Alexander Schmid Podcast

In this episode, we cover Book VII of Hektor's "Iliad". We watch (a) the negotiations of the gods, (b) one-on-one combat between Aias the Greater and Hektor, and (c) the crooked negotiations of the Achaians. We then take a few minutes to analyze the (a) bronze on Aias' shield, (b) Agamemnon's improving leadership, and (c) how betrayal begets dishonesty. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode, we cover Book VII of Hektor's "Iliad". We watch (a) the negotiations of the gods, (b) one-on-one combat between Aias the Greater and Hektor, and (c) the crooked negotiations of the Achaians. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode, Wes and I consider value systems ancient and modern, the degeneration of modern notions of truth, and the inability of Postmodernists to put their claims into rational arguments. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode, we observe (a) a cruel moment with Agamemnon, (b) an odd exchange between Diomedes and Glaukos, and (c) Hektor's final trip to Troy (Ilion). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode, we racpitulate Pandaros' death, the relationship between Athene and Diomedes, and the gods and men in general. What exactly is the relationship between the men and the gods? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In Episode 021, Mr. Wesley Schantz and I consider broad connections between the Iliad of Homer, the Divine Comedy of Dante, contemporary psychology, and the causes of the Trojan War. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In Episode 020 we consider the first part of Homer's "Iliad" Bk 5. We consider (a) Diomedes' interaction with Athene: god vision received; (b) the battle between Diomedes and Pandaros/Aineias, and (c) Aphrodite's removal from the battlefield. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In Episode 019, we discuss Homer's "Iliad" Bk IV Pt 2. We discuss Agamemnon's dressing down of the troops, the comparisons of Achaians army to the Trojans, and an explanation of the differences between Athene and Ares. The battle begins. The heroes get kills. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In Episode 016, Mr. Wes Schantz and I discuss an array of topics: Being, Meaning, Purpose, Vocation, Education, and Jordan B. Peterson vs. Postmodernism. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In Episode 016, Mr. Wesley Schantz and I cover an array of topics: meaning, purpose, vocation, and Jordan B. Peterson vs. Postmodernism --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode we observe Homer's Iliad Book IV and particularly (1) the grim agreement between Zeus and Hera, (2) the tricking of Pandaros, (3) and the shooting of Menelaos and its fallout. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In Episode 017, we correct the Adam and Eve interpretation and explain the terms (a) levels of abstraction and (b) differing levels of analysis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In Episode 016, Mr. Wesley Schantz and I cover a wide array of topics: Being, Meaning, Purpose, and Jordan B. Peterson vs. Postmodernism. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode, we consider the one-on-one combat between Menelaos and Paris and the marital strife between Paris and Helen. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In Episode 014 friend and listener, Wes Schantz, calls in to ask two major questions: (1) how does a conk shell differ from a staff as a symbol? (2) Is this an analytic or creative endeavor? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode, we consider the famous so-called Teichoscopia where Helen first describes the Achaians to King Priam. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In Episode 012 we discuss the first 120 lines of Homer's Iliad Book III. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In Episode 011, we consider three major symbols in Homer's Iliad Book II: (1) proper use of speech, (2) the scepter of the king, (3) the sparrow and the snake. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In episode 010, I lecture on Homer's Book II: Agamemnon's Evil Dream, Nestor, Agamemnon's failed pump-up speech, Odysseus' fixing the situation, Thersites, and the Catalog of Ships --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support

In this episode, I account for the second half of the Iliad: Achilleus and Agamemnon argue; Achilleus leaves the war effort; Briseis is taken; Thetis requests of Zeus for Achilleus; Drama in Heaven between Zeus and Hera and Hephaistos mediates. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alexander-schmid9/support