A monthly book club dedicated to analyzing ancient mythological texts and their modern interpretations.
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September 2024: "Ithaca" by Claire North.
This month, we're reading Ithaca, as well as Penelope-related excerpts of Homer's Odyssey & lyrics from EPIC: The Musical.
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August 2024: "Phaedra" by Laura Shepperson.
Inspired by my recent travels to Crete, we compared Phaedra to ancient plays by Seneca the Younger and Euripides.
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July 2024: "Lavinia" by Ursula K. Le Guin.
We dove into this singular novel and juxtaposed it against representations of the Latin princess in Virgil's Aeneid.