Reflecting on Odyssey Book Club
August 19, 2026
Homer is not taught in my district so last winter, thanks to a generous CANE Education Grant, Istarted an Odyssey book club. The plan was
Homer is not taught in my district so last winter, thanks to a generous CANE Education Grant, Istarted an Odyssey book club. The plan was
Prepared by Kevin Ballestrini, Executive Secretary and CANE Delegate to the ACL Institute held June 27–30, 2026, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA Overview
Since it was first announced, Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey produced two opposing narratives. As is so often the case these days, it came down to conservative
The War That Made the Roman Empire: Anthony, Cleopatra and Octavian at Actium, by Barry Strauss (Simon & Schuster, 2022) is about exactly what the
The story of Esther is fiction. There was no king Ahasuerus, or valiant woman Esther, or even her uncle Mordechai. However, it’s a very popular story and
The Acharnians by Aristophanes is a play I have never read, but like many of his plays, is anti-war. This version, edited by W. W.
Who would have thought that the story of the Iliad could be made into a multi-part graphic novel and one that is so carefully done! This
Horace Odes and Epodes. Edited, with introduction and notes by Paul Shorey.
Toussaint-Langenscheidt Method: A Pocket-Dictionary of the Greek and English Languages. Prof. Karl Feyerabend, PhD (of Cuthen, Germany) With an Introduction to the History of Greek