Poetry
Josephine Balmer: a reading
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomPoet and translator Josephine Balmer reads from her new poetry collection, The Paths of Survival, based on Aeschylus' Myrmidons. Followed by a discussion with Oliver Taplin and Laura Swift. Free, all welcome, no booking required *This event complements the work-in-progress performance of Laura Swift's and Russell Bender's Fragments at the Old Fire Station, Oxford, at […]
Emily Wilson: The Odyssey
Classics Faculty, University of Oxford 66 St Giles', Oxford, United KingdomEmily Wilson (University of Pennsylvania), will give a reading from her new translation of the Odyssey. An APGRD Public Reading (Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre) Free, all welcome, no booking required
Women on the Classics: Emily Wilson in conversation with Charlotte Higgins
Waterstone's Gower Street, LondonWomen have long been marginalized in the world of Classics, with the study of ancient Greece and Rome being a field dominated by elite white men. But, at long last we are beginning to see an outpouring of translations by female scholars. The first English translation of The Iliad by a woman (Caroline Alexander) came […]
OVID METAMORPHOSES 10: Public Reading with Kithara Accompaniment
Magdalen College Chapel OxfordOn Friday 23rd March, in Magdalen College Chapel, students and faculty will read their translations of the Metamorphoses. In doing so they will join their voices to hundreds more across the world, participants in a worldwide celebration of Ovid’s poetry. They will be accompanied by Michael Levy on a kithara - an ancient lyre traditionally used for performances […]
VIVAM! Ovid is alive 2,000 years after his death: An evening of readings and discussion
Royal Geographical Society London, United KingdomJoin us for a lively discussion about Ovid’s work, his wit, his irony and his gift for ventriloquism, between Classics for All Patron Natalie Haynes and Professor Stephen Heyworth (Wadham College, Oxford), chaired by Dr Peter Jones MBE on Tuesday 17 April 2018. The evening will commence with a reading of selected passages of Ovid […]