Faculty Lecture: The Virgin’s Promise: Euripides’ Helen and the Tragedies of Women

detail from Angelica Kauffman, “Venus Induces Helen to Fall in Love with Paris,” 1790. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.Sarah Olsen, Associate Professor of Classics, is a scholar of ancient Greek literature, art, and culture. She will discuss the Greek playwright Euripides’ famous work, Helen and argue that even as this play scripts the restoration of normative womanhood for its protagonist, it provides a model of alternative femininity through its characterization of a minor character: the virgin seer Theonoe. For more information, click here.

Thursday, February 29
4:15 – 5:30pm
Lawrence Hall Auditorium