Metamorphoses

Book Club | May 2023: Ovid Metamorphoses

"My soul is wrought to sing of forms transformed to bodies new and strange!" We will read Books 1 and 2 of Ovid's Metamorphoses, starting with the creation and featuring stories of gods, mythical creatures, and mortals. Discussion starts and continues in the Forum; Zoom on Tuesday May 30. Read more

Book Club | August 2021: Apuleius Metamorphoses VII–XI

"I was harnessed to what seemed the largest wheel of the mill: my head was covered with a sack and I was at once given a shove along the curving track of its circular bed." This month we will finish reading Lucius Apuleius' Metamorphoses, with ongoing discussion in the Forum, and Zoom on Tuesday August 31 at 11 a.m. EDT. Read more

Book Club | July 2021: Apuleius Metamorphoses I–VI

"I’d like to string together various tales in the Milesian style, and charm your kindly ear with seductive murmurs, so long as you’re ready to be amazed at human forms and fortunes changed radically and then restored in turn in mutual exchange, and don’t object to reading Egyptian papyri." We will read I–VI from Apuleius, Metamorphoses, discuss in the Forum, and meet via Zoom on Tuesday July 27 at 11… Read more