Greek Epic and Tragedy: Foundations of Western Culture

Join us for this new community dialogue. Each month the group will read and discuss one Greek tragedy. Starting with the two epics from Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the group will continue with the great tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, he three Greek dramatists.

Here is the schedule:

September 19 Homer, The Iliad* 6:30pm - 9:00pm
October 17 Homer, The Odyssey* 6:30pm - 9:00pm
November 14 Aeschylus, Agamemnon 6:30pm - 9:00pm
December 12 Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 6:30pm - 9:00pm
January 23 Aeschylus, The Eumenides 6:30pm - 9:00pm
February 27 Sophocles, Oedipus Rex 6:30pm - 9:00pm
March  19 Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 6:30pm - 9:00pm
April 16 Sophocles, Antigone 6:30pm - 9:00pm
May 21 Euripides, The Bacchae 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Contact:Beth Slater
Phone:(970) 544-7914
Admission:$195 for the 9 month series
Website:www.aspeninstitute.org/aspenevents