May 11, 2009
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This is a reminder that the Leeds International Classical Seminar for 2009 on the subject of ‘Public images in Augustan Rome’ will take place on Friday May 15th. Those planning to attend should notify Penny Goodman (p.j.goodman AT leeds.ac.uk) BY FRIDAY MAY 8TH in order to secure lunch. The conference fee, which includes tea /…
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SEMINAR PROGRAM, EASTER TERM 2009 Department of Classics & Ancient History, University of Durham Tuesday 28 April; 5.30pm [Ritson room, NB replaces Anc. Phil. Reading Group] Mr Jonathan Broyles (Edinburgh) Plato’s Apology and the uniqueness of Socrates Wednesday 29 April, 5.30pm [Ritson room] Dr Alexei Zadorozhnyy (Liverpool) Platonic writtenness and orality in Plutarch’s Life of…
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ante diem v idus maias Lemuria (day 2) — a private and public appeasement of the dead; the Roman paterfamilias would rise at midnight to conduct a ritual involving beans and bronze rites in honour of Mania — a Roman divinity who was considered the goddess of the dead; she was also the mother of…
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