Iris Magazine September 2009 Issue Available

Lorna Robinson, director of The Iris Project, based in Oxford, UK, announces that the Autumn 2009 issue of Iris magazine is now available. This issue examines the influences and interpretations of epic and includes the following features:

• Iris chat: Margaret George, author of Helen of Troy
  
• Home Thoughts from Abroad: Virgil's Aeneid
• 1000 Years Before Homer: The epic of Gilgamesh
  
• Masters of War: Epic battles on film
  
• A Marriage of Minds: Arabic and Classical epic
  
• News feature: A Mosaic for the London Olympics 2012
  
• Travelogue: Ephesus

Additional articles focus on outreach, news, reviews, quizzes, puzzles, translation, fiction, and advice. To find out how to order a copy of Iris magazine, visit The Iris Project website. The Iris Project is a registered charity in the United Kingdom that promotes Classical education for students in state-funded schools and in urban settings.