Time in Antiquity
October 12-13, 2018
Friday 6:00 PM
Keynote Address by Peter Bing, University of Toronto, "Tombs of Poet's Minor Characters"
Eaton Humanities HUMN 250
Saturday 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM
British and Irish Studies Room in Norlin Library
Roman Mosaic of philosopher with sundial,听
3rd century CE, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
Schedule
There and Then, Here and Now (11:00 am)
鈥淭emporal Unevenness in Cicero鈥檚 De Finibus bonorum et malorum鈥� -听Andre Matlock, University of California Los Angeles
鈥淎 Time and a Place: Imagining Rome鈥檚 Legendary Past in Augustan听Poetry鈥� -听Samuel Kindick, University of baby直播app Boulder
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Infinity, Eternity, and Relativity (1:30 pm)
鈥淎naximander鈥檚 Conception of Time鈥� -听Andrew Hull, Northwestern University
鈥淭丑别 Timaeus and the Elements of a Created Time鈥� -听Blythe Greene, University of California San Diego
鈥淭ime Doesn鈥檛 Matter: The Unreality and Irrelevance of Time in Lucretius鈥�听On the Nature of Things鈥� -听Amber Ace, University of Chicago
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The Times They are A-Changin鈥� (3:30 pm)
鈥淭ime and Folklore in Aristotle鈥檚 History of Animals鈥� -听Kristofer Coffman, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
鈥淪easonal Time in Longus鈥� -听Elizabeth Deacon, University of baby直播app Boulder
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This event is sponsored by the Department of Classics, UGGS, CHA, GCAH, CWCTP, and the PFC.
Contact the Classics Department with questions.
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See the Time in Antiquity poster.