February 16, 2012

  • Seen on the Classicists list: 12th ANNUAL POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM ON ANCIENT DRAMA, JUNE 2012: ‘Hierarchy/ies in the Theory and Practice of Greek and Roman Drama’ CALL FOR PAPERS We are happy to announce the Annual Joint Postgraduate Symposium on the Performance of Greek and Roman Drama, co-organised by the APGRD, University of Oxford and the…

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  • Seen on AegeaNet: The Department of Classics at Princeton University invites applications for a one-year lectureship, to begin on September 1, 2012. The successful candidate will teach introductory and upper level undergraduate courses in Greek and in Latin. He or she will also advise advanced undergraduates on independent projects covering a variety of topics. It…

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  • Penn Museum has put up a video of Dr.Felix Pirson’s lecture on Pergamon and environs … here’s the official description: The Pergamon-Excavation of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) looks back to a history of more than 130 years reflecting various trends in archaeological research. Currently, the layout of the city as a whole, its relation…

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  • Reviews from BMCR

    2012.02.31:  Katharina Roettig, Die Träume des Xerxes: zum Handeln der Götter bei Herodot. Studia classica et mediaevalia, Bd 2 2012.02.30:  Sabrina Inowlocki, Claudio Zamagni, Reconsidering Eusebius: Collected Papers on Literary, Historical, and Theological Issues. Vigiliae Christianae, supplements, 107 2012.02.29:  Thomas Harrison, Writing Ancient Persia. Classical essays. 2012.02.28:  Gabriella Vanotti, Il lessico Suda e gli storici…

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  • ante diem xiiv kalendas martias Parentalia (Day 4) — the period for appeasing the dead continued 309 A.D. — martyrdom of Pamphilius  

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