After we finish reading the Iliad, we might wonder what happens in Troy after Hector’s funeral. We have parts of what happens next in the Odyssey, in tragedies, and in fragments and plot-summaries. However, in his Description of Greece Pausanias writes an interesting description of a painting in Delphi which depicted “Troy taken and the Greeks sailing away," Read more
We were pleased to welcome Suzanne Lye, Assistant Professor of Classics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for a discussion on "Magical Strategies for Everyday Problems". The event was streamed live on Thursday, April 11, at 11 a.m. EDT, and was recorded. There is a PDF handout, which you might like to read in preparation for this event. Read more
We are pleased to welcome Nancy Felson, Laura Slatkin, and Maša Ćulumović, who joined us on Wednesday, May 9 at 11:00 a.m. EDT for a discussion of exchanges in the underworld from the Odyssey. To prepare for the event, you might like to read the passages in the handout provided. Read more
"The psūkhē of the fleet descendant of Aiakos knew me and spoke... ‘Resourceful Odysseus,... what deed of daring will you undertake next, that you venture down to the house of Hādēs...’ We were pleased to welcome Stamatia Dova, Hellenic College Holy Cross, for this Open House video discussion on "Odysseus and the Poetics of katábasis." Read more
