Saturday & Sunday 14-15 October 2017
Organizers: Andrej Petrovic, Ivana Petrovic
(andrej.petrovic@virginia.edu; ivana.petrovic@virginia.edu)
Venue: Classics Department, Cocke Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Program
Saturday 14th October
12-14: Arrival and Lunch at the Department of Classics
14-15: John Dillery (University of Virginia): Hellenisms: Some Readings in Second Maccabees
15-16: Michael Brumbaugh (Tulane University): Intellectual Networks of the Early Hellenistic World
16-17: Michael A. Tueller (Arizona State University): Women in Early Hellenistic Epigram: Perses, Anyte, and Nossis
17-18: Wine Reception at the Department of Classics
From 19: Conference Dinner
Sunday 15th October
9-9:30: Coffee at the Department of Classics
9:30-10:30: Jackie Murray (University of Kentucky): Poetic Time in the Argonautica
10:30-11:30: Brett Evans (University of Virginia): Playing the Pipes of Pan: The Song of ps-Theocritus’ Syrinx and its Relationship to Theocritus’ Idylls
11:30-12:30: Regina Höschele (University of Toronto): Two Lovers and a Lion: Pankrates’ Poem on Hadrian’s Royal Hunt
12:30-13:30: Lunch at the Department of Classics and Departure
Please note: There is no conference fee, but please do let the organizers know if you plan on attending.