For the March Book Club we will be reading poems by Tyrtaeus (a 7th-century BCE poet associated with Sparta) and Theognis (a 6th-century BCE poet from Megara). Discussion will start and continue in the forum, and we will meet via video web conferencing on Tuesday March 31, at 11 a.m. EDT. Read more
"Should anyone here not know the art of love, read this, and learn by reading how to love. By art the boat’s set gliding, with oar and sail, by art the chariot’s swift: love’s ruled by art." Inspired by Valentine's Day, our selection this month is Ovid's The Art of Love, or Ars Amatoria. Discussion will start and continue in the forum, and we will meet via video link on… Read more
"Let us here deal with Poetry, its essence and its several species, with the characteristic function of each species and the way in which plots must be constructed if the poem is to be a success; and also with the number and character of the constituent parts of a poem, and similarly with all other matters proper to this same inquiry." For our first Book Club of 2020 we will… Read more
Our Book Club readings for this month are selections from the Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus, whose themes include love, lust, and Roman life. We will start the discussion in the Forum, and there will be a Google Hangout on Tuesday, June 26 at 11 a.m. EDT—the link will be posted in the Forum at that time. Read more
This month's Book Club discussion, on Tuesday, November 28 at 11 a.m. EST, will be on selections from the poetry of Horace. We will be reading from the Odes, Book 4, which comprises 15 poems, and a selection from the Satires, for example Book 1.4 'A Defence of Satire', Book 1.10 'On Satire', Book 2.1 'On Satire Again', Book 2.6 'Town versus Country'. Read more
