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Dr Fiachra Mac Góráin to speak on Aeneid 6
On Wednesday 14th October at 4.30 pm, Dr Fiachra Mac Góráin will be speaking on:
‘Time and memory in Aeneid 6’
Book 6 is often regarded as the keystone of the Aeneid. During his descent to the Underworld Aeneas processes traumatic memories from the past in order to face both his and the Romans’ future. The most obvious memories in play are on the level of human experience, those of Aeneas, Dido, Deiphobus, etc., but equally important to the book is Roman memory of historical experience and the sometimes problematic course of empire, and the memory of the literary past, from Homer to Catullus.
Dr Mac Góráin is Lecturer in Classics at University College, London. He specialises in Augustan poetry, and Virgil in particular. He is currently writing a book, to be entitled ‘Virgil’s Dionysus’.
Aeneid 6 is a current A-level set text; the talk will also be of interest to pupils who wish to improve their background knowledge of Virgil.
The talk is hosted by the St Paul’s Girls’ School Classics Society. Tea and cake will be served from 4.00 in the Dining Hall and the talk will be held in the Singing Hall. The event will finish between 5.30 and 6.00. There is no charge.
The address of the school is St Paul’s Girls’ School, Brook Green, London, W6 7BS; main telephone 020 7603 2288. The nearest tube is Hammersmith.
All are welcome, but if you or your pupils would like to attend, please email Gregory Wilsdon at with expected numbers as soon as possible and at the latest by Monday 12th October.