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Celebrate Valentine’s Day on Hour 25!
Some say an army of horsemen,
some of footsoldiers, some of ships,
is the fairest thing on the black earth,
but I say it is what one loves.
(Sappho 16, lines 1-4, trans. Julia Dubnoff)
Join us on Friday, February 14 in the Hour 25 Project Chatroom from 1:00-2:00 p.m EST for a community discussion about the beautiful poems of Sappho!
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.
Professor Joel Christensen will visit Hour 25 on Thursday, February 27th from 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. EST (Boston, MA) to discuss the Odyssey and Breaking Bad. This event will be held in the Project Chatroom. [Look up the time of this chat in your time zone.]
We hope you will join this live session! For additional information about Professor Christensen and his research, see the full announcement.
Professor Christensen will also join our asynchronous conversation in the discussion forum during the days before his live visit. Help us begin the conversation by posting questions and comments for Professor Christensen in The Lyceum.
The Hour 25 Book Club will also host a live chat on Sappho in the Project Chatroom 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.
Please join us on Thursday, September 4 at 11:00 a.m. EDT for a CHS Open House Discussion with Professor Richard Martin (Stanford University). Professor Martin will join members of the Hour 25 and CHS community for a live broadcast discussion about muthos, mythology, and the language of heroes.
Everyone is invited to watch the broadcast at the appointed day and time here at Hour 25.
Join the live Q&A on the Google+ event page.
Members of Hour 25 can begin and continue conversations associated with this event on this thread in the Hour 25 Lyceum.
For more information about Professor Martin and his research, visit his faculty profile on the Stanford Classics Department website.
