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Classical
Lectures
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The Fall 2008 Meeting
was held on Saturday, November
8th, 2008 at 3:00 P.M. at the Browning School, 52 East 62nd
Street, New York.
Dr. Nancy Worman, Associate Professor, Barnard College, Department of
Classics and Ancient Studies gave a lecture "Mapping
Literary Judgment in Aristophanes' Frogs."
The Winter 2009
Conference was
held Saturday, February 28, 2009: 10:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. New York
University, Jurow Hall (NE corner of Washington Square Park. Enter on
Waverly Place or Washington Place.)
The topic focused on Greek and Roman
elegy.
Ewen Bowie and Maria Noussia will speak on Greek elegy,
Mark Buchan, Jeri DeBrohun, and Sharon James will present on Latin
elegy.
Special Event.
We co-sponsored with Columbia
University a presentation of
“Representing Our Ancestors.” This is a program, organized by the
Classical Association of the Atlantic States, in which contemporary
scholars take on the roles of prominent Classicists from an earlier
time and, acting as these scholars, provide us with insights into their
lives from their own perspectives. This special event was held
at
Columbia University on Saturday March 21st.
The Spring 2009 Meeting featured Dr. Joanne Spurza
who spoke on Ostia.
The Fall 2009 Meeting Information
soon to come!
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The Homeric Reading
Group of
New York will resume its activities this fall,
meeting once a week, Saturday mornings, 10 – 12. The
only requirement to participate is that potential members of the Group
have taken, or are currently taking a course in Homer, or have
otherwise read a fair amount of Homer in the original Greek.
The principal aim of the Homeric Reading Group is to
enrich our understanding of the Homeric poems by exploring the oral and
aural aspects of the poetry. We will work towards hearing and
recreating the sounds of Homer’s Greek as authentically as our current
linguistic and metrical knowledge permits. This will include an
introduction to the restored pronunciation of ancient Greek (based
primarily of W.S. Allen’s Vox Graeca, 3rd ed.), the use of quantitative
rhythm (based on patterns of long and short syllables), and the use of
the musical pitch accents.
The first meeting of the Homeric Reading Group is
scheduled for Saturday, 26 September, 10 am, at 425 Riverside Drive
(115 St.), apt.
12H. We shall begin at Odyssey
16.338. Contact:
Stephen G.
Daitz, City University of New York, Tel.
212-666-6228, Email: sgdaitz@aol.com
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The Society for the Oral
Reading
of Greek and Latin Literature (SORGLL) as revised and
expanded its website http://rhapsodoioralgreekandlatin.org.
The site so far contains a statement of purpose, a list of officers and
of the executive committee, an audio guide to the restored
pronunciation
of Greek and Latin, and audio selections from the Iliad and the
Aeneid
as well as renditions of lyric poetry (Arkhilokhos, Alkman, Sappho,
Catullus,
and Horace). Real Player is required for the audio portions of the
site.
Submissions of other selections are welcome (click on Submissions on
the website), particularly in Greek and Roman tragedy, comedy, oratory,
philosophy, and history.
Request for Information and Announcements:
We are seeking to compile a list of lectures and conferences in the New
York Metropolitan area with themes related to ancient civilizations and
cultures. In order to make this listing as comprehensive and helpful as
possible, we are requesting your help. Please fill in and submit this form.

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