Metamorphoses
Influential mythological narrative poem by Roman poet Ovid
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| 2025 |
Artemis
NASA plans to land the first woman and the next man on the lunar south pole region as part of the Artemis program, involving international partners including ESA, JAXA, and CSA.
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| 2024 | Awarded the McClelland Trophy with his team and recognized as the most courageous player. |
| December 2024 |
Polifemo
Royal Opera of Versailles staged a version of Polifemo.
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| July 20 2024 |
Polifemo
Second performance of the American premiere of Polifemo by Opera Neo in San Diego, CA, at UC San Diego Park and Market.
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| July 19 2024 |
Polifemo
American premiere of Polifemo by Opera Neo in San Diego, CA at UC San Diego Park and Market. Directed by Daria Zholnerova and conducted by Peter Kozma.
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| February 2024 |
Polifemo
Opéra National du Rhin produced the first performance of Polifemo in France in Strasbourg and Mulhouse, directed by Emmanuelle Haïm with Le Concert d'Astrée. Performers included Franco Fagioli, Paul Antoine Benos Djian, and Madison Nonoa.
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| 2023 | In Round 11, Sicily achieved a career-high 43 disposals in a 10-point win against St Kilda. |
| February 2023 | Appointed as the 38th captain of Hawthorn at age 28, succeeding the retired Ben McEvoy. |
| 2022 | Won the Peter Crimmins Medal, a significant individual achievement. |
| 2022 |
Iphigenia
T.J. Nelson published a scholarly article 'Iphigenia in the Iliad and the Architecture of Homeric Allusion' in TAPA, providing a contemporary academic analysis of Iphigenia's representation in classical literature.
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| May 16 2022 | Announced a 5-year contract extension with Hawthorn, tying him to the club until at least the end of 2027. |
| 2021 |
Iphigenia
Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding collaborated to create a modern opera titled 'Iphigenia', bringing the mythical character to contemporary musical interpretation.
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| 2020 | Represented the Victoria Australian rules football team. |
| 2020 | Sustained an ACL injury that caused him to miss the entire 2021 season. |
| 2020 |
Andromeda
Ensiferum released an album with Andromeda-themed tracks.
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| 2020 | Titian's 'poesie' paintings inspired by the Metamorphoses were reunited in an exhibition at The National Gallery. |
| 2019 | Selected in the extended All-Australian squad, the only Hawthorn player to do so. Re-signed with the club until at least 2022. |
| 2019 |
Andromeda
Caroline Mallonée wrote Portraits of Andromeda for cello and string orchestra.
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| 2019 |
Andromeda
Weyes Blood released an album featuring Andromeda-themed tracks.
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| 2019 |
Polifemo
A semi-staged production of Polifemo was presented at the Salzburg Festival.
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| November 8 2019 |
Ercole amante
Second live performance and recording of Ercole amante at Opéra-Comique, Paris, featuring Nahuel di Pierro as Ercole, conducted by Raphaël Pichon, with stage direction by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq.
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| November 6 2019 |
Ercole amante
First live performance and recording of Ercole amante at Opéra-Comique, Paris, featuring Nahuel di Pierro as Ercole, conducted by Raphaël Pichon, with stage direction by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq.
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| March 2019 |
Around the Beatles
An original ticket for the show's dress rehearsal was featured on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow and valued at £100.
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| 2018 | Sicily was suspended for one match for kneeing Geelong captain Joel Selwood. He broke bones in his wrist in Round 17 but returned during the finals series. |
| 2018 |
Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë is featured in Madeline Miller's novel Circe as the sister of the protagonist, depicted as a witch who has intercourse with the Cretan Bull and calls on her sister to help with the Minotaur's birth.
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| 2018 | A main character in Pat Barker's novel The Silence of the Girls, much of which is narrated by his slave Briseis. |
| 2017 | Selected in the 22under22 team, highlighting his early career potential. |
| August 22 2017 | Sicily signed a three-year contract extension, keeping him at Hawthorn until 2020. |
| 2016 | Nominated for the AFL Rising Star award and recognized as the most promising player in the same year. |
| 2016 | Considered Sicily's breakout season. He was named round 13 Rising Star nominee after kicking a career-high five goals and recording 13 disposals and 5 marks. |
| 2016 | Jean-Michel Bruyere completed the 3D 360° audiovisual installation 'La Dispersion du Fils'. |
| 2015 | Sicily made his AFL debut, coming on as a substitute in the first quarter, replacing the injured James Frawley and kicking a goal. He played three games for the year. |
| 2015 |
Around the Beatles
Footage of the Beatles performing 'Can't Buy Me Love' was included in the video portion of the 1 compilation reissue.
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| 2014 | Sicily was considered Box Hill's best player in the losing grand final, kicking a team-high three goals, and finishing with 15 disposals and five marks. |
| 2014 | Christophe Honoré directed the film 'Métamorphoses', offering a contemporary cinematic interpretation of Ovid's work. |
| 2013 | James Sicily was drafted by the Hawthorn Football Club with the fifty-sixth pick in the AFL draft. |
| 2013 |
Polifemo
Parnassus Arts Productions staged Polifemo at Theater an der Wien.
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| 2013 |
Pasiphaë
Pasiphaë appears as a major antagonist in Rick Riordan's fantasy novel The House of Hades, portrayed as an immortal sorceress who allies with Gaea against the Olympian gods and is ultimately defeated by the demigod Hazel Levesque.
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| 2012 | Appears as the Rider of Red in the light novel series Fate/Apocrypha. |
| 2011 | Main character in Madeline Miller's debut novel The Song of Achilles, which explores his relationship with Patroclus and won the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles James Sicily, Andromeda (mythology), Ercole amante, Achilles, Artemis, Metamorphoses, Circe, Around the Beatles, Pasiphaë, Polifemo (opera) & Iphigenia, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.