University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1962
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Glory of Greek Figure Restored
The Greek mythological figure Peleus last night was restored to some of his former glory in a KU Humanities Lecture at Fraser Hall.
Mary A. Grant, emerita associate professor of Latin and Greek, performed the task in sharp, crisp narrative in her lecture "A Forgotten Hero — Development and Decay of a Greek Myth."
Miss Grant said a vast and rich amount of folklore, both of the Greek and later civilizations, is derived from the Peleus legends, though these legends have apparently been minimized by the epic writers and classical scholars.
Not a god himself, Miss Grant said, but the grandson of a god and destined to marry the Nieried Thetis—of whom the Fates prophesied that any son born to her would be far greater than his father—Peleus was still an important personality in Greek mythology.
MISS GRANT, CHOSEN as the KU lecturer for this year's Humanities series, received warm applause for her presentation from the more than 200 persons who ignored the bitter cold night to attend the lecture.
The son who filled that prophesy was Achilles.
PELEUS, MISS GRANT SAID,
became the embodiment of "the
sturdy morality of the woodsman."
Though he was the center of no
great episode, he was a participant
in several important mythological
ventures.
The pure vitality of the epic was pushed from the center of focus, particularly in events concerning Peleus, and emphasis came to be placed on the general problems of good and evil by the time of fifth century drama. Miss Grant explained.
Thus, both Sophocles and Euripides had plays based on or suggestive of Peleus' life, but the emphasis was on his old age, his despair, and his exile from Aegina, she said.
THE END OF THE VITAL PERIOD of the epic came with the skeptical philosophers, and in the Hellenic-Roman period, myths were no longer capable of growing but were viewed only as "marvelous falsehoods of the poets of old," the lecturer said.
Though the vigorous period of the Peleus legends had ended, Miss Grant said, they continued to show an influence and reflect developments in the Hellenic period through various adaptations.
At least one indication of his significance to the Greeks is reflected on a vase in a museum in Florence, Italy. Discovered in an Etruscan grave, the large vessel shows five multi-figured bands representing mythical occurrences. The most prominent of these, located on the fullest diameter, Miss Grant said, portrays the wedding procession of Peleus.
Six KU faculty members have been selected to participate in the 1962-63 Costa Rican Faculty Exchange program.
The six are: Donald McCoy, associate professor of history; Robert Casad, assistant professor of law; Charles Michener, professor of entomology; D. Don Haines, associate professor of civil engineering; and Elden Tefft, associate professor of design.
Faculty Named for Exchange
The six participants and their families will go to Costa Rica University for one month this summer and three months next summer.
Fore!
HAMILTON, Bermuda — (UPI) Bermuda probably has more golf courses per square acre than any other country. There are three 18-hole links, including the widely-known Mid-Ocean Club, and two nine-hole courses.
One hundred KU students will spend their summer in Europe sponsored by KU's second Modern Foreign Language Institutes.
Students May Spend Summer in Europe
Fifty-seven students spent last summer in Europe under the program, and due to its success, the program has been enlarged to accommodate additional students this year.
The students will leave New York by chartered aircraft on June 6 and return Aug.9.
In Europe students will be separated into three groups head-quartered in Paris, France; Barcelona, Spain, and Weynary, Germany.
Home Economics Club Meets
The Home Economics Club will meet at the home of Edna Hill at 7 p.m. tomorrow. There will be a Twelfth Night Party, and an initiation will follow. Those requiring transportation should call VI 2-2504.
French Ph.D. Reading Exam: Jan 13.
9-14.
be handed in to Miss Cragie by Jan 10.
Official Bulletin
Free Delivery On Campus Call VI 3-1086
Catholic Daily Mass: 6:30 & 8 a.m. St.
John's Church, 13th & Kentucky.
TWIST CONTEST
$5.00 Cash Prize Per Couple
Live ROCK and ROLL Band
FRIDAY — 10:00 P.M.
at the
WHITEHOUSE
24-40 Highway
COUPLES ONLY
Western Civilization Comprehensive Examination: Review Sessions: Jan. 9 to 10 p.m., Bailey Auditorium. Examinations' 15 at 1 a.m., rooms to be assigned.
TODAY
Ham Club Meeting: 7:30 p.m., 201 EI
Lab, 825 Dahlman, speaker, on Class G
Lab
Student National Education Association: 4 p.m., 302 Bailey. Panel discussion: "Student Teachers" with Dr. Karl Edwards.
Episcopal Holy Communion and Lunch:
12 noon, Canterbury House.
Celtic Cross: 12 noon, Westminster Center,
1204 Dread. Westminster Center,
Minneapolis, MN.
Young Democrats Committee on Res-
sultations 4 p.m. Pine Room,
Kansas Union
SUA Bridge Lessons: 7 p.m. 306, Kansas Union. Instructor, Larry Bodie.
Der Deutsche Verein trifft sich am Donnerstag, den 11. Januar, um fuern uffent den Schule des Landes. Eine Grupe Schueler aus der Oberschule in Lawrence wird fuer uns singen.
Le Cercle Francaise célèbre la Fête des Rois par un diner mercredi le 10 janvier à six heures et quart dans le Curry Room de l'Union; prix: $1.53. Ceux qui jouent au assister du département avant père au bureau du departement avant mardi soir.
TOMORROW
Baptist Student Union Devotional: 5 p.m., Southern Baptist Activities Building, 1221 Oread. Bible study and devotional.
Christian Science Organization: 7:30 p.m., Danforth Chapel.
Kansas Society, Archaeological Institute
of Kansas Union, Speaker, Dr. Klaus Berger,
KU Department of Art History; "Anim-
 morphoses." All invited.
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