Students from high schools in Greece, India, the Netherlands, and the United States share performances from Sophocles' Antigone. Each group performed in the language of their choice, with complete freedom with regard to staging, costumes, and props. These videos are diverse in their interpretation, but common to all is the passion with which the students bring to life the ancient drama. They interpret with fierce clarity the struggle between individual… Read more
Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth. Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the droplets on the fresh grass And as the showers on the herb. Read more
"My describing the Lives of Homer as aetiologies converges with the general direction of my argumentation, which is, to show that the narratives of these Lives are myths, not historical facts, about Homer. To say that we are dealing with myths, however, is not at all to say that there is no history to be learned from the Lives. Even though the various Homers of the various Lives are evidently… Read more
We were pleased to welcome Timothy Power (Rutgers University) for a CHS Open House discussion on 'Rhapsodes, Kitharôidia, and Performance in Ancient Greece'. This event was recorded and will be available soon. In connection with the event, you might like to read the Introduction and Chapter 1 of Timothy Power's book The Culture of Kitharôidia, available for free at CHS. Read more
We were pleased to welcome actor, writer, and educator Paul O'Mahony for a CHS Open House discussion on 'The Power of Performance: Mythology and Outreach Today'. He discussed the reception of classical texts and approaches to performance, using his own experience of creating and watching various shows (both tragic and comic) to find new and exciting ways to re-imagine them. He also discussed the importance of mythology and performance in… Read more
