Author Archives: Gabriel Bodard

The Afterlife of Inscriptions, 17th November 2007

Posted on 2007-10-17 by Gabriel Bodard

British Epigraphy Society Autumn Colloquium THE AFTERLIFE OF INSCRIPTIONS & 11th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Saturday, 17th November 2007, Warwick University Organised by Abigail Graham. Full programme in PDF

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Review of Graf/Johnston, Bacchic Gold Tablets

Posted on 2007-10-14 by Gabriel Bodard

Just catching up with this: last week in BMCR 2007.10.15 a review of Fritz Graf, Sarah Iles Johnston, Ritual Texts for the Afterlife: Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets. London/New York: Routledge, 2007. Pp. x, 246. ISBN 978-0-415-41551-4. £18.99 (pb). … Continue reading →

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Seminars of interest to epigraphers (Newcastle, Lampeter, London)

Posted on 2007-10-02 by Gabriel Bodard

University of Newcastle (4 pm, Armstrong Meeting Room, 2nd floor Armstrong Building): 8 November 2007: Prof. R. R. R. Smith (Lincoln College, Oxford) Sarcophagi and Citizenship at Aphrodisias in Caria 28 February 2008: Prof. Alan K. Bowman (Brasenose College, Oxford) … Continue reading →

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Eidenow: Oracles, Curses and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks

Posted on 2007-10-01 by Gabriel Bodard

A very promising new title just spotted in the OUP catalogue: Esther Eidinow Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks. ISBN 978-0-19-927778-0. Pp. 480. £80.00 (hardback). I haven’t had a chance to look at this yet, but according the … Continue reading →

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Books available for review from BMCR (September)

Posted on 2007-10-01 by Gabriel Bodard

Titles of potential interest to epigraphers exerpted from BMCR 2007.09.62, Books Received September 2007: Titles marked by an asterisk are available for review. Qualified volunteers should indicate their interest by a message to classrev@brynmawr.edu, with their last name and requested … Continue reading →

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Review of Flügel, Spätantike Arztinschriften

Posted on 2007-09-25 by Gabriel Bodard

Reviewed in BMCR 2007.09.49: Christian Flügel, Spätantike Arztinschriften als Spiegel des Einflusses des Christentums auf die Medizin. Beihefte zum Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft Band 20. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2006. Pp. 410. ISBN 978-3-89744-258-0. €59.00. Reviewed by Thomas J. Kraus, … Continue reading →

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Seminars of interest to epigraphers: Liverpool

Posted on 2007-09-20 by Gabriel Bodard

Exerpted from the email announcement. Will update as and when more details of the Epigraphy North seminars appear. Liverpool Classical Research Seminar School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology All seminars are held on Tuesdays at 4.30pm in the Bosanquet Seminar … Continue reading →

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D.M. Peter Fraser

Posted on 2007-09-17 by Gabriel Bodard

It is with sadness that I pass on the unhappy news that Peter Fraser, Greek epigrapher and architect of the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, died in the morning of Saturday 15 September. His funeral will take place at Oxford … Continue reading →

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Epigraphic panel at FIEC 2009

Posted on 2007-09-17 by Gabriel Bodard

As circulated to the AIEGL mailing list, the call for proposals for the 2009 FIEC (Fédération Internationale des Associations d’Études Classiques) conference, to be held in Berlin, 24-27 Aug 2009, includes an organiser panel on “Epigraphical Documents: Reflection of Reality … Continue reading →

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Seminars of interest to epigraphers: Manchester

Posted on 2007-09-11 by Gabriel Bodard

The following seminar titles, selected by title only for potential epigraphic content, exerpted from an email to the British Classicists list: University of Manchester, Dept of Classics & Ancient History Research Seminars 2007/8, Semester 1 All meetings begin at 5 … Continue reading →

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Review of Marek, Inschriften von Kaunos

Posted on 2007-09-06 by Gabriel Bodard

In BMCR 2007.09.11 is a review of: Christian Marek (ed.), Die Inschriften von Kaunos. Vestigia, 55.   München:  C.H. Beck, 2006.  Pp. 416; ills. 240, maps 3.  ISBN 978-3-406-55074-4.  €100.70. Reviewed by Filippo Canali De Rossi, Rome The review of this … Continue reading →

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Revised indices to McLean’s Inscriptions from Konya Museum

Posted on 2007-09-04 by Gabriel Bodard

An announcement from Stefan Krmnicek: I would like to announce an article relating to Greek and Roman epigraphy which has been published in the latest issue of the open access online-journal FeRA (Frankfurter elektronische Rundschau zur Altertumskunde / Frankfurt electronic … Continue reading →

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