The Man Behind the Myth: Should We Question the Hero’s Journey?
LARB presents the first entry in “Pasts Imperfect,” a new column that explores the impact of ancient pasts on the present.
Joel Christensen is professor and chair of Classical Studies at Brandeis University and serves as senior associate dean for Faculty Affairs in the School of Arts and Sciences. In addition to articles on Greek language, myth, and literature, he has published a Beginner’s Guide to Homer (One World, 2013) and Homer’s Thebes (CHS, 2019) with Elton T. E. Barker, as well as A Commentary on the Homeric Battle of Frogs and Mice (Bloomsbury, 2018) with Erik Robinson. He has recently published The Many-Minded Man: The Odyssey, Psychology, and the Therapy of Epic with Cornell University Press. Christensen runs the ancient Greek and Roman blog sententiaeantiquae.com and tweets as @sentantiq.
LARB presents the first entry in “Pasts Imperfect,” a new column that explores the impact of ancient pasts on the present.