Variations in the Portraiture of a Mythical Figure by W. B. STANFORD
Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Dublin 1: The Hero
Though modern presentations of Ulysses are generally unfavourable. Homer showed him as a figure who commanded respect, even admiration at times In the later tradition Shakespeare and many other writers allowed him to retain some of his heroic qualities. Yet Homer's Ulysses was in some ways a distinctly unconventional hero.
Reader MICHAEL MCCLAIN
Produced by ADRIAN JOHNSON
(25 April - 2: The Villain)