We welcome and encourage contributions from scholars throughout the world. Critical debates responding to the thesis of important books or papers. The Open Mike is an informal gathering for actors, bards, sophists, translators, and all classicists who are interested in reading aloud. Participants are welcome to present short pieces on an 'open mike' basis, or to apply in advance by sending in a proposal. Texts may be in Latin or Greek, or in original translation.
Spectators are also welcome.
Brothers will be a fully realized production in a new English translation, to be shot in digitially edited enhanced Beta video and made available in VHS format. The recording will be distributed with a booklet of introductory and reference materials. Tapes will be available in November, 1995. Most of the extant ancient Greek music known at this time is recorded on copies of period instruments including voices, lyra, kithara, aulos parthenios, aulos paidikos, aulos teleios, syrinx, syrinx monokalamos, photinx, pandoura, trichordon, salpinx, psithyra, seistron, echeia, kymbala, and tympanon, which were built by the performers after extant instruments and period iconography. Oslo papyrus Song, Seikilos, 1stc AD Invocation of the muse, Anon.