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Join us for this short course of three lectures and seminars, live online, led by Dr Jan Parker, University of Cambridge.
Lecture list
Lecture 1. Penelope’s Ithaca, Helen’s Sparta and Odysseus’ final hosts: Queen Arete, Princess Nausicaa on Phaeacia. Odyssey, Books 4, 6, 7
Lecture 2 Odysseus as bard: storying the world of his travels, storying other women, human and magic. Odyssey, Books 5, 9-12
Lecture 3 Return to Ithaca: Penelope’s story … and aftermath. Odyssey, Books 19-24
Wednesdays, 6.00-8.00 pm British Summer Time, 6 May to 13 May 2026.
Course Fees (all include VAT at 20%)
£150.00 Full price
£130.00 CAMcard holder
£130.00 student or pensioner on a low income
Set Reading
Homer, The Odyssey (Oxford World’s Classics, 2018) or on Poetry in Translation website, trans. A. S. Kline (2004)
Join us for this short course of three lectures and seminars, live online, led by Dr Jan Parker, University of Cambridge.
Lecture list
Lecture 1. Penelope’s Ithaca, Helen’s Sparta and Odysseus’ final hosts: Queen Arete, Princess Nausicaa on Phaeacia. Odyssey, Books 4, 6, 7
Lecture 2 Odysseus as bard: storying the world of his travels, storying other women, human and magic. Odyssey, Books 5, 9-12
Lecture 3 Return to Ithaca: Penelope’s story … and aftermath. Odyssey, Books 19-24
Wednesdays, 6.00-8.00 pm British Summer Time, 6 May to 13 May 2026.
Course Fees (all include VAT at 20%)
£150.00 Full price
£130.00 CAMcard holder
£130.00 student or pensioner on a low income
Set Reading
Homer, The Odyssey (Oxford World’s Classics, 2018) or on Poetry in Translation website, trans. A. S. Kline (2004)