CFP: Translation, Performance, and Reception of Greek Drama …
Translation, Performance, and Reception of Greek Drama, 1900–1950: International Dialogues A Special Issue of Comparative Drama Proposals are invited for essays on the translation, performance, and reception of ancient Greek drama in the period between and around the two world wars—so, very broadly speaking, 1900 to 1950. Essays that have an international focus or dimension [...]
Breviaria
Cleaning out the rest of the inbox … A new roof for Newport Roman Villa: Roofing work starts at Roman villa (County Press) Coverage of Richard Seaford’s thoughts about Greek money at the Classical Association: Ancient Greeks could throw light on financial crisis, says professor Coverage of the “Subversive Classics” session at Princeton: Down on [...]
CONF: Agricola Day
Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge Day of seminars on Tacitus’ Agricola Wednesday May 27th 2009, in Faculty Building, Sidgwick Avenue 11. 15–11.20 STEPHEN OAKLEY, Welcome 11. 20–12.45 TONY WOODMAN, The preface + DISCUSSION 12. 45–1.30 LUNCH 1. 30–2.25 CHRIS WHITTON, The voice of Cicero in the Agricola + DISCUSSION 2. 30–3.30 MYLES LAVAN, Slavishness [...]
CONF: Lucretius in the European Enlightenment
Lucretius in the European Enlightenment A Conference hosted by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology The University of Edinburgh 3 – 4 September 2009 For more information and registration details, see http://www.shca.ed.ac.uk/conferences/lucretius09/index.html Provisional Programme: David Butterfield (W.H.D. Rouse Research Fellow, Christ’s College, Cambridge): ‘Lucretius’ De rerum natura and classical scholarship in the eighteenth century’ [...]
CONF: Plato’s Timaeus and its Legacy in Stoicism
Plato’s Timaeus and its legacy in Stoicism A workshop to be held in the School of Classics, University of St Andrews, on Saturday 9 May 2009. Jenny Bryan (Cambridge) ‘The Stoics on nature and necessity’ Sarah Broadie (St Andrews) ‘The Timaeus and the Stoics on individual responsibility’ Paul Scade (Pittsburgh) ‘Divine mathematics in the Timaeus [...]
CONF: Pliny the Younger in Late Antiquity
As part of the Panegyrici Latini Project, the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool and the School of Classics, University of St Andrews are delighted to announce a one-day conference, to be held in the School of Classics, Swallowgate, St Andrews on Saturday 16th May 2009. “Pliny the Younger in Late Antiquity” [...]
CFP: Classical Commentary Writer’s Workshop
Call for Proposals: Classical Commentary Writers’ Workshop Georgetown University, October 15–17, 2009 Proposals are solicited for participation in the fifth annual Classical Commentary Writers’ Workshop, to be held at Georgetown University on October 15–17, 2009. The 2009 workshop will be devoted to Greek texts. The deadline for proposals is June 15, 2009. The workshop will [...]
Eggs
I was wondering if there’d be a claim trying to connect Easter eggs to the Romans … the closest seems to be a piece on the mystery of Easter eggs which mentions (but doesn’t make a specific connection): pregnant young Roman women carried an egg on their persons to foretell the sex of their unborn [...]
Rethinking the Via Dolorosa
This one’s interesting to me because it touches on something I’ve wondered about for years … the assumption that the Praetorium mentioned in the Gospels as the location of Pilate’s trial of Jesus (and, therefore, the starting point for the via Dolorosa) is to be identified with the Antonia Fortress. In a forthcoming study called [...]
Roman Dental Care
While tracking down a claim, I came across a very interesting article from the BDA Dental Museum on various methods used by Romans to keep their teeth clean … there are (non-specific) references to ancient sources which could be tracked down …
Classicists in the News
Congratulations to Caroline Lawrence for winning the Classical Association’s 2009 Prize: Prize for Roman Mysteries … and to Laurier’s Judith Fletcher, who is only the second Canadian to win the AJP’s Gildersleeve Prize: Laurier professor the second Canadian to win prestigious prize … and to Carl Huffman, who was among the recipients of the University [...]
CONF: Fédération internationale des Associations d’études classiques
Preliminary programme available here …
CONF: Classical Association of Canada
The preliminary programme is now available here …
This Day in Ancient History
idus apriles ludi Cereri (day 2)– games in honour of the grain goddes Ceres, instituted by/before 202 B.C. rites in honour of Jupiter Victor and Jupiter Liber 150 A.D. — martyrdom of Carpus and companions at Pergamon 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Maximus and companions at Silistria 1748 — death of Christopher Pitt (translator of [...]
