Theory Lens Mini-Guide
Use these focused lenses as hypotheses for reading ancient epics. They can later expand into lenses for tragedy, modernism, political thought, myth, religion, and other major traditions.
Hobbes and Ancient Epic
Law, kingship, fear, walls, violence, and the fragile making of political order.
Locke and Ancient Epic
Rights, consent, protection, property, legitimate rule, and resistance to abusive power.
Freud and Ancient Epic
Hidden desire, rivalry, taboo, dreams, repression, fear, and motive beneath heroic action.
Jung and Ancient Epic
Archetypes, shadow figures, descent, symbols, transformation, and collective imagination.