March 2012
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Seen on the Classicists list: CALL FOR PAPERS Female Fury and the Masculine Spirit of Vengeance: Revenge and Gender from Classical to Early Modern Literature KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Professor Alison Findlay Professor Edith Hall 5-6 September 2012, University of Bristol, UK Revenge is often thought of as a quintessentially masculine activity, set in a martial world…
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Seen on the Classicists list: A two day international conference on the archaic Greek poet Stesichorus will be held on June 29th and 30th 2012, in the Kendrew Building in St John’s College, Oxford. Stesichorus was regarded by ancient critics as one of the greatest poetic talents between Homer and tragedy. His works were almost…
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Posted with permission: CJ-Online ~ 2012.03.09 Peter Hunt, War, Peace and Alliance in Demosthenes’ Athens. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xiii + 317. £63.00/$104.00. ISBN 978-0-521-83551-0. Reviewed by Edward Harris, University of Durham This book is a study of Athenian foreign policy based mainly on the Assembly speeches of Demosthenes and…
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Seen on the Classicists list: HOMO PATIENS: Approaches to the patient in the ancient world 29.06.2012-01.07.2012, Institut für Klassische Philologie, Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin This meeting brings together a variety of scholars in the field of classical studies, medicine and history of medicine to discuss the figure of the ‘patient’ in ancient medicine. In particular,…
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Seen on various lists: The History Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has just announced a new position in Ancient Greek History. http://history.wisc.edu/generalinfo/ancient_greek_ad.pdf
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