… seen on Latinteach:

This is a reminder that Dr. Helena Dettmer of the University of Iowa will be leading a webinar on June 17, 6 – 8 PM Eastern, entitled, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Catullus’ Love Affair with Lesbia".

This webinar will focus largely on Catullus’ poems about Lesbia.  Part I will show how, with the exception of Poem 36, all the Lesbia poems in the second half of the polymetra can be viewed as negative or unflattering portrayals of Lesbia.  Part II will demonstrate how, conversely, the Lesbia poems in the second half of the elegiac epigrams build up to and culminate in the reconciliation of Catullus and Lesbia.  Part III of the webinar will focus on the Ariadne and Theseus episode in Poem 64 and will show how Catullus exploits Ariadne’s bitter feelings of betrayal and abandonment to reflect his own similar feelings with respect to his treatment by Lesbia.

This webinar is part of Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers’ summer webinar series for teacher development. To register online (and to see the rest of the summer line-up), please visit http://www.bolchazy.com/webinars.html. As with last year’s series, there is a $99.00 fee to attend. As all schools/districts handle professional development in different ways, so check with your school or district to see if this webinar will count towards your professional development units.

Please email me off-list at areinhard AT bolchazy.com if you have any questions.