The city of Rome is a symbol of civilization's power and durability, but also of its fragility and vulnerability to the forces of barbarism and chaos. A series of invasions and attacks, both literal and… Read More
The talk will cover my work with Greek fragments as a Classicist and the digital approaches employed in both the Ancient Lives and Proteus projects, as well as preview some very recent collaborative work… Read More
How did medieval teaching identify the “literary” or “literature” as a particular quality to be achieved and imitated? What was the role of style in defining the realm of the “literary”? I will… Read More
Scheharezade Khan will talk about her summer at Getty. The talk will feature fascinating discussion of ancient modes of representation, combined with beautiful slides.
The connection between ‘Aristophanes’ and ‘politics’ can mean different things to different people, but sooner or later everyone must confront the question of Aristophanes’ own politics.… Read More
In Battling the Gods: Atheism in the Ancient World, Prof. Whitmarsh argued that there were a range of positions available in pre-Christian antiquity that corresponded approximately to what we would… Read More
The investigation offers no real answers, but asks many questions. Given the exigencies of the future needs of the Roman state in areas as diverse as army supply, the massing of currency, and arrangements for the… Read More
Since it's founding in 2011, the Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study, a independent non-profit organization promoting the study of Latin, Ancient Greek, and the classical humanities, has grown into a multi-… Read More
Acts of benefaction (euergetism) toward the local community by Ptolemaic officials, officers and priests belonging to different but also at times intersecting cultural spheres are an essential mechanism for… Read More
