Searching for a conversation

Somewhere in the vast realm of blogtalk an erudite and witty crowd is chatting about the classical Greek theater. Where are they?

In a matter of seconds I can find a live game of hearts just by Googling ‘live game of hearts’. But finding the analogous site to join a conversation about Medea’s infatuation with Jason is not so easy.

A few misguided searches led me to The Ancient World Bloggers Group (AWBG) http://ancientworldbloggers.blogspot.com/ – which sounds promising, but seems to be frequented by hard core archeologists. Not my type at all.

Next I stumbled upon the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy (SAGP) web page at http://www.societyforancientgreekphilosophy.com/about-the-sagp/. The group promotes conversations - but at conferences and not (so far as I can tell) on line. Besides I didn't see anything about the Greek theater.

The Ancient Philosophy Society (APS) whose ‘official blog' is at http://www.ancientphilosophysociety.org/ promises ‘a forum for diverse scholarship on ancient Greek texts’ but again the fora seem to be mostly conferences and the texts mainly philosophical.

At last I happened across About.com’s Ancient/Classical History section at http://ancienthistory.about.com/. It contains page after page of commentary on the Greek plays – written at a level I can understand and comment on – and it includes a link to an Ancient/Classical History forum at http://forums.about.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=ab-ancienthist.


The instigator of the blog is one N.S. Gill, ‘a Latinist and freelance writer with a longtime focus on the classical world’. Since she looks on the up and up and the site is sponsored by About.com I signed up, found a question I could answer and posted a response.


Maybe I found a conversation. We will see. But in the meantime the experience was at least as engaging as a game of Hearts – though a bit harder to find.