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On the Least Interesting Parts of Great Books: Melville and Homer

On the Least Interesting Parts of Great Books: Melville and Homer

Update: 2025-10-271
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Jason Lund, upper school humanities teacher and senior thesis coordinator at Treasure Valley Classical Academy in Fruitland, Idaho, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss the least interesting parts of great books, how Homer's list of ships in The Iliad relates to the poem's themes, and the importance of the extracts in Melville's Moby Dick.

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On the Least Interesting Parts of Great Books: Melville and Homer

On the Least Interesting Parts of Great Books: Melville and Homer

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