Virtual Seminar: Ocean and Underworld
Class/Workshop
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Date & Time
Sat, Jan 30 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Address (map)
Online
Online Seminar Series
Ocean and Underworld –
Selections from The Aeneid by Virgil
Saturday, January 30, 2021
What mysteries are hidden underwater and deep in the underworld? Will one who explores these realms discover ancestors, gods, monsters,… or even oneself? This series will consider the ocean and the underworld as depicted in these classic literary texts.
January 30 reading:
Virgil, Aeneid – Books 3, 4, 5, 6
Future Readings in the Series:
Dante, Inferno (selections)
Cervantes, Don Quixote – The Cave of Montesinos
Shakespeare, The Tempest
Melville, Moby Dick (selections)
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland
Schedule:
12:00-2:00PM PST
Tutor:
Elizabeth Reyes
Location:
Online. Register to receive the link.