Metamorphoses: Ancient Greek Voices into Contemporary Texts

In this course we will read and discuss poems in the anthology Orpheus and Company (edited by Deborah DeNichola, 1999), examine the Greek and Latin sources of twelve seminal myths, and enrich our interrogation of these poetic texts by looking at art and listening to music inspired by ancient stories.

Orpheus and Company: Contemporary Poems on Greek Mythology, Deborah DeNicola, ed., ISBN 978-0874519174 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0874519181 (paperback). Though out of print, the book is available at Gulf of Maine Books in Brunswick and online at Bookshop.org and other sellers.

Required reading will be two short poems per week from the book. And, any additional readings the student would like to add is welcome.

Bill Hammond taught high school literature for 35 years. He has MA degrees in English and American Literature and in Classics and Comparative Literature.