Literary features, themes, formulae and ritual.

• What is Hubris?
• What is Supplication? or, ‘why do they put their hands on eachother when they want something in Ancient Greek Epic?’
• How to formulate an Ancient Greek prayer
• Fate and Fortune – what’s the difference?
• Nostos – the yearning for home
• Gods and Monsters in the Odyssey
• The Odyssey, Book 1: Invocation to the Muse p2
• The Odyssey, Book 1: Invocation to the Muse pt1
• Why Paris is such an utter plonker
• Deaths in the Iliad: a Classics Infographic
• What makes a Homeric hero? (Infographic)
• Kudos and Aidos
• Guest post: Aristeia
• Xenia
• Arming Formula
• Simile
• Epithet
• Hamartia
• Divine Inspiration
• Divine Intervention