This week Dcn. Garlick and Mr. Eli Stone discuss Book Seven of the Odyssey: Phaeacia’s Halls and Gardens. Check out thegreatbookspodcast.com for more resources. FROM THE GUIDE: 36.      What happens in book seven? Athena hides Odysseus in a mist and leads him, in the guise of a child, toward the palace (7.17). She reiterates the advice…

Dcn. Harrison Garlick and Adam Minihan are joined by Eli Stone, formerly of the TU Great Books Honors College and now with Holy Family Classical School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to discuss BOOK SIX of the Odyssey: The Princess and the Stranger. Check us out at thegreatbookspodcast.com. From the guide: 32.      What happens in book six? Athena…

Dcn. Harrison Garlick and Adam Minihan are joined by Evan Amato of Rewire the West to discuss Book Five of Odyssey: Odysseus escapes Calypso’s Island. Check out thegreatbookspodcast.com for a written guide to the Odyssey. A couple questions from the guide: 28.      What happens in book five? King Odysseus is trapped on Calypso’s island. Zeus, at…

This week Adam Minihan returns to discuss Book Four of the Odyssey with Father Bonaventure, OP – a Dominican Friar of the Province of St. Joseph. The out our website for a 50+ page guide to the Odyssey. 23.      What happens in book four? Telemachus arrives in Sparta to find King Menelaus hosting a “double-wedding feast;”…

Dcn. Harrison Garlick, Dr. Frank Grabowski, and Mr. Thomas Lackey discuss Book Three of the Odyssey: KING NESTOR REMEMBERS. The lovable old man from the Iliad returns to help set Telemachus on his way. More on Telemachus’ coming of age story What power comes to rest on Telemachus? How did Great Ajax die?! (ignobly…) What…