Tag Archives: Dante Alighieri

Infernal Roundtable

Posted on 15 March 2019 by ὑποκείμενον

Roundtable Session Animals and Mythical Creatures of the Underworld Myth Reading Group Thursday 21 March 2019 12.00 – 1.30 pm Room 5B.124 For our last session of the term we will hold a roundtable discussion on Underworld Animals and Creatures. … Continue reading →

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Call for Proposals: Afterlives

Posted on 14 April 2016 by essexmyth

Centre for Myth Studies Myth Reading Group Call for Proposals: Afterlives The Myth Reading Group returns in the summer term with the theme of “Afterlives”. The topic can be understood both in relation to myths of the underworld and of … Continue reading →

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Thursday 29 October: King Minos from Antiquity to the Present

Posted on 26 October 2015 by essexmyth

This week Brittany Kuhn introduces a discussion of King Minos’s transformations from antiquity to the present. As the judge of the underworld, King Minos first appeared in a short passage of Homer’s The Odyssey. Throughout literary history, however, he has … Continue reading →

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