The Getty Presents Memnon Read by The Classical Theatre of Harlem
Join the online live reading on Monday, October 24, 2022, at 8pm ET Memnon tells the story of the besieged city of Troy which, in its darkest hour, calls on a powerful Ethiopian king to help repel the Greeks. This Homeric episode, once a staple of the ancient Greek and Roman epic tradition, had been forgotten—until…