The Bill and Carol Fox Center
for Humanistic Inquiry
Emory University
2011-2012 Great Works Seminar
Attic Black-figure Krater, escaping from the cave of Polyphemos; 500 BCE
Michael C. Carlos Museum
Homer’s Odyssey
Homer’s Odyssey is simultaneously ethnography, travel literature, epic and historical source, offering insight into the
social structures of life around the ancient Mediterranean as well as into the topography, real and imagined, of the
ancient sea itself. Reading in translation, we will consider how this foundational work in western literature resonates
with the archaeologically apprehended ancient world as well as with our own: Odysseus’ journey is far from done.
The seminar will be moderated by Professor Sandra Blakely from Emory’s Department of Classics. This seminar will
meet for four Wednesday evening sessions during the 2012 spring semester: February 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th
from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at The Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry.
Everyone from the Atlanta community is welcome and invited to join us for this free seminar. For further
information and to reserve seating on a “first-come basis,” email the Fox Center at fchi@emory.edu, or call
404.727.6424.
We are grateful to the National Endowment for the Humanities for its support of this program. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in
these seminars do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.