in Troy. The conflict of the herdsmen and lions gives way to the serene meadow at peacea possible parallel to the City at Peace. ✅6 Love is a Good Circle We then receive the circle of dancing another festive scene and one set"
X Link 2024-09-09T11:05Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Join us in our YEAR WITH HOMER. This week we start Book Ten of the Odyssey. https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/listen https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/listen"
X Link 2024-09-09T11:05Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"@Athens_Stranger @MTClassical @e_plutarchos Very good"
X Link 2024-09-09T19:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Love the great books Here's what new at Ascend: [--]. TOMORROW Dcn. Garlick (@HarrisonGarlic1) flies solo and leads us through BOOK TEN of the Odyssey. [--]. This week Dcn. Garlick records with the @zenahitz on Aristophanes' The Clouds for our upcoming series on the Greek plays. [--]. Next week Dcn. Garlick records with @costofglory on Plutarch's life of Alcibiades. [--]. Next week Dcn. Garlick records with the @alancornett and @RichardSMeloche on THE INTELLECTUAL LIFE by Fr. Sertillanges OP. [--]. Dr. Grabowski and Thomas Lackey return to discuss BOOK ELEVEN of the Odyssey with Dcn. Garlick next week. Good"
X Link 2024-09-10T01:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"BOOK TEN of the Odyssey is out Join Dcn. Garlick as he flies solo to discuss: ✅ King Aeolus island (master of the winds) ✅ A surprise attack by man-eating giants ✅ The men being turned into pigs by Circe Odysseus tells some of the most famous stories in the entire text"
X Link 2024-09-10T10:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@elonmusk Read the Odyssey with us We are in our YEAR OF HOMER. Six months on the Iliad and now six months on the Odyssey. One book (chapter) per week. Join us BOOK TEN of the Odyssey is out Join Dcn. Garlick as he flies solo to discuss: ✅ King Aeolus island (master of the winds) ✅ A surprise attack by man-eating giants ✅ The men being turned into pigs by Circe Odysseus tells some of the most famous stories in the entire text. https://t.co/3lZH1KQlwi BOOK TEN of the Odyssey is out Join Dcn. Garlick as he flies solo to discuss: ✅ King Aeolus island (master of the winds) ✅ A surprise attack by"
X Link 2024-09-11T10:32Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"We are reading Book Ten of the Odyssey this week. ➡How does guest-friendship inform the story of Circe and others in Book Ten All the narratives of book tenKing Aeolus the Laestrygonians and Circeincorporate guest-friendship in some manner. Recall that guest-friendship is sacred to the gods especially Zeus; thus King Aeolus is permitted to reject Odysseus and his men as guests since they are cursed by the gods (10.79). In fact rejecting them is contextualized as a duty as it would be a crime to host them (10.80). The narrative introduces us to the rightful rejection of a guest. The narrative"
X Link 2024-09-13T11:21Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Happy Sunday Relax and read great books"
X Link 2024-09-15T21:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@eveningstar555 Well done Well have a series on the Greek tragedies after we finish the Odyssey"
X Link 2024-09-16T02:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements
"Read the great books. Go for walks. Both are an education in what is real"
X Link 2024-09-16T22:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
""The greatest of all tyrannies is for man to want to be the divine." @Athens_Stranger gives a masterclass on the ending of Plato's First Alcibiades. Check it out"
X Link 2024-09-17T01:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"This is part of our upcoming series on Plato For now check out our "YEAR WITH HOMER." We start Book Eleven of the Odyssey tomorrow. https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/ https://ascend-the-great-book.captivate.fm/"
X Link 2024-09-17T01:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"The YEAR OF HOMER continues We are reading Book [--] this week of the Odyssey: the Kingdom of the Dead. Odysseus journeys into the underworld Here's a summary of Book 11: Odysseus and his men sail to the edge of the world into the endless darkness and the house of death (11.21). Following the ritual Circe prescribed Odysseus fills a trench with blood and the shades of the dead came out to meet him (11.40). Odysseus first speaks to Elpenor his comrade who fell off the roof of Circes house and lays unburied back on Circes island (11.57). Odysseus then sees his mother who he did not know was dead"
X Link 2024-09-17T11:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Does Achilles regret his pursuit of immortal glory In the Iliad Achilles chooses to remain in Troy and die for immortal glory rather than return home to a family peace and obscurity. In the Odyssey Odysseus travels down into the underworld and speaks with Achilles. Let's look: The shade of Achilles admits to Odysseus that he would rather be a slave on earth than have his eternal glories in the underworld It is a dispositive commentary on his choice between his two fates in the Iliad (11.550). As a reminder Achilles had the unique capacity to choose between his fates: either die in Troy with"
X Link 2024-09-21T12:22Z 35.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Whiskey glasses safaris in the Sudan and memories of Dcn. Garlick's late father. Check out this clip with @alancornett and @HarrisonGarlic1"
X Link 2024-09-25T20:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Alan joined Dcn. Garlick and @RichardSMeloche to discuss the Intellect Life by AG Sertillanges OP. Podcast out soon"
X Link 2024-09-25T20:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"What is the BEST answer to someone who asks: Why should I read Homer"
X Link 2024-09-26T18:11Z [----] followers, 14.3K engagements
"@Signorelli89 Very good. Socrates says the Iliad and the Odyssey are about justice"
X Link 2024-09-26T18:48Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Spend a year with Homer. If you just read one book (chapter) of the Iliad and then Odyssey per week (500-1000 lines) you can read both in a year. Its a slow attentive pace. And we are here to help"
X Link 2024-09-27T02:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Who are Scylla and Charybdis In Book [--] of the Odyssey Circe warns Odysseus of the creature Scylla who she calls a grisly monster with six long swaying necks who lives on the cliffside (12.94). In some myths Scylla was originally a beautiful woman who was turned into the grotesque monster. Other myths are more specific stating that Scylla was a beautiful sea-nymph loved by the sea-god Glaucus. When Glaucus failed to attract Scylla he turned to Circe to make him a love potion to use on Scylla; however Circe attempted to seduce Glaucus but Glaucus would not give up his love for Scylla. Enraged"
X Link 2024-09-30T20:38Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Absolutely love to hear about people reading the great books and starting small groups. Awesome"
X Link 2024-10-01T01:57Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Over 12k downloads since starting the Odyssey Thank you You can read Homer"
X Link 2024-10-01T02:02Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"This week @HarrisonGarlic1 and @minihan8 are joined by Dr. Pavlos Papadopoulos (@pleonidasp) of Wyoming Catholic College (@WYOCathCollege) to discuss Book [--] of the Odyssey: Ithaca at Last. Join us"
X Link 2024-10-01T11:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Dcn. Garlick and @pleonidasp discuss: ✅ Horsemanship as virtue-building ✅ Horsemanship as an analogue to politics Check out this clip from the conversation on Book Thirteen of the Odyssey"
X Link 2024-10-02T11:18Z [----] followers, 14.7K engagements
"Dcn. Garlick is joined by @alancornett and @RichardSMeloche to discuss The Intellectual Life by A.G. Sertillanges OP. ✅The intellectual life is a vocation for everyone ✅Courage is essential for intellectual growth ✅It's never too late to start cultivating your mind"
X Link 2024-10-03T10:11Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@Athens_Stranger Less is more. It is one of the reasons we wanted to (a) have the discipline to read the great books in order and (b) read them slowly. You have to allow the time for the great books to speak for themselves"
X Link 2024-10-03T21:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Read the Odyssey with us"
X Link 2024-10-04T01:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"What are we doing after Homer Here is the update we posted for our supporters on Patreon: ✅ Finish the Odyssey ✅ Hesiod and the Greek playwrights ✅ Launch into Plato"
X Link 2024-10-04T11:12Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"We have an ALL STAR line up to help you finish the Odyssey. @alecmbianco of the Circe Institute @JaredZimmerer of Benedictine @MaryDonoghue1 of the USCCB @jennfrey of the TU Honors College @dcnadamconque of the Diocese of Lafayette And more"
X Link 2024-10-04T11:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The contrasts are invitations to deeper truths. ➡Iliad: Achilles v. Hector ➡ Interim: Achilles v. Odysseus ➡ Odyssey: Odysseus v. Odysseus"
X Link 2024-10-05T01:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"What are the best books / resources on classical education"
X Link 2024-10-05T18:47Z 47.2K followers, 78.7K engagements
"Amen. Read the Chronicles of Narnia in publication order. There. Fixed it. https://t.co/6cJWHMW23k There. Fixed it. https://t.co/6cJWHMW23k"
X Link 2024-10-06T13:37Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"New to the Odyssey One of our favorite episodes is an intro to the Odyssey with Dr. Patrick Deneen Dr. Chad Pecknold and Dr. Richard Meloche. Wonderful conversation on the great books and why you should read the Odyssey"
X Link 2024-10-07T11:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"TOMORROW @alecmbianco joins us to discuss the loyal Swineherd in Book [--] of the Odyssey. Until then check out his thread on virtue. [--] CARDINAL VIRTUES We have all heard of the [--] Classical or Cardinal Virtues at some point: Justice Prudence Courage and Temperance. But what are they and why do we no longer try to cultivate them today A brief thread on their importance: 🧵 https://t.co/lsQo72DMnB [--] CARDINAL VIRTUES We have all heard of the [--] Classical or Cardinal Virtues at some point: Justice Prudence Courage and Temperance. But what are they and why do we no longer try to cultivate them today"
X Link 2024-10-08T02:49Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"THE LOYAL SWINEHERD This week Dcn. Garlick and Adam Minihan are joined by the @alecmbianco of the @circeins to discuss Book [--] of the Odyssey. ✅ What should we make of the loyal swineherd ✅ What does his name "Eumaeus" mean ✅ How does this servant have such noble piety"
X Link 2024-10-08T10:27Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Listen friends Many of you are asking when we are going to read Plato or Aristotle - and they are on the horizon. BUT if you'll read Homer Hesiod Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides and Aristophanes with us FIRST. Well your reading of Plato will be much richer"
X Link 2024-10-08T21:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"@shahbakhsh599 @HarrisonGarlic1 @minihan8 It comes out every Tuesday morning. Weve read the Iliad and are working through the Odyssey. Then January [----] we shift over to the Greek plays and then Plato"
X Link 2024-10-11T16:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"If you read the great books you realize nothing is new. The human condition remains the same. As Plato warns in the Republic one of the characteristic marks of a democracy that is decaying into tyranny is that each faction accuses the other of being a threat to democracy and attempts to use the legal system to bring it to heel: Citizens are then accused by their https://t.co/AK9wkbRmEO As Plato warns in the Republic one of the characteristic marks of a democracy that is decaying into tyranny is that each faction accuses the other of being a threat to democracy and attempts to use the legal"
X Link 2024-10-12T11:24Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"We are wrapping up book [--] of the Odyssey today and we start book [--] of the Odyssey tomorrow Keep up the good work"
X Link 2024-10-14T10:54Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"The Prince Sets Sail for Home This week Adam Minihan and Dcn. Harrison Garlick discuss book [--] of the Odyssey. ➡Here's a quick summary of book 15: Athena goes to Sparta and inspires the young Telemachus to return home quickly (15.10) and advises him on how to avoid the ambush set by the suitors (15.31). Menelaus gives Telemachus kingly gifts and sends him and Nestors son back to Pylos (15.112). Telemachus asks Nestors son to leave him at his ship and not take him back to Nestors houseas to be able to return home quickly and not be hosted again by the old king (15.222). As Telemachus is"
X Link 2024-10-15T11:59Z [----] followers, [---] engagements
"Why should you read the Odyssey ✅The importance of place ✅The coming of age of Telemachus ✅The journey home of Odysseus ✅A tale of loyalty (Penelope the Swineherd) ✅What is human excellence (arete) ✅What is hospitality (xenia) ✅ COOL MYTHOLOGICAL MONSTERS What else"
X Link 2024-10-15T22:14Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Dr. Deneen was on our podcast to introduce us to the Odyssey Hes always worth a listen Last week we were honored to welcome the political philosopher and author @PatrickDeneen to speak about Homers Odysseya foundational text of our curriculumand the perennial human temptation to deny our own nature. The Odyssey is a deep dive into questions of what it is to https://t.co/AkbLXFl73F Last week we were honored to welcome the political philosopher and author @PatrickDeneen to speak about Homers Odysseya foundational text of our curriculumand the perennial human temptation to deny our own nature."
X Link 2024-10-16T00:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Did you know All of our episodes are up on Youtube as well. ✅Videos on the whole Iliad ✅Videos up to Odyssey Book [--] ✅Videos on how to read the great books ✅And More Join us. Link below"
X Link 2024-10-17T13:30Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"We do not read the great books to become well-read relativists. We read the great books to conform our minds to reality - to discover what is true good and beautiful"
X Link 2024-10-17T17:43Z 47.2K followers, 192.4K engagements
"Here is your opportunity to read Homer Reading Homer alone is hard. BUT you're not alone. 25+ podcasts/videos on the Iliad. We are on book [--] of the Odyssey this week. Join us and read Homer"
X Link 2024-10-18T02:32Z 38.6K followers, [----] engagements
"If youve been reading Homer with us youll see his threefold piety underneath this: Piety toward the divine Piety toward the polis Piety toward the family Piety breeds gratitudea gratitude that helps man find his place in the cosmos. We need to recover a politics of gratitude. As Americans we are obsessed with rights - what we think is owed to us. But we think very little of duty - what we owe to others. From Aquinas to Cicero to Plato our tradition has told us that man must be grateful for what he https://t.co/UfgwMJ4AZ2 We need to recover a politics of gratitude. As Americans we are obsessed"
X Link 2024-10-21T13:43Z 38.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Wisdom on love and beauty awaits"
X Link 2024-10-21T22:07Z 47.2K followers, 90.7K engagements
"Do you love Plutarch If so you should follow @costofglory"
X Link 2024-10-22T00:08Z [----] followers, 26K engagements
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