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The poster for Songs of Solidarity, with the title in white font, in front of an image of portraits.
Songs of Solidarity
An interdisciplinary project working with refugees to co-create a new epic
St Hilda's College
An illustration by John Flaxman based on Homer's Iliad.
Turning Epic and Epic Turns
An in-person study afternoon
St Hilda's College
An orange image of two soldiers in battle, illustrated in the style of a Greek vase painting.
Christopher Logue and the Classics
A hybrid one-day conference
Henry Power (keynote)
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre
A cropped photo showing the prop of a boat from the Odyssey, with a blue overlay.
NT's Odyssey: Emily Lim in conversation with Lucy Jackson
The director of the National Theatre's Odyssey discusses her stage adaptation of the epic.
Emily Lim, 
Lucky Jackson
Online
All-Night Epic
An overnight performance of the Epic of Gilgamesh
Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St. Hilda's College Oxford
Roman terracotta plaque of Penelope in mourning, British Museum
The Alternative Queen's Speech
The Jacqueline du Pré Music Building, St Hilda's College, Oxford
Poster for 15 Heroines showing the outline of three female heads, designed by Ciaran Walsh
Jermyn Street Theatre's 15 Heroines
Tom Littler and Indra Ové discuss the Ovid-inspired production
Tom Littler, 
Indra Ové
Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles, Oxford
Photograph of Inu Ellams at the Tower of London; Henry Nicholls © SWNS.com
Inua Ellams in conversation with Helen Eastman
A pre-recorded conversation with poet and playwright Inua Ellams
Inua Ellams, 
Helen Eastman
APGRD YouTube
14th European Festival of Latin and Greek: Apuleius Metamorphoses Book 5
Online
Poster for Henry Power's 2019 lecture at the APGRD
Homer and the Discovery of the Pacific
Henry Power
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles'
Poster for the Iliad Book 6 global reading event
13th European Festival of Latin and Greek: Iliad Book 6
Performance
Outreach Room, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles', Oxford
Poster for the European Festival of Latin and Greek. The reading will take place at 9am, in Magdalen College Chapel, on the 23rd March.
12th European Festival of Latin and Greek: Metamorphoses Book 10
Performance
Magdalen College Chapel
Peter Symes: Metamorpheus
Screening of Tony Harrison's film, followed by discussions with the director
Peter Symes, 
Oliver Taplin
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles, Oxford
Poster for Emily Wilson's 2017 event at the APGRD
Emily Wilson: The Odyssey
Public lecture, performance
Emily Wilson
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles', Oxford
Crossing the Sea - a new version of the Aeneid
Performance, public lecture
Paul O'Mahony, 
Out of Chaos company
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles
11th European Festival of Latin and Greek: Odyssey Book 5
A global mass reading of the Odyssey
Outreach Room, 66 St Giles, Ioannou Centre, Oxford
Alice Oswald - Falling Awake, a reading
Performance, public lecture
Alice Oswald
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles', Oxford
William Zappa: Homer's Iliad (Book 1)
Performance
William Zappa
Lecture Theatre, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles'