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Book Club | February 2023: Longus Daphnis and Chloe

"No one has escaped Eros or will escape Eros as long as there is beauty, and eyes see." This month we shall read a pastoral love story: Longus' Daphnis and Chloe. Discussion starts and continues in the Forum, and via Zoom February 28, 11 a.m. EDT.

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11:30 am Odyssey Study Group (Mnēmai)
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1:00 pm Iliad Study Group (Scamandrians)
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7
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10:00 am Latin
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3:00 pm Oedipus Tyrannus Translation
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4:00 pm Plato’s Phaedo
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13
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9:00 am Odyssey Study Group (Phaeacians)
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11:30 am Odyssey Study Group (Mnēmai)
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1:00 pm Iliad Study Group (Scamandrians)
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14
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10:00 am Latin
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