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School of Classics, University of St Andrews.
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/
Are you considering an
#undergraduate
degree in Ancient History, Archaeology, Classics, Classical studies, Greek or Latin? Find out more about about the degree programmes we offer:
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Undergraduate - School of Classics - University of St Andrews
The School of Classics offers undergraduate degrees in six different subject areas. The programmes are structured flexibly, allowing students to shape their degree to their own interests.
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/classics/prospective/ug/
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Jason König and Jonathan Westaway interview Peter Hansen about about his research on mountain history in the Alps and the Himalayas. 🔗
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#Mountains
#EnvHist
#HistSci
2 days ago
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Save the date! Join us for five inaugural lectures by our colleagues who were recently made professor: Prof Emma Buckley, Prof Alice König, Prof Myles Lavan, Prof Alex Long, and Prof Carlos Machado. ⏰️ 1 April 2026 at 4pm. 📍 Buchanan lecture theatre, St Andrews.
#AllWelcome
#InauguralLecture
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Take a ten-minute hike to the top of Kronion. Visit a site that was crucial for the way in which Olympia was represented in antiquity, and enjoy a fantastic view over the stadium and the rest of the sanctuary. 🔗https://bit.ly/4b8Y6I5
#MountainCulture
#MountainLandscapes
#Zeus
4 days ago
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“Matrilineality, Materialism, and Minoans...” Christopher Anaforian (St Andrews), Emily Strba (Edinburgh) STARR
#Seminar
, 📆 26 February,⏰6pm In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email
[email protected]
for link) 🔗 View abstract:
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#AllWelcome
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Join us for the Sutton Trust Summer School at
#StAndrews
, 5 to 10 July 2026. A free, week-long, residential experience for state school students in S5, Year 12, or Year 13. Study
#Classics
,
#History
,
#EarthSciences
and more! ⏰️ Apply by 5 March. 🔗 View details and register:
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6 days ago
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"Vox precantum: Female prayer and oratory in the Roman Republic " Lewis Webb (Gothenburg) Classics
#seminar
🗓️ 25 February, 2:15pm 📍Room SO3, Swallowgate 💻 Teams (email
[email protected]
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#AllWelcome
🔗 View schedule:
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9 days ago
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“Ancient environmental studies: interdisciplinary approaches” Online
#workshop
, 📆 9 March,⏰10am to 1pm GMT 🔗 View details and register:
bit.ly/4cuOdWf
The 3 hour workshop introduces ancient environmental studies through archaeology, palaeoenvironmental data, and ecocriticism.
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Ancient environmental studies: interdisciplinary approaches
A three-hour online workshop introducing ancient environmental studies through archaeology, palaeoenvironmental data, and ecocriticism.
https://bit.ly/4cuOdWf
10 days ago
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“Lesbian and Juventius: From Romanticised Ancient Muse to Blasè Contemporary Ex-Lover” Raven Jane Adilene (St Andrews) STARR
#Seminar
, 📆 19 February,⏰6pm In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email
[email protected]
for link)
#AllWelcome
12 days ago
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"Explosive Volcanism, Nile Failure, and Political Instability in Ptolemaic Egypt (305-30 BCE)" Francis Ludlow (TCD) CAES Annual
#Lecture
🗓️ 20 February, 4:15pm 📍Room SO3, Swallowgate 💻 Teams (email
[email protected]
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#AllWelcome
13 days ago
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Jason König and Jonathan Westaway interview
@lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social
about his research on early 19th century Himalayan history. 🔗
bit.ly/3M6F5N2
#Mountains
#EnvHist
#HistSci
16 days ago
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Laura Bassi
#Scholarship
, Spring 2026. Provides editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study. Open to every discipline. ⏰ Apply by 8 March 2026. 🔗 View details and apply:
bit.ly/3OinHp2
#funding
17 days ago
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Megan Houston discusses the little known ancient Sanctuary of Zeus Ombrios. 🔗
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#MountainCulture
#Zeus
18 days ago
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“Actually Romantic: The Topos of Love in Byron’s Don Juan in Comparison with the Classical Epics ” Clara Leonora Burbank (Erlangen-Nurnberg) STARR
#Seminar
, 📆 11 February,⏰6pm In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email
[email protected]
for link)
#AllWelcome
19 days ago
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Save the dates! The Centre for Late Antique Studies begins an exciting schedule of seminars on 11 March, with papers from Timothy Greenwood and Becca Grose. 🔗 View schedule:
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20 days ago
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Congratulations to Devon Keesee, whose poster ‘The Melanes Monolith: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of a Colossal Architectural Block on Naxos’ was awarded First Runner Up at the recent Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America, held in January in San Francisco. 🔗
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21 days ago
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CA/Harrow School – Coutts Lecture in Classics: “Pompeii: In Conversation with Dr Sophie Hay & Professor Tom Harrison” 💻 Free
#webinar
. 📆 3 March, at 5pm. 🔗 View details and sign up:
classicalassociation.org/events/ca-ha...
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CA/Harrow School - Coutts Lecture in Classics: Dr Sophie Hay and Professor Tom Harrison on "Pompeii: In Conversation with Dr Sophie Hay & Professor Tom Harrison" - The Classical Association
Harrow School Classics Department & The Classical Association present the Coutts Lecture in Classics: Dr Sophie Hay (Pompeii) & Professor Tom Harrison (British Museum), "Pompeii: In Conversation with…
https://classicalassociation.org/events/ca-harrow-school-coutts-lecture-in-classics-dr-sophie-hay-and-professor-tom-harrison-on-pompeii-in-conversation-with-dr-sophie-hay-professor-tom-harrison/
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St Andrews Classics
University of St Andrews
23 days ago
St Andrews is amongst the leading universities in the world for research and teaching in the arts and humanities, coming 35th in the Arts and Humanities World University Rankings 2026, published by Times Higher. Read more...👇
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#Seminar
: "Roman Stoneworkers and their Gods: Cult at the Quarry-Face and Beyond" Ben Russell (Edinburgh) 🗓️ 11 February, 2:15pm 📍Room SO3, Swallowgate 💻 Teams (email
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#AllWelcome
🔗 View schedule:
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Applications for the next cohort of the Europaeum Scholars Programme are open. This is a two‑year, fully funded policy and leadership programme for outstanding doctoral students across the Europaeum network 🔗 View details and apply:
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⏰ Application deadline: 15 March 2026 at 23:59 GMT.
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Scholars' Programme - Europaeum
Our programme for Future Leaders of Europe: The EuropaeumScholars' Programme is a two-year policy and leadership course for the most talented, energetic and committed doctoral candidates from within…
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Starting in the village of Tithorea, follow the less used eastern route to Liakoura, the highest summit of Parnassos.
mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/01/31/p...
#MountainCulture
#MountainLandscapes
25 days ago
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“The Eternal Slave: Receptions of Robots in the Age of AI” Emily Bedford (St Andrews) STARR
#Seminar
, 📆 5 February,⏰6pm In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email
[email protected]
for link) View abstract: 🔗
standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/s...
#AllWelcome
26 days ago
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Seminar: "Martin Bernal’s notions of Semitism: subjects of history in Black Athena" Mathura Umachandran (Exeter) 🗓️ 6 February, 4:15pm 📍Room SO3, Swallowgate 💻 Teams (email
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#AllWelcome
27 days ago
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Explore a route up to the archaeological site known as the ‘Pyre of Herakles’ on the southern slopes of Mount Oiti (Oita in antiquity), on a beautifully constructed and well signposted path. 🔗
mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/01/24/o...
#Mountains
#MountainCulture
about 1 month ago
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In the second episode of the
@futuremountain.bsky.social
podcast, Jonathan Pitches and Jason König interview Simone Kenyon about her work as a practice researcher, performer, artist and producer. 🔗
msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/01/28/i...
#MountainLandscapes
#MountainCulture
about 1 month ago
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“Queerly Something's Changed: Reimaginings of Dionysus Through Modern Psycho-Social and Queer Theory” Lynaea Pace (St Andrews) STARR
#Seminar
, 📆 29 January,⏰6pm In person: 📍Room S11, Swallowgate Online: 💻 MS Teams. (email
[email protected]
for link)
#AllWelcome
about 1 month ago
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The BAA's Jill Franklin Fellowship offers an opportunity to spend a month in Rome pursuing research into Romanesque architecture and allied arts. View full details including eligibility and how to apply: 🔗
thebaa.org/scholarships...
⏰ Application deadline: 31 January 2026
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Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History – British Archaeological Association
The fellowship has been established in memory of Jill Franklin (1945-2023), a scholar best known for her work on the architecture of the Augustinian canons, principally of the 11th and 12th…
https://thebaa.org/scholarships-awards/jill-franklin-fellowship-in-romanesque-architectural-history/
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"Transmission, Reception and Imitation in Romanesque art and architecture"
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📆 13-17 April 2026 📍 Toulouse 🔗 View details and register:
thebaa.org/events/2026-...
Hosted by the British Archaeological Association. Limited number of scholarships for students are available.
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2026 Romanesque Conference: Toulouse – Transmission, Reception and Imitation in Romanesque art and architecture – British Archaeological Association
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#Seminar
: "Did the Nabataeans treat their dead like dung?…" Lucy Wadeson (St Andrews) 🗓️ 28 January, 2:15pm 📍Room SO3, Swallowgate 💻 Teams (email
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#AllWelcome
🔗 View schedule:
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about 1 month ago
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The BAA Ochs scholarship offers late stage funding to postgraduate students writing up their theses. 🔗 View details and apply:
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⏰ Application deadline: 1 February 2026
#PhD
#PostgraduateStudy
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Ochs Scholarship – British Archaeological Association
The Ochs Scholarship was established in 1994 from a bequest by Maud Lillian Ochs, and is awarded annually by the British Archaeological Association for research projects which fall within the…
https://thebaa.org/scholarships-awards/ochs-scholarship/
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The Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast launched recently. Check out their first episode, "Xenophobic Mountains" with Alexandra Cotofana: 🔗
msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/17/x...
#MountainLandscapes
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In fond remembrance of our dear friend and colleague Professor Adrian Gratwick, who left us in October 2025. He is greatly missed. .. 🔗Read about Adrian:
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https://cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2026/01/CUCD-2025.14-Adrian-Gratwick-1943-2025-.pdf
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"Teaching Philosophy and Antiquity in Prisons"
#conference
📆 5 to 6 March Hybrid event: 📍University of Durham /💻 online (email
[email protected]
by 2 March to request link) 🔗 View details:
classicalassociation.org/events/teach...
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'Teaching Philosophy and Antiquity in Prisons' (University of Durham) - The Classical Association
Edith Hall and Arlene Holmes-Henderson are delighted to share further details of the 'Teaching Philosophy and Antiquity in Prisons' international conference at Durham University on 5th-6th March…
https://classicalassociation.org/events/teaching-philosophy-and-antiquity-in-prisons-university-of-durham/
about 1 month ago
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"Law as a catalyst and remedy for civic violence in early Rome: two examples from Dionysius of Halicarnassus" (Stefano Carlo Sala) Read
#OpenAccess
article: 🔗
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Law as a catalyst and remedy for civic violence in early Rome : two...
In Book 2 of the Roman Antiquities, the Greek historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus praises the remarkable attitude of the early Romans towards civic violence: [the Romans] never in the course of si...
https://journals.openedition.org/etudesanciennes/5886
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"The travels of Edward Falkener: a Victorian architect in Ottoman Anatolia " (Sebastian Marshall) Read
#OpenAccess
article: 🔗
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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THE TRAVELS OF EDWARD FALKENER: A VICTORIAN ARCHITECT IN OTTOMAN ANATOLIA | The Antiquaries Journal | Cambridge Core
THE TRAVELS OF EDWARD FALKENER: A VICTORIAN ARCHITECT IN OTTOMAN ANATOLIA
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581525100243
about 1 month ago
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"Byzantine Archaeology, History and History of Art" Postgraduate training course in Greece, hosted by the British School at Athens 📆 Course dates: 24 June to 5 July 2026 ⏰ Application deadline: 8 March 2026 🔗 View details and register:
www.bsa.ac.uk/courses/byza...
about 2 months ago
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"Ted Hughes's 'Tales from Ovid': translation as a poetic dialogue with the Roman poet " (Lorena Phillips) Download
#OpenAccess
article: 🔗
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about 2 months ago
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"New visions of Ancient Peace" Inaugural
#workshop
hosted by the Ancient Peace Studies Network 📆 20 to 22 January 2026 📍 University of St Andrews 🔗 View programme and abstracts:
apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/22/n...
#PeaceStudies
about 2 months ago
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"Pets as humans and humans as pets in imperial Rome" (Sian Lewis) Read
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doi.org/10.1353/are....
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Project MUSE - Pets as Humans and Humans as Pets in Imperial Rome
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https://doi.org/10.1353/are.2025.a962487
about 2 months ago
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"Publishing your research in Classics and Archaeology journals" ICS training session 📆 Wednesday, 21 January 2026, ⏰ 15:00-17:00 💻 Online via Zoom View details and register:
ics.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
In conversation with Myles Lavan, Peter Liddel, and Sarah Nooter. Moderated by Emlyn Dodd.
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ICS Training 2025-26
Comprehensive training opportunities for classical researchers, including regular labs, fellowships, workshops on digital approaches and publishing strategies
https://ics.sas.ac.uk/study-training/research-training/ics-training-2025-26#publishing-your-research-in-classics-and-archaeology-journals-32783
about 2 months ago
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Visualising War and Peace
about 2 months ago
Fancy a free drama workshop?
apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/08/p...
On 22nd Jan 2-4.30pm
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
we are running an interactive drama workshop with theatre-makers NMT Automatics to explore the power of peace storytelling on stage. Email
[email protected]
to sign up!
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Performing Peace
Calling all creatives! Are you an actor, producer, playwright, choreographer or composer? Whether amateur or professional, student or teacher, please join us to explore the power of peace storytell…
https://apsn.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/08/performing-peace/
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"Pausanias' haptic geography: bodies and landscapes in the Periegesis " (Jason König) Read
#OpenAccess
article: 🔗
doi.org/10.1525/ca.2...
#travelogues
#AncientLandscapes
about 2 months ago
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Congratulations to Emma Buckley and Alice König upon their recent promotions to Professor! 🎉
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about 2 months ago
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"'Parapēgmata' and 'poleis': astrometeorological calendars in the Hellenistic city" (Ruben Post) Read
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article: 🔗
doi.org/10.1017/S007...
#AncientEnvironment
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Parapēgmata and poleis: astrometeorological calendars in the Hellenistic city | The Journal of Hellenic Studies | Cambridge Core
Parapēgmata and poleis: astrometeorological calendars in the Hellenistic city
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0075426925100293
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"Pagan idols and Christian anxieties in medieval Troy narratives" (A. Sophie Schoess) In "Enchanted Reception: Religion and the Supernatural in Medieval Troy Narratives: Vol. Studia Graeca Upsaliensia 24" Download
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chapter: 🔗
doi.org/10.33063/fv2...
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Pagan Idols and Christian Anxieties in Medieval Troy Narratives | Uppsala Scholarly Books
A. Sophie Schoess is Lecturer in Classics at the University of St Andrews. Her research interests include late antique epic poetry, Greek and Latin intertextuality, the relationship between image and…
https://doi.org/10.33063/fv29wj72
about 2 months ago
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"Numidia and Rome" (Thomas Biggs) Read
#OpenAccess
article: 🔗
doi.org/10.1093/bics...
#AncientHistory
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Numidia and Rome
ABSTRACT. This article explores issues and possibilities in the study of Numidia and Rome. It considers the history of scholarship, new methodologies, and
https://doi.org/10.1093/bics/qbaf022
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"Chameleonic Paideia: immigrant experience and the 'Acceptable Other' in Heliodorus' 'Aethiopica" (Anna Coopey) Download
#OpenAccess
pdf:
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https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/315046108/Coopey_2025_NC_Chameleonic-Paideia-immigrant-experience_CC.pdf
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The Antigone Prize for Classical Philology is a new annual competition open to all worldwide. Entrants are invited to provide the best edition, translation and commentary of a modern literary work composed in Ancient Greek or Latin. Details and how to enter 🔗
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The Antigone Prize for Classical Philology
A NEW PRIZE For new scholarship.
https://antigonejournal.com/2025/11/antigone-prize-classical-philology
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"Beyond Pentelikon: imported white marbles in Athenian sculptural workshops of the Roman period" (Y Maniatis, B Martens, D Tambakopoulos) Read
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article🔗
doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...
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#archaeology
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Beyond Pentelikon: Imported white marbles in Athenian sculptural workshops of the Roman period
This article presents the results of a provenance study of the marbles used for 58 sculptures from the excavations of the Athenian Agora (Greece), inc…
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2025.106336
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"Between prosopography and historiography: the intervention in the senate on the dies postriduani (389 BC) " (Stefano Carlo Sala) Download
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conference contribution🔗
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Between prosopography and historiography: The intervention in the senate on the dies postriduani (389 BC)
(2025). Between prosopography and historiography: The intervention in the senate on the dies postriduani (389 BC) . Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/305028
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