The Institute of Classical Studies in co-operation with The British
Academy and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences will hold a one-day
colloquium devoted to the newly published palimpsest text of Hypereides.
The palimpsest contains fragments of two speeches and is the most exciting
discovery in the area of Greek oratory for almost a century.
Friday 30 January 2009
Programme
10.00 Arrival, welcome and coffee
10.30 The palimpsest: image and decipherment (Alex Lee)
11.00 The Hypereides manuscript: codicology, palaeography (Natalie
Tchernetska and Giuseppe Ucciardello)
12.00 Hypereides, Demosthenes and Philip (Laszlo Horváth and P.J. Rhodes)
1.15 Lunch
2.30 Hypereides Against Diondas and the rhetoric of political failure
(Stephen Todd)
Hyperides’ Against Diondas and the rhetoric of revolt (Jud Herrman)
4.00 Tea
4.30 Law, language and rhetoric in the Timandros (Lene Rubinstein, David
Whitehead)
5.30 Reception
There is no fee for attendance; but places are limited and anyone wishing
to attend must register with The Secretary of the Institute of Classical
Studies at admin.icls AT sas.ac.uk by 21 January 2009.
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