Before the grimoire: Ritual authority & scribal practice in the Greek magical papyri
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Presented as part of the ANU Centre for Classical Studies Seminar Series The mystical power of the book as object derives from the value we assign to knowledge; certain books may have a talismanic function in that power is ascribed to the word in its physical form. As Caliban points out, the book,…
Polemic in Polybius
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We warmly invite you to the next talk in our 2015 Classics Seminar Series. After the talk, informal discussion will continue over light refreshments in the ANU Classics Museum. ‘Polybius (c. 200-118 BC), author of the 40-book Histories documenting Rome’s rise to world power, is a notoriously…
William Zappa in the ANU Classics Museum
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Experience the Iliad--as in the ancient world Australian actor, playwright and director William Zappa was commissioned by ABC Radio drama to explore adapting Homer's Iliad as a radio play. When Radio drama ceased to exist, his passion for the work continued and he decided to keep on working on an…
Children and the Future in Virgil’s Aeneid
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The Friends of the ANU Classics Museum invite you to a talk by Dr Anne Rogerson, Charles Tesoriero Lecturer in Latin, University of Sydney, at 8 pm, Thursday 26 February 2015, in the Haydon-Allen Lecture Theatre (The Tank) ANU. Topic: Children and the Future in Virgil’s Aeneid Virgil’s Aeneid is an…
Homeric hospitality – ξεινήιον (guest-gift) exchange
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The e Centre for Classical Studies warmly invites you to attend the last in its Classics Seminar Series for 2014. After the talk we shall continue discussion in the ANU Classics Museum over light refreshments. ‘I look at the role of the ξεινήιον (guest-gift) in creating the ritualized…
The Significance of the Palaestra at Hellenistic Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates in North Syria
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The Centre for Classical Studies warmly invites you to attend the the Classics Seminar Series to be held in Semester 2. After the talk in G41, we shall continue discussion in the ANU Classics Museum over light refreshments. Why did every Greek polis aspire to have a gymnasium of its own, an…
‘The tumuli in the Troad’ – next in the Classics Seminar Series
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The Centre for Classical Studies warmly invites you to attend a talk in its Classics Seminar Series by Prof. Elizabeth Minchin. As usual, after the talk, we shall continue discussion in the ANU Classics Museum. ‘The tumuli in the Troad that are traditionally associated with the heroes of Troy –…