movies, books, and the Iliad
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debbieannI'm going to try something new - there is a free class being offered on the Iliad, which I have never read, so I signed up. Here is what we will be doing:
In this short course we will be reading and talking about four major books of the Iliad (Books 1, 6, 22, and 24 , with reference to other books of course). We will be focusing mostly on the heroic conduct of war as Homer sets it out in the Iliad with special reference to Achilles, Agamemnon, Hector and Paris. Their relationship to the gods will also be dealt with. It is strongly advised that participants read the text in advance (all of it if possible, but certainly the books under discussion each week).
Recommended text: Homer, Iliad, (translated by R Latimore), University of Chicago Press, 2011
Speaker biography
Professor Chris Mackie is Professor of Public Scholarship at La Trobe University. He studied Latin and Greek at the University of Newcastle (NSW), and then wrote his PhD at the University of Glasgow on Vergil's Aeneid. He has written widely on Roman and Greek topics, especially Vergil, Homer and Greek mythology. More recently he has developed interests in the Gallipoli/Dardenelles region through time, and in classical reception studies. After working at the University of New England (NSW) for two years, he was at the University of Melbourne for 24 years. He joined La Trobe University in 2010.
The info is here: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/events/all/homers-Iliad2 - so it isn't really in depth the full Iliad, but more like an Iliad overview, but still at least I will get to know the people involved.
I found a copy at the used bookstore (sadly not at the library), and I am just starting the intro part. Meanwhile I also picked up the book In the Light of What We Know by Zia Haider Rahman. I read a review, or it won an award, and it was on the shelf at the library.
This Monday I hope to see Best of Enemies, Dope and Wolfpack at Cinema Nova. I also have a lot of dvds from the library AND I still don't know where we will live after Sept 12. Oh and we are going to Brisbane Sept 4-7. So I feel like I'll be pretty busy for the month of Sept. Also tickets to Betrayal and Antigone.
In this short course we will be reading and talking about four major books of the Iliad (Books 1, 6, 22, and 24 , with reference to other books of course). We will be focusing mostly on the heroic conduct of war as Homer sets it out in the Iliad with special reference to Achilles, Agamemnon, Hector and Paris. Their relationship to the gods will also be dealt with. It is strongly advised that participants read the text in advance (all of it if possible, but certainly the books under discussion each week).
Recommended text: Homer, Iliad, (translated by R Latimore), University of Chicago Press, 2011
Speaker biography
Professor Chris Mackie is Professor of Public Scholarship at La Trobe University. He studied Latin and Greek at the University of Newcastle (NSW), and then wrote his PhD at the University of Glasgow on Vergil's Aeneid. He has written widely on Roman and Greek topics, especially Vergil, Homer and Greek mythology. More recently he has developed interests in the Gallipoli/Dardenelles region through time, and in classical reception studies. After working at the University of New England (NSW) for two years, he was at the University of Melbourne for 24 years. He joined La Trobe University in 2010.
The info is here: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/events/all/homers-Iliad2 - so it isn't really in depth the full Iliad, but more like an Iliad overview, but still at least I will get to know the people involved.
I found a copy at the used bookstore (sadly not at the library), and I am just starting the intro part. Meanwhile I also picked up the book In the Light of What We Know by Zia Haider Rahman. I read a review, or it won an award, and it was on the shelf at the library.
This Monday I hope to see Best of Enemies, Dope and Wolfpack at Cinema Nova. I also have a lot of dvds from the library AND I still don't know where we will live after Sept 12. Oh and we are going to Brisbane Sept 4-7. So I feel like I'll be pretty busy for the month of Sept. Also tickets to Betrayal and Antigone.
