Professor Edith Hall

So although it's glorious and wonderful and I want everybody to read it, I think we can read it in a new tragic way that might inspire us to go out and fight for our planet. I want us to use the warfare in the Iliad to fight for our planet.

And that's why I've written this book and I've dedicated it to my children and all the rest of Generation Z with apologies for the state of the planet, because I am ashamed that I'm 65 years old and I'm handing on

And that's why I've written this book and I've dedicated it to my children and all the rest of Generation Z with apologies for the state of the planet, because I am ashamed that I'm 65 years old and I'm handing on

And that's why I've written this book and I've dedicated it to my children and all the rest of Generation Z with apologies for the state of the planet, because I am ashamed that I'm 65 years old and I'm handing on

you know i haven't done more i i really am edith well it's a wonderful book and it's a very very noble cause last but certainly not least the book is called epic of the earth reading homers iliad in the fight for a dying world it's going to be published next month by yale university press and it's a trade book so it is not all that expensive fantastic well edith thank you so much for taking the time to come back on the podcast today thank you very much

you know i haven't done more i i really am edith well it's a wonderful book and it's a very very noble cause last but certainly not least the book is called epic of the earth reading homers iliad in the fight for a dying world it's going to be published next month by yale university press and it's a trade book so it is not all that expensive fantastic well edith thank you so much for taking the time to come back on the podcast today thank you very much

you know i haven't done more i i really am edith well it's a wonderful book and it's a very very noble cause last but certainly not least the book is called epic of the earth reading homers iliad in the fight for a dying world it's going to be published next month by yale university press and it's a trade book so it is not all that expensive fantastic well edith thank you so much for taking the time to come back on the podcast today thank you very much

Hi, I'm absolutely thrilled to be here, though I would dispute that Aristotle's actually dead to me because I dream about him almost every night.

Hi, I'm absolutely thrilled to be here, though I would dispute that Aristotle's actually dead to me because I dream about him almost every night.

Aristotle actually had a really very boringly sort of normal personal life. So he's a GP's son. He's the son of the GP in a little town called Stagira, which means the dripping place, because it's high up on a cliff where the waters drip down into the sea. I've been there. This is not Macedonia. This was a free, independent city-state in northeastern Greece. And dad's called... Nicomachus.

Aristotle actually had a really very boringly sort of normal personal life. So he's a GP's son. He's the son of the GP in a little town called Stagira, which means the dripping place, because it's high up on a cliff where the waters drip down into the sea. I've been there. This is not Macedonia. This was a free, independent city-state in northeastern Greece. And dad's called... Nicomachus.

Nicomachus.

Nicomachus.

Yeah, Greek names are something else. I mean, they really are. I mean, Aristotle means the best goal, which isn't a bad name for him. You know, the best goal in life, your best telos. Best purpose.

Yeah, Greek names are something else. I mean, they really are. I mean, Aristotle means the best goal, which isn't a bad name for him. You know, the best goal in life, your best telos. Best purpose.

He is very, very real. He's extremely real, even though just lately some of his works have been banned in China and some of the Chinese internet started saying he wasn't real. But, you know, take it from me, not the Chinese internet. Yeah. So his mother was called Festus and he seems to have been very fond of her. So he has a comfortable, idyllic childhood in this very small, beautiful town.

He is very, very real. He's extremely real, even though just lately some of his works have been banned in China and some of the Chinese internet started saying he wasn't real. But, you know, take it from me, not the Chinese internet. Yeah. So his mother was called Festus and he seems to have been very fond of her. So he has a comfortable, idyllic childhood in this very small, beautiful town.

So he has this nice childhood, but very sadly, his parents died when he was about 13. Both of them, we don't quite know why. And then between 13 and 17, there are various different stories. But I think the true story is that his older sister... had married a very nice and very rich guy who lived actually in what's now northwest Turkey, because that was all Greek, near Troy.

So he has this nice childhood, but very sadly, his parents died when he was about 13. Both of them, we don't quite know why. And then between 13 and 17, there are various different stories. But I think the true story is that his older sister... had married a very nice and very rich guy who lived actually in what's now northwest Turkey, because that was all Greek, near Troy.

You know, in the ancient world, lots of people lost their parents young. People died younger for all kinds of reasons. And he actually really landed on his feet.