City of San Diego Public Library
Library Info
The mission of the City of San Diego Public Library is to:
Respond to the information needs of San Diego’s diverse communities.
Ensure equal access to local, national, and global resources.
Anticipate and address the educational, cultural, business, and recreational interests of the public.
Develop and provide welcoming environments.
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Program Scholar
Anthony Edwards, Professor of Greek and Latin Literature
University of California at San Diego
Anthony Edwards is a professor of Greek and Latin Literature at the University of California at San Diego. He was trained at the University of Utah (BA in Latin and MA in Classics) and at Cornell University (PhD Classics). He has taught at the University of Michigan and at UCSD, and enjoyed a year as junior fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. Edwards’ most important publications are his books Achilles in the Odyssey: Ideologies of Heroism in the Homeric Epic (Meisenheim 1985) and Hesiod’s Ascra (UC Press 2004). He has also published articles on Greek epic and comedy. His current research projects focus on the geography of countryside and city in the literature of the Archaic and Classical periods in ancient Greece and on the figure of the kolax (the toady, brownnoser) in Classical Athens. Edwards has been an avid fan and supporter of Peter Meineck’s work for close to two decades.
Events
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Previous Events
Reading Group
"Platoon" directed by Oliver Stone
Join Program Scholar, Anthony Edwards for a reading group at the San Diego Public Library in the Wangenheim Room
820 E Street
San Diego, CA
June 28 2009 at 06:00 PM
Contact Lynn Whitehouse at 619-236-5821 to RSVP
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Reading Group
Achilles in Vietnam, by Jonathan Shay
Join Program Scholar, Anthony Edwards for a reading group at the San Diego Public Library in the Wangenheim Room
820 E Street
San Diego, CA
June 22 2009 at 06:00 PM
Contact Lynn Whitehouse at 619-236-5821 to RSVP
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Reading Group
Homer's Iliad, Translated by Stanley Lombardo
Join Program Scholar, Anthony Edwards for a reading group at the San Diego Public Library in the Wangenheim Room
820 E Street
San Diego, CA
June 10 2009 at 6:30 PM
Contact Lynn Whitehouse at 619-236-5821 to RSVP
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Public Lecture
"How Achilles Knows Himself: Heroic Self-Identity"
Join Program Scholar, Anthony Edwards for a public lecture at the San Diego Public Library in the Wangenheim Room
820 E Street
San Diego, CA
Contact Lynn Whitehouse at 619-236-5821 to RSVP
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May 31 2009 at 02:00 PM
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Iliad Performance
Join us for a performance of Homer's Iliad at the City Heights Weingart Library & Performance Annex of the San Diego Public Library
3795 Fairmount Ave., San Diego, CA 92105-2605
Contact Lynn Whitehouse at 619-236-5821 to RSVP or to gain more information
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March 15 2009 at 04:00 PM
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Acting Workshop
Join us for an Acting Workshop at the City Heights Weingart Library & Performance Annex of the San Diego Public Library
3795 Fairmount Ave., San Diego, CA 92105-2605
Contact Lynn Whitehouse at 619-236-5821 to RSVP or to gain more information
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March 15 2009 at 02:30 PM
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This library is focusing on the thematic unit “Know Thyself: Issues of Identity”
