The Association from time to time announces academic posts, scholarship opportunities, notices of competition deadlines and meetings of CASA. The most recent notices are shown below.
Spring Meeting (Western Cape)
On Saturday 25 September 2021 Professor Llewelyn Morgan (Brasenose College, Oxford) will present a virtual paper to the Association titled ‘Pallas, son of Hercules’
The paper forms part of the Spring Meeting of the Western Cape branch and is hosted by the University of Cape Town. A separate AGM of the Western Cape branch will follow the talk.
Prof. Benjamin Hendrickx
The Classics community in South Africa is saddened to learn of the death of Professor Ben Hendrickx last week. He was an active member of CASA and later in life devoted his attention to Byzantine studies. He was a valued and respected member of the Department of Greek and Latin Studies at UJ (and RAU) and an internationally recognised authority in his field.
Autumn Meeting (Western Cape)
On Saturday 22 May 2021 Dr Bart Danon (St Andrews) will present a virtual paper to the Association titled ‘The distribution of wealth and the political economy of early-imperial Roman Italy’
The paper forms part of the Autumn Meeting of the Western Cape branch and is hosted by the University of Stellenbosch.
Akroterion 65 (2020) available online
Akroterion 65 (2020) as now been published and is available online at https://akroterion.journals.ac.za/pub
Table of Contents:
Richard Whitaker, POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE TO WEALTH IN HOMER’S ODYSSEY
Amy Martin, PORTRAIT OF A POET: ERINNA’S EKPHRASTIC EPIGRAM, AP 6.352
Martine de Marre, WARFARE AND WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Dylan Futter, SOCRATES ON POETRY AND THE WISDOM OF SIMONIDES
Luiz Ribeiro, ‘YOUR LOVE IS LIKE BAD MEDICINE’: THE MEDICAL TRADITION OF LOVESICKNESS IN THE LEGENDS OF HIPPOCRATES AND ERASISTRATUS OF CEOS
Anthofili Kallergi, SELF-DEPRECATION OF HORACE’S SATIRICAL VOICE DURING THE SATURNALIA CELEBRATIONS (SATIRES 2.3 AND 2.7)
Marianne Dircksen, ANALOGOUS CHARACTERS: TACITUS’ LIVIA AUGUSTA AND AGRIPPINA MINOR
Louise Müller, SAINT NICHOLAS’ BELEAGUERED BLACK COMPANION(S): A STUDY OF THE CONTESTED NATURE AND LATE ANTIQUE HISTORY OF SANTA’S HELPERS IN THE DUTCH SAINT NICHOLAS FEAST
Michael Lambert, HERODOTUS AND THE 1820 SETTLERS IN SOUTH AFRICA: HISTORIOGRAPHIES OF COLONIZATION AND THE ‘CACOPHONY OF VOICES’
Nikola Bruni, THE PROFESSIONAL GREEK MERCENARY IN SAITE EGYPT
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Odyssey Book 11 in Mozambique
Watch a reading of Rhapsody 11 of the Odyssey, organized by Dr. Carla Bocchetti (French Institute of South Africa). The video was produced in Maputo, Mozambique (as part of the CHS ‘Odyssey Round the World’ series) and the reading is from Professor Richard Whitaker’s Southern African English translation together with translations into other languages, including Changana, Cicopi, Citshwa, Gitonga, Shimakonde, and Swahili.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIgBeMiv8Ug
The recording will be available from the 9th of December
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