Event Description
The Paideia Institute is excited to present a free online lecture with Madeline Miller–Classicist, teacher, and author of best-selling novels The Song of Achilles (2011) and Circe (2018).
Miller’s novels retell and expand classic stories from Greek myth, foregrounding the narratives of characters–Achilles’ lover, Patroclus, and Odysseus’ temptress, the nymph Circe–who rarely take center stage in their Homeric source material. These sweeping works of mythological realism bring to life a world that is rich with the fantastical imagery of the Greek epic tradition, and anchored in the timeless themes of power, homesickness, and the tension between fate and choice.
In Partnership With 
This lecture is sponsored by St. John’s College, where every student studies Ancient Greek and reads Homer, Aristotle, Plato, Sappho, Sophocles, Euclid, and Ptolemy—to name just a few. At St. John’s, students share a common curriculum centered on reading and discussing more than 200 of the greatest books from the last 3,000 years. Every class is a discussion of ideas across philosophy, literature, mathematics, politics, history, physics, and more, culminating in a single interdisciplinary major in the liberal arts. Founded in 1696 and today the third oldest college in America, St. John’s offers the Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts on campuses in Annapolis, Maryland and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the Master of Arts in Liberal Arts on campus or online. To learn more, visit sjc.edu.
Event Info
Apr 06, 2025 at 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM EDT
Online
Guest Speaker
