Greek statue of Capua Venus

Decorating for Death

Jan. 23, 2019

Decorating for Death: Sculptural Programs at the Colosseum & Flavian Amphitheaters Dr. Steven L. Tuck Professor and Chair of Classics at Miani Ohio University January 23 HUMN 150 at 5:30 pm Amphitheaters like the Colosseum at Rome were the greatest entertainment venues in the Roman world. Their decoration was designed...

picture of old hand painted book with bright colors

McClanahan Essay Prize: Virgil's Chaonian Doves

Dec. 3, 2018

Mary E. V. McClanahan Graduate Essay Prize Monday, December 3rd at 5:30 pm | HUMN 250 Virgil’s Chaonian Doves Reading Hesiod in Eclogues 5 and 9 Classics PhD candidate, Samuel Hahn On one level, Virgil’s Eclogues consider the tension between Latin poetry and the Roman state. With the image of...

Picture of old text writen on papyrus

Aristarchus’ Homer

Nov. 16, 2018

Dr. Francesca Schironi Professor of Classical Studies, University of Michigan Friday, November 16 3:00 PM in HUMN 135 This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Department of Classics.

image of Romans gathering as a graphic

Roman Funerals

Nov. 5, 2018

RomeLab: The Nature of Evidence at a Roman Funeral Dr. Chris Johanson Department of Classics, UCLA Monday, November 5, 2018 5:30 PM in HUMN 250 This presentation examines the ways that the Roman funeral eulogy subverts traditionally understood priorities for Latin oratorical argumentation. Through a combination of close and distant...

Picture of a Greek city by the sea

At Home on Board

Oct. 30, 2018

Museum of Natural History and the Archaeological Institute of America , present: At Home on Board: the Kyrenia Ship and the Goods of its Crew Dr. Andrea Berlin, Boston University October 30 - 7:00 PM HALE 270 The Kyrenia shipwreck, discovered in 1964 off Cyprus, is the best preserved...

Picture of two actors rehersing the Hecuba play with costumes and masks

McClanahan Lecture: Euripides' Hecuba

Oct. 24, 2018

“’s upcoming production of Euripides’ Hecuba ” presented by Professor John Gibert “ Presents/Casey Cass” Wednesday, October 24, 2018 7:00 PM in HUMN 250 After the fall of Troy, Queen Hecuba suffers the sacrifice of one of her remaining children to appease the ghost of Achilles and the brutal murder...

Affresco painting of Greek woman called Cosiddetta Sappho

Sappho's Latest

Oct. 17, 2018

The Classics Department and the Arts & Sciences Fund for Excellence present: SAPPHO'S LATEST Wednesday, October 17 HUMN 250 – 5:00 pm Diane Rayor Professor of Classics, Grand Valley State University, Michigan Roe Green Visiting Theatre Artist, for the production of Euripides’ Hecuba A poem of “raging desire” and one...

Stele of Vultures an ancient carved piece of stone

Citizen Soldiers

Oct. 15, 2018

Dr. Nicholas Rockwell Author of Thebes: A History (Routledge 2017) Monday, October 15 4:30 - HUMN 135 Warfare was fundamental to state formation and the articulation of ideas about freedom, citizenship, and political participation in the ancient Near East and Greece. Military service provided opportunities for individuals and whole groups...

Anaximander with sundial reinisher landes museum

Grad Colloquium: Time in Antiquity

Oct. 12, 2018

Time in Antiquity October 12-13, 2018 Friday 6:00 PM Keynote Address by Peter Bing, University of Toronto, "Tombs of Poet's Minor Characters" Eaton Humanities HUMN 250 Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM British and Irish Studies Room in Norlin Library Roman Mosaic of philosopher with sundial, 3rd century CE, Rheinisches...

Old Latin writing on papyrus

The Fifth Glossary of Nonius Marcellus

Oct. 8, 2018

Jarrett Welsh Associate Professor at the University of Toronto Monday, 8th October 4:30 pm - HUMN 135 No work of late-antique scholarship can rival Nonius Marcellus’ De compendiosa doctrina for the sheer number of Latin literary fragments it preserves, a distinction owed to the fact that Nonius worked from a...

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