Tag: Joseph R. Wood’s ‘Amateur Impressions of the Odyssey’

Restless and at Home in America

We recently reached the 250th anniversary (a quarter-millennium) of the dominant nation and culture of our time – and of one of the greatest countries in world history. Yet just a few weeks later, you’d hardly know it. And only a month ago,…

Amateur Impressions of the Odyssey

A long drive recently allowed me to listen to the unabridged audiobook of Homer’s Odyssey. It was worth all 780+ minutes. Hearing the poem helped me understand why it is foundational to the Western understanding of human life, and how archetypal…