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The Hour 25 Book Club will also host a live discussion via on Sappho via Google Hangout on Tuesday, February 25 at 1:00 p.m EST.
We will read the Sappho selection in the HeroesX Sourcebook, the two recently discovered Sappho poems and “Did Sappho and Alcaeus Ever Meet?” by Professor Gregory Nagy.
For additional information or to sign up for this event, please respond to the associated topic in the discussion forum.
Discussion of:
Chapter 1 of Anna Bonifazi’s Homer’s Versicolored Fabric: Evocative Power of Ancient Greek Epic Word-Making.
Scrolls i–iv of the Homeric Odyssey, from the H24H Sourcebook.
You can sign up for this event here.
The Hour 25 Book Club will also host a discussion in the Project Chatroom at 2pm EDT on May 8th.
Happy readings!
On Thursday May 23rd at 4:00 p.m EDT Professor Gregory Nagy and his friends will join members of Hour 25 for a live discussion and broadcast via Google hangout to discuss;
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How is kingship depicted and does it reflect the historical situation?
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If Nestor is ‘never at fault’ does that affect how we can understand his role in the Odyssey?
- Is Odysseus the last of the epic heroes, and if so, what about Telemakhos’ generation?
