The subject of this colloquium is "Ancient texts... Modern Relevance?" Question mark. I want to begin the colloquium by saying something strange. Speaking seriously now, the question of the relevance of ancient texts to our modern lives can be pretty much blown off. Of course ancient texts are relevant. Do we care about justice? Then Plato’s Republic is relevant. Do we care about anger, and friendship, and love, and heroism? Then the Iliad is …showed first 75 words of 761 total…

…showed last 75 words of 761 total…today are all examples of this kind of exchange between reader and text. Jeremy Posadas plunges into the psychology of a Homeric warrior. What makes a hero a hero? Kirsten Guidero asks the Republic what kind of moral education Socrates had in mind. And Peter Northup is not afraid to ask of the Iliad a tough and naive question (the best questions are always such): Why don’t the Trojans give back Helen? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**