Modern Homeric "Discourse"

Meticulously breaking down and invalidating the criticisms against reading Homer in high schools

The “discourse” on certain social media websites fluctuates back and forth between the same dozen or so topics. One particularly vocal minority that pops up when ancient/classical matters make the news are the Y/A Fiction writers. In the past this errant group has attacked the idea of teaching Homer in schools. The conversation is a healthy one to have:…