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The Problem of the Spectators: Ancient and Modern
Tuesday March 3rd, 3-5pm
Evans Alumni Center, 1800 Sheridan Road
Lorna Hardwick
Professor of Classical Studies and Director of the Reception of
Classical Texts Research Project, Open University, England
Read Professor Lorna Hardwick's bio here
Suggested reading for the seminar: Euripides' Trojan Women and Bacchae.
Especially: Bacchae, lines 1 - 63 (Dionysus' 'prologue') and Trojan
Women, lines 1156 - 1206 (Hecuba's lament over Astyanax).
If reading in translation, please use a 'close' or fairly
literal translation.
Sponsored by: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
Northwestern Department of Classics, and the Classical Traditions Initiative and
with Contexts for Classics, University of Michigan.