Dec
13
2011
An Epic of War: 2012 Winter Weekend
The war is stalemated in its 10th year. Two powerful warlords argue over the spoils. The more charismatic of the two suddenly goes berserk after the death of his closest comrade.
Sound familiar? But it’s not today’s news from Afghanistan. It’s a tale first told some 3,000 years ago by the Greeks. On March 9-10, 2012, at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, the Maine Humanities Council returns to this ancient yet only too fresh story for its 15th annual Winter Weekend, devoted to Homer’s The Iliad in the Robert Fagles translation.
The weekend features scholarly yet accessible lectures—led off by Mainer Caroline Alexander, author of the bestselling The War That Killed Achilles—small-group discussions, a reception, and a Mediterranean feast.
