September 2009
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From the Ancient Narrative folks: APULEIUS AND AFRICA An International Classics Conference April 29-May 2, 2010 Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.A. From April 29 to May 2, 2010, Oberlin College will host a major international Classics symposium entitled “Apuleius and Africa.” The conference is being organized by Ellen Finkelpearl (Scripps College), Luca Graverini (Università di…
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A piece in Metro Santa Cruz begins with this interesting quote: “We are the modern equivalent of the ancient city-states of Athens and Sparta. California has the ideas of Athens and the power of Sparta.” –Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger I guess you can take the man out of the sword-and-sandal, but you can’t take the sword-and-sandal…
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Seen on the Classicists list: INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL STUDIES GREEK LITERATURE SEMINAR Mondays throughout the autumn term at 5 pm Senate House South Block Room ground floor room G37 Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Organizer: Giambattista D’Alessio Contact: giambattista.d’alessio AT kcl.ac.uk PROGRAMME AUTUMN 2009 BEYOND THE LIBRARY: HELLENISTIC LITERATURE AND ITS CONTEXTS 5 October M.…
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A note from Lorna Robinson is making the round: Dear Classicists, The Autumn 09 issue of Iris magazine looks at the influences and interpretations of epic, and includes: Iris chat: Margaret George, author of Helen of Troy Home Thoughts from Abroad: Virgil’s Aeneid 1000 Years Before Homer: The epic of Gilgamesh Masters of War: Epic…
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Interesting intro to a religion column in the Marion Star: In 1979, I sat in Dr. Richard Cutter’s early morning Greek class at Baylor University praying my professor would call on someone else to translate the homework passage from Plato. Advertisement My prayers were answered when he called on John. John was more clueless than…
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