FIVE COLLEGE FACULTY SEMINAR FOR
LITERARY TRANSLATION
INVITATION
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2015, 5:00 P.M.
POETRY CENTER
WRIGHT HALL, SMITH COLLEGE
UNWRITTEN RULES?
TRANSLATING ORAL LITERATURE
KEYNE CHESHIRE is Professor of Classics at Davidson College, shoeless
runner, and beekeeper. He has published articles primarily in the areas of
Hellenistic and Greek lyric poetry, authored a textbook, Alexander the
Great (Cambridge UP, 2009), and translated Sophocles’ Women of Trachis,
retitled Murder at Jagged Rock, for a setting in a mythic Wild West (The
Word Works, 2015). His current projects include a “transmigration” of
Aristophanes’ Birds and a translation of Homer’s Iliad that emphasizes the
epic’s intrinsic orality.
Please join us for an interesting conversation with Keyne Cheshire. We will
have sweet and savory treats and drinks to celebrate this final gathering of
the seminar this semester.
Thalia Pandiri and Carolyn Shread
585-3485