The Study Group On Religion and Myth in the Ancient World This group, funded by the Department of Classical Studies and the Boston University Center for the Humanities, meets about three times per semester to discuss work in progress on, or important new developments in, any aspect of religion and myth in the ancient world. Discussion leaders are invited both from inside and outside Boston University. These discussion leaders typically send the department the work to be discussed in advance. Copies are made available two weeks before the meeting in the department or by mail to those who notify us they wish to attend. Meetings are open to all faculty and graduate students and usually draw attendees from throughout New England. All meetings are held in School of Theology Building Rm. 409 (745 Commonwealth Avenue) from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted. There is no pre-registration required. Presenters for 2016-2017 include: David Ferry Monday, April 3 Reading from his forthcoming translation of Virgil’s Aeneid (University of Chicago Press, 2017) Sponsored by Boston University Classics, The Study Group on Myth and Religion in the Ancient World, and BUCH David Ferry is an acclaimed poet and translator. He is the recipient of the National Book Award for Poetry (Bewilderment: New Poems and Translations, 2012), a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and of the American Academy of Poets, and is the Sophie Chantal Hart Professor Emeritus of English at Wellesley College. Ferry’s admired translations include verse renderings of Gilgamesh, The Odes of Horace, and The Eclogues.