Hardcore Poetry: Exploring the Breathtaking World of Ovid's Metamorphoses
Composed over 2,000 years ago, Ovid's Metamorphoses remains one of the most influential works of Western literature ever written. It is also a deeply frightening, deeply violent, deeply sexy, deeply beautiful text - one that has inspired almost all of the iconic stories of transformation that inhabit our shared cultural consciousness. Join R.J. Jenkins for a spirited series of no-reading-required talks about this extraordinary art object that has been taking people's breath away for over two millennia.
Sunday, May 18th at 11 am: The World of Ovid's Metamorphoses
Monday, May 19th at 5:30 pm: The Purpose of Myth
Thursday, May 22nd at 5:30 pm: Gods Behaving Badly
Friday, May 23rd at 5:30 pm: What Reading Ovid Teaches Us
