Podcast launch date: Monday, June 14, 2010.
First episode:Â The Iliad 20-30 minute podcast.
This tiny Greek figure is from the British Museum’s collection.
The Nereid goddess Thetis, mother of Achilles, is riding a dolphin buoyed up on the crest of a wave. She carries the arms of Achilles, newly fashioned by Hephaestus, god of fire and metal.
W.H. Auden wrote “The Shield of Achilles” (1952) in response to this passage from The Iliad.
Why was new armor made for Achilles? What was so special about this armor? Find out in ten days on the maiden podcast of Ancient World Now….