Cyclops
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Ulysses & The Odyssey: Cyclops
The Odyssey – Book IX Following their misadventure with the Lotus Eaters, Odysseus and his fleet come to the home of the Cyclopes, a rude, violent and uncivilized people. Odysseus and his men enter the cave dwelling of the Cyclops Polyphemus while he is out tending to his sheep. They eat Polyphemus’ food while waiting…
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Ep. 70 – Bloomsday 2021
Happy Bloomsday, one and all! Enjoy a selection of readings from Ulysses by our talented listeners from across the globe. It’s a Bloomsday bash you can listen to anywhere. Just add gorgonzola and burgundy! Cool stuff to support: Sweny’s Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark alive. Please subscribe! U22: The Centenary Ulysses Podcast Ulysses –…
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Ep. 45 – Bloomsday 2020
Happy Bloomsday, one and all! Blooms & Barnacles presents our Bloomsday 2020 episode, a little Bloomsday party you can take anywhere you go. Many friends and listeners came together to record their favorite passages from Ulysses, and we’ve compiled them into one, gargantuan Blooms & Barnacles episode. Sweny’s Patreon helps keep this marvelous Dublin landmark alive.…
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Is Leopold Bloom Jewish?
“It is odd that the creator of the most outstanding Jew in modern literature did not at that time know any of the Jewish community in Dublin.” – Padraic Colum, p. 56, Our Friend James Joyce “Yes. Only a foreigner would do. The Jews were foreigners in Dublin at that time. There was no hostility…