CAMWS 107th Annual Meeting Program

5:00 - 8:30 PM Registration - West Concourse

5:00 - 8:30 PM Book Display - Emerald Room

5:00 - 8:00 PM Dinner Meeting For CAMWS Execuitive Committee Thornapple Room

6:00 - 8:00 PM Ruby Room

Workshop for Students organized by the Graduate Student Issues Committee (GSIC)

Creating Your Own Syllabus

1. Claudia I. Arno (University of Michigan), co-presiding
2. Karen L. Acton (University of Michigan), co-presiding

8:00 - 10:00 PM Imperial Ballroom

Opening Reception hosted by the CAMWS Consulares

All are Welcome. Cash Bar available.

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Registration - West Concourse

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Book Display - Emerald Room

8:15 - 9:45 AM Section A First Paper Session Atrium Room

Epigraphy/Linguistics

Mark C. Williams (Calvin College), Presiding

1. Editing Epigraphy in Democratic Athens: Meaning Through Destruction. Daniel A. Bellum (University of California, Riverside) Download Abstract
2. A Roman in Name Only. Dustin S. Cranford (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) Download Abstract
3. On the Standard of Righteousness in Dikaiosune. William C. West (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) Download Abstract
4. Emphatic Negation and the Potential Optative. Alison Lanski (University of Illinois, Urbana) Download Abstract

8:15 - 9:45 AM Section B First Paper Session Grand View Room

Greek Oratory

Edwin Carawan (Missouri State University) Presiding

1. The Rhetoric of τιμωρια: Constituting Vengeance in Lysias 1, 3, 12, and 13. Robert J. Nichols (Indiana University) Download Abstract
2. Alliteration in Demosthenes. Judson Herrman (Allegheny College) Download Abstract
3. Against Timarchus...and Demosthenes: Anti-rhetorical Strategy in Aeschines 1. Christian A. Preus (University of Iowa) Download Abstract
4. Dio's First Tarsian Oration and its Barbarian Posers. Nathanael Andrade Download Abstract

8:15 - 9:45 AM Section C First Paper Session Pearl Room

Homer I

Bruce Louden (University Texas, El Paso) Presiding

1. Digital Editions of Two Homeric Manuscripts from Spain. Christopher W. Blackwell (Furman University) Download Abstract
2. Homer and the Monuments Revisited. Lorenzo F. Garcia Jr. (University of New Mexico) Download Abstract
3. The Certamen and its Frame: A Tale of Two Homers. Alexander Beecroft (University of South Carolina) Download Abstract
4. Viewing Priam: Wedding Diction in Priam's Speech-Acts in the Teichoscopia. Andromache Karanika (University of California, Irvine) Download Abstract
5. Priam's View of the War and His Development: One Thread in The lliad. Jonathan Strain (University of Texas, Austin) Download Abstract

8:15 - 9:45 AM Section D First Paper Session Haldane Room

Latin Elegy I

David Bright (Emory University) Presiding

1. Catullus 45: A Window onto Love and Love Poetry. Patrick T. Beasom (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) Download Abstract
2. Undesirable Desire: Sexual Subjects in Propertius 3.19. Jessica A. Westerhold (University of Toronto) Download Abstract
3. Propertius and his "Programmatic" Girl: Readings beyond Realism. Barbara P. Weinlich (Texas Tech University) Download Abstract
4. Propertius, Augustus, and Romanitas. Nicole Daniel (Brock University) Download Abstract

8:15 - 9:45 AM Section E First Paper Session Berkey Room

Cicero: Philosophy

Christopher P. Craig (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Presiding

1. Cicero Reading Polybius: The Role of Polybius in the De Re Publica. Aaron L. Beek (University of Minnesota) Download Abstract
2. Practical Virtue for State and Empire in Cicero's De Officiis. Kristina M. Neumann (University of Cincinnati) Download Abstract
3. Death, Friendship, and the Republic: The Dour Settings of Cicero's De Amicitia. Andrew Willey (University of Minnesota) Download Abstract
4. Cicero between the res publica and the cosmopolis: a tension in Roman political philosophy. Christopher C. Paone (South Illinois University, Carbondale) Download Abstract
5. Roman Past and Roman Identity: Cicero's De Re Publica. Marsha B. McCoy (Southern Methodist University) Download Abstract

8:15 - 9:45 AM Section F First Paper Session Heritage Hill Room

Panel: Expanding and Enhancing the Canon: Reassessing the Use of "Minor" Texts Download Abstract

David Kutzko (Western Michigan University), organiser

1. Not a "Minor Attic Orator": On the Value of the Speeches of Hypereides. David D. Phillips (University of California, Los Angeles)
2. Revealing an Audience: Oratory and Comedy in Herodas 2. David Kutzko (Western Michigan University)
3. How Cornelius Nepos Quotes Thucydides: Themistocles 9.2-4. Rex Stem (University of California, Davis)
4. Literary Criticism in an Unlikely Place: The Fabulae of Hyginus and Latin Poetry. Kris Fletcher (Louisiana State University)

10:00 AM - Noon Section A Second Paper Session Atrium Room

Reception Studies I

Gregory Daugherty (Randolph Macon College), presiding

1. The Odyssey and the Birth of Cinema. Martin M. Winkler (George Mason University) Download Abstract
2. The Apotheosis of Sophonisba: From Livy to Giovanni Pastrone's Cabiria (1914). Rand Johnson (Western Michigan University) Download Abstract
3. "You Are My Evil Genius": the Portrayal of Poppaea in Quo Vadis (1951). Molly M. Pryzwansky (North Carolina State University) Download Abstract
4. Facing the Minotaur: Inception (2010) and Aeneid 6. Julia D. Hejduk (Baylor University) Download Abstract
5. Par ac somnia sit: Latin on the Set of Fright Night (2011). Monica S. Cyrino (University of New Mexico) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section B Second Paper Session Grand View Room

Latin Poetry I

Vassiliki Panoussi (College of William and Mary), presiding

1. Apollo Never Spoke Latin: Divine Language, Poetic Inspiration, and Literary Translation in Antiquity. Christopher Polt (Carleton College) Download Abstract
2. Humor, Mockery, and the Problem of Catullus' Attis. Katherine R. De Boer (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
3. Convenient Truths: Vergil's Eclogues, Ecocriticism, and the Post-Environmental Movement. Ricardo Apostol (CASE Western Reserve University) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section C Second Paper Session Pearl Room

Roman Religion/Magic

Nicholas B. Young (University of Detroit Jesuit High School), presiding

1. Mercury in the Middle: Sermo Between the Divine and the Discursive. William M. Short (University of Texas, San Antonio) Download Abstract
2. Invisibility, "Magic", and the Law: Framing Invisibility in the Late Republic and Early Empire. Richard L. Phillips (Virginia Tech) Download Abstract
3. Graffiti Prayers in Roman Italy and "Everyday" Religious Experience. Bryan Brinkman (Brown University) Download Abstract
4. Mystery gods at the Circus Maximus: the rites of Samothrace at Rome. Sandra Blakely (Emory University) Download Abstract
5. The Priests of Vesta. Casey M. Stark (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section D Second Paper Session Haldane Room

Euripides I

Francis Dunn (University of California, Santa Barbara), presiding

1. Fiercer Than Skylla: Character and Recognition in Euripides' Medea. Derek M. Bast (University of Georgia) Download Abstract
2. The Contradictions of Freedom in Euripides' Children of Heracles. Owen E. Goslin (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
3. τοις εμοις Βουλευμασιν: Divine Will and Agency in Euripides' Hippolytos. Trigg W. Settle (University of New Mexico) Download Abstract
4. skepsai klonon en teichessi lainoisi: The Ekphrastic Parodos of Euripides' Ion. Annie Truetzel (Washington University, St, Louis) Download Abstract
5. Careful Where You Point Your Bow: Birds and Pollution in Euripides' Ion. Jocelyn R. Rohrbach (Washington University, St, Louis) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section E Second Paper Session Berkey Room

Tacitus

Charles F. Pazdernik (Grand Valley State University), presiding

1. Conscripta et in Britanniam transmissa: Historiography in Tacitus Agricola 28. Kyle Khellaf (University of Georgia) Download Abstract
2. Celebrant carminibus antiquis: Poetic Language in Tacitus' Germania. Johanna K. Sandrock (Baton Rouge Community College) Download Abstract
3. Hatred and Hating in Tacitus' Annals. David Carlisle (Washington and Lee University) Download Abstract
4. Livy's Cossus and Augustus, Tacitus' Germanicus and Tiberius: A Historiographical Allusion. Kelly E. Shannon (University of Oxford) Download Abstract
5. Lucan's Civil War in Tacitus' Annals I and II. Megan M. Daly (University of Florida) Download Abstract
6. The Rumors of Galba's Rise and Fall in Histories 1. Doug Clapp (Samford University) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section F Second Paper Session Heritage Hill Room

Panel: Authorships, Readerships, and the Circulation of Literary Texts under the Empire Download Abstract

Peter J. Anderson (Grand Valley State University), organiser

1. Quod Roma me legit, or, Be Careful What You Wish For. Peter J. Anderson (Grand Valley State University)
2. Laughing at or with Lupercus: Circulation of Texts and Multiplicity of Readerships in Martial 1.117. Patricia Larash (Boston University)
3. Reflections on the Meaning of Authorship in the Natural History. Eugenia Lao (College of the Holy Cross)
4. Virgil and the Dangers of Recitation. Scott C. McGill (Rice University)
5. Paulatim praeceps audacia crevit: Claudian's Responses to Criticism. Brett Mulligan (Haverford College)

Noon - 1:00 PM Luncheon Meeting for CAMWS Committees - Thornapple Room

1:15 PM - 3:15 PM Section A Third Paper Session Atrium Room

Latin Pedagogy

Nicoletta Villa-Sella (Linsly School), presiding

1. Taking a Leaf from Page's Book. James V. Lowe (John Burroughs School) Download Abstract
2. A New Way to Present Aeneid Book IV to Students. William Prueter (West Geauga High School) Download Abstract
3. It's not the Eclogues, but your students can read it: Late Latin grammar. B. Kay Neal (Prelum Press) Download Abstract
4. Survey Says...: Using Classroom Response Systems in the Elementary Latin Class. Nicholas Gresens (University of Rochester) Download Abstract
5. Servius Stultomastix: Polemics in Roman Education. Joshua M. Smith (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract

1:15 PM - 3:15 PM Section B Third Paper Session Grand View Room

Greek Drama I

Diane J. Rayor (Grand Valley State University), presiding

1. Logos and Ergon In and Out of Athens in Late Sophoclean Tragedy. Sophie Mills (University of North Carolina, Asheville) Download Abstract
2. Distorted Sacrifice: The Purification Ritual in Sophocles' Ajax. Maggie S. Hoyt (Brigham Young University) Download Abstract
3. Sophocles' Psyche. Michael Shaw (University of Kansas) Download Abstract
4. The Dramatic Characterization of Plato's Philosophical Hero. Kirk A. Shellko (DePaul University) Download Abstract
5. το τερατωδες and το φοβερον: Horror in Aristotle's Poetics? Derek S. Keyser (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
6. Beautiful Corpses: Did Aristotle Understand the Macabre? Alexander C. Duncan (Stanford University) Download Abstract

1:15 PM - 3:15 PM Section C Third Paper Session Pearl Room

Horace I: Odes

Christopher Nappa (University of Minnesota), presiding

1. Harmonic Unity of the Lyre and Tibia in Horace's Odes. Megan E. Alderfer (University of Vermont) Download Abstract
2. Lover's "Out" Rage: Horace, Pyrrha, and Lydia. Timothy S. Johnson (University of Florida) Download Abstract
3. Sabini and Sabelli: Rustic Exempla in Horace Odes 1.12. Keith R. Fairbank (Brigham Young University) Download Abstract
4. Horace C. 2.6: Poetic Friendships and the Poetics of Friendship. Jenny Strauss Clay (University of Virginia) Download Abstract
5. Poetic Failure/Poetic Flight: The Myth of Daedalus in Horace's Odes. Cynthia A. Hornbeck (University of Minnesota) Download Abstract

1:15 PM - 3:15 PM Section D Third Paper Session Haldane Room

Roman History I

Georgia L. Irby-Massie (College of William and Mary), presiding

1. The Gymnasium in Roman Cities. Tim Brookins (Baylor University) Download Abstract
2. Tribal Identity in the Roman World: The Case of the Psylloi. Molly A. Jones-Lewis (Binghamton University, SUNY) Download Abstract
3. Liquidation of estates in late antiquity: the case of Melania the Younger. Elizabeth Platte (University of Michigan) Download Abstract

1:15 PM - 3:15 PM Section E Third Paper Session Berkey Room

Greek Poetry I

Ellen Greene (University of Oklahoma), presiding

1. Simaetha in a Landscape: The Influence of Pastoral on Theocritus' Second Idyll. Jeffrey M. Hunt (Baylor University) Download Abstract Jeff Hunt was unable to attend; paper was read by Amanda Mathis.
2. The Argo in the Underbrush: A Note on Theocritus 13.41. Andrew Foster (Fordham University) Download Abstract
3. Pastoral Variation: The Use of Love Magic in Theocritus' Idyll 11. Deanna Wesolowski (University of Missouri) Download Abstract
4. From Field to Fold: Mixed Metaphors in Moschus' Europa. Kerry Lefebvre (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract
5. Infinity in Your Palm: Posidippus' Lithika and the Sublime. Alexander Perkins (University of Califoria, Irvine) Download Abstract

1:15 PM - 3:15 PM Section F Third Paper Session Heritage Hill Room

Panel Sponsored by the Graduate Student Issues Committee (GSIC): Classics and the Humanities: Engaging with the broader academic world Download Abstract

Karen L. Acton (University of Michigan), organizer

1. Making the Transition: Reflections of a First Year Professor. Britta Ager (Kalamazoo College)
2. Classics at a Liberal Arts College. Beth A. Severy-Hoven (Macalester College)
3. Keeping Classics Safe. David W. Potter (University of Michigan)
4. Being Intentional about Language Teaching: Forging Connections with World Languages. John C. Gruber-Miller (Cornell College)

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Section A Fourth Paper Session Atrium Room

Latin Epic

Julia Hejduk (Baylor University), presiding

1. Defending the Dream: Ennius Criticus and the Literary Discourse of Rome. Joseph R. O’Neill (University of Southern California) Download Abstract
2. Si fuit ut facerent: Reconsidering the Past in DRN 5.1341-9. Zoe Stamatopoulou (Penn State University) Download Abstract
3. Stage Directions in Parenthesis in Roman Epic. Thomas D. Kohn (Wayne State University) Download Abstract
4. Lucan's Impact on Necromancy. Laura L. Brant (Indiana University) Download Abstract
5. A Translation of Silius Italicus' Punica in the English Restoration. Antonios Augoustakis (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Download Abstract
6. No Sympathy for the Devil (or Herod): Sedulius' Use of Dido in the Characterization of Herod and Satan (Paschale carmen 2.73-133, 175-219). Eric J. Hutchinson (Hillsdale College) Download Abstract

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Section B Fourth Paper Session Grand View Room

Greek History I

John Marincola (Florida State University), presiding

1. Transmission and Manipulation: The Rhetorical Appropriation of the Lycurgan Tradition. Heather L. Roberts (Indiana University, Bloomington) Download Abstract
2. The Significance of the Battle of Alalia in Ancient Naval Warfare. Anthony J. Papalas (East Carolina University) Download Abstract
3. The Persian War as Civil War in Plataea's Temple of Athena Areia. David C. Yates (Millsaps College) Download Abstract
4. Critias and the Case against Socrates. Edwin Carawan (Missouri State University) Download Abstract
5. The Athenian "Law" of Contracts/Agreements. Michael Gagarin (University of Texas, Austin) Download Abstract
6. The Problem with Pornoi: Male Prostitution and the Law in Classical Athens. Aerynn Dighton (University of California, Davis) Download Abstract

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Section C Fourth Paper Session Pearl Room

Undergraduate Student Panel I: Greek

Stephen A. Maiullo (Hope College), presiding

1. Scholarly Markup and Presentation for Homeric Papyri. Andrew Cannon (Furman University)
2. Diomedes profugus: the wanderings of a Homeric hero. Ben Slagowski (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
3. A Humanitarian Aeneid. Patrick Lambdin (Carthage College)
4. Finding The Lyre In The Elegy: Sappho's Identity As Poet In Heroides 15. Brett C. Evans (The College of William and Mary)
5. Plato's Doubly Mimetic Socrates. Stephen P. Margheim (Baylor University)

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Section D Fourth Paper Session Haldane Room

Philosophy I

Kelli Rudolph (Grand Valley State University), presiding

1. Narrative and Therapy. Francis Dunn (University of California, Santa Barbara) Download Abstract
2. Archimedes' Influence on the Concept of the Divine. Tom N. Winter (University of Nebraska, Lincoln) Download Abstract
3. Didactic Poetry and Epicurean Epistemology in Lucretius. Gwendolyn M. Gruber (Missouri State University) Download Abstract
4. God, Reason and Rainbows in Seneca's Natural Questions 1. Jonathan Mannering (Loyola University, Chicago) Download Abstract
5. The Ill-Divided Statesman: Plutarch's Kleomenes III Between Philosophy and Pragmatism. Thomas R. Keith (University of Chicago) Download Abstract

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Section E Fourth Paper Session Berkey Room

Homer II

Andromache Karanika (University of California, Irvine), presiding

1. True Lies: Nostos of Truth in the Odyssey. Alden Smith (Baylor University) Download Abstract
2. Taphians and Thesprotians in the Odyssey. Rebecca E. Rohdenburg (University of Florida) Download Abstract
3. Odyssean Version of the Sack of Troy: Another Look. Julian W. Jones (The College of William and Mary) Download Abstract
4. Who was Polyphemus expecting at Odyssey 9.513-14? Simon P. Burris (Baylor University) Download Abstract
5. The Silence of Homer's Sirens. David Schur (Brooklyn College) Download Abstract

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Section F Fourth Paper Session Heritage Hill Room

Panel: Lucretius Download Abstract

Jennifer A. Rea (University of Florida), organiser

1. Shattering Corpora, Shattering Bodies: Lucretian Echoes in Lucan, Ovid and Seneca. James Lohmar (University of Florida)
2. The Dissolution of Civilization in Lucretius and its Subsequent Augustan Renewal. David J. Hetrick (University of Florida)
3. Lucretius and Vergil: De Rerum Morte. Nicholas A. Rich (University of Florida)
4. An Examination of Lucretius’ Use of Speech and Song. Andrew P. Roth (University of Florida)
5. Woven Alliteration in Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura. George Hendren (University of Florida)
6. Animals as the Lucretian Ideal. Lisa C. Bunge (Stanton College Preparatory School) Lisa Bunge was unable to attend; paper was read by Megan Daly.

5:30 - 6:00 PM CAMWS Southern Section Meeting - Ruby Room

6:00 - 7:00 PM Reception in Honor of CAMWS Donors - Gereld R. Ford Room

6:00 - 7:00 PM Happy Hour for Graduate Students - Vandenberg Room B

6:30 - 8:00 PM Dinner Meeting of CAMWS Vice-Presidents - Vandenberg Room A

8:00 - 10:00 PM Section A Fifth Paper Session Atrium Room

Reception Studies II

Monica Cyrino (University of New Mexico), presiding

1. Icarian Impact: Reception and Representation of a Pivotal Moment in the Myth of Icarus. Jessie Wells (University of New Mexico) Download Abstract
2. Bantock Revisits Agamemnon: Revenge is Sweetly Sung. Philip V. Barnes (John Burroughs School) Download Abstract
3. The Relationship Between Classical Mythology and Contemporary Jazz in Dimitrios Vassilakis' Labyrinth. James E. Betts (Monmouth College) Download Abstract
4. Ancient Hymn to Modern Rock: The Many Journeys of the Christian "φως ιλαρον". Mark Thorne (Wheaton College) Download Abstract

8:00 - 10:00 PM Section B Fifth Paper Session Grand View Room

Ovid I: Metamorphoses

Barbara P. Weinlich (Texas Tech University), presiding

1. The Echo of Chariots: the Competing Narratives of Virbius in Ovid and Virgil. Christopher Wood (St. Francis High School) Download Abstract
2. Ovid's Death of Turnus and a Hitherto Unnoticed Allusion to Aeneid 1.1 (Metamorphoses 14.573). Seán Easton (Gustavus Adolphus College) Download Abstract
3. "The Beginning in the End": Frames, Gutters, and Resolution in Ovid's Metamorphoses 15. Rebecca A. Sears (University of Michigan) Download Abstract
4. Interfering Cupid: Pastoral Appropriation in Ovid's Apollo and Daphne. Laurel Fulkerson (Florida State University) Download Abstract
5. Ovid's Hercules and Cato's Snakes. Sara E. Watkins (Florida State University) Download Abstract

8:00 - 10:00 PM Section C Fifth Paper Session Pearl Room

Later Greek Prose

Umit Singh Dhuga (Calvin College), presiding

1. Myth as Evidence in Strabo. Lee E. Patterson (Eastern Illinois University) Download Abstract
2. The Lost Works of Strabo of Amaseia. Duane W. Roller (The Ohio State University) Download Abstract
3. Sex, Lies, and Visual Aids: Longus and the Art of Deception. Don M. Burrows (University of Minnesota) Download Abstract
4. Allusions to Alexander in Heliodorus: Guiding the Reader's Expectations in Aithiopika 9.3-22. Benjamin O. McCloskey (The Ohio State University) Download Abstract
5. The Cougar in Maiden's Clothing: Callirhoe as Phaedra. Anna E. Beek (University of Minnesota) Download Abstract

8:00 - 10:00 PM Section D Fifth Paper Session Haldane Room

Panel: New Resources and Methods for Teaching Greek Download Abstract

Wilfred E. Major (Louisiana State University), organizer

1. It’s All about MI!: The Early Introduction of MI Verbs in Beginning Greek. Byron Stayskal (Western Washington University)
2. Breaking into Greek: Three Texts to Encourage Blooming. Diane Louise Johnson (Western Washington University)
3. The 2010 College Greek Exam. Albert T. Watanabe (Louisiana State University)
4. εν αρχη: Reversion to Language Youthfulness in Determining Grammar Notes and Review for an Intermediate Reading Text. John H. O’Neil (St. Charles Preparatory Academy) and Timothy F. Winters (Austin Peay State University)
5. Reading Passages for Transitioning to Plato. Abigail Roberts (McCallie School) and Wilfred E. Major (Louisiana State University)

7:00 - 8:00 AM Buffet Breakfast sponsored by the Vergilian Society - Thornapple Room

7:30 AM - 12:30 PM Registration - West Concourse

7:30 AM - 12:30 PM Book Display Emerald Room

8:15 - 9:45 AM Section A Sixth Paper Session Atrium Room

Reception Studies III

Kristin Lord (Wilfrid Laurier University), presiding

1. Classical Elements in the Life and Work of D. Augustus Straker (1842-1908), Black Lawyer from Detroit, Michigan. Michele Valerie Ronnick (Wayne State University) Download Abstract
2. Agamemnon, Phystenes, Harpagiges, and the Theodontian Tradition in Boccaccio's Genealogia deorum gentilium. Jon Solomon (University of Illinois, Urbana) Download Abstract
3. From Trachis to Jagged Rock: Sophoclean Song in the Wild West. Keyne Cheshire (Davidson College) and Jon Springfield (Davidson College) Download Abstract
4. Spartan Queen, Cryptologist, or Femme Fatale? Gorgo in Literature and Film. Katherine Panagakos (Richard Stockton College of New Jersey) Download Abstract

8:15 - 9:45 AM Section B Sixth Paper Session Grand View Room

Plato

John F. Finamore (University of Iowa), presiding

1. Plato's Appeal Through Socrates Antitimesis. Wm. Blake Tyrrell (Michigan State University) Download Abstract
2. Plato's Symposium and the Conceptual Architecture of Greek Pederasty. Thomas K. Hubbard (University of Texas) Download Abstract Tom Hubbard was unable to attend; paper was read by John Finamore.
3. The Hippias Maior and Symposiastic Competition. Ruth Scodel (University of Michigan) Download Abstract
4. Croesus the (Philosopher?-)King: Wisdom and Kingship in Plato and Herodotus. Samuel O. Flores (The Ohio State University) Download Abstract
5. The Atlantis Myth: Plato's Case Against Political Idealism. Joseph Danielewicz (The Ohio State University) Download Abstract

8:15 - 9:45 AM Section C Sixth Paper Session Pearl Room

Roman History II

James S. Ruebel (Ball State University), presiding

1. Centurions: Discipline, Violence, and Authority in the Roman Army. Graeme A. Ward (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
2. Rational Brutality: Extreme Violence as an Instrument of Policy in Roman Warfare. Jason Osborne (University of Iowa) Download Abstract
3. The Conflict of East and West as Propaganda during the Antiochene War. Kenneth R. Jones (Baylor University) Download Abstract
4. Giving Life to the "Straw Man:" Haverfield, Romanization, and Soft Power. Robert E. VanderPoppen (Rollins College) Download Abstract

8:15 - 9:45 AM Section D Sixth Paper Session Haldane Room

Ovid II: Metamorphoses

Peter E. Knox (University of Colorado, Boulder), presiding

1. Ovid's Children: The Metamorphoses and Augustus' Moral Legislation. Meredith D. Prince (Auburn University) Download Abstract
2. Living According to Custom in Book 9 of the Metamorphoses: Ovid's Iphis. Mary Jean McNamara (University of Florida) Download Abstract
3. Reflections on an Encounter: Hermaphroditus and Salmacis in Ovid's Metamorphoses Book IV. Elizabeth A. Warner (University of Minnesota) Download Abstract
4. Ovid's Apollo, His Better Half, and His Lesser Siblings. Krishni S. Burns (State University of New York, Buffalo) Download Abstract

8:15 - 9:45 AM Section E Sixth Paper Session Berkey Room

Cicero: Speeches and Letters

James May (St. Olaf College), presiding

1. The Metaphor of Branding in the First Catilinarian Oration. Christina E. Franzen (Marshall University) Download Abstract
2. Claiming an Icon: The Battle for the Legacy of Gaius Marius. Kathryn Steed (Carleton College) Download Abstract
3. The Anger of the Victims in Cicero's actio secunda in Verrem. Christopher Craig (University of Tennessee) Download Abstract
4. Cicero, Fam. 5.12.5: The Returning Themistocles? John Marincola (Florida State University) Download Abstract
5. Dealing with Defeat: Reading Cicero's Ad Familiares IX as a thematic book. Eric W. Fanning (University of Minnesota) Download Abstract

8:15 - 9:45 AM Section F Sixth Paper Session Heritage Hill Room

Panel - Ancient Philosophy and Bioethics: Theoretical and Pedagogical Approaches Download Abstract

Sara Ahbel-Rappe (University of Michigan), organiser

1. Anatomy Lessons. Sara Ahbel-Rappe (University of Michigan)
2. Is Medicine an Art, Science, or Practical Wisdom? Ronald Polansky (Duquesne University)
3. Incorporating Ancient Philosophy into the Curriculum of Bioethics at the Graduate Level. Chet McLeskey (Michigan State University)

10:00 AM - Noon Section A Seventh Paper Session Atrium Room

Latin Prose

David C. Noe (Calvin College), presiding

1. Amor and Roma: Vitruvius on Eryximachus' Erotic logos in Plato's Symposium. Gillian E. McIntosh (San Francisco State University) Download Abstract
2. Valerius Maximus' Ethics for a New Day. Tara S. Welch (University of Kansas) Download Abstract
3. Advantages of the Epistle: Purposes of Egeria's Itinerarium. Kevin F. Funderbunk (University of Pennsylvania) Download Abstract
4. Caritate consensio: Cicero, Christianity, and the Transformation of Friendship in Augustine. Joshua J. Congrove (Indiana University) Download Abstract
5. Pliny’s Epistolary Re-inscription: Writing the Tombs of Verginius Rufus and Pallas the Claudian Secretary. Eleanor Winsor Leach (Indiana University) Download Abstract
6. Domitian's Lightning Bolts and Close Shaves in Pliny's Epistulae. Thomas E. Strunk (Xavier University) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section B Seventh Paper Session Grand View Room

Aeneid

Alden Smith (Baylor University), presiding

1. The Tragic Trojan Intertext: Allusions to Aeschylus and Euripides in Virgil's Aeneid. Mathias Hanses (Columbia University) Download Abstract
2. Vergil's Organic Use of Rhetorical Figures in Aeneid I. John A. Stevens (East Carolina University) Download Abstract
3. Erato's Iliad: Reading Desire in Aeneid 7-12. Christopher Nappa (University of Minnesota) Download Abstract
4. Generic Multiplicity in the Proem to the Aeneid. Jason S. Nethercut (University of Pennsylvania) Download Abstract
5. A Paradoxical Epithet? Vergil's Iuno Omnipotens. Kate Rogers (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract
6. Exstinctus pudor et. . . fama prior: Dido's Claim to Fame in Aeneid IV. Colleen M. Rice (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section C Seventh Paper Session Pearl Room

Greek History II

Michael Gagarin (University of Texas, Austin), presiding

1. Ephebes as All-Round Warriors? John Friend (University of Tennessee) Download Abstract
2. The Ephebeia of Eurykleides and Mikion Thomas R. Henderson, II (Florida State University) Download Abstract
3. Parmenion: an aristocrat in the Macedonian court during the reigns of Philip II and Alexander III. Joshua P. Nudell (University of Missouri, Columbia) Download Abstract
4. Parmenio's Old Age in Arrian and Curtius Rufus. Sarah Miller (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
5. The Greek of Fabius Pictor. Bradley Buszard (Christopher Newport University) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section D Seventh Paper Session Haldane Room

Plautus

John C. Gruber-Miller (Cornell College), presiding

1. Significant Openings in Plautus Peter G. Lech (Santa Clara University) Download Abstract
2. Controlling the Other: Hanno in the Poenulus. Erin Moodie (Colgate University) Download Abstract
3. Scripting a Deception: Rethinking the servus callidus in Miles Gloriosus. Christopher Bungard (Butler University) Download Abstract
4. Characterization and the Aristeia in Plautus' Miles Gloriosus. Bram ten Berge (University of Michigan) Download Abstract
5. Staging a Deception: the manipulation of the stage in Plautus' Miles Gloriosus. Kate Allen (University of Michigan) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section E Seventh Paper Session Berkey Room

Homer III

Jenny Strauss Clay (University of Virginia), presiding

1. Achilles' Remorse. Andrew Lear (Pomona College) Download Abstract Andrew Lear was unable to attend; paper was cancelled.
2. The Scepter of Agamemnon and the Scepter of Hesiod. Daniel Turkeltaub (Santa Clara University) Download Abstract
3. υπο τε τρομος ελλαβε γυια: Arresting Narrative Movement with Fear in Iliad 3. Jessica McCutcheon (Yale University) Download Abstract
4. The Applications and Limitations of Narrative Theory to the Study of Homeric Characters. Rebecca Muich (Xavier University) Download Abstract
5. Death, Daimones, and Achilles’ proleptikon sakos. Timothy S. Heckenlively (Baylor University) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section F Seventh Paper Session Heritage Hill Room

Caesar and Sallust

John Breuker, Jr. (Western Reserve Academy), presiding

1. All of Spain is Divided into Three Parts: Julius Caesar, Pomponius Mela and the Tripartite World. Georgia L. Irby-Massie (The College of William and Mary) Download Abstract
2. Caesar's Self-Presentation as Leader of Men. John E. Esposito (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
3. Rain Delays: Caesar's Stormy Expeditions to Britain. Paul Moran (University of Virginia) Download Abstract
4. Sallust's Insecurities and Exempla in the Catilinarian Debate. James Conrad (University of California, Santa Barbara) Download Abstract
5. hae sunt meae imagines : Sallust, Sertorius, and triumviral politics. Jennifer Gerrish (University of Pennsylvania) Download Abstract

Note: All Friday-afternoon sessions will be held on the campus of Calvin College. Free Shuttle buses from the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel to Calvin College will run continuously between 11:30 AM and 1:00 PM

1:15 - 3:00 PM Section A Eighth Paper Session White Pine/Maple

Roman Architecture

Melissa Morison (Grand Valley State University), presiding

1. From Villas to Houses: A Study of Non-Elite Architecture in Late Roman Cyprus. Benjamin Costello, IV (Monmouth College) Download Abstract Ben Costello was unable to attend; paper was cancelled.
2. Searching for Roman Collectors and Decor-ators in Texts and the Archaeological Record. Francesca Tronchin (Rhodes College) Download Abstract
3. The Urban Narrative of Aphrodisias: From 30 BCE to the 4th Century CE. Jessica J. Stephens (University of Michigan) Download Abstract
4. Water: a Powerful Source and a Source to Power. Natalie J. Gleason (University of Arizona) Download Abstract

1:15 - 3:00 PM Section B Eighth Paper Session Blue Spruce/Elm

Horace II

Timothy Johnson (University of Florida), presiding

1. "Sic me servavit Apollo": Horace Satire 1.9. John Rauk (Michigan State University) Download Abstract
2. Elagabalus and the Carnivalesque: Examining the Historia Augusta through a Bakhtinian Lens. Shawn G. Daniels (University of Florida) Download Abstract
3. Reading the Epodes Topographically. Steven L. Jones (Houston Baptist University) Download Abstract Steven Jones was unable to attend; paper was cancelled.
4. Canidia's Many Faces: On the Pluralistic Nature of the Roman "Witch". Maxwell Teitel-Paule Download Abstract
5. Horace's Gentleman-Farmer-Poet in Epistle 2.1. Charles E. Blume (Florida State University) Download Abstract

1:15 - 3:00 PM Section C Eighth Paper Session Willow West

Presidential Panel, Part I: Archaic Poetry

David W. Tandy (University of Tennessee), presiding

1. Location, Movement, and Memory in Theogony 80-103. Stephen A. Sansom (Vanderbilt University) Download Abstract
2. Wind, Wave, and Generative Metaphor in Greek Poetry. Hans S. Bork (Washington University, St. Louis) Download Abstract
3. Structuring Justice: Authority and Motivation in Hesiod and Solon. Reina E. Callier (University of Colorado, Boulder) Download Abstract
4. Metapoetic Discourse in the Archaic Poets. William Tortorelli (Temple University) Download Abstract

1:15 - 3:00 PM Section D Eighth Paper Session Willow East

Reception Studies IV

Martin Winkler (George Mason University), presiding

1. Wind, Rain, and Virgin Sacrifice: Iphigenia in Africa. James S. Ruebel (Ball State University) Download Abstract
2. The Queen 'Quotes' Plutarch in Margaret George's The Memoirs of Cleopatra (1997). Caley S. McGuill (University of New Mexico) Download Abstract
3. A Liar's Yarn: Storytelling in The Lost Books of the Odyssey. Yasuko Taoka (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale) Download Abstract
4. Monstrosity or Disability? Ancient Accounts of Accelerated Aging. Debbie Felton (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Download Abstract

1:15 - 3:00 PM Section E Eighth Paper Session Hickory

Latin Elegy II

Laurel Fulkerson (Florida State University), presiding

1. Isis and the Elegists. Bartolo A. Natoli (University of Texas, Austin) Download Abstract
2. Realigning Roman Masculinity: Wounds and the Soldier-Rival in Amores 3.8. Shonda K. Tohm (University of Michigan) Download Abstract
3. Of Lambs and Mistresses: Patterns of Contradiction in Tibullus Book 1. Robert J. Sklenár (University of Tennessee) Download Abstract
4. Remembering Gallus: Elegy and Egypt. Micah Y. Myers (North Carolina State University) Download Abstract

1:15 - 3:00 PM Section F Eighth Paper Session Board Room

Panel: The Second Punic War Download Abstract

Gaius Stern (University of California at Berkeley), organiser

1. Electoral Irregularity and Chicanery during the Second Punic War. Gaius Stern (The Academy & University of California, Berkeley (Ext))
2. The Crucial Spanish Theater in the Second Punic War. Dan Powers (University of Utah)
3. Ethnic Considerations of Loyalty among Italo-Greek Poleis. Andrew Hillen (University of Utah) Andrew Hillen was unable to attend; paper was read by Sophie Mills.
4. Hannibal's (Non-Agricultural) Legacy? The Long-Term Economic Impact of the Second Punic War. David Hollander (Iowa State University)

3:15 - 5:00 PM Section A Ninth Paper Session White Pine/Maple

Roman Art

Marsha B. McCoy (Southern Methodist University), presiding

1. Dynamis on the Ara Pacis: The Importance of Idenity. Robert B. Gorham (University of Arizona) Download Abstract
2. Caligula's Hall of Isis: Searching for a Patron, Period, and Program for the Aula Isiaca. Travis R. Rupp (University of Colorado, Boulder) Download Abstract
3. The Spoils of Peace: Hadrian's Private Leisure and Its Public Message in the Hunting Tondi. Kenneth Draper (Indiana University) Download Abstract
4. New analyses of Late Roman pottery from the Fountain of the Lamps. Melissa M. Morison (Grand Valley State University) Download Abstract

3:15 - 5:00 PM Section B Ninth Paper Session Blue Spruce/Elm

Ovid III

John F. Miller (University of Virginia), presiding

1. Language of Profit and Commerce in Ovid's Ars Amatoria. T.H.M. Gellar-Goad (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
2. The Erotic Pursuit of Literary Criticism: Reading Ovid's Ars Amatoria. Matthew Semanoff (University of Montana) Download Abstract
3. Transformation and Resemblance in Heroides 15. Corinne Shirley (Missouri State University) Download Abstract
4. Heroides 18 and the Elegiac Paraclausithyron. Erika J. Nesholm (The College of William and Mary) Download Abstract

3:15 - 5:00 PM Section C Ninth Paper Session Willow West

Presidential Panel, Part II: Archaic Poetry

David W. Tandy (University of Tennessee), presiding

1. ΑΥΔΗ ΤΕΧΝΗΕΣΣΑ: The Poetics of Voice in Archaic Greek Epigram. Donald E. Lavigne (Texas Tech University) Download Abstract
2. Love and Death in Sappho 31 and 58. Ellen Greene (University of Oklahoma) Download Abstract
3. Exile and Aristocratic Identity in Alcaeus. Ippokratis Kantzios (University of South Florida) Download Abstract
4. Herakles' Sweet Longing for Olympia in Pindar's Third Olympian Ode. Christopher C. Eckerman (University of Oregon) Download Abstract

3:15 - 5:00 PM Section D Ninth Paper Session Willow East

Euripides II

Sophie Mills (University of North Carolina, Asheville), presiding

1. Sympathy for the Common in Euripides? Robert H. Simmons (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) Download Abstract
2. Medea's Strategic Partnerships with Jason and Aegeus. Adelaide Hirth (University of Washington, Seattle) Download Abstract Adelaide Hirth was unable to attend; paper was read by Sophie Mills.
3. The Sea and Moral Relativism in Euripides' Andromache. Kristin O. Lord (Wilfred Laurier University) Download Abstract
4. Necessity, Mortality and the Cosmic Hierarchy of the Alcestis. Emily A. Kratzer (University of California, Los Angeles) Download Abstract
5. Greek Myth and the Bible: Euripides’ Alcestis and John’s Lazarus (John 11:1-44, 12:1-8). Bruce Louden (University of Texas, El Paso) Download Abstract

3:15 - 5:00 PM Section E Ninth Paper Session Hickory

Panel sponsored by the Vergilian Society: Ideology and Virtues under the Julio-Claudian Emperors Download Abstract

Steven L. Tuck (Miami University), organiser

1. Caligula, Nero and the Re-definition of Virtus in Imperial Rome. Steven L. Tuck (Miami University)
2. Ceres Augusta: from the Imperial Poets to the Julio-Claudian Emperors. Lorina Quartarone (University of Saint Thomas)
3. The Imperial Virtue of Pietas in the Julio-Claudian Period. Brian K. Harvey (Kent State University)

3:15 - 5:00 PM Section F Ninth Paper Session Hickory Room

Undergraduate Student Panel: Latin

William Levitan (Grand Valley State University), presiding

1. Construction of the Self in Seneca's Tragedies. Cal H. Dorough (Eckerd College) Download Abstract
2. Sticks and Stones: Tacitus' Poetic Portrayal of Women in the Annales. Lindsey R. Haines (Augutana College) Download Abstract
3. Moral Paradox in Augustine's View of Ruler-Subject Politics. Griffin P. Jackson (Calvin College) Download Abstract

5:30 - 6:30 PM On-Campus Reception Eberhard Center, Grand Valley State University, Downtown Campus

Note: Free shuttle buses will run continuously between 4:45 and 5:45 p.m. from the Calvin College campus to the Eberhard Center, Grand Valley State University, Downtown Campus. The Eberhard Center is located just two blocks (a quick and easy walk) from the Amway Grand Plaza, so transportation from the reception to the hotel will be provided only for those with mobility issues.

7:00 - 7:30 PM Cash Bar East Concourse

7:30 - 10:00 PM Banquet Pantlind Ballroom

10:00 - 11:59 PMPresident’s Reception (Cash Bar) Pantlind Ballroom

7:00 - 8:00 AM Buffet Breakfast sponsored by the Women's Classical Caucus Thornapple Room

7:30 AM - 3:30 PM Registration West Concourse

7:30 AM - 12:30 PM Book Display Emerald Room

8:15 - 9:45 AM Annual CAMWS Business Meeting (all welcome) Atrium Room

10:00 AM - Noon Section A Tenth Paper Session Atrium Room

Teaching Civilization

Marilyn Skinner (University of Arizona), presiding

1. Thoroughly Modern Minerva: Teaching Ancient History to Modern Women Warriors. Jim Tucci (Air University) Download Abstract
2. 'Αναγωσεως δε αξια μαλιστα πραγματα: Using Non-Standard Texts in the Myth Classroom. Martha J. Payne (Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis) Download Abstract
3. Greeks, Romans, and Science Fiction: Why go "Back to the Future?" Robert W. Cape (Austin College) Download Abstract
4. Wikipedia & Wikibooks: Important Tools for Teaching Ancient History. Bradley Potter (Pontifical College Josephinum) Download Abstract
5. The Other Side of the Coin: Undergraduate Research in Lean Times. Julie Langford (University of South Florida) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section B Tenth Paper Session Grand View Room

Petronius and Apuleius

Robert J. Sklenar (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), presiding

1. Trimalchio Magister: (Mis)education and Orienting Mythologies in the Cena Trimalchionis. Scott A. Barnard (University of New Mexico) Download Abstract
2. Fable and Rhetoric in Petronius: Rethinking the Widow of Ephesus. Kyle Helms (University of Cincinnati) Download Abstract
3. Apuleius' Charite and Virgil's Dido as Women Who Died on their Wedding Days. Michael J. Vincze (Boston University) Download Abstract
4. Sophia's Got Soul: Gnostic Wisdom Tales and Apuleius' Metamorphoses. Jeffrey T. Winkle (Calvin College) Download Abstract
5. A Silent Dido in Apuleius' Apology. Hanne Eisenfeld (The Ohio State University) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section C Tenth Paper Session Pearl Room

Greek Historiography

Charles Chiasson (University of Texas, Arlington), presiding

1. Phormio the Spartan. Jonathan T. Chicken (Indiana University, Bloomington) Download Abstract Jonathan Chicken was unable to attend; paper was cancelled.
2. Slaves of Expediency: A Fresh Look at Justice and Freedom in the Speeches of Thucydides. Derick N. Alexandre (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
3. Beyond Ethnicity: Thucydides and Sicilian Regional Identity. Mark Thatcher (The Ohio State University) Download Abstract
4. Polybius and the Basis of Roman Imperialism. Joseph V. Groves (University of Michigan) Download Abstract
5. Theopompos of Chios and the (Re)writing of Athenian History. William S. Morison (Grand Valley State University) Download Abstract
6. Church History as a Reflection of Salvation History: The Structure of Eusebius' Historia Ecclesiastica and Its Apologetic Aims. Andrew W. Clay (University of Colorado, Boulder) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section D Tenth Paper Session Haldane Room

Latin Poetry II

Stephanie McCarter (University of the South), presiding

1. The Daemon of Cithaeron in Seneca's Phoenissae. Emily E. Batinski (Lousiana State University) Download Abstract
2. Cassandra, Seneca's falsa vates. Carrie Mowbray (University of Pennsylvania) Download Abstract
3. The Contagio of Self-Construction in Seneca's Thyestes. Eric Dodson-Robinson (University of Texas, Austin) Download Abstract Eric Dodson-Robinson was unable to attend; paper was cancelled.
4. Like Mother, Like Son: Mourning and Commemoration on the Death of Drusus. Caitlin C. Gillespie (University of Pennsylvania) Download Abstract
5. Numeroso horto: A programmatic pun at Columella, Res Rustica 10.6. David J. White (Baylor University) Download Abstract
6. Constellations of Ovid: Framing Lament in Fortunatus' de Gelesuintha (Carm. 6.5). Robin E. McGill (Brown University) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section E Tenth Paper Session Berkey Room

Greek Drama II

Theodore Tarkow (University of Missouri), presiding

1. Beware Women Gathering: Gender and Public Voice in Aristophanes. Anne Feltovich (University of Cincinnati) Download Abstract
2. Athena and Sparta at the Ending of Lysistrata (1296-1321). Carl A. Anderson (Michigan State University) Download Abstract
3. Old Comedy and the Satyr Play: A Point of Contact in AP 11.32 Matthew Cohn (University of Michigan) Download Abstract
4. The Blind Leading: Aristophanes' Wealth and Oedipus at Colonus. Gwen Compton-Engle (John Carroll University) Download Abstract
5. Communication Breakdown: The Characterization of Cassandra in Aeschylus and Euripides. Amy Oh (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Download Abstract
6. Satyr Play and Plato's Triadic Conception of Drama. Carl A. Shaw (New College of Florida) Download Abstract

10:00 AM - Noon Section F Tenth Paper Session Heritage Hill Room

Panel: AP Latin: Vergil and Caesar Download Abstract

Mary L. Pendergraft (Wake Forest University), organiser

1. The New AP Latin Course: Vergil and Caesar. Mary L. Pendergraft (Wake Forest University)
2. Appreciating the Aeneid with Le Guin’s Lavinia. Francesca D'Alessandro Behr (University of Houston)
3. Mythologizing Caesar: Teaching Students to Read History. Keely Lake (Wayland Academy)
4. Spies and Spying in Caesar’s Bellum Gallicum. Jane W. Crawford (University of Virginia)
5. Money Talks! Mark E. Clarke (University of Southern Missouri) and James K. Finn (Villanova University)

Noon - 1:00 PM Luncheon sponsored by Committee for the Promotion of Latin Gerald R. Ford Room

Noon - 1:00 PM Luncheon for Consulares Thornapple Room

Julia Hejduk (Baylor University), presiding

1:15 - 3:15 PM Section A Eleventh Paper Session Atrium Room

Disce Scribendo!: Pedagogical Lessons Learned from Writing a Beginning Latin Textbook Download Abstract

Kenneth Kitchell (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), organiser

1. Labor, Industria, Cura: Searching for the Middle Road in Latin Pedagogy. Kenneth Kitchel (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
2. Context for the Text: The Case for Historical Realism in a College Latin Course. Gregory Daugherty (Randolph-Macon College)
3. Virtual DISCE! – From the Traditional Latin Classroom to the Online Classroom. Keith A. Woodell (University of New Mexico)

1:15 - 3:15 PM Section B Eleventh Paper Session Grand View Room

Herodotus

Debbie Felton (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), presiding

1. Herodotean "Crime" and the "Completion" of Justice. Alexander Loney (Duke University) Download Abstract
2. Youth and Restraint in Herodotus' Histories. Eric A. Cox (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract
3. Herodotus' Prefatory Priamel. Charles C. Chiasson (University of Texas, Arlington ) Download Abstract
4. Loaves' Labors Lost: Loving the Dead in Herodotus' Histories. Andrew Connor (University of Cincinnati) Download Abstract
5. Ajax, Cambyses, and Herodotean Historiography Jennifer S. Starkey (University of Colorado) Download Abstract
6. Cyrus the Mule or Cyrus the Persian? Sydnor Roy (Temple University) Download Abstract

1:15 - 3:15 PM Section C Eleventh Paper Session Pearl Room

Reception Studies V

Jeffrey T. Winkle (Calvin College), presiding

1. Platonic Philosophy in Melville's “The Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids”. Clifford A. Robinson (Duke University) Download Abstract
2. Varieties of Pastoral Experience: The Reception of Vergilian Pastoral in Contemporary American Poetry. James B. Wells (Hamilton College) Download Abstract
3. Too Much "Uplift"?: Heaney's The Cure at Troy. Steve B. Heiny (Earlham College) Download Abstract
4. Gods in Exile: A Recurring Theme in Modern Literature. Robert J. Rabel (University of Kentucky) Download Abstract
5. Public Testimony in Molora and The Angry Wounds. Eric K. Dugdale (Gustavus Adolphus College) Download Abstract

1:15 - 3:15 PM Section D Eleventh Paper Session Haldane Room

Greek Religion and Myth

Elizabeth A. Manwell (Kalamazoo College), presiding

1. The Myths of the Glauci. Marie-Claire Beaulieu (Tufts University) Download Abstract
2. Making Sense of Magic: Pattern Poems and Magical Language. Craig Jendza (The Ohio State University) Download Abstract
3. Aeschylus' Palici. C. Michael Sampson (Rutgers University) Download Abstract
4. Recognizing Dionysus. Bridget Buchholz (Ohio Wesleyan University) Download Abstract
5. Souvenirs and Memories: temple-artifacts in the Greek world. Jim McKeown (University of Wisconsin) Download Abstract
6. Delphi, The Geography of the Female Body, and Irigaray's Amorphous. Niki H. Kantzios (University of South Florida) Download Abstract

1:15 - 3:15 PM Section E Eleventh Paper Session Berkey Room

Statius

Paolo Asso (University of Michigan), presiding

1. The Implications of Argive Augury in Statius' Thebaid. Anne E. Tuttle (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Download Abstract
2. Dancing in Scyros: Women's Rituals in Statius' Achilleid. Vassiliki Panoussi (The College of William and Mary) Download Abstract
3. Nec te mitissimus amnis dividit: Statius Silvae 1.3. Dustin R. Heinen (University of Florida) Download Abstract
4. (Re)Visiting Egypt in Statius' Propempticon to Celer [Silvae 3.2]. Eleni Manolaraki (University of South Florida) Download Abstract
5. Generic Framing and the Epicization of Lyric in Statius' Silvae 3.2. Stephen M. Kershner (Denison University) Download Abstract

1:15 - 3:15 PM Section F Eleventh Paper Session Heritage Hill Room

Ovid IV: Fasti

Bruce W. Frier (University of Michigan), presiding

1. Crimes of Fashion: Vestal Virgins, Elegiac Puellae, and Claudia Quinta in Ovid Fasti 4. Angeline C. Chiu (University of Vermont) Download Abstract
2. Light, Sight and the Erotic: the Visual Narrative of Ovid's Fasti. Tracy A. Jamison-Wood (University of California, Santa Barbara) Download Abstract
3. Calendar and Cosmos: the role of Janus and lis in Ovid's Fasti. Charles T. Ham (University of Pennsylvania) Download Abstract
4. "Latinorum vates operosus dierum": Ovid and the Narrator of the Fasti. Nicholas Geller (University of Michigan) Download Abstract
5. Ovid's Janus and the Start of the Year in Renaissance Fasti Sacri. John F. Miller (University of Virginia) Download Abstract

3:30 - 5:30 PM Section A Twelfth Paper Session Atrium Room

Greek Art and Architecture

Anne E. Haeckl (Kalamazoo College), presiding

1. Ideology in Final Palatial Crete (LM II-IIIB early): An Architectural Perspective. Panagiota A. Pantou (University at Buffalo, SUNY)
2. Clubs High: Heracles' Iconic Weapon in Sight and Action. Victor Castellani (University of Denver) Download Abstract
3. The Hunt Frieze of Tomb II at Vergina: A New Spatial and Iconographic Interpretation. Sarah A. Rous (Harvard University) Download Abstract
4. In the Presence of Gods, Kings, and Heroes: A New Reconstruction and Interpretation of the Decorated Ceiling of the Hall of Choral Dancers in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods, Samothrace. Amy A. Sowder (Towson University) Download Abstract
5. To Breast or Not to Breast: The Amazonian Pectoral Transformation. Daniel J. Schneck (University of Florida) Download Abstract Daniel Schneck was unable to attend; paper was cancelled.

3:30 - 5:30 PM Section B Twelfth Paper Session Grand View Room

Latin Historiography

Jonathan P. Zarecki (University of North Carolina, Greensboro), presiding

1. Fear: a Lexical Study in Late Republican Literature. Brenda M. Fields (University of Florida) Download Abstract
2. Vividness and Literary Purpose in Livy. Erich Merkel (University of Virginia) Download Abstract
3. The Contradictions of Rome's Rise: Livy's Treatment of the Myth of the Horatii and Curiatii. Aaron M. Seider (College of the Holy Cross) Download Abstract
4. Metabiographical Slave Names in Plutarch's Roman Lives. Aislinn Melchior (University of Puget Sound) Download Abstract
5. Auctores rerum: Writing about Writers in Roman Biography. Joy Reeber (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract

3:30 - 5:30 PM Section C Twelfth Paper Session Pearl Room

Greek Poetry II

Robert Rabel (University of Kentucky), presiding

1. Purest Springs of Fire: Giants and Callimachean Poetics in Pythian 1 and 8. Christine E. Lechelt (University of Minnesota) Download Abstract
2. Streams of Praise: Poetological Metaphor in Kallimachos' Hymn to Zeus. Michael E. Brumbaugh (University of Clifornia, Los Angeles) Download Abstract
3. Viewing Athena in the Bath of Pallas. Jeannie Nguyen (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract
4. Lost at Sea?: Reviving Callimachus' Epigram 18. Kathryn Livingston (Wright State University) Download Abstract
5. From a Clod to Callimachus: The Metapoetic Role of Euphemus in Apollonius' Argonautica. Amanda G. Mathis (Baylor University) Download Abstract

3:30 - 5:30 PM Section D Twelfth Paper Session Haldane Room

Roman History III

Robert Ulery (Wake Forest University), presiding

1. The Charisma of Augustus in Tiberian Inscriptions. Rebecca Edwards (Wright State University) Download Abstract
2. Tiberius the Goat: The Beastliness of Power in Suetonius' de vita Caesarum. Susan A. Curry (University of New Hampshire) Download Abstract
3. Documentary Evidence in Suetonius' Lives of the Poets. Daniel W. Leon (University of Virginia) Download Abstract
4. Female Patronage in Early Imperial Rome. Sanjaya Thakur (Colorado College) Download Abstract

3:30 - 5:30 PM Section E Twelfth Paper Session Berkey Room

Philosophy II

Svetla Slaveva-Griffin (Florida State University), presiding

1. Neoplatonic Views on Madness and Madness. Svetla E. Slaveva-Griffin (Florida State University) Download Abstract
2. Creative Imitation: The Second Sophistic in Rome. Mohammed A. Bhatti (Brock University) Download Abstract
3. Themistius' Doctrine of the Three Intellects. John F Finamore (University of Iowa) Download Abstract
4. Exclusion and Orthodoxy in the Philosophical Classroom. Kendra Eshleman (Boston College) Download Abstract
5. Toward a Third Sophistic: Methodius of Olympus. Ryan Fowler (Knox College) Download Abstract
6. Realism, Morality, and Foreign Policy: Exploring the Decision-Making Principles Underlying Augustine's Political Thought. Joel H. Westra (Calvin College) Download Abstract

3:30 - 5:30 PM Section F Twelfth Paper Session Heritage Hill Room

Panel: Latin in Small Packages: Expanding and Varying Advanced Latin Curricular Options Download Abstract

Ronnie Ancona (Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY), organiser

1. Latin in Small Packages: A Series Editor’s Perspective. Ronnie Ancona (Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNY)
2. Latin Epic. Alison M. Keith (University of Toronto)
3. Suetonius Segmented. Josiah Osgood (Georgetown University)
4. Seneca for Students: Six Suggestions. James Ker (University of Pennsylvania)
5. A Cicero Reader. James M. May (St. Olaf College)