Its a cyclical thing. Teachers feel self-important by adding them to flaunt how progressive they are, and to give themselves protection against that one student who will overreact and ruin months of everyone's lives over "distress" caused by it.
Its that same old throwaway legal shield concept, where its meaningless babble to protect against one random idiot that everyone knows will take advantage of it otherwise. And in this case, its only happening because we haven't beat these kids enough to make them not act like that.
“Is the faculty of Exeter University really saying that its students are the most quivering and pathetic in the entire 28 centuries of Homeric studies?”
Historical context is important here. The breast was seen as the seat of the heart in the ancient Greek world, hence why some descriptions of emotions are described as coming from the breast. Likewise, when the Greek goddesses or other women who are considered to be the ideal of beauty come in, it was natural that their general figure would be described, which included their breasts, so it wasn't Homer pulling his inner G.R.R. Martin. When it comes to battle wounds, which is what I'm assuming you're referring to given the inclusion of nipples, Homer is known for describing realistic battle wounds, and seeing that most of the armor of the time left people open on the side of the chest near the armpits, it would make sense that most wounds would come in the breast/nipple area.
Probably some diversity hire saw the word Lesbos and had a conniption.
Just like that time with, what was it? nail polish? that had Black/Noir/Negro on the label.
Don't be absurd. I believe that they got mad at Crayola for having Black/Noir/Negro on a crayon. Because these people are infants.
Sad and pathetic
Wait until they hit the etymology of the word "Trigger" and see that they've all just been having their leg pulled.
They have named the module "Women in Homer". I have a feeling that wet, feeble-minded namby-pambies are the target demographic.
Jesus Christ, how long has the Simpsons been on air?!
Honestly? Too long. In reality? 1989.
I'm starting to think that these trigger warnings are more for the teacher than the student.
Its a cyclical thing. Teachers feel self-important by adding them to flaunt how progressive they are, and to give themselves protection against that one student who will overreact and ruin months of everyone's lives over "distress" caused by it.
Its that same old throwaway legal shield concept, where its meaningless babble to protect against one random idiot that everyone knows will take advantage of it otherwise. And in this case, its only happening because we haven't beat these kids enough to make them not act like that.
A fair question
There's been a recent translation of the Oddysey, and most readers say it's quite bad. But it was done by a woman, so big praises from the usual set
If you can't handle classics like those then you don't belong in a university or the West more broadly.
Leave.
It might just have been the translation I was using, but the Iliad did convince me that Homer was a blowhard with a nipple fixation.
Historical context is important here. The breast was seen as the seat of the heart in the ancient Greek world, hence why some descriptions of emotions are described as coming from the breast. Likewise, when the Greek goddesses or other women who are considered to be the ideal of beauty come in, it was natural that their general figure would be described, which included their breasts, so it wasn't Homer pulling his inner G.R.R. Martin. When it comes to battle wounds, which is what I'm assuming you're referring to given the inclusion of nipples, Homer is known for describing realistic battle wounds, and seeing that most of the armor of the time left people open on the side of the chest near the armpits, it would make sense that most wounds would come in the breast/nipple area.