Petersburg,
AK
October
28, 2018
To; Peterburg Arts Council
Re; A Greek Mythology Walking-Tour of Petersburg”.
Greetings Friends and Neighbors,
I am Bill Moulton, I will be asking
for your support on my research into Homeric reception. It is called “A Greek
Mythology Walking-Tour of Petersburg”.
I think you all know me. Maybe you don’t know that I am a student of Dr. Gregory Nagy of Harvard . He is the Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. I attended his first massive on-line open classroom (MOOC) for “The Ancient Hero in 24 Hours”, twice a TA and now an active participant in the follow up project, “The Kosmos Society”.
In the 4th grade we studied Greek Mythology for a couple of weeks. I fell in love with the subject. My enthusiasm improved my reading, writing, researching, and composition to such a degree that I skewed the grading curve.
My project is inspired by a similar project in the seaside town of Brighton, England. The point of this project is to raise awareness about English Literature and Classical Studies by the example right here in our home town. Here in banner-hung Petersburg we have a harbor full of boats named for maritime deities. We also have the beautiful wings at the Petersburg Public Library to start telling the story of Icarus, the boy that flew too close to the sun. Probable sites to visit will include the library, the fishermen’s memorial, Bruno the Bear, Eagle Roost Park and a finger “C” of the South Harbor.
I hope you can assist me with advice, recruitment of an audience, and advertising .
I think you all know me. Maybe you don’t know that I am a student of Dr. Gregory Nagy of Harvard . He is the Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies. I attended his first massive on-line open classroom (MOOC) for “The Ancient Hero in 24 Hours”, twice a TA and now an active participant in the follow up project, “The Kosmos Society”.
In the 4th grade we studied Greek Mythology for a couple of weeks. I fell in love with the subject. My enthusiasm improved my reading, writing, researching, and composition to such a degree that I skewed the grading curve.
My project is inspired by a similar project in the seaside town of Brighton, England. The point of this project is to raise awareness about English Literature and Classical Studies by the example right here in our home town. Here in banner-hung Petersburg we have a harbor full of boats named for maritime deities. We also have the beautiful wings at the Petersburg Public Library to start telling the story of Icarus, the boy that flew too close to the sun. Probable sites to visit will include the library, the fishermen’s memorial, Bruno the Bear, Eagle Roost Park and a finger “C” of the South Harbor.
I hope you can assist me with advice, recruitment of an audience, and advertising .
Sincerely,
Bill
Moulton
PS. My lecture notes and potential handouts can be found
at; https://shortstories-bill.blogspot.com/2018/10/tfbt-hubris-walking-tour.html
Inform us about further developments, please!
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