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Myth Reading Group 17 November: Cupid and Psyche
The Myth Reading Group will meet on ‘Zoom’ on Thursday 17 November 2022, 5:30-6:30 pm (UK time). The link to join is in the comments for this post. All are welcome. The theme for the Autumn Term is ‘Beauty’. In … Continue reading
Myth Reading Group 30 June: Lamia
The Myth Reading Group will meet on ‘Zoom’ on Thursday 30 June 2022, 6:00-7:00 pm (UK time). The link to join is posted in the comments for this post. All are welcome. This week we have a special session on … Continue reading
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Tagged Greek mythology, Lamia, Lilith, modern/contemporary literature, Roman mythology
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Myth Reading Group – Summer Term 2021: ATHENE
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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Tagged Aeschylus, Athena, Greek mythology, Greek Tragedy, Minerva, Osip Mandel’shtam, Ovid, Pindar, Roberto Calasso, Roman mythology, Sophocles
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Thursday 25 February: The Sibyl’s Afterlives
This week Eirini Apanomeritaki introduces a discussion of adaptations of the myth of the Sibyl in literature. In the session, we will discuss the ‘afterlife’ of the myth of the Cumaean Sibyl, the prophetess, who appears in both Virgil’s Aeneid … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlives, Eirini Apanomeritaki, Margaret Atwood, modern/contemporary literature, Ovid, Roman mythology, Sybil, Virgil
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Thursday 5 November: Judging Beauty: Reading Apuleius and Marie Darrieussecq
This week Eirini Apanomeritaki introduces a discussion of changing perceptions of beauty. How has our perception of beauty changed from antiquity to the present? The Judgement of Paris, a beauty contest among three goddesses, is one of the earliest stories … Continue reading
Tuesday 1 May: Orpheus (pt 1)
Myth Reading Group Tuesday 1 May 2012 5 – 6 p.m. Room 5A.330 (Note the room number: as autumn term, not spring term) The text: The Death of Orpheus (Ovid, Metamorphoses, trans. Mary Innes, 1955) [link expired]
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