April 23, 2012

Seen on the Classicists list: SUMMER SCHOOL IN GREEK METRICS AND RHYTHMICS www.uniurb.it/summerschool-gmr In the week 3-7 September 2012 will take place in Urbino a Summer School in Greek Metrics and Rhythmic organized by the C.I.S.G.A. (Centro Internazionale di Studi sulla Cultura Greca), the Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia dell’Università di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, The…

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Seen on the Classicists list: The UK Ancient Historians’ Annual Meeting (the ‘Norman Baynes’ meeting) will be held from May 12/13 in Stevenage, Herts. Featuring: Ø Research projects and how to design them Ø Tony Spawforth on Greece, the Augustan cultural revolution, and its wider significance Ø Lisa Kallet on Thucydides on explaining the inexplicable…

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Seen on the Classics list: In Summer/Fall 2012 there are various online courses being offered at Montclair State University which both undergraduates and even high school students, though the High Jump program, can enroll in. I give more information below. If you have any questions, please email me (alvaresj AT mail.montclair.edu) And pass the word…

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Seen on the Classicists list: The Open University Department of Classical Studies Milton Keynes Campus Michael Young Building, Meeting Rooms 1-4 War as Spectacle colloquium 15 June 2012 Programme 10:00-10:30 Morning coffee 10:30-10:45 Introduction 10:45-11:45 Panel 1: Homeric Spectacles of War Chair: Chris Emlyn-Jones (Open University) Tobias Myers (Columbia University): Spectatum Veniunt…: Iliadic Enargeia and…

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Adrian Murdoch continues with the next of the ‘shadow emperors’ … with everyone at the time greeting each other with ‘Ave’, this guy must have really been confused at social gatherings: Avitus: Emperors of Rome

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