Public
Reading of Entire Iliad
Scheduled May 21
In
the spirit of ancient Athenian
celebrations, local bards will gather in
front of Scripps
Hall
for a 24-hour public reading of the entire
Iliad starting at 6 a.m. May
21.
The
departments of Comparative
Arts,
Theater
Arts
and Classics are joining forces to bring
what organizers are calling a
"Panathenaea," named after an ancient
Athenian festival at which professional
artists performed Homer's famous
work.
The
event will begin at 6 a.m. with a reading
of Book 1 by Timothy Wutrich, director of
the School of Comparative Arts and
co-organizer of the event. The remainder
of the Iliad will be read by
faculty members and students in both
English and ancient Greek, with one book
featured every hour. The event is
scheduled to conclude at 6 a.m. May
22.
For
more information, please read the
full
text of this press
release.
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