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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Organisation: Art Institute of Chicago in collaboration with the Hellenic Museum and Hellenic Center of Chicago
Translation by Robert Fagles
Commentary by Professor Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Dramatic reading by professional actors
Directed by David Muse, Associate Director, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C
Thursday, October 11, 2007
The Parthenon, Centennial Park, Nashville
Translation by Robert Fagles
Commentary by Professor Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University Dramatic reading by professional actors
Directed by David Muse, Associate Director, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
A literary evening with Ersi Sotiropoulos, winner of the Greek State Prize for Literature and the prestigious Book Critics' Award for Zigzag through the Bitter-Orange Trees (2006), and John Chioles, Professor of Comparative Literature at New York University.
| Photos: Ersi Sotiropoulos and Professor John Chioles |
Thursday, May 31, 2007
THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON
Dramatic reading by professional actors
This event is pure theater, a performance by accomplished actors who bring to life the drama of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey, translated into English. The Odyssey described the ten-year voyage of Odysseus, inventor of the Trojan horse, as he struggled to return home after the war. In Classical Greece, the official performers, called "rhapsodes," acted out these epic poems at grand festivals such as the Panathenaia, the feast of the goddess Athena in Athens. Rhapsodes took turns acting not only the roles of the characters such as Odysseus, his wife Penelope, the goddess Athena, and the one-eyed giant Cyclops Polyphemus, but also the role of the narrator. In this dramatic reading, all of these roles are divided among actors who re-create the story of the Odyssey through selected scenes. Interwoven with the scenes are commentaries by Gregory Nagy.
Presented by Gregory Nagy, Francis Jones Professor of Classical Greek Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University
Directed by David Muse, Associate Director, The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C.