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Category Archives: Reading Group
Myth Reading Group 22 March: Harrison’s Prolegomena
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Monday 22 March, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join will be posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. This week’s text is taken from Jane Ellen Harrison’s Prolegomena … Continue reading
Myth Reading Group 8 March: Philostratus the Elder, Imagines
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Monday 8 March, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join is posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. This week’s text is an extract from the Imagines of … Continue reading
Myth Reading Group 22 February: Homeric Hymns, and Frogs
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Monday 22 February, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join is posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. Following our discussion of Euripides’ Bacchae (405 BC), we turn … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristophanes, Dionysus, Frogs, Greek Comedy, Greek mythology, Heracles, Homeric Hymn
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Myth Reading Group 8 February: Bacchae
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Monday 8 February, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join will be posted in the comments for this post before the session. All are welcome. This term’s topic is Dionysus, and … Continue reading
Myth Reading Group – Spring Term 2021
Dionysus is our theme for this term’s Myth Reading Group. The Myth Reading Group is open to all who have an interest in the study of myth. Meetings are held over ‘Zoom’, with texts circulated in advance. Together we read … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristophanes, Dionysus, Euripides, Homeric Hymn, Jane Harrison, Philostratus
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Myth Reading Group 16 December: Homer’s Odyssey
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Wednesday 16 December, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join can be found in the comments for this post. All are welcome. Continuing our topic of ‘Food’, we will look at … Continue reading
Myth Reading Group 2 December: Baba Yaga Laid an Egg
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Wednesday 2 December, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join can be found in the comments for this post. All are welcome. Continuing our topic of ‘Food’, the primary text is … Continue reading
Myth Reading Group 4 November: Keats, The Fall of Hyperion
The Myth Reading Group meets on ‘Zoom’ on Wednesday 4 November, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join can be found in the comments for this post. All are welcome. Continuing our topic of ‘Food’, the primary text is: … Continue reading
Myth Reading Group 21 October: Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus
The first meeting of the Myth Reading Group for the Autumn term is on Wednesday 21 October, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time) via Zoom (Link can be found in the comments). Our topic is “Food” and we will be looking at … Continue reading
Myth Reading Group – Autumn Term 2020
The Myth Reading Group is revived for the Autumn Term for four meetings to be held over ‘Zoom’. Texts will be circulated in advance, and the meetings will consist of reading and discussion of the texts. The meetings are open … Continue reading
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