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Category Archives: Reading Group
Myth Reading Group 26 May: Gods Without Men
The Myth Reading Group will meet on ‘Zoom’ on Thursday 26 May 2022, 6:00-7:00 pm (UK time). The link to join is posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. Our topic for the summer term is The … Continue reading
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Tagged Coyote, Hari Kunzru, modern/contemporary literature, Native american mythology, Trickster
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Myth Reading Group 9 March: Kalevala, Runo 10.
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Wednesday 9 March 2022, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join is posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. The text for this session of the Myth Reading … Continue reading
Myth Reading Group 9 February: Odin
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Wednesday 9 February 2022, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join is posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. Hávamál, or ‘The Words of the High One’ is … Continue reading
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Tagged Edda, Magic, Norse mythology, Odin, poetry, Runes, Yggdrasill
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Myth Reading Group 26 January: Maeldune
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Wednesday 26 January 2022, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join is posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. An immram is an Early Irish sea-adventure, in which … Continue reading
Myth Reading Group 8 December: Circe
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Wednesday 8 December, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join will be posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. The Myth Reading Group is open to all who … Continue reading
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Tagged Circe, epic poetry, Greek mythology, Homer, Magic, modern/contemporary literature, Odyssey
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Myth Reading Group 24 November: Faust
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Wednesday 24 November, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join will be posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. The Myth Reading Group is open to all who … Continue reading
Myth Reading Group 29 June: Homeric Athena
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Tuesday 29 June, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join will be posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. For the final session in our series on Athena, … Continue reading
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Tagged Athena, epic poetry, Greek mythology, Homer, Homeric Hymn, John Flaxman, Odysseus, Odyssey
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Myth Reading Group 15 June: Athena on the stage: Eumenides & Ajax
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Tuesday 15 June, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join is posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. The gods occasionally appear on the Greek tragic stage: often … Continue reading
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Tagged Aeschylus, Ajax, Athena, Greek mythology, Greek Tragedy, Oresteia, Sophocles
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Myth Reading Group 1 June: Pindar and Mandelstam
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Tuesday 1 June, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join will be posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. Pindar’s Pythian Odes celebrate victors in the funeral games … Continue reading
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Tagged Athena, Greek mythology, modern/contemporary literature, music, Osip Mandel’shtam, Pindar, poetry
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