Past Events



“PICK UP AND READ” Latin and Greek Group

Oct 17, 2018 at -

Newcomers are welcome! We’ll finish reading “Auricula Meretricula” in Latin AND work on some Greek basics.

The group will continue to meet most Wednesdays at 5, with no-prep Latin and Greek readings from Aesop… Read More



An Evening with Emily Wilson, translator of Homer’s Odyssey

Oct 12, 2018 at -

Beginning this fall, students in four Maryland high schools will create new theater work, artwork, and history projects using this new, accessible translation of the Odyssey. To celebrate… Read More



“MAJORS AND MORE” Dinner for Classical Studies and Ancient History

Oct 18, 2018 at -

Come eat in New College House, meet students and faculty in Classical Studies, find out more about our courses, major, and minor — and get fake tattoos. If you plan to attend, please RSVP … Read More



CLASSICAL STUDIES “FACULTEA” with Prof. Jeremy McInerney

Oct 11, 2018 at -

All undergraduates welcome! Come chat with Prof. McInerney about his interests and experiences — from cows to centaurs, from Athens to Delos.Refreshments provided.Brought to you by: The Classics Board.Further info:… Read More



“PICK UP AND READ” Latin and Greek Group

Oct 10, 2018 at -

All are welcome at the first official session of our student reading group! We’ll be reading “Auricula Meretricula” in Latin AND learning to read the Greek Alphabet. The group will continue to meet most Wednesdays at… Read More



Poet's House Reading with Emily Wilson

Sep 20, 2018 at

In this talk Wilson discusses the challenges of making this ancient work feel alive now, discussing formal decisions (meter, word choice, pacing, stylistic register) she made in bringing out Homer’s many voices. … Read More



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Public Reading of Emily Wilson's "Odyssey"

Dec 7, 2018 at -

Please join us for an evening with Emily Wilson’s (Professor of Classical Studies) much lauded translation of the Odyssey. After the War: An Odyssey is a play focused on Odysseus after the war. In… Read More



COLLOQUIUM: Bret Mulligan, Haverford, "Disease as Metaphor"

Nov 29, 2018 at -

Disease often served as a potent metaphor for deficient character in antiquity. This phenomenon is explored through a canvassing of poetic, philosophical, and technical works that describe a target as gouty.… Read More