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		<title>Tonight: Theater of War pre-show talk, after-show reception</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bu.edu/core/2011/12/07/tonight-theater-of-war-pre-show-talk-after-show-reception/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Erin McDonagh (Core &#8217;08, CAS &#8217;10), member of the EnCore Steering Committee: As Core alums, we all know that no one understood war or tragedy like the ancient Greeks. In Theater of War, actors read excerpts from Sophocles&#8217; tragedies Ajax and Philoctetes, with the aim of drawing attention to the challenges faced by veterans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Quotes on Democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prof. Samons: &#8220;How would Plato describe America? We are primed for tyranny.&#8221; &#8220;Plato would be so appalled by the television and internet that he would commend us for keeping it together this long.&#8221; Prof. Esposito: &#8220;Plato wants to know what Sophocles is trying to teach us in Ajax or Hecuba. It is not quite clear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another response to the A.R.T. Ajax</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prof. David Roochnik, Core seminar leader, lecturer, and professor in the Department of Philosophy, wrote in to the Core blog to share this thoughts about the production of Ajax Core students and faculty attended this weekend. Interesting production. Brilliant idea to use the video screens for the chorus. But the disconnected speeches they uttered were, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ajax in Afghanistan, revisited</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bu.edu/core/2011/02/14/ajax-in-afghanistan-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Professor Steve Esposito, a longtime member of the Core Humanities faculty and associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Classics, writes about a recent Core excursion to a new theatrical version of Ajax… This weekend, 85 Core students and 10 members of the Core faculty attended the very successful production of Sophocles’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tonight: Sarah Benson at the BU Castle</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bu.edu/core/2011/02/03/tonight-sarah-benson-at-the-bu-castle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Repertory Theater is putting up a production of Sophocles&#8217; Ajax this month, a world-premiere of this particular translation. This evening, Obie Award-winning director Sarah Benson will speak about her experience directing classical Greek plays professionally, and about her work on the upcoming production. This event is part of the Core-sponsored series of lectures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analects of the Core #63</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bu.edu/core/2010/12/08/analects-of-the-core-63/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know no one. But nevertheless I pity the poor wretch even though he is my enemy, because he has been yoked harshly to the harness of a dreadful delusion. Yes, I ponder that man’s lot no less than my own. For I see that we are nothing more than ghosts &#8212; all we that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From a CC101 debate on democracy</title>
		<link>http://blogs.bu.edu/core/2010/12/07/from-a-cc101-debate-on-democracy/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.bu.edu/core/2010/12/07/from-a-cc101-debate-on-democracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem with storytelling is that it appeals to the desirous part of the soul and not the rational &#8212; that&#8217;s why Socrates has such a problem with it. So, my question is: Would it be just to ban Sophocles and his plays in the city of Athens, when they clearly show a deep understanding [...]]]></description>
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