For a recent feature in the Princeton Alumni Weekly (PAW), Johannes Haubold (Classics) joined PAW senior writer Mark F. Bernstein ’83 for a screening of “The Odyssey.” In the piece, they discuss the epic poem’s enduring themes, the various translations of Homer’s work, and why “The Odyssey” remains a universal story.
Haubold is a scholar of Greek, Roman, and Babylonian literature and the author of several books, including two on Homer. He has taught a wide range of classes on ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern languages and literature. He is currently teaching in the Humanities Sequence “Middle Eastern Humanities I: From Antiquity to Islam.” The Program in Humanistic Studies course surveys important works of literature, politics, ethics, aesthetics, religion, and science produced in the Near East from antiquity to the early centuries of Islam.
