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Interview | Singing the Iliad, with Bettina Joy de Guzman

We are pleased to share this video interview with Bettina Joy de Guzman, about her project to sing the entire Iliad in ancient Greek, accompanying herself on a replica period lyre. She shares with us her process of preparation, audience reaction, engagement with those working in other fields, and her favorite episodes. Read more

Book Club | October 2019: Greek and Roman Actors

For October's Book Club, we will be reading selections from Greek and Roman Actors: Aspects of an Ancient Profession, edited by Pat Easterling and Edith Hall, which will provide the opportunity to read different perspectives about various aspects of theatrical performance in ancient Greece. Community discussion starts in the forum, and we will meet online on Tuesday October 29. Read more

Core Vocab: khoros

...sometimes they would dance deftly in a ring with merry twinkling feet, as it were a potter sitting at his work and making trial of his wheel to see whether it will run, and sometimes they would go all in line with one another, and many people were gathered joyously about the place of dancing [khoros]. There was a singer also to sing to them and play his lyre, while… Read more