Thursday 26 August 2010

The Iliad and Odyssey for veterans

Again, readers of the most recent Amphora may have encountered the passing reference to psychologist Jonathan Shay (p. 7) reading the Homeric epics with Vietnam veterans as a form of therapy. More about this intriguing and beneficially impactful application of Classical Studies may be read and heard in this article from The New York Times.

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