Classical Association of Canada / Société canadienne des
études classiques
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C A N A D I A N C L A S S I C A L
B U L L E T I N
C A N A D I E N D E S E T U D E S A N C I E N N E S
VOLUME/TOME 4, NUMBER/NUMERO 10, 1998 06 15
Published by e-mail by the Classical Association of Canada/
Publie par courrier electronique par la
societe canadienne des etudes classiques
President: J.I. McDougall, University of Winnipeg
IAIN.MCDOUGALL@UWINNIPEG.CA
Secretary/Secretaire: I.M. Cohen, Mount Allison University
ICOHEN@MTA.CA
Treasurer/Tresorier: C. Cooper, University of Winnipeg
CRAIG.COOPER@UWINNIPEG.CA
Edited by/redige par
K.H. Kinzl, Trent University
KKINZL@TRENTU.CA
http://www.trentu.ca/cac/ ISSN 1198-9149
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CONTENTS:
[1] Association announcements; editor's remarks
[2] Lectures and seminars
[3] Job openings
[4] Conferences
[5] Calls for papers
[6] Varia
[7] Book-length publications by members
[8] W3 sites noted, vel sim.
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[1] Association business; editor's remarks
[1.1] A reminder that the Association's web site has been updated to
reflect the decisions of the 1998 AGM, etc.
http://www.trentu.ca/cac/welcome.html
There is also a new section on the history of the Association which at
present contains J.A. Evans's article "The Classical Tradition in Canada"
http://www.trentu.ca/cac/evans.html
(There is also the list of presidents created some months ago.)
[1.2] The major directory update was completed in early May. If anyone
can effect the completion of the entries for Bishop's U, UC of Cape Breton,
Concordia, Simon Fraser, and U of T (Fine Art and a few minor entries),
this would represent an improvement.
A printed edition is not planned by the editor. This would have to be
generated by the Association at its own expense and on its own time.
Finally, I would urge colleagues to REPORT CHANGES, CORRECTIONS, ADDITIONS,
ETC., AS THEY OCCUR, ON AN ON-GOING BASIS AND ROUTINELY, without my having
to solicit this information.
http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/cl/cacdir.html
KHK
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[2] Lectures and seminars
From: IN%"icohen@mta.ca" 5-JUN-1998 10:34:02.15
The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Classical Association will be
taking place in conjunction with the Twenty-First Annual Crake Lectures at
Mount Allison University. This year's Crake Lecturer will be Professor
Josiah Ober of Princeton University who will speak at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday
October 1 and Friday October 2 (the lecture titles are not yet set, but the
lectures will deal with Socrates and Athens).
The ACA meetings will be held on Friday, October 2 and Saturday, October 3,
1998. Anyone interested in presenting a paper at this conference is asked
to submit a title and brief abstract to Dr. Hans vanderLeest
(jvanderleest@mta.ca) or Dr. Ivan Cohen (icohen@mta.ca) by e-mail or by
regular mail (Department of Classics, Mount Allison University, 63D York
Street, Sackville, NB E4L 1G9). Abstracts should be received by August
31, 1998.
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[3] JOB OPENINGS, SCHOLARSHIPS
There are two prime locations listing job openings, the latter only for the
USA:
http://www.umich.edu/~classics/archives/jobs/
There is also a convenient link from Michigan to the APA site:
http://scholar.cc.emory.edu/scripts/APA/positioninfo.html
For Canadian job announcements see the special releases of CCB / BCEA,
http://ivory.trentu.ca/www/cl/cac/ccb4/ccb-4.html
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[4] Conferences:
From: IN%"CLASSICISTS@LISTSERV.LIV.AC.UK" "Classicists" 26-MAY-1998
LEXICON OF GREEK PERSONAL NAMES
(http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk)
Colloquium on Greek Personal Names: their Value as Evidence
Saturday July 11th 1998
Papers by Mr P. M. Fraser (Oxford), Professor A. Morpurgo Davies (Oxford),
Professor L. Dubois (Paris), Professor M. Hatzopoulos (Athens), Professor
R. Parker (Oxford), Professor C. Habicht (Princeton), Professor M. H.
Crawford (London), Dr S. Hornblower (London)
Registration with Miss Rosemary Lambeth, British Academy (tel. 0171 969 5264
(direct line); fax 0171 969 5300; email rosemarl@britac.ac.uk).
The British Academy, at the suggestion of Peter Fraser, established the
Lexicon of Greek Personal Names project with the aim of fulfilling this
need.
With a great deal of material now available (more than two hundred thousand
named individuals will have been published by the end of 1998), and with
more held in the Lexicon's archives, it seems an appropriate moment to
explore how this scholarly resource can now be exploited. This colloquium,
in which scholars will illustrate the value of name studies in various
branches of scholarship, is being held at approximately the half-way point
in the publication of the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, and in the year
of Peter Fraser's 80th birthday.
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[5] Calls for papers
Atlantic Classical Association: See above [2] (Mt. Allison, Crake lectures)
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From: IN%"mcumming@acs.ucalgary.ca" 19-MAY-1998 14:41:30.37
CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE CANADIAN WEST (CACW)
ANNUAL MEETING, 1999
The next annual meeting of the CACW will take place on the campus of the
University of Calgary on FRIDAY-SATURDAY, 19TH-20TH FEBRUARY, 1999. This
notice is a first call for papers. The deadline for submissions is 1st
October, 1998.
We plan to include the following elements in the programme: A Friday
evening public lecture and reception. General sessions for presentation and
discussion of current research (15 minute papers). A special session on
Teaching Technologies. A special session on Current Archaeological and
Other Fieldwork. Special session on the theme 'Approaching the Millennium:
Perceptions of Time and Change in the Ancient World'. (How did the ancient
world reflect about the past and the future? How were eras conceived,
structured, and reflected in history and literature, in social, religious
and philosophical ideas? Comparisons with the modern modern world's
approach to a new millennium, etc.)
We invite abstracts of individual papers for any of the general or special
sessions. Those accepted will be published on the conference website when
the program is finalized.
Since funding opportunities for a general meeting of this kind are now very
limited, it is unlikely that the conference will be able to offer much if
any funding to those who attend. We therefore encourage everyone to seek
funding for their attendance on an individual basis.
A conference website is being established at
http://www.ucalgary.ca/glah/conference/cacw
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From: "P J Janse van Rensburg"
Subject: Classical Association of South Africa : call for papers
Reply-to: pjjvr@maties.sun.ac.za
ANNOUNCEMENT AND FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
You are cordially invited to attend the 23rd biennial Conference of the
Classical Association of South Africa to be held at the University of the
Western Cape from 19 to 22 January 1999.
CONFERENCE THEME: CHANGE AND CONTINUITY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Papers need not be on the conference theme.
Contributions by members of the South African Society for Patristic and
Byzantine Studies are welcome.
Deadline: If you intend to read a paper, please send the title of your
contribution before the end of July 1998 to:
Dr. S. Thom, Dept. of Classics, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1,
7602 Matieland, South Africa
The final deadline for sending in abstracts is 31 October 1998.
Language: English or Afrikaans. Length of papers: 20 minutes.
Enquiries: Dr S Thom (st@akad.sun.ac.za)
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R E M I N D E R
CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA MEMBERSHIP:
The bulletin is meant primarily to represent a service
by the CAC to members of the CAC. If you are not at
present a member, you may wish to consider joining. The
regular annual membership (which includes *Phoenix* and
*Classical Views/Echos du monde classique*) is CAD 75
(sustaining CAD 90, life CAD 750, student CAD 30, retired
CAD 45.00); contact:
Professor Craig Cooper, Treasurer,
Department of Classics, University of Winnipeg,
515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg MB R3B 2E9,
e-mail craig.cooper@uwinnipeg.ca
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[6] Varia
From: G.Boggio@agora.stm.it
Subject: New finds in Rome
Another fresco (inside a mysterious sealed chamber) and a mosaic have been
found in the Baths of Trajan. Details ("Roma, doppia scoperta archeologica
alle terme di Traiano") at
http://www.rcs.it/corriere/1998/05/30/fin/a0085149.htm
The last component of the URLs may no longer be valid by the time you read
this. If so, scan the full list of articles at
http://www.rcs.it/corriere/1998/05/30/all/titoli.htm
Gianfranco Boggio, Milano (Italy)
Cf. a report by the BBC on a new mosaic from the same excavations:
http://news.bbc.co.uk:80/hi.english/world/europe/newsid%5F14000/10446.stm
KHK
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"Goettinger Forum fuer Altertumswissenschaft" (GFA).
Die neue Zeitschrift, die sich bewusst als faecheruebergreifend versteht,
umfasst die Bereiche der Klassischen Philologie, der Alten Geschichte und
der Klassischen Archaeologie. Sie ist zu Beginn des Jahres von den
Goettinger Dozenten PD Dr. J.Bergemann (Klassische Archaeologie), PD Dr. B.
Bleckmann (Alte Geschichte), Dr. G. Kloss und Dr. J. Radicke (jeweils
Klassische Philologie) unter Mitwirkung von Prof. Dr. V. von Graeve
(Bochum), Prof. Dr. G.A. Lehmann (Goettingen), Prof. Dr. H.-G. Nesselrath
(Bern) und Prof. Dr. U. Schindel (Goettingen) gegruendet worden.
Die Aufsaetze und Rezensionen werden zunaechst im Internet publiziert und am
Ende des jeweiligen Jahres dann in gedruckter Form veroeffentlicht.
Gleichzeitig werden auch Sonderdrucke vom Verlag Duehrkohp&Radicke zur
Verfuegung gestellt.
Die Internet-Adresse der Zeitschrift lautet: http://www.gfa.d-r.de
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From Athens News (http://athensnews.dolnet.gr), 1998 06 10:
Greece protests
Marbles treatment
'Hidden damage' fuels Greek bid for return of sculptures
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REVELATIONS of an abortive attempt to bleach the Elgin Marbles by
their British custodians 60 years ago drew an INDIGNANT PROTEST from
Greece yesterday, with the government summoning London to convene an
international committee to establish the extent of the damage.
"GREAT BRITAIN MUST APOLOGISE FOR THIS INCIDENT AND ITS CONCEALMENT,"
CULTURE MINISTER EVANGELOS VENIZELOS SAID. [..........]
"Greece demands that the situation be immediately examined because
those objects concern us... as we consider that they belong to us."
In a letter to be sent to British Heritage Secretary Chris Smith,
VENIZELOS EXPRESSES GREECE'S "STRONG PROTEST AND DENUNCIATION" of the
incident that took place in the late Thirties [..........]
Calling for a Unesco-supervised committee to look into the current
state of the 5th century BC pedimental figures from the Parthenon
[..........] Venizelos reiterated Athens' demand for the return of the
sculptural group. "My proposal... will be based on political arguments.
HOW CAN WE BE APPROACHING 2004... how can construction start for the new
Acropolis Museum that should be ready before 2003, how can the Parthenon
hall be ready and remain provocatively empty because the Marbles are
still in London?" [..........] Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos,
visibly annoyed, told a news conference. "The ARROGANCE with which
Britain has so far addressed the issue of conserving the Marbles is now,
I believe, routed and dispersed in a resounding and impressive way,"
[..........]
[Emphases are the editor's]
Cf. the BBC News reports,
http://news.bbc.co.uk:80/hi/english/world/europe/newsid%5F109000/109849.stm
and .../109877.stm
The British Museum's statement of official policy is reproduced in CCB /
BCEA 4.5[5]; cf. also the entertaining report, CCB 4.7[7].
KHK
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Retiarius: Commentarii Periodici Latini
http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/retiarius/
Unusquisque RETIARII fasciculus Each issue of Retiarius is
electronice tantum edetur, nec ulla published only electronically.
divulgabuntur exemplaria chartacea No paper copies will be issued.
(at nihil scilicet obstabit quin lectores (But readers may print their
sua et propria exemplaria typis own copies.) The journal
describant). Commentarii nostri semel will appear once a year
in anno parabuntur.
Edentur in prima cuiusque fasciculi In the first part of each issue
parte acroases, fabulae, carmina, alia are puzzles, stories, songs,
id genus scripta, quae quidem editoribus etc., reviewed by the editors.
sint probata. Primae huic commentariorum All sorts of things are
parti fere omnia argumenta et themata appropriate here: fiction,
sunt idonea: res imaginariae, cottidianae, everyday life, jokes, etc.
iocosae, seriae.
[..........]
His commentariis nihil nisi Latine This journal will publish
scriptum et compositum divulgabitur. only articles written in
Editor: Terentius Tunberg (clatot@pop.uky.edu)
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From: IVORY::JBEWS "Prof. Janet Bews, Ancient History & Classics, 748-1709" 26-MAY-1998 13:53:15.12
CELEBRATIO
THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY ESSAYS AT TRENT UNIVERSITY
EDD. JANET P. BEWS, IAN C. STOREY, MARTIN R. BOYNE
Trent University, in Peterborough, Ontario, opened its doors to students in
the autumn of 1964. A Department of Classical Studies (now the Department
of Ancient History & Classics) was established for the 1967/68 academic
year, with Bryan Reardon as its first Chairman. This year [actually
1996/97 - KHK] the Department celebrates its 30th anniversary, and to mark
the occasion a volume of essays, entitled Celebratio, [was] launched on the
25th of April, 1998, in conjunction with the spring meeting of the Ontario
Classical Association. The essays are by current and former faculty
members, three of our students now doing doctoral studies, and the two
appraisers of our departmental programme.
[Contributors: Kurt A. Raaflaub, Desmond J. Conacher, Brad Levett, Stephen
R. Cavan, Kelly MacFarlane, Riemer Faber, D.J. Ian Begg, Bryan Reardon,
Herman R. Pontes, C.W. Marshall, Helene Leclerc, David F.R. Page,
Jacqueline Tinson, Martin Boyne, Kevin Whetter, Janet P. Bews, Ian C.
Storey]
This volume can be ordered from the Department of Ancient History and
Classics, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, K9J 7B8. The
cost is CAD 15.00.
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[7] Book-length publications by members
Buck, Robert J.: Thrasybulus and the Athenian democracy; the life of an
Athenian statesman. Stuttgart: Steiner 1998. Pp. 140. ISBN
3-515-07221-7. DEM 56.00. (Historia-Einzelschriften. 120.)
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[8] W3 sites noted, vel sim.
New Greek Sculpture Catalogue
We are pleased to announce the publication of a revised catalogue of Greek
sculpture on the Perseus Project web site (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/).
The catalogue, available at
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/browser?object=sculpture/, contains
588 entries covering major sculptural works in a variety of media, most
from the archaic and classical periods. While the catalogue includes new
entries on 222 objects, many entries from our pre-existing catalogue have
been revised and expanded, and new bibliographical references have been
added.
The format of the sculpture catalogue has been entirely redesigned to bring
the visitor's attention to distinctions between copies and originals, as
well as single sculptures and groups, and related fragments in separate
collections.. Note, for example, that the entry for the "Rampin Rider"
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/sculptureindex?lookup=Rampin+Rider)
links to separate entries for the body in Athens
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/sculptureindex?lookup=Athens,+Acropolis+59
0), and the head in Paris
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/sculptureindex?lookup=Louvre+Ma+3104),
bot h of which, in turn, provide links to the main entry. Known findspots,
functions, classes of monuments, sculptural techniques, and documentary
evidence have also been added to the range of information provided for
individual objects.
The Greek sculpture catalogue is fully interconnected with the Perseus
digital library and objects may be accessed through Perseus' keyword and
English index searches. With the browser
(http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/browser?object=sculpture) one may
also search for objects organized by collection, context, period, region,
class, material, scale, sculptor and associated building.
Objects from a 28 museums in Athens, Berlin, Delphi, London, New York, and
elsewhere are now documented in the Greek sculpture catalogue on the
Perseus Project. We are particularly glad to report that images of objects
from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston are now available to all users of the
Perseus Project's web site. Illustrated catalogue entries on almost 50
sculptures from the Classical galleries of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
may be accessed from the following url:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/browser?object=Sculpture&field=Collection&v
alue=Boston,+Museum+of+Fine+Arts/
Look for announcements regarding the availability of other images in the
near future.
The new catalogue entries and revisions have been prepared by Dr. Amy C.
Smith, our Art and Archaeology Editor. We are also glad to acknowledge the
help of our Sculpture Advisory Board members: Professors Mark D. Fullerton
(Ohio State University), Carol L. Lawton (Lawrence University), and Andrew
Stewart (University of California, Berkeley). Funding has been generously
provided by the Getty Grant Program
(http://www.getty.edu/grant/index.html).
Gregory Crane, Associate Professor of Classics, Editor-in-Chief, Perseus
Project, Eaton 124, Tufts University, Medford MA 02155, USA
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Oxyrhynchus Online: site update
http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/POxy/
POxy:Oxyrhynchus Online, the internet presence of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Project, has just undergone a major update. We can now offer quality
digitised images of all papyri from the out-of-print volume 59 of _The
Oxyrhynchus Papyri_, including the exciting new fragments from Simonides'
elegiac _Plataea_.
Additional recent volumes will follow soon. Look out also for an online
exhibit featuring imaged material from the major forthcoming exhibition at
the Ashmolean: 'Oxyrhynchus: A City and its Texts'. The online material
will appear by the end of June; the real-life exhibition will run from
late June till early August. It coincides with the British Academy
Symposium in mid-July (http://www.csad.ox.ac.uk/CSAD/OxySymp.html),
marking the centenary of the published series.
Gideon Nisbet, Researcher: Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project, Faculty of Classics,
Oxford
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From: Humanist Discussion Group
From: David Green
Subject: VROMA -- VIRTUAL COMMUNITY FOR CLASSICS STUDY
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
May 29, 1998
VROMA -- VIRTUAL COMMUNITY FOR CLASSICS STUDY
VROMA -- VIRTUAL COMMUNITY FOR CLASSICS STUDY
The VRoma Project: A Virtual Community for Teaching and Learning Classics
is an online "place," modeled upon the ancient city of Rome, where students
and instructors can interact live, hold courses and lectures, and share
resources for the study of the ancient world. The two-year project, funded
by a $190,000 grant from the Teaching with Technology Program of the
National Endowment for the Humanities, seeks to address two related issues:
"to improve and expand the teaching of classical languages and cultures
through technology-assisted collaboration between and among undergraduate
and secondary school Classics programs; and to enhance students' learning
of these topics through the excitement, immediacy, and 'virtual re-creation
of lost contexts' that modern technology can expedite."
Project resources include texts, commentaries, images, maps, and teaching
materials. Participants can explore a virtual city set in 150 A.D. through
Vroma's MOO (an object oriented MUD, a type of multi-player interactive
game environment). The project also supports two intensive two-week summer
workshop involving college and high school Classics faculty. The second
workshop will be held July 14-25, 1998, at Miami University in Oxford,
Ohio.
For more information, link to Vroma at http://vroma.rhodes.edu/
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