Tag Archives: Aeschylus

Myth Reading Group 15 June: Athena on the stage: Eumenides & Ajax

Posted on 9 June 2021 by ὑποκείμενον

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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Myth Reading Group – Summer Term 2021: ATHENE

Posted on 27 April 2021 by ὑποκείμενον

Our theme for this term’s Myth Reading Group is Athene. 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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Harrison’s Oresteia

Posted on 18 January 2014 by ὑποκείμενον

For the benefit of students taking the MA Translating Myth, but also for everyone’s pleasure, here is the television recording of Tony Harrison’s Oresteia, directed by Peter Hall for the National Theatre in 1981, with music by Harrison Birtwistle. You … Continue reading →

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Tuesday 21 February: Agamemnon’s Front Door

Posted on 17 February 2012 by ὑποκείμενον

Myth Reading Group Tuesday 21 February 2012 5 – 6 p.m. Room 5B.330 The text is an excerpt from Tony Harrison’s translation of the Oresteia of Aeschylus, presenting Agamemnon’s return home from Troy: Tony Harrison – The Oresteia [link expired] … Continue reading →

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Tuesday 15 November: Isaac versus Iphigeneia

Posted on 11 November 2011 by ὑποκείμενον

Myth Reading Group Tuesday 15 November 2011 5 – 6 p.m. Room 5A.330 Two texts: Genesis 22.1-19 (Authorized King James Version) Aeschylus, Agamemnon 104-257, trans. MacNeice (Faber, 1936) [link expired] … and end on a song:

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