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Let's Talk About Sappho (again)!: "Love shook my senses, / like wind crashing on mountain oaks."

Sappho (again!)

Date and Time

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Location

The Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center (1161 Kirkhof Center)

Description

Join us for Dr. Diane Rayor's second appearance at the LGBT Resource Center to talk about Sappho! Dr. Rayor released a new translation of Sappho's complete works in 2023, and there is more to unpack. 

Material from Dr. Rayor to explore before the event:

Sappho: A New Translation of theComplete Works (Cambridge UP, 2023)   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVawZtVH51c 

https://www.themontrealreview.com/Articles/On_Translating_Sappho_Again.php 

https://theamericanscholar.org/filling-in-the-fragments/

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/ancient-greece-s-most-intriguing-erotic-poet-diane-j-rayor 

The Life & Loves of Sappho | Gay History with Tom Ranzweiler 

This event also appears on the main events calendar tagged as academic, art, classics, history, int, lgbtqia, poetry, sappho, translation, and writing.

Contact

Contact [email protected] or 616-331-2530 with questions or for accommodations. 

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