Tholos tomb near Palace at Pylos

AIA Lecture - Power of the Ancestors at Pylos, Greece

Feb. 1, 2024

Power of the Ancestors at Pylos, Greece Wednesday, February 21st at 7:15pm Eaton Humanities #250 Free and open to the public Abstract Tholos tomb near Palace at Pylos Over the past few decades, archaeologists have assigned ancestors significant roles in the supernatural orders of most ancient societies. They argue that...

The head of Roma on the front and the two Dioscuri riding horses on the back. Mu虉nzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

McClanahan Essay Prize: Rome鈥檚 Other Twins: Ovid鈥檚 Gemini in Fasti V.

Jan. 23, 2024

Rome鈥檚 Other Twins: Ovid鈥檚 Gemini in Fasti V. Rachel Dzugan The head of Roma on the front and the two Dioscuri riding horses on the back. M眉nzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The legendary she-wolf suckles Romulus and Remus. Musei Capitolini. Thursday, February 1, 5:15pm Eaton Humanities #250 Free and open...

Photo of Dimitri Nakassis

Dimitri Nakassis named College Professor of Distinction!

Dec. 14, 2023

Dimitri Nakassis The Department is thrilled to announce that Professor Dimitri Nakassis has been named a College Professor of Distinction, an honorific title awarded by CU鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences that is 鈥渞eserved for scholars and artists of national and international distinction who are also recognized by their college...

Bronze Head of Artemis from Vis 4th-3rd c BCE

AIA lecture: Interconnectivity and Local Responses: A View from the eastern Adriatic island of Bra膷

Dec. 12, 2023

Interconnectivity and Local Responses: A View from the eastern Adriatic island of Bra膷 Wednesday, January 24th at 7:15pm Eaton Humanities #250 & Zoom ( REGISTER HERE ) Free and open to the public Abstract: Inhabitants of the islands off the coast of southern Croatia were exposed to the ebb and...

St. Sebastian pleads for the life of those afflicted with the 鈥減lague of Justinian鈥 (c.6 CE); oil painting by Josse Leferinxe, end c. 15 CE

鈥淎rt would get us through it鈥: Plague and Poetry from Vergil鈥檚 Bees to听Emily St. John Mandel鈥檚听Station Eleven

Nov. 30, 2023

鈥淎rt would get us through it鈥:* Plague and Poetry from Vergil鈥檚 Bees to Emily St. John Mandel鈥檚 Station Eleven Friday, January 19, 5:00pm Eaton Humanities #250 Free and open to the public Download the program This event is sponsored by the Department of Classics, the Center for Humanities and the...

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