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Department Colloquium: Wiebke-Marie Stock (Notre Dame) "A daemon within? Plotinus and Iamblichus on our allotted guardian spirit"

Mar 26, 2020 at

Title: A daemon within? Plotinus and Iamblichus on our allotted guardian spirit



Department Colloquium: Liana Brent (Penn) "Not All Roads Lead to Rome"

Mar 19, 2020 at

Title: Not All Roads Lead to Rome



CANCELLED Department Colloquium: Andrea Augenti (University of Bologna) "What do we talk about when we talk about late antique cities? An archaeological point of view"

Mar 5, 2020 at

More than 30 years ago, a debate that took place in the journal Archeologia Medievale marked a turning point in the study of post-Roman urbanism. The subject was: can we consider late antique cities… Read More



Department Colloquium: Kim Bowes (Penn) “Beyond GDP: Getting by in the Roman world”

Feb 27, 2020 at

Title: Beyond GDP: Getting by in the Roman world 



Department Colloquium: Melissa Lane (Princeton) "On the appellation ‘Thirty Tyrants’: a paradox and an anachronism"

Feb 20, 2020 at

Title:  On the appellation ‘Thirty Tyrants’: a paradox and an anachronism



Department Colloquium: Maria Xanthou (Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, Princeton University) "A tale of two resilient cities: regional interaction of population, environment, and resources in Olynthus and Potidaea"

Feb 13, 2020 at

 My study sets out to examine the potential link and affinities between two ancient Graeco-Roman resilient cities, Olynthus and Potidaea. It focuses on the impact of natural catastrophes and… Read More



Department Colloquium: Maren Niehoff (Hebrew Univ., Jersualem) "Philo of Alexandria on Allegory and Metaphor"

Feb 6, 2020 at

Title: Philo of Alexandria on Allegory and Metaphor   

Abstract: As a Jewish interpreter of the Bible in first century Alexandria, Philo is situated at a central juncture of… Read More



Department Colloquium: Johanna Hanink (Brown)

Jan 30, 2020 at

 Title:

Dionysius of Halicarnassus and the Athenian funeral orations

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Department Colloquium: Mary Bachvarova (Willamette)

Jan 23, 2020 at

Toponymic Epiclesis in the Iliad and its Festival Performance Setting



Department Colloquium: Mary Bachvarova (Williamette)

Jan 15, 2020 at

Abstract:

In the Iliad only Zeus, Apollo, and Athena are called upon in prayers. Intriguingly, these

 

are the three gods who are… Read More