Encore: A father and a son and The Odyssey

Conversations by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Aug 25, 20260:47:00Society & Culture

Author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn was teaching a university class on Homer's The Odyssey, when his elderly father decided to enrol in it.Daniel became fascinated by the stories of the ancient world as a child and g...

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