STORY 0:00 – 58:55
Odysseus listens to the Sirens. I pause to provide a historical review of how Sirens evolved over time, following Homer’s Odyssey. Odysseus then chooses between Charybdis and Scylla, and I pause to relate a seriously twisted “Scylla back-story”. And finally, we witness the incredibly disturbing deaths of all of Odysseus’ remaining crew.
POST-STORY COMMENTARY: THE TRIAL OF ODYSSEUS 58:55 – 2:08:30
In this commentary I playfully put Odysseus on trial on the charge of Criminal Negligence in a Leadership Capacity. I revisit the entire Great Wanderings stories we have just completed in a revisionist reading of Odysseus: not as a hero, but as an egregiously flawed military commander. And I put the omniscient narrator, Mr. Homer, on the witness stand.
RELATED IMAGES
I struggle to find details – title of work, name of artist, date – for some images. If you can help, please forward information to me. Thanks. Jeff
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- Bird Sirens, 5th c B.C.E.
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- Bird-Woman Siren on Greek Vase
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- Bird-Women Sirens
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- Mermaid Sirens
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- The Sirens and Ulysses, William Etty, 1787-1849
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- Sirens, Leon-Auguste Adolphe Belly, 1827 – 1877
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- 21st Century Sirens
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- Scylla and Charybdis
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- Scylla
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- Cattle of the Sun God
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- Odyssues surviving Charybdis
