The Classics Department and the Arts & Sciences Fund for Excellence present:
SAPPHO'S LATEST
Wednesday, October 17
HUMN 250 鈥� 5:00 pm
Diane Rayor
Professor of Classics, Grand Valley State University, Michigan
Roe Green Visiting Theatre Artist, for the production of Euripides鈥� Hecuba
A poem of 鈥渞aging desire鈥� and one reproaching her brothers are the two latest discoveries (2014, with a new piece in 2018) of poetry composed by Sappho, the famous Greek poet from Lesbos. Her perspectives on erotic desire and a family in crisis reach across 2600 years.听
This event is free and open to the public.
See the Sappho's Latest poster