"I must dare some crime, atrocious, bloody, such as my brother would more wish were his." To start the new year we will be reading Seneca's tragedy Thyestes. We will also have a read-through of the play. Read more
Jeffrey Rusten, of Cornell University, provides some suggestions on how to analyze the language of Thucydides, sentence structure, patterns of contrast and comparison, phrases, and word order. He also demonstrates a method of visualizing the structure of a sentence through the use of layout. Read more
We are pleased to share a revised translation of selections from Book 2 of Thucydides' The Peloponnesian War that tracks Key terms. These selections include Pericles' Funeral Oration, the plague in Athens, Pericles' last speech, and Thucydides' assessment of Pericles. Read more
There is no Book Club reading or meeting for December, because of the holiday season, but here is a preview of what is coming up in the first part of 2023. Looking forward to further interesting discussions, comparing ideas and reactions, in the Forum and via Zoom—they are always enriching voyages of discovery! Read more
We were excited to welcome Jared Simard of New York University for an Online In-house discussion entitled “Rockefeller Center and the Image of a Titan.” The event took place on Friday, December 2, at 11:00 a.m. EST. Read more
