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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2696: Winged Words

Casey Dué

Posted on July 19, 2023 · Episode: 2696 Winged Words: The Homeric Epics as Oral Poetry. Today, classicist Casey Due listens to the Homeric epics.

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