Troy: Myth and Reality, The British Museum | Part 3: Thoughts on the book and the exhibition
The British Museum’s “Troy: Myth and Reality” exhibition is its major tourist attraction for Spring 2020. It covers the stories of the myth, the archaeology of Troy, and the reception of the story. The book that accompanies the exhibition is huge, heavy, beautifully illustrated and produced. It is not an exhibition catalogue, in the sense of being a systematic list of exhibits. Rather, it is a readable illustrated text book that tells the story of Troy from a number of viewpoints. … It is perhaps unfair to compare the book and the exhibition. Both would stand alone. Either can be appreciated without the other. However, having seen both, I do compare. Read more…
Online Open House | Disease and Social Order: The Plague Narratives of Thucydides and Lucretius, with Robert Cioffi
We are excited to welcome Robert Cioffi of Bard College for an Online Open House. The title of the discussion is “Disease and Social Order: The Plague Narratives of Thucydides and Lucretius”. The discussion will take place on Thursday, April 2 at 11:00 a.m. EDT, and will be live-streamed on the Center for Hellenic Studies YouTube channel and recorded. Read more…
Troy: Myth and Reality, The British Museum | Part 2: Frescos, the Horse, Odysseus, and written transmission
When I first heard that the British Museum was putting on an exhibition “Troy: Myth and Reality” I knew I had to go, and I was so happy that friends from the Kosmos Society were able to visit at the same time so we could share the experience with each other. In this post we continue our series of impressions and highlights. Read more…
Troy: Myth and Reality, The British Museum | Part 1: The judgment of Paris, signs, and the role of Helen
Meeting with several members of the Kosmos Society in London was a wonderful experience. We went together to the amazing exhibition “Troy: Myth and Reality” at the British Museum. The British Museum was packed with fans of Homeric poetry, so we were among people sharing similar enthusiasm. Now we offer some of our highlights. Read more…
Online Open House | Wives of Returning Veterans in Classical Athenian Drama, with Erika Weiberg
We were excited to welcome Erika Weiberg of Florida State University for an Online Open House. The title of the discussion is “Wives of Returning Veterans in Classical Athenian Drama”. The discussion took place on March 19 at 11:00 a.m. EDT, and it was live-streamed and recorded. Read more…
Dreams | Part 2: Dreams in later Greek texts
In part 1, we looked at dreams as represented in Homeric epic. In part 2, we continue our exploration with some passages from tragedy, comedy, history, philosophy, and lyric poetry, representing different types of dream, whether direct messages or coded symbols. Read more…
