

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Book Talk with Mary Beard
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 10 May, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sun, 10 May, 2026 at 03:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join distinguished classicist Mary Beard for on talk on her newest book, "Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old"!About this EventTalking Classics: The Shock of the Old with author Mary BeardThe Parthenon is proud to partner with Montgomery Bell Academy to welcome Mary Beard to the "Athens of the South"!Join distinguished classicist Mary Beard for a talk on her most recent exploration of the relevance of the ancient world in our contemporary lives. RSVP now and meet us on May 10 at 2 PM at the Paschall Theater!This talk is FREE and open to the public with RSVP.About the topic:In her newest book, Mary Beard explores our ongoing fascination with the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, starting with a personal, childhood encounter with a very old piece of bread on display in a museum. From this, she introduces the idea of the wonder, or “thauma,” that drew her into a lifetime of trying to understand everyday lives in the remote past. She confronts the uses and abuses of symbols from the ancient world, reminding us that although the ancient world is often politicized, it does not belong to partisans. She argues that the classics remain relevant because they teach us to debate complex and difficult topics. She welcomes everyone into classics, bringing curiosity and wonder to the study of the past.About the speaker:Mary Beard is a distinguished classicist, bestselling author, and popular commentator, known for her pioneering scholarship and for her witty approach to making antiquity accessible. She is a professor emerita of classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and professor of Ancient Literature at the Royal Academy, with many additional international academic distinctions. She has served as the classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Her books include The Parthenon, one of the most readable accounts of the thousands of years of use and re-use of the ancient Greek building. Among many other wide-ranging works, she is the author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome; Women and Power: A Manifesto; and How Do We Look: the Body, the Divine, and the Question of Civilization.Copies of Mary Beard's new book Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old will be available onsite for purchase through Parnassus Books while supplies last. There will be a signing line following the talk where books can be signed and/or personalized.
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- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art, Theatre
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Nashville
- **state**: TN
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Paschall Theater & Fine Arts
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- **full address**: Paschall Theater &amp; Fine Arts, 4001 Harding Pike, Nashville, United States

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- **organizer**: Nashville Parthenon (https://allevents.in/org/nashville-parthenon/25049286)

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- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sun, 10 May, 2026 at 02:00 pm (-05:00)
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