Edith Hall, ‘The Age of Tyrants: Sappho via Gounod’s Opera’
The heroine of Charles Gounod’s French opera Sapho (1851) sings her last aria O My…
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Barnard's Inn Hall Holborn, London
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Natalie Haynes, ‘The Children of Jocasta’
British Academy 10 Carlton House Terrace, London, United KingdomThe British School at Athens Lecture Natalie Haynes is a writer and broadcaster. She writes…
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Peter Symes, ‘Making television films with Tony Harrison: Metamorpheus’
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomA screening followed by discussion between the director, Peter Symes, and Oliver Taplin.
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Jennifer Ingleheart, A Shropshire Lad in Ancient Rome: A. E. Housman and Ancient ‘Homosexuality’
Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester, United KingdomStudies of A. E. Housman assume a strong divide between his life as a poet…
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Erika Fischer-Lichte, ‘Tragedy’s Endurance’
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomAPGRD Public Lecture
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UCL Houseman Lecture: Bernard O’Donoghue (Oxford) on ‘Chosen Ancestors: Seamus Heaney and Virgil’
University College London London, United KingdomSeamus Heaney's translation of Aeneid VI had long been rumoured, so its posthumous appearance in…
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Mistaken Identities: Roman Emperors in Modern Art
Bush House Auditorium 30 Aldwych, London, United KingdomThe 2018 Rumble Lecture, delivered by Mary Beard, will explore some of the ways modern…
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Professor Martha Nussbaum on ‘Anger, Powerlessness, and the Politics of Blame’
University of Bristol Bristol, United KingdomThe Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition is delighted to welcome Professor Martha Nussbaum to speak at…
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Richard Whitaker, The Odyssey of Homer: A Southern African Translation
Senate House, University of London Malet Street, London"Tell me, Muse, of that resourceful man who trekked / far and wide . .…
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Metamorphoses
Greenwich London, United KingdomIt’s the mark of a classic that it’s never out-dated. Many of the most exciting…