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CIEGL XIII, Thematic Panel 3.1: ‘Athenian Religion and Society’

Posted on 2007-09-05 by Mat Carbon

Julia Shear (University of Glasgow), “Herakleitos of Athmonon, Antigonos Gonatas, and the Panathenaia”, discussed the Athenian decree honouring Herakleitos of Athmonon, IG II(2) 677 (early 250’s BC). She argued, not entirely convincingly, that while most Hellenistic kings were allowed to … Continue reading →

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CIEGL XIII: Thematic Panel 2.2, ‘The Epigraphy of Greek Cult’

Posted on 2007-09-04 by Mat Carbon

Marijana Ricl (University of Belgrade), in “Neokoroi in the Greek World”, outlined the function of these cultic officials as temple wardens and sometimes as replacements for priests, drawing on a large number of inscriptions. She argued that in most contexts … Continue reading →

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CIEGL XIII: Thematic Panel 1.2, ‘Greek Inscriptions and Warfare’

Posted on 2007-09-04 by Mat Carbon

After an introduction by Patrick Bakker (Université de Laval, Québec), which gave a brief overview of this “old yet always new” subject, there were four speakers in this very diverse panel: Filippo Canali de Rossi (Liceo Scientifico Talete, Rome) gave … Continue reading →

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CIEGL XIII: Thematic Panel 1.1, ‘Public Inscriptions of Classical and Hellenistic Athens: IG II3 and History, Chronology, Location’

Posted on 2007-09-04 by Paschalis Paschidis

The first thematic panel of Monday included communications on diplomatic (Lambert) and political (Scafuro) practice and chronology (Tracy). Simone Follet, who was also scheduled to offer a communication, was unable to attend. Stephen Lambert (Cardiff University), “The Shape of Athenian … Continue reading →

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CIEGL XIII: First Plenary Session, ‘Epigraphy and Religion’

Posted on 2007-09-03 by Mat Carbon

The conference opened with a first plenary session which featured informative lectures by two prominent experts in the fields of Greek and Roman religion respectively. Robert Parker (New College, University of Oxford) offered an overview of the value of inscriptions, … Continue reading →

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Conference: Electronic Corpora of Ancient Languages

Posted on 2007-07-25 by Gabriel Bodard

Posted to the Digital Classicist list (from ancientpglinguistics) by Kalle Korhonen. This event ought to be of interest to anyone involved in: EpiDoc publications; EAGLE and other databases; APIS and other papyrological corpora; digital or analogue linguistic study of documentary … Continue reading →

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EDH: Photographic Database online

Posted on 2007-07-11 by franciscaferaudi

The Photographic Database, a subsidiary database of the Epigraphische Datenbank Heidelberg has gone online. See Content / Search

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An Old Persian text in the Persepolis Fortification Archive

Posted on 2007-06-18 by Tom Elliott

Chuck Jones writes: For the first time, a text has been found in Old Persian language that shows the written language in use for practical recording and not only for royal display. The text is inscribed on a damaged clay … Continue reading →

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Convegno Napoli: Atleti e artisti a Neapolis

Posted on 2007-06-15 by franciscaferaudi

Napoli (Italia): 29 giugno 2007. – Programma.

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Call for contributions: workshops and conferences

Posted on 2007-06-14 by Tom Elliott

Recently, we’ve posted announcements and programs for several interesting colloquia and lectures, including: Athletes and Artists in Naples (29 June 2007) Public opinion and forms of communication at Rome (21-23 June 2007) Roman epigraphy in Sardinia (14-15 July 2007) Only … Continue reading →

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Congresso: Epigrafia romana in Sardegna

Posted on 2007-06-14 by franciscaferaudi

Sant’Antiocho (Sardegna, Italia): 14-15 luglio 2007 — Programma

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Colloquio Borghesi 2007: “Opinione pubblica e forme di comunicazione a Roma. Il linguaggio dell’epigrafia”

Posted on 2007-06-13 by franciscaferaudi

Bertinoro (Italia), 21-23 giugno 2007 – Informazioni e programma

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