The 2009 meeting of the Hibernian Hellenists will take place at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, on 13/14 March. The programme of papers is as follows:
Friday 13 March
20:00 Professor Michael Silk (King’s College, London), ‘The Greek Dramatic Genres: Theoretical Perspectives’.
Saturday 14 March
09:30 Professor Hans van Wees (University College London), ‘Perfect Oligarchs? Birth, Merit and Wealth in Homer’.
11:15 Mrs Carmel McCallum-Barry (University College Cork), ‘Early Modern Versions of Greek Tragedy’.
14:00 Dr Donncha O’Rourke (National University of Ireland, Maynooth), ‘Our First Virgil Reader: Propertius Book 4’.
All are welcome. There is a registration fee of €10; accommodation can be arranged. For further details contact Breege Lynch, Department of Ancient Classics, NUI Maynooth, at classics AT nuim.ie or +353 1 708 3316.