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Tag Archives: Sophocles
Open Seminar: The Alchemical Oedipus: Re-Visioning the Myth
CENTRE FOR MYTH STUDIESUniversity of EssexOPEN SEMINAR The Alchemical Oedipus:Re-Visioning the Myth Reginald AjuonumaUniversity of Essex Thursday 14 December 20237.30 – 9.00 pm (GMT)Online All welcome To register for this Zoom event, please email: pps@essex.ac.uk before 11.30 am on the … Continue reading
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Tagged analytical psychology, C. G. Jung, depth psychology, Freud, Oedipus, open seminar, psychoanalysis, Sophocles
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Myth Reading Group 15 June: Athena on the stage: Eumenides & Ajax
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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Tagged Aeschylus, Ajax, Athena, Greek mythology, Greek Tragedy, Oresteia, Sophocles
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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 21 May: Myth and Terror
This week Dr. Ben Pestell introduces a discussion of “Myth and Terror”. Click the link to see our poster: P-Myth and Terror Myth Reading Group Thursday 21 May 1-2pm Room 5B.111 Extracts: The Epic of Gilgamesh, and Sophocles’ Antigone
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Tagged Antigone, Ben Pestell, Gilgamesh, Greek Tragedy, Mesopotamia, myth & emotion, Sophocles
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