Carlos Conversations   /     Drinking with a Siren

Description

An ancient Greek drinking cup decorated with an image of a siren generates a conversation between Peter Bing, Associate Professor in the Department of Classics, and the Museum's Curator of Greek and Roman Art Jasper Gaunt. They discuss The Odyssey, where the sirens first appear, noting that Homer never actually describes what the sirens look like, leaving writers, painters, and even filmmakers free to interpret them as they have wished over the last 2000 years. Margaret Atwood ends the pod cast with a reading of her poem Siren Song.

Subtitle
An ancient Greek cup with an image of a siren sparks a conversation about The Odyssey, where sirens first appear, noting that Homer never describes their appearance, leaving writers, painters, and filmmakers free to interpret them for the last 2000 years.
Duration
15:55
Publishing date
2008-11-06 20:14
Link
http://carlos.emory.edu/conversations/drinking_with_a_siren.mp4
Contributors
  Peter Bing, Jasper Gaunt
author  
Enclosures
http://carlos.emory.edu/conversations/drinking_with_a_siren.mp4
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