Tag Archives: Homeric Hymn

Myth Reading Group 29 June: Homeric Athena

Posted on 22 June 2021 by ὑποκείμενον

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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Myth Reading Group 22 February: Homeric Hymns, and Frogs

Posted on 17 February 2021 by ὑποκείμενον

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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Myth Reading Group – Spring Term 2021

Posted on 2 February 2021 by ὑποκείμενον

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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Myth Reading Group: Call for Proposals, Autumn 2019

Posted on 2 October 2019 by ὑποκείμενον

Centre for Myth Studies — Myth Reading Group Call for Proposals: Myth and Childhood We are pleased to announce that we are now accepting suggestions for texts to read for our new theme, Myth and Childhood. We invite proposals from … Continue reading →

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Thursday 10 March: Narrating Persephone’s ‘Afterlife’

Posted on 7 March 2016 by essexmyth

In this session, Brittany Kuhn introduces a discussion of the reception of the figure of Persephone in contemporary poetry. The myth of Demeter and Persephone has been widely studied and ‘translated’ across cultures and periods. Yet, we learn very little … Continue reading →

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Thursday 11 February: Demeter and Persephone: A Jungian Interpretation

Posted on 9 February 2016 by essexmyth

This week Joyce Tye will introduce a discussion of the myth of Demeter and Persephone, offering a Jungian interpretation. The underworld holds the deepest secrets and is a prime concern of the soul. For Carl G. Jung, myths provided not … Continue reading →

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Tuesday 17 January: Persephone – Extraordinary Renditions: To Hell and Back

Posted on 12 January 2012 by ὑποκείμενον

Myth Reading Group Tuesday 17 January 2012 5 – 6 p.m. Room 5B.330 — NOTE CHANGE OF ROOM We have three principal texts for this week… 01 Introduction by Leon Burnett (to be read first) 02 Mandel’shtam’s Persephone Poems (‘I … Continue reading →

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