Our next meeting will be on January 11. We will be at the North Sarasota Library , a very nice facility on Newtown Blvd. just off 27th Stree...

Two exemplary comparative essays on the literatures of the Greeks and the Hebrews are Matthew Arnold's chapter on "Hebraism and Hel...

Continuing with representations of the patriarchs, here are three images of Jacob's vision by Murillo, Domenico Fetti, and Jusepe de Rib...

In addition to the fascinating views of Abraham seen through Rembrandt's eyes which Arline gave us, you may be interested in the multipl...

The Sacrifice of Isaac was the assignment given those who wished to compete for the honor of creating bronze doors for the Baptistery of Sa...

On December 14th we'll return to Genesis, reading the rest of the Abraham story and continuing with Isaac and Jacob. Of interest here ma...

From Mussy: Here is a study guide might be useful in preparing for our upcoming session on Gilgamesh. A couple of snippets: The story of Gi...

For the first part of our Nov. 9 meeting, we'll explore Genesis 1 - 11 a bit more. And we'll look at elements in Hesiod as well. A c...

Just a reminder that Wikipedia , the open encyclopedia built and edited by networked volunteers, is a superb online resource to supplement r...

Another image from a page of scenes from the Theogony . A Roman decorative frieze from the period of Augustus (31 BCE - 14 CE), from Gaul, ...

Attic red-figure Krater (mixing bowl), from Sicily, ca460 BCE. Kronos, on the far left, receives the stone wrapped in swaddling clothes from...

A couple more links to Hesiod resources (please see the preceding post for more): All page or line references will be to the Penguin Classic...