Purely Academic with Jonathan Lack & Sean Chapman
Jul 15, 2026 · 3 hr 26 min · 10 segments
It’s been perhaps the darkest few weeks for video games in either of our lifetimes, so we’re back to discuss the ongoing Video Game Apocalypse, from Xbox executing thousands of layoffs and divesting…
Sean ChapmanHostJonathan LackHostBut a good translation of The Odyssey and talk about the book and all of that good stuff.
If people are curious, we'll specifically be looking at the Emily Wilson translation, which is the most recent kind of big translation of The Odyssey, and the one I had not read yet.
If you've ever been intimidated by The Odyssey, it's the most read- it's so readable.
It doesn't ha- it's not, like, burdened with old-timey language the way Fagles' was, that y- I had to read in high school, that kind of thing.
Uh, and, but we won't be talking about the horrible, no good, very bad, uh, TV miniseries about The Odyssey.
But a good translation of The Odyssey and talk about the book and all of that good stuff.
If people are curious, we'll specifically be looking at the Emily Wilson translation, which is the most recent kind of big translation of The Odyssey, and the one I had not read yet.
If you've ever been intimidated by The Odyssey, it's the most read- it's so readable.
It doesn't ha- it's not, like, burdened with old-timey language the way Fagles' was, that y- I had to read in high school, that kind of thing.
Uh, and, but we won't be talking about the horrible, no good, very bad, uh, TV miniseries about The Odyssey.
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