Pulp Fiction: The Ancient Greeks & their leisure reading

When:
February 11, 2015 @ 6:00 pm
2015-02-11T18:00:00+00:00
2015-02-11T19:30:00+00:00
Where:
The British Academy
10-11 Carlton House Terrace
St. James's, London SW1Y 5AH
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
The British Academy
020 79695200

This panel discussion will provide a rare insight into the everyday concerns and literary tastes of the ancient Greeks. Discovered in the late nineteenth century, the rubbish tips of Oxyrhrnchus and the papyri they contain offer us a time-capsule of ancient casual reading. Uncovering just what the Greeks were reading beyond the classics which we know of today.

Speakers include Professor Peter Parsons, University of Oxford, Professor Edith Hall, King’s College London and Professor Ian Rutherfood, University of Reading.