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In her annual poetry lecture at Hay, Germaine Greer, the formidable Shakespeare scholar and poetry publisher analyses Sappho’s Phaentai moiand its Latin version, Catullus’s Beatus ille.
In her annual poetry lecture at Hay, Germaine Greer, the formidable Shakespeare scholar and poetry publisher analyses Sappho’s Phaentai moiand its Latin version, Catullus’s Beatus ille. ‘We’ll look at the original and the Latin, quickly, and then at English versions.This is the quintessential love poem: every love poem written in Europe is descended, however distantly, from Sappho’s ur-statement of love-longing.’
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Professor Germaine Greer | talks |
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Date and Time: |
6 June 2004 at 10:00 am |
Duration: | 2 hours |
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Venue: |
The Guardian Hay Festival |
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Tickets: |
£6.50 |
Available from: |
BOX OFFICE - 0870 990 1299 |
Additional Information: |
Venue: channel 4 marquee. |
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