The next installment in the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria’s (GOCMV) history and culture seminar series is a special not be missed event.
Down under from the University of Florida, visiting Professor Gonda Van Steen will present a free open seminar on: ‘Venom in Verse: Aristophanes in Modern Greece’.
The professor will delve into the treatment of Aristophanes’ comedies in Greece over the past two centuries.
Known for his bold political and sexual humour, couple with the fact that his work detracts from the ideal, modern Greeks took their time in rediscovering his work.
It was the Demoticist movement that gave new life to Aristophanes’ comedies, and by the 1930s Karolos Koun along with a small group of Athens College students was staging his plays.
The revival of his work continued to see setbacks due to censorship until the mid 1970s, which is now very much a thing of the past with a number of theatre companies embracing his work to the point of exploitation.
Named the Cassas Chair in Greek Studies at the University of Florida, Van Steen has written extensively on this subject matter and has authored four books.
When: Wednesday 1 July, 2015 at 7 pm
Where: Greek Centre Melbourne (Mezzanine), 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC