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Amphitruo – Plautus
On Wednesday, April 19th at 3:00 pm EDT, Reading Greek Tragedy Online returns with Plautus’ Amphitruo! Read more
Oedipus Tyrannos – Sophocles
On Tuesday, April 4th the sixth season of Reading Greek Tragedy Online continues with a live dramatic reading of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannos! Read more
Electra – Sophocles
Monday, March 27 the 6th season of Reading Greek Tragedy Online kicks off with a live dramatic reading of Sophocle’s Electra, translated by Anne Carson! Read more
Reading Greek Tragedy Online Season 6!
Reading Greek Tragedy Online returns this Spring with a new season of performances taking place on screen and in person. Read more
Fellow Talk | Stella Katsarou
Greece hosted vibrant Neolithic communities that spread over various landscapes, including caves in all settings. The absence of textual evidence makes materiality our utmost medium through those communities’ social and spiritual worlds. Read more
Distinguished Lecturer: Paulin Ismard
A question keeps coming up about slavery in the Greek world: how is it possible that the great thinkers of classical Athens never denounced, and even endorsed, the crime of slavery? Read more
19th Annual Frank M. Snowden Jr. Lecture
Jackie Murray is an associate professor of Classics at the University of Kentucky and at SUNY at Buffalo. She completed her BA at the University of Guelph, MA at Western University, and PhD in Classics at the University of Washington. Read more
Fireside Chat with Jackie Murray
Please join us in person at House A for a fireside chat with Jackie Murray. A reception will follow, with a tour of the Black Classicists Exhibit. Read more
Weathered Words: Formulaic Language and Verbal Art
Formulaic phraseology presents the epitome of words worn and weathered by trial and the tests of time. Scholarship on weathered words is exceptionally diverse and interdisciplinary. This volume focuses on verbal art, which makes Oral-Formulaic Theory (OFT) a major point of reference. Yet weathered words are but a part of… Read more