July 8, 2010
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) RHETORIC WORKSHOP Saturday July 10th 2010, Bamburgh Room, King’s Road Centre, Newcastle University (see this link for advice on travel and maps: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/visit/travel/). The event is free; but please let contact Jennifer.Richards AT ncl.ac.uk so that she can…
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) Rethinking the Gods: Post-Classical approaches to sacred space An International Conference to be held at Oxford, 21-23 September 2010. How and why did sacred space change? This conference aims at exploring the sanctuaries of Greece in the tumultuous…
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) Aeneas Tacticus War, Politics and Literature in Classical Greece Conference 2nd-4th September 2010 at Gregynog Hall (near Newtown/Powys) More information can be found at www.aeneastacticus.net. Registration starts now! For enquiries and bookings please contact Maria Pretzler – m.pretzler…
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Image by Martin Beek via Flickr ante diem viii idus iulias ludi Apollinares (day 3) — games instituted in 212 B.C. after consulting the Sybilline books during a particularly bad stretch in the Punic Wars; four years later they became an annual festival in honour of Apollo rites in honour of Vitula, possibly honouring a…