Welcome to the November session of the Book Club! This month we will be reading selections from Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian War: Books 1 and 2. You can find the text on Perseus in a translation by Benjamin Jowett (who also provides a helpful Note on the geography of Thucydides), here: Book 1 Book 2 There is also a translation by Thomas Hobbes: Book 1 Book 2 A translation… Read more
Dear fellow readers Our next Book Club selection takes us to the world of ancient Greek drama, and that most famous and beautiful of women, Helen. There is a new “heroized” version of the play in the Text Library, here, in html or PDF format. This tracks the Core Vocab words that we are familiar with from the HeroesX project and the Sourcebook, and is based on the translation by… Read more
Dear fellow readers Our Book Club selection for September is from Deborah Beck Homeric Conversation, which you can find on the Center for Hellenic Studies website, here. We will all be reading the introduction, and then each of you can choose one other chapter to read, depending on your interest. You can start and continue the conversation in the forum, here, and we will be meeting via Google+ Hangout on… Read more
Dear fellow readers, As you are enjoying the hot days of summer, you are invited to take a seat under the shade and read the Book Club selection and discuss it with your fellow readers to cool down! We will be reading Hesiod’s Works and Days, section: ‘Pandora’, lines 53–105; and Theogony, section: ‘Prometheus: Pandora and the Lineage of Women’, lines 570–616. Please join the discussion in the forum, here,… Read more
Fair, of deeds, the man I see; Wounded sore is his fair skin; On his brow shines hero’s light; Victory’s seat is in his face! Seven gems of champions brave Deck the centre of his orbs; Naked are the spears he bears, And he hooks a red cloak round! Noblest face is his, I see; He respects all womankind. Young the lad and fresh his hue, With a dragon’s form… Read more