Book Club

Book Club | May 2015: Lysistrata by Aristophanes

We will have a  Book Club discussion of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata. Our discussion will be held via Google+ Hangout on Thursday, May 21 2015 at 11:00 a.m EDT. Everybody is welcome to join in! Please sign up in the Forum if you would like to join, or if you are unable to make the hangout you can add your comments here in this Forum thread. You can read Ian Johnston’s translation… Read more

Book Club | October 2014: The Language of Heroes

Dear H25 participants, Our next Book Club selection is Chapter 3, “Heroes as Performers,” of The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad, by Richard P. Martin. Our discussion will be held via Google+ Hangout on Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 1:00 p.m EDT Please sign up for the Google+ hangout on the Forum thread. Happy Readings! Sarah & Janet Read more

Book Club | September 2014: Frogs by Aristophanes

September: Aristophanes Frogs Our next Book Club selection is Aristophanes’ Frogs. You can find the English text here: Frogs – Matthew Dillon’s translation on Perseus or Frogs  – Ian Johnston’s translation Our discussions will be held via Google+ Hangout on Friday, September 26 at 2:00 p.m EDT Project Chatroom on Tuesday, September 30 at 2:00 p.m EDT Please sign up for the Google+ hangout on the Forum thread Happy Readings!… Read more

Book Club | August 2014: Homeric Hymns to Dionysus

~ Update ~ In addition to our original selection, for the discussion on September 5 we will also read Hymn 26, which is also to Dionysus. Here is a link to the English text: Homeric Hymn 26: to Dionysus Our next Book Club selections are the Homeric Hymns to Dionysus, Hymn numbers 1 and 7. You can find the English texts on Perseus: Homeric Hymn 1: to Dionysus Homeric Hymn… Read more

Book Club | June 2014: Iliad 10 and the poetics of ambush

In conjunction with the visiting scholars, Casey Dué and Mary Ebbott, in June we will be reading Iliad Scroll X from the Sourcebook and Iliad 10 and the Poetics of Ambush, Part 1, Essays 1–4: 1: Interpreting Iliad 10 2: The Poetics of Ambush 3: Tradition and Reception: Rhesos, Dolon, and the Doloneia 4: Iliad 10: A Multitextual Approach Google+ Hangout will be on Friday, June 20th @ 1:00 p.m… Read more