"Talking Trees in Ancient Love Poetry"
Dr. Cynthia Sheikholeslami
Visiting Scholar, University of Washington
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
3:00 pm
LaSalle Banks Room
An ancient Egyptiain papyrus, dating to around 1100 BC, contains a series of love songs related to trees and fruits. This lecture will explore the themes and imagery of these Egyptian love songs, and how they were related to the worship of the Egyptian goddess Hathor, a deity associated with fertility - but also with trees.
