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"An obscure 19th century sketch holds the only known visual proof of women fighting wild beasts in ancient Roman arenas."

Congratulations to Professor Emerita Ronnie Ancona on her new book about Martha Graham's Greek dance work!! Check it out here: www.bloomsbury.com/u... #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics CUNY Graduate Center

Our final lecture of the term is tonight at 5 pm EST Email [email protected] for the Zoom link Guido Milanese Professor of Classics Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia-Milano IT #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics CUNY Graduate Center

Now at the Brooklyn Museum

This Thursday, March 5th at the CUNY Graduate Center. #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics CUNY Graduate Center

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Today at 5pm!! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link. #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics

"Underneath the prints, the archaeologists found a layer of charred plant remains. They carbon-dated the plants to 2,000 years ago, during the late Iron Age."

Please RSVP to [email protected] Thurs 2/28 at 5pm In person and via Zoom #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics CUNY Graduate Center

The New York Classical Club's 2026 Winter Conference is this week: Saturday, 2/28 10am – 5pm Nightingale–Bamford School, 20 E 92nd St (at 5th Ave) Please RSVP so the Club can plan for lunch appropriately: docs.google.com/form...

The Classics Department at The CUNY Graduate Center invites you to our Spring Lecture Series! In person OR via Zoom Please RSVP - see flyer (attached)

"The stylus, discovered whole, features the head of a man and an erect phallus. The statement reports the male head to likely be a herm of Dionysus, the Greco-Roman deity of ecstasy and wine, among other things."

"Despite Greek being the administrative language, dialect differences could be vast. Plus, Greek proved difficult for non-native speakers to learn. Time and cultural interactions cured this problem."

"...experts located over 800 whetstones—traditional tools used to hone blades and weaponry—the largest deposit of its kind in northwest Europe."

"UC Classics Professor Jack Davis and Senior Research Associate Sharon Stocker discovered a 3,500-year-old tomb for a leader they called the Griffin Warrior after the mythological figure emblazoned on his ivory plaque."

CUNY Grad Center PhD student Ivan Maiorov shared some new pictures from his Texts and Contexts class, where his students made replicas of Bronze Age weaponry! #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics CUNY Graduate Center

"Nearby the ancient Temple of Amarysia Artemis on the country’s second-largest island, archaeologists discovered another temple—this one from the 7th century BC. And it came full of highly used altars..."

"In Italy, rare orchids flower around an Etruscan necropolis...In recent years, two new species of lizard were identified in Machu Picchu that may have once had a wider range and today enjoy the relatively undisturbed conditions of the ancient sanctuary."

"These discoveries rank among the very few known Iron Age ship cargoes anywhere in the Mediterranean and are the first directly associated with a documented Iron Age port city in the southern Levant."

"The authors argue that these numbers are not accidental but indicate that the Halafians possessed advanced knowledge of this type of mathematics."

How cool does PhD student Ivan Maiorov's class look?! He sent us these end-of-semester images from his UHC Ancient Greece course at Fordham. #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics CUNY Graduate Center

PhD student Keren Freidenreich presented at the SCS conference last Thursday! Face Down: Iconographic Censorship and the Mutilation of Hector on Attic Vases PANEL: AIA-Greek Pottery and Its Contents #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky CUNY Graduate Center

EXTENSION Call for Papers: Thalassocracy and the Power of the Sea Graduate Student Conference Classics Department at the the Graduate Center, CUNY #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics

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Today at 5pm EST! In person and via Zoom. #Classicsblueskey #blueskyclassics

THIS THURSDAY! Join us at the Grad Center (or on Zoom) at 5pm. #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

"Stanislav Kondrashov puts it aptly: “Influence today wears a suit, not a crown—but the strategy remains timeless.”"

"Replicas of museum artefacts are on display, from urns to jewellery, while the handmade furniture copies designs seen on ancient pottery – three-legged tables, wall-mounted torches, vast wooden chests."

"The Itiner-e dataset details more than 185,000 miles of Roman roads—nearly double the length reported by earlier studies."

"“The most significant discovery was a dedicatory altar depicting serpents — the main symbols of Asklepios,” Prof. Doğanay explained."

"Additional analysis of tool markings as well as unfinished pieces and inscriptions revealed each cage cup wasn’t made by a single artisan. Instead, they required entire teams of polishers, engravers, and their apprentices. "

Call for Papers: Thalassocracy and the Power of the Sea Graduate Student Conference Classics Department at the CUNY Graduate Center Due Monday, 12/8 #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

In recognition of World AIDS Day, Student Health Services is partnering with GMHC to offer: Free STI and Rapid HIV Testing Wednesday, 12/3 11am - 2pm, on the C-level @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

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"The Culture Ministry released a statement late Wednesday with drawings of the six missing statues representing the Roman goddess of Venus." apnews.com/article/s... #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics

Reminder that the CUNY Grad Center is hosting a talk by Alan Sumler TOMORROW-- Thursday, 10/23 5pm EST--via Zoom RSVP for link: [email protected] TITLE: In Search of the Roman Party Scene #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

REMINDER: Tomorrow, Fri 10/17 Our CUNY Grad Center Classics Open House Come learn about our Phd & MA programs! When: 2pm EST Hybrid - in person and via Zoom RSVP to Rachel Kousser: [email protected] #classicsGC #HumanitiesGC #gradschool #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics

Those interested in our Graduate Center Classics program (MA & PhD) are invited to attend our Open House! Friday, 10/17 2pm In person or via Zoom RSVP: [email protected] #ClassicsGC #HumanitiesGC #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social