Barbara K. Gold, Perpetua: Athlete of God, Oxford University Press, New York 2018. Perpetua was an early Christian martyr who died in Roman Carthage in 203 CE, along with several fellow martyrs, including one other woman, Felicitas. She has attracted great interest for two main reasons: she was one Read more…
Barbara K. Gold, Perpetua: Athlete of God, Oxford University Press, New York 2018. Perpetua was an early Christian martyr who died in Roman Carthage in 203 CE, along with several fellow martyrs, including one other woman, Felicitas. She has attracted great interest for two main reasons: she was one Read more…
ROMAN SEMINAR LECTURE Georgia Tsouvala, Illinois State University, USA “Reconsidering the Evidence for Female Athletics in late Hellenistic and Roman Greece” November 29, 2018, 7 p.m. The Netherlands Institute at Athens, Library (Makri 11, Athens) Abstract This talk will discuss the epigraphic and literary evidence for women’s membership in palaistrai Read more…
ROMAN SEMINAR LECTURE Georgia Tsouvala, Illinois State University, USA “Reconsidering the Evidence for Female Athletics in late Hellenistic and Roman Greece” November 29, 2018, 7 p.m. The Netherlands Institute at Athens, Library (Makri 11, Athens) Abstract This talk will discuss the epigraphic and literary evidence for women’s membership in palaistrai Read more…
International Conference organized at Ghent University by Flavia Ruani and Koen De Temmerman Het Pand, Thursday 22nd-Saturday 24th November 2018 Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Prof. Kate Cooper, Royal Holloway, University of London; Prof. Stratis Papaioannou, Brown University The conference aims to examine the persistence of ancient novelistic material in hagiography and Read more…
International Conference organized at Ghent University by Flavia Ruani and Koen De Temmerman Het Pand, Thursday 22nd-Saturday 24th November 2018 Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Prof. Kate Cooper, Royal Holloway, University of London; Prof. Stratis Papaioannou, Brown University The conference aims to examine the persistence of ancient novelistic material in hagiography and Read more…
Christian H. Bull, The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus. The Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom, Brill, Leiden 2018. In The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus, Christian H. Bull argues that the treatises attributed to Hermes Trismegistus reflect the spiritual exercises and ritual practices of loosely organized brotherhoods in Read more…
Christian H. Bull, The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus. The Egyptian Priestly Figure as a Teacher of Hellenized Wisdom, Brill, Leiden 2018. In The Tradition of Hermes Trismegistus, Christian H. Bull argues that the treatises attributed to Hermes Trismegistus reflect the spiritual exercises and ritual practices of loosely organized brotherhoods in Read more…
In the wake of Hordern and Purcell’s The Corrupting Sea, there has been a renewed interest in studying the cultures of the Mediterranean as part of an integrated whole rather than in isolation. The annual Ohio State University (OSU) Classics Graduate Colloquium invites papers on a range of topics that Read more…
In the wake of Hordern and Purcell’s The Corrupting Sea, there has been a renewed interest in studying the cultures of the Mediterranean as part of an integrated whole rather than in isolation. The annual Ohio State University (OSU) Classics Graduate Colloquium invites papers on a range of topics that Read more…