CONF: Classical Reception in English Literature
Classical Reception in English Literature, 1660-1790 An international Workshop in connection with The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature (published by Oxford University Press) 27-28 June 2009, University of Bristol The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature is a new, five-volume publication, offering a comprehensive survey and investigation of the reception [...]
CONF: Defining Citizenship in Archaic Greece
Defining citizenship in archaic Greece Thursday 7th May 2009 10.00 – 11.00: Registration in the Department of Classics (1st Floor, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds) 11.00 onwards: Papers in the Beechgrove Room, University House 11.00 – 11.15: Introduction: Alain Duplouy (Paris) 11.15 – 11.45: John Davies (Liverpool) ‘The emergence and consolidation of the polis- state’. [...]
This Day in Ancient History
ante diem iii kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 3) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who [...]
