Too Horny for Hexameter: Translating Elegiac Couplets

Name: Too Horny for Hexameter: Translating Elegiac Couplets
Start: 2026-03-27T14:30:00-04:00
Location: CAS 306

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 at 14:30

CAS 306

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Public lecture by Christopher Childers on translating elegiac couplets, examining how ancient poets shape meter, tone, and meaning and what modern translators must decide. Free and open to the public in CAS 306, Boston, March 27, 2026 at 2:30 PM.

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