"Mark the situation, men of Athens: mark the pitch which the man's outrageous insolence has reached" Our Book Club for March will focus on speeches of Demosthenes, the Athenian orator. Discussion starts and continues in the Forum; Zoom meeting Tuesday March 28 at 11 a.m. EDT. Read more
"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. Read more
"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
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
"The architect should be equipped with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test." For November's Book Club we will be reading selections from Vitruvius' On Architecture. We will start and continue discussion in the Forum, and meet via Zoom on Tuesday November 29 at 11 a.m. EST. Read more
