Summer Book Club
June 11, July 9, August 13(The second Sunday each month during the Summer)
1:00pm – 2:30pm
FREE for NHM Members – Register Here!
Join the National Hellenic Museum Book club to discuss excerpts from The Iliad, The Acharinians, and Trojan Women.
The Classics Book Club at NHM, led by Dan Perkey, will be a discussion of classic Greek works of literature for all levels
Price: $10 for non-members, $5 for students, NHM members are FREE
Pre-Registration is Recommended
Reading List:
The Iliad trans. Robert Fagles, Penguin Classics Press
Aristophanes The Acharnians trans. Paul Roche, Berkley Press
Euripides Trojan Women trans. Richard Lattimore, Univ. of Chicago Press
**Books may be purchased independently or through the Museum Store.
Please come to the book club having read the following excerpts from the books:
June 11- Iliad Books 1,6, 23 (The “chapters” in the Iliad are called books )
pp. 77-98, 195-213, 559-587 in the edition listed above
July 9- Aristophanes Acharnians (entire play should be read)
August 13- Euripides Trojan Women (entire play should be read)
We apologize, but online payments are no longer available. Payment will be accepted at the door.
