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  • Roman driving a chariot
    Practice Latin through games, conversations, and easy stories.  Latin learners of all levels welcome.  Snacks will be served. Stay for a few minutes or the whole session!  Questions?  Email reina.callier@
  • picture of old hand painted book with bright colors
    Mary E. V. McClanahan Graduate Essay PrizeMonday, December 3rd at 5:30 pm | HUMN 250 Virgil’s Chaonian Doves Reading Hesiod in Eclogues 5 and 9 Classics PhD candidate, Samuel HahnOn one level, Virgil’s Eclogues consider the
  • Picture of old text writen on papyrus
    Dr. Francesca Schironi Professor of Classical Studies, University of MichiganFriday, November 16 3:00 PM in HUMN 135 This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the CU Department of Classics.
  • image of Romans gathering as a graphic
    RomeLab: The Nature of Evidence at a Roman FuneralDr. Chris Johanson Department of Classics, UCLAMonday, November 5, 2018 5:30 PM in HUMN 250This presentation examines the ways that the Roman funeral eulogy subverts traditionally
  • Picture of Greek stone mask
    Translated by Roe Green Artist Diane Rayor Masks by Roe Green Artist Jonathan BeckerYears of violence and war have stripped Hecuba—Queen of Troy—of all she holds dear. In this translation of Euripides’ bleakest drama, Hecuba
  • Picture of a Greek city by the sea
    CU Museum of Natural History and the Archaeological Institute of America, present:At Home on Board: the Kyrenia Ship and the Goods of its Crew Dr. Andrea Berlin, Boston University October 30 - 7:00 PM HALE 270The Kyrenia shipwreck
  • Picture of two actors rehersing the Hecuba play with costumes and masks
    “CU’s upcoming production of Euripides’ Hecuba”presented by Professor John Gibert “CU Presents/Casey Cass” Wednesday, October 24, 2018 7:00 PM in HUMN 250After the fall of Troy, Queen Hecuba suffers the sacrifice of one of her
  • Affresco painting of Greek woman called Cosiddetta Sappho
    The Classics Department and the Arts & Sciences Fund for Excellence present:SAPPHO'S LATESTWednesday, October 17 HUMN 250 – 5:00 pm Diane Rayor Professor of Classics, Grand Valley State University, MichiganRoe Green Visiting
  • Stele of Vultures an ancient carved piece of stone
    Dr. Nicholas Rockwell Author of Thebes: A History (Routledge 2017)Monday, October 15 4:30 - HUMN 135 Warfare was fundamental to state formation and the articulation of ideas about freedom, citizenship, and political participation
  • Anaximander with sundial reinisher landes museum
    Time in AntiquityOctober 12-13, 2018Friday 6:00 PM Keynote Address by Peter Bing, University of Toronto, "Tombs of Poet's Minor Characters" Eaton Humanities HUMN 250Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM British and Irish Studies Room in Norlin Library
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