CAMWS 108th Annual Meeting Program

Local Committee

  • Wilfred E. Major, Chair
  • Emily E Batinski, Louisiana State University
  • Barbara C. Craig, Louisiana State University
  • Kristopher Fletcher, Louisiana State University
  • Gwen Gaspard, McKinley High School
  • Michael A. Katchmer, Louisiana State University
  • Alexis Landry, Episcopal High School
  • Ann Ostrom, The Runnels School
  • Nathalie Roy, Episcopal High School
  • Rebecca Runnels, The Runnels School
  • Jessica Thibaudeau The Dunham School
  • Graham Waddill, Catholic High School
  • Richard G. Warga, Louisiana State University
  • Albert T Watanabe, Louisiana State University
  • Jane Poynter Webb, Louisiana State University (retired)/Louisiana Classical Association
  • Yuri Weydling, Baton Rouge Magnet High School

Wednesday, March 28, 2012


5:00-8:30 p.m. Registration - Kiosk C

5:00-8:30 p.m. Book Display - Livingston

6:00-8:00 p.m. GSIC Pre-Conference Workshop: Classroom Management - Beauregard's

Krishni S. Burns (University at Buffalo, SUNY), presiding

7:15-8:45 p.m. Dinner Meeting for CAMWS Executive Committee - Atrium Cafe

8:00-10:00 p.m. Consulares' Reception - Ascension


Thursday, March 29, 2012


7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Registration - Kiosk C

7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Book Display - Livingston

8:15-10:00 a.m. First Paper Session - Ascension

Section A: Late Antiquity

Charles Pazdernik (Grand Valley State University), presiding

  1. Sabina's Poetic Embroidery: A Reading of Ausonius, Epigrams 27-29 Robert Sklenář (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Download Abstract
  2. Satura Augusta: Satire in the Historia Augusta Shawn G. Daniels (University of Florida) Download Abstract
  3. The Language of Benefaction in the Writings of Libanius Kyle G. Grothoff (Indiana University) Download Abstract
  4. Municipal Vitality in Late Antique North Africa: Epigraphic Evidence for Public Munificence and Urban Growth Jessica L. Richardi (University at Buffalo, SUNY) Download Abstract
  5. Shapur II's Plans for Armenia in the Romano-Persian Treaty of 363 Lee E. Patterson (Eastern Illinois University) Download Abstract

8:15-10:00 a.m. First Paper Session - Iberville A

Section B: Panel - New Adventures in Greek Pedagogy

Wilfred E. Major (Louisiana State University) and Timothy F. Winters (Austin Peay State University), organizers

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  1. So Do I Have to Draw You a Picture?: Pedagogical Images in Beginning and Intermediate Greek Byron F. Stayskal (Western Washington University)
  2. Creating Intermediate Texts through POD: Research Opportunities for Undergraduates; More Resources for Instructors Edgar Hayes (Miami University) and Stephen A. Nimis (Miami University)
  3. The Poetics of Science: Incorporating Greek Scientific Texts into an Intermediate-Level Introduction to Greek Poetry Georgia L. Irby (College of William and Mary)
  4. The 2011 College Greek Exam Albert T. Watanabe (Louisiana State University)
  5. Elitism and Revival of the Direct Method of Ancient Greek Monica Florence (College of Wooster)

8:15-10:00 a.m. First Paper Session - Iberville B

Section C: Lucretius

Anne H. Groton (Saint Olaf College), presiding

  1. You'll Know It When You See It: Enargeia and Visual Imagery in Lucretius Robert E. Hedrick, III (Florida State University) Download Abstract
  2. The Failure of Sacrifice in De Rerum Natura Zackary Rider (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
  3. Lucretius, Epicurus and Augustan Ideology Bret C. Devereaux (Florida State University) Download Abstract
  4. Lucretius' Self-Positioning in the History of Roman Epicureanism Christopher C. Eckerman (University of Oregon) Download Abstract
  5. Praeceptor and Student in De Rerum Natura Gwendolyn M. Gruber (Grand Valley State University) Download Abstract

8:15-10:00 a.m. First Paper Session - Iberville C

Section D: Roman Historiography I

Mark Thorne (Wheaton College), presiding

  1. Great Expectations: Pompey Magnus in Caesar's Civil Wars Lauren D. Ginsberg (Bucknell University) Download Abstract
  2. Julius as Juno: Iniuria and Honor in Caesar's Bellum Civile and Virgil's Aeneid Leo Landrey Download Abstract
  3. Not One, But Three (Roman) Alexanders: An evolution within the Roman portrayals of Alexander the Great Joshua P. Nudell (University of Missouri, Columbia) Download Abstract
  4. Dionysius of Halicarnassus' Roman Constitution: the unity of Book 2 of the Roman Antiquities Charlou Koenig (University of Iowa) Download Abstract
  5. Vestal Virgins and Pharmakoi in the Myths of Verginia and Lucretia Lee Marmor (Tufts University) Download Abstract

8:15-10:00 a.m. First Paper Session - Baton Rouge East

Section E: Roman Elegy

Theodore A. Tarkow (University of Missouri, Columbia), presiding

  1. Daring and Desire: The Poetics of Gigantomachy in Propertius 2 1 and Ovid, Amores 2.1 Christine E. Lechelt (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Download Abstract
  2. Between Image and Reality: The Puerilis Imago in Propertius and Ovid Emma Scioli (University of Kansas) - will be read by Theodore A. Tarkow Download Abstract
  3. Domina or Serva Amoris? Sulpicia as Mistress and Cerinthus as Poet in Corpus Tibullianum 3.9 Alice C. Sharpless (Vanderbilt University) Download Abstract
  4. The Economics of Love in Bucolic and Elegiac Poetry: A Reading of Calpurnius Siculus, Ecl 3 Anne Rémillard (Université de Montréal)
  5. The Ovidian Elegiac Couplet: an Empedoclean Verse Form? Charles T. Ham (University of Pennsylvania) Download Abstract

8:15-10:00 a.m. First Paper Session - Baton Rouge West

Section F: Sophocles

Michael H. Shaw (University of Kansas), presiding

  1. Sophistry and Persuasive Communities in Sophocles' Philoctetes Scott A. Barnard (Rutgers University) Download Abstract
  2. The Agency of Hector's Sword in Ajax's Deception Speech (Ajax 646-692) Melissa Y. Mueller (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Download Abstract
  3. The Γενναῖον of Oedipus in Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus Daniel J. Griffin (Duke University) Download Abstract
  4. Sophocles the Comedian: Wordplay, Unequal Status, and Humor in Sophoclean Tragedy Joseph M. Lucci (University of Pennsylvania) Download Abstract
  5. Pity in Action: the Tragedy of Oedipus Teresa M. Danze Lemieux (University of Chicago) Download Abstract

10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Second Paper Session - Ascension

Section A: Greek Vase Painting

Duane W. Roller (Ohio State University), presiding

  1. The Literariness of Minoan Vase Decoration Christopher D. King (University of Kansas) Download Abstract
  2. A Tale of Two Combats: A Reading of the Tsyzkiewicz Painter's Name-Vase Erin Warford (University at Buffalo, SUNY) Download Abstract
  3. The Spear and the Symposium: Interpreting Sparta Through Black Figure Pottery Michael McGlin (University at Buffalo, SUNY) Download Abstract
  4. Continuity across the Divide: the Geometric Dipylon shield and Bronze Age antecedents Margaretha Kramer-Hajos (Indiana University) Download Abstract
  5. The Wall of Troy Rebecca Muich (Xavier University) Download Abstract

10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Second Paper Session - Iberville A

Section B: Second Sophistic

Lawrence Y. Kim (Trinity University), presiding

  1. Reclaiming Greek Identity: Hostility to 'Others' in Heroikos 56-57 Benjamin O. McCloskey (Ohio State University) Download Abstract
  2. Arrian's Prefaces as a Critique of the Notion of a Canon Daniel W. Leon (University of Virginia) Download Abstract
  3. Pausanias' Use of the Pindaric Scholia Patrick R. Callahan (Fordham University) Download Abstract
  4. The Topography of History in Pausanias' Thebes Christopher A. Parrott (Harvard University) Download Abstract
  5. How to Die Like an Athlete: The Legendary Lives and Ends of Ancient Greek Athletes Emily Kratzer (University of New Mexico) Download Abstract

10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Second Paper Session - Iberville B

Section C: Ovid I, Heroides and Amores

James C. McKeown (University of Wisconsin, Madison), presiding

  1. Laodamia Reads Penelope and Oenone: an Intratextual Reading of Heroides 13 Meredith D. Prince (Auburn University) Download Abstract
  2. Utile dicebas ipse fuisse capi: Ovid's Heroides 3 and the crisis of Roman identity Megan O. Drinkwater (Agnes Scott College) Download Abstract
  3. Epistolary Sex, Violence, and Persuasion in Heroides 16-17 Erika J. Nesholm (Kenyon College) Download Abstract
  4. Violence and Vulnerability in Ovid's Amores 1.5-1.8 Katherine R. DeBoer (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
  5. The End of the Road for Ovid the Elegist William Tortorelli (University of Pennsylvania) Download Abstract

10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Second Paper Session - Iberville C

Section D: Theocritus

Deanna L. Wesolowski (University of Missouri, Columbia), presiding

  1. Love Deferred: The Problem of Unity in Theocritus' Idyll 22 Lisa D. Feldkamp (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract
  2. Beyond the Meadow: Bucolic Influence on Theocritus' Idyll 14 Jeffrey M. Hunt (Baylor University) Download Abstract
  3. The Musical Soundtrack of Theocritus' Pastoral Idylls Naomi R. Kaloudis (University of Missouri, Columbia) Download Abstract
  4. The Role of Demeter in Theocritus, Idyll 7 Ben Jasnow (University of Virginia) Download Abstract
  5. Household Mime and the Structure of Theocritus' Fifteenth Idyll Hans J. Hansen (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract

10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Second Paper Session - Baton Rouge East

Section E: Herodotus

John Marincola (Florida State University), presiding

  1. A Re-examination of λóγιος in Herodotus A. Sebastian Anderson (University of Illinois, Urbana Download Abstract
  2. Herodotus' Athenian Nomads Mark Thatcher (Creighton University) Download Abstract
  3. Artabanus at Abydos: Wise Advisor or Otherwise? (Histories 7 46-51) Charles C. Chiasson (University of Texas, Arlington) Download Abstract
  4. A Balanced Approach to the Depiction of Themistocles in Herodotus. Vaclav Y. Shatillo (University of Arizona) - paper withdrawn Download Abstract
  5. Lovers of Tyranny: Herodotean Allusions to the Speeches of Pericles Erik S. Ross (University of North Dakota) Download Abstract

10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Second Paper Session - Baton Rouge West

Section F: Cicero I

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

  1. Cicero in the Woods? A Reinterpretation of Att 12.15 Brian C. Walters (University of Oregon) Download Abstract
  2. Cicero and the Optimates' Resistance in the De Lege Agraria William P. Smith (University of Florida) Download Abstract
  3. Knowledge, Status, and Cicero's Argument in the De Domo Sua Harriet Fertik (University of Michigan) Download Abstract
  4. Quid est quod ius non sit, quod populus iubere aut vetare non possit? The Roots of 'Constitutionality' in Cicero's Pro Caecina Andrew Willey (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Download Abstract
  5. "More August and Statesmanlike": Cicero's Demosthenic Self-Fashioning Caroline B. Bishop (Washington University, St. Louis) Download Abstract

12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch - Location

1:30-3:15 p.m. Third Paper Session - Ascension

Section A: Panel - Petronius' Satyrica: Women Crossing the Line

Marsha B. McCoy (Southern Methodist University), organizer

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  1. Transgression and Triangulation: Petronius' Women and Bisexual Men John F. Makowski (Loyola University of Chicago)
  2. Borders, Bodies, and Money in the Satyrica: Sex and Social Anxiety in the Early Roman Empire Karen L. Acton (University of Arizona)
  3. Resurrection Woman, or There and Back Again: Petronius's Widow of Ephesus Niall W. Slater (Emory University )
  4. A Tale of Two Circes: Inversion and Subversion in the Satyrica Marsha B. McCoy (Southern Methodist University)
  5. Petronius' Women and Fellini Satyricon: Crossing from Artifact to Archetype Richard H. Armstrong (University of Houston)

1:30-3:15 p.m. Third Paper Session - Iberville A

Section B: Christianity

Todd Krulak (Tulane University), presiding

  1. The Christian Inscription of Pompeii: A Post-it Note? Richard Warga (Louisiana State University), co-authored with the late Robert J. Edgeworth Download Abstract
  2. Rome's New Founders: Peter and Paul on Gold Glass Eric Thienes (University of Missouri, Columbia) Download Abstract
  3. The Eye of the Late Antique World: The Power of Spiritual Sight in the Carmina of Paulinus of Nola Candace L. Buckner (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Download Abstract
  4. Light from the Egyptian Papyri and the Vindolandian Tablets on Paul's Autographic Subscription to the Galatians Steve Reece (Saint Olaf College) Download Abstract
  5. Plagues, Pestilence, and Gruesome Deaths: Disease Imagery in Cicero and Lactantius Jacqueline Pincus (University of Michigan) Download Abstract

1:30-3:15 p.m. Third Paper Session - Iberville B

Section C: Seneca I, Philosophy

Stephen A. White (University of Texas, Austin), presiding

  1. Exile and the Cosmopolis in C. Musonius Rufus and Seneca the Younger Mattias P. Gassman (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Download Abstract
  2. Seneca at Sea: Stoic Political Philosophy in De Otio Emily L. Hulme (University of Arizona) Download Abstract
  3. Bad Emperors: Imperial Exemplars in Seneca's De Ira Book 3 Amanda Wilcox (Williams College) Download Abstract
  4. Seneca, Nero and the Fire(s) of 64: Epistulae Morales 91 Virginia Closs (University of Pennsylvania) Download Abstract
  5. The Last Judgment: Seneca, Old Age, and Death Jim Hamm (Concordia College) Download Abstract

1:30-3:15 p.m. Third Paper Session - Iberville C

Section D: Panel - Ut Roma Poiesis: (Re-)Writing the City

David H. Larmour (Texas Tech University), organizer

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  1. Urban Language and the Urban Self: Varro's de Lingua Latina Diana J. Spencer (University of Birmingham)
  2. The Geography of Desire: Place, Power, and Catullan Self-Presentation Ellen Greene (University of Oklahoma)
  3. I am Large, I Contain Multitudes: Space and Satire in Juvenal 3 Erin Moodie (Colgate University)
  4. Transcending Boundaries in Seneca's Oedipus: locum quis tantum explicet? Joseph M. Salvaggio (Texas Tech University)
  5. Exorcising Rome's Rome: Satiric Space and Imitative Crisis in the Early Modern Period Jacob D. Blevins (McNeese State University)

1:30-3:15 p.m. Third Paper Session - Baton Rouge East

Section E: Panel - Invective in Roman Texts of the Late Republic

Erika Zimmermann Damer (University of Richmond) , and T. H. M. Gellar-Goad (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), organizers

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  1. "O Monstrum! O Prodigium!" Ciceronian Invective at its Best Jane W. Crawford (University of Virginia)
  2. Catullus 93 and the Poetics of Epigrammatic Invective Donald E. Lavigne (Texas Tech University)
  3. Lucretius' Natura Rerum as satirist Ted H. Gellar-Goad (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
  4. Libera Bilis: Horatian invective in the Epodes Erika Zimmermann Damer (University of Richmond)
  5. Response Catherine C. Keane (Washington University, St. Louis)

1:30-3:15 p.m. Third Paper Session - Baton Rouge West

Section F: Greek Lyric I

Antonios Augoustakis (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), presiding

  1. Alcman, Homer, and the Materiality of Beauty Elizabeth M. Jones (Stanford University) Download Abstract
  2. Tyrtaeus 12 (West): Implacable Excellence and Glory Jordan T. Wiegand (University of New Mexico) Download Abstract
  3. The Efficacy of Exempla: Modes of Immortality in Pindar's Third Pythian Bartolo A. Natoli (University of Texas, Austin) - paper will be read by Andrew Howard Download Abstract
  4. The Curb and the Spur: Daring and Restraint in Pindar's Presentation of Ethos Erika Weiberg (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
  5. The Flight of Cyrnus: Poetic Production, πτερά, and Birds in Theognidea 237-254 Eric Mentges (Vanderbilt University) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Fourth Paper Session - Ascension

Section A: Virgil I

Lee M. Fratantuono (Ohio Wesleyan University), cannot attend; R. Alden Smith (Baylor University) will preside

  1. Love is a Battlefield: An Exploration of War, Homosexuality, and the Foundation of Rome in Virgil's Aeneid Sin R. Guanci (University of Georgia) Download Abstract
  2. Vergilian Intratextuality: Paternity and the Labyrinth Keeley C. Schell (Independent Scholar) Download Abstract
  3. Poetry and Politics at Sperlonga: Vergil, Aeneas and Sextus Pompey Steven L. Tuck (Miami University) Download Abstract
  4. Vergil's Dying Deer: heroic criticism in the Aeneid Lorina N. Quartarone (University of Saint Thomas) Download Abstract
  5. A Woman Reads the Aeneid: Echoes of Vergil in Lucrezia Marinelli's Epic L'Enrico Francesca D. Behr (University of Houston) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Fourth Paper Session - Iberville A

Section B: Greek Art and Archeology

Amy Sowder Koch (Towson University), presiding

  1. Finding the Forgotten Offerings: Evidence for Ribbons, Flowers, Cakes, and Other Ephemeral Dedications Theodora Kopestonsky (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Download Abstract
  2. Differentiated Privilege: Villas and Palaces in the Neopalatial Cretan Aristocracy Solomon M. Klein (University of Colorado, Boulder) Download Abstract
  3. The Wounded Amazon in Art: A Psychoanalytic Approach Robert Cohon (University of Missouri, Columbia, Kansas City) Download Abstract
  4. Aristeas' Gold-Guarding Griffins: Reinterpreting the Düver Frieze Katy Chenoweth (University of Missouri, Columbia) Download Abstract
  5. Encaustic Painting on Greek Stone Sculpture Velvet L. Yates (University of Florida) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Fourth Paper Session - Iberville B

Section C: Medicine

Thomas N. Winter (University of Nebraska, Lincoln), presiding

  1. The rhetorical background of Galen's "On the exercise with the small ball" Craig A. Gibson (University of Iowa) Download Abstract
  2. Apollonius of Citium's Hippocratic Bench Marquis Berrey (University of Iowa) Download Abstract
  3. Heraclitus and the Physicians David H. Camden (Harvard University) Download Abstract
  4. Muscio's Gynaecia Lesley Bolton (University of Calgary) Download Abstract
  5. Physicians of Madmen: Compassionate Treatment of the Mentally Ill in Caelius Aurelianus' Chronic Diseases Amber J. Porter (University of Calgary) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Fourth Paper Session - Iberville C

Section D: Greek Philosophy

Daniel S. Holmes (University of the South), presiding

  1. The Influence of Gorgias' Materialism on Agathon's Eros Joseph Danielewicz (Ohio State University) Download Abstract
  2. Aristotle on the Politics of Marriage: 'Marital Rule' in the Politics David J. Riesbeck (University of Texas, Austin) Download Abstract
  3. Buried Beds and Birds of a Feather: Aristotle's classificatory critique of Antiphon's theory of natural sameness Thomas Cirillo (University of Southern California) Download Abstract
  4. Dipsas and Hydrophobia: A Platonic Reading of Lucian's Paradoxical Symptoms Rene Chaffins (University of Wisconsin, Madison) - paper will be read by Jessica L. Moore Download Abstract
  5. The Revenge of the Sorites: How an Ancient Argument Came back from the Dead, Fascinated Philosophers, and Overthrew the Afterlife James H. Dee (Independent Scholar) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Fourth Paper Session - Baton Rouge East

Section E: Roman Historiography II

Sydnor Roy (Temple University), presiding

  1. Materiality in Latin Historiography: Luxuria in the Roman Republic Stephen A. Collins-Elliott (Florida State University) Download Abstract
  2. Conspiracy in the Clades Variana? Sallustian echoes in Velleius Paterculus' Historiae, 2.117-118 Jaime Volker (University of Washington) Download Abstract
  3. Cato's Anxiety of Influence Andrew Howard (University of Texas, Austin) Download Abstract
  4. How to Kill a Roman Villain: The Demise of Quintus Pleminius Isabel Koster (Wabash College) Download Abstract
  5. Domi militiaeque clarus: Soldier and Civilian in Velleius' Tiberian Narrative Adam Kemezis (University of Alberta) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Fourth Paper Session - Baton Rouge West

Section F: Homer I

Hilary Mackie (Rice University), presiding

  1. Similes of mētis in Odyssey 9 and 20 Matthew Wellenbach (Brown University) Download Abstract
  2. Trading Places: Bedding, Identity, and Revenge Foreshadowed (Od. 20.95-97) Anne Rabe (Brown University) Download Abstract
  3. The Mimetic Effects of a Story-Pattern and its Formulas Bill W. McCrary (University of California, Los Angeles) Download Abstract
  4. Odysseus' Tears at Odyssey 8.521-541 William H. Race (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
  5. And My Heart Desired to Hear: Odysseus as the Paradigmatic Audience in Odyssey 12 Daniel A. Bellum (University of California, Irvine) Download Abstract

5:30-6:00 p.m. CAMWS-Southern Section Meeting - Beauregard's

6:00-7:00 p.m. Reception sponsored by the Women's Classical Caucus - Ascension

6:00-7:00 p.m. Graduate Student Happy Hour - Beauregard's

6:30-8:00 p.m. Dinner for CAMWS Vice-Presidents - Atrium Cafe


Friday, March 30, 2012


7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Registration - Kiosk C

7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Book Display - Livingston

8:30-10:15 a.m. Fifth Paper Session - Ascension

Section A: Cicero II

Brian Krostenko (University of Notre Dame), presiding

  1. Etymological Paradox and Orwellian Doublethink in Cicero's Republic 1.66-68 Christopher Polt (Carleton College) Download Abstract
  2. The Stoic Straw Man: How Cicero tries to Defeat Notions of the Good in De Finibus 4 David C. Noe (Calvin College) Download Abstract
  3. Redde quae restant: Social and Textual Exchange in Cicero's Brutus Daniel P. Hanchey (Baylor University) Download Abstract
  4. Roman Wit and "Greek" Theory in Cicero's De Oratore Richard Fernando Buxton (University of Texas, Austin) Download Abstract
  5. The Power of Eloquence and the Political Subtext of Cicero's Orator Nathan M. Kish (University of California, Los Angeles) Download Abstract

8:30-10:15 a.m. Fifth Paper Session - Iberville A

Section B: Horace I

Steven L. Jones (Houston Baptist University), presiding

  1. Hag and Snatcher: Canidia as Child-Killing Demon in Horace Epode 5 Maxwell Teitel Paule (Ohio State University) Download Abstract
  2. Amicus Sanus: Philodemean Ethics in Horace's Satires 1 and 4 Sergio Yona (University of Illinois, Urbana Download Abstract
  3. "Sincerum est nisi vas": Illness as Metaphor in Horace's Satires Amy L. Norgard (University of Illinois, Urbana Download Abstract
  4. The Unity of Horace Satires 1.1 Revisited John N. Rauk (Michigan State University) Download Abstract
  5. Q. Horatius Flaccus: Vates Sabinus Keith R. Fairbank (Brigham Young University) Download Abstract

8:30-10:15 a.m. Fifth Paper Session - Iberville B

Section C: Euripides I

Sophie J. V. Mills (University of North Carolina, Asheville), presiding

  1. "Geography Militant" in the plays of Euripides Rebecca F. Kennedy (Denison University) Download Abstract
  2. Towards a Reevaluation of Euripides' Oedipus C. Michael Sampson (University of Manitoba) Download Abstract
  3. The Philosophy of Euripides' Electra and the Physical Environment Kristin O. Lord (Wilfrid Laurier University) Download Abstract
  4. Sound Effects: Aural Aspects of Bacchae Katie A. Lamberto (University at Buffalo, SUNY) Download Abstract
  5. The Crisis of Possession: Dionysus, the Bacchae and Dramatic Illusion Scott Farrington (Independent Scholar) Download Abstract

8:30-10:15 a.m. Fifth Paper Session - Iberville C

Section D: Homer II

Jenny Strauss Clay (University of Virginia), presiding

  1. Narrative Tension and Suspension: The Ivory Cheek Piece Simile at Iliad 4.141-145 Craig M. Russell (University of California, Los Angeles) Download Abstract
  2. Achilles' Remorse Andrew Lear (New York University) Download Abstract
  3. Human and Divine Temporalities in the Iliad Lorenzo F. Garcia Jr. (University of New Mexico) Download Abstract
  4. Linos on the Shield of Achilles: A Perspective on Iliadic Poetics Andromache Karanika (University of California, Irvine) Download Abstract
  5. The Mēnis of Aeneas and the Dardanian Problem Cassandra Borges (Bowdoin College) Download Abstract

8:30-10:15 a.m. Fifth Paper Session - Baton Rouge East

Section E: Sallust

Eleni Manolaraki (University of South Florida), presiding

  1. Historians in the Histories: Sallust and the Role of Historiography Under the Triumvirate Jennifer Gerrish (University of Pennsylvania) Download Abstract
  2. Dicta and Facta in Sallust's Bellum Catilinae Thomas C. Rose (University of Iowa) Download Abstract
  3. The "Silence" of Sallust: Ironic Characterization of Sulla in the Bellum Jugurthinum Nicholas Geller (University of Michigan) Download Abstract
  4. Thucydidean Stasis in the Bellum Jugurthinum of Sallust Michael S. Vasta (Indiana University) Download Abstract
  5. Locus advorsus: Geography and the Battle at the Muthul (Sal. Jug. 48.3-53.5) P. Andrew Montgomery (Samford University) Download Abstract

8:30-10:15 a.m. Fifth Paper Session - Baton Rouge West

Section F: Reception I

Janice F. Siegel (Hampden-Sydney College), presiding

  1. On Account of the Scar Tom Hawkins (Ohio State University) - paper will be read by Andrew Alwine Download Abstract
  2. Persephone as Unifying Theme in Marion Mainwaring's Completed Edition of Edith Wharton's The Buccaneers Rocki Wentzel (Augustana College) Download Abstract
  3. Virgil in Seamus Heaney's Human Chain Steve B. Heiny (Earlham College) Download Abstract
  4. Many Sorts of Music: Plautus' Menaechmi and William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Cynthia A. Hornbeck (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Download Abstract
  5. "I had to laugh like hell": Laughter as Weapon and Shield in Lucian and Vonnegut Jessica L. Moore (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Sixth Paper Session - Ascension

Section A: Greek Oratory

Margaret E. Butler (Tulane University), presiding

  1. Words Spoken and Written: Forensic Oratory and the Epistle in Isocrates Michael H. Hanel (University of Cincinnati) Download Abstract
  2. If I Did It: Plotting, Authority, and Character in Attic Defense Speeches Kenneth M. Draper (Indiana University) Download Abstract
  3. A Drunken Brawl at Panactum: Ataxia in Demosthenes 54 John Friend (University of Tennessee) Download Abstract
  4. Violence and Revenge in Athenian Society Andrew Alwine (Wake Forest University) Download Abstract

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Sixth Paper Session - Iberville A

Section B: Catullus

Marilyn B. Skinner (University of Arizona), presiding

  1. Reciprocity and Justice in Catullan Invective Susan O. Shapiro (Utah State University) Download Abstract
  2. Otium and Intertext: Catullus and Calvus Revisited Christopher Nappa (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Download Abstract
  3. Lingua sed torpet: Genre and Translation in Catullus 51 Jessica McCutcheon (Yale University) Download Abstract
  4. pietas and pietà: Catullus meets Petrarch James S. Ruebel (Ball State University) Download Abstract

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Sixth Paper Session - Iberville B

Section C: Ovid II

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

  1. Stage Directions in Parenthesis in Ovid's Metamorphoses Thomas D. Kohn (Wayne State University) Download Abstract
  2. Ovid and the Story of Capella (Fasti 5.111-28) John F. Miller (University of Virginia) Download Abstract
  3. The Uneasy Suitor: Poetry and Power in Tristia 3.7 Joy Reeber (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract
  4. Ovid in the Land of the Dead Samuel J. Huskey (University of Oklahoma) Download Abstract

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Sixth Paper Session - Iberville C

Section D: Panel, GSIC - In the Real World Now: Tools for Designing Your Own Courses

Jennifer L. LaFleur (University of Virginia), organizer

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  1. Planning Small Seminars in Translation Stephanie A. McCarter (University of the South)
  2. First-time Teaching of a Large Lecture Course: What (Not) to Do Christopher P. Craig (University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
  3. Teaching the Second Year Latin Student to Swim the Mississippi Rex Stem (University of California, Davis)
  4. Aliquando Latine docendum est: Guidance on Active Latin for Graduate Students Neil Coffee (University at Buffalo, SUNY)

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Sixth Paper Session - Baton Rouge East

Section E: Aeschylus

David J. Schenker (University of Missouri, Columbia), presiding

  1. The Tablet-Writing Mind of Hades: A Third Model of Justice in the Eumenides Amit Shilo (New York University) Download Abstract
  2. Agamemnon at the Hearth Rachel Hart (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract
  3. How Could It Be Pure? Bird Violence in Aeschylus' Suppliants Kristin Mann (University of California, Los Angeles) Download Abstract
  4. Irigaray, the Pre-Socratics, and Aeschylus' Oresteia Niki H. Kantzios (University of South Florida) Download Abstract

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Sixth Paper Session - Baton Rouge West

Section F: Roman Novel

Emily E. Batinski (Louisiana State University), presiding

  1. The Challenge of Comic Intertextuality in Petronius Max L. Goldman (Vanderbilt University) Download Abstract
  2. The Role of Metamorphosis in Apuleius Kristopher Fletcher (Louisiana State University) Download Abstract
  3. Apuleius's Cupid as a (Male) Lamia (Met. 5.17-18) Debbie Felton (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Download Abstract
  4. Lucius in Wonderland: (Greek?) Landscapes and Travel in Apuleius' Golden Ass Evelyn Adkins (University of Michigan) Download Abstract

1:50-3:15 p.m. Seventh Paper Session - Coates 143

Section A: Reception II

Trudy H. Becker (Virginia Tech University), presiding

  1. A Touch Too Cerebral for That Audience: Eulogizing Caesar in HBO's "Rome" Season Two Angeline Chiu (University of Vermont) Download Abstract
  2. Hitchcock's Vertigo as Orpheus myth: what the auteur gains by citing the myth Roger T. Macfarlane (Brigham Young University) Download Abstract
  3. Oedipus Rex, Memento, and Sophism: a "Pragmatics" Reading Hardy C. Fredricksmeyer (University of Colorado, Boulder) Download Abstract
  4. De Chirico's Archaeologists and the Ruins of Rome Lauren E. Crampton (Bryn Mawr College) Download Abstract

1:50-3:15 p.m. Seventh Paper Session - Coates 228

Section B: Propertius

Tara S. Welch (University of Kansas), presiding

  1. Seeing Influence in Propertius 1.10 and 1.13 Patrick T. Beasom (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) Download Abstract
  2. Propertius 2.31/32 - Finding Unity through Urban Topography Erin I. Bryan (San Francisco State University) - paper withdrawn Download Abstract
  3. Propertius' Tarpeia, a Sacrifice to Progress Lindsay Samson (University of Iowa) Download Abstract
  4. Blame It on the A-a-a-a-a-Alcohol: Propertius 1.3 and the Poetics of Drunken Focalization Nick Rich (Timber Creek High School) Download Abstract

1:50-3:15 p.m. Seventh Paper Session - Coates 214

Section C: Panel - Reinventing the Critical Edition: New Developments in the Homer Multitext Project

Casey L. Dué (University of Houston), organizer

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  1. Digital Editions of St. Chad's Latin New Testament and the Wycliffe Bible Leah Elder & Tucker Hannah (Furman University)
  2. Undergraduate Research, An Essential Component of the Homer Multitext Project Mary Ebbott & Neel Smith (College of the Holy Cross)
  3. Canonical Citation and Image Quotation for Classics Christopher W. Blackwell & Nora Katherine Phillips (Furman University)
  4. Royal Iliads and Digital Criticism: A fresh look at the eleventh-century manuscripts in el Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de el Escorial Casey Dué (University of Houston)

1:50-3:15 p.m. Seventh Paper Session - Coates 218

Section D: Panel - New Mapping Resources for Instructors and Students

Richard J. A. Talbert (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), organizer

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  1. Recent Classroom Map Projects at the Ancient World Mapping Center Richard J. A. Talbert (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
  2. Mapping the Mysteries: GIS as Pedagogical Aid in the History of Religions Sandra Blakely (Emory University)
  3. Mapping Antiquity 'A La Carte' Ryan Horne (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
  4. Discussant Douglas Clapp (Samford University)

1:50-3:15 p.m. Seventh Paper Session - Coates 236

Section E: Hellenistic Poetry

Mary J. Depew (University of Iowa), presiding

  1. Wooden Actors and Stone Dancers: Niobe in Loukillios A.P. 11.253 and 254 Erica M. Bexley (Cornell University) Download Abstract
  2. Gems, Gender, and the Commoditization of Women in Posidippus' Lithika Emily M. Rush (University of California, Los Angeles) Download Abstract
  3. Foetus Apollo's Blame of Thebes in Callimachus' Hymn to Delos Leanna L. Boychenko (Yale University) Download Abstract
  4. The Thin Muse: The Poetics and Politics of Health in the Aetia Julia Hawkins (Ohio State University) Download Abstract

1:50-3:15 p.m. Seventh Paper Session - Coates 234

Section F: Tacitus

Mary R. McHugh (Gustavus Adolphus College), presiding

  1. Poppaea Venus in Tacitus' Annals Caitlin C. Gillespie (University of Pennsylvania) Download Abstract
  2. Ethos Translatum: Failures of Self-Characterization in Tacitus' Annales Philip T. Waddell (University of Missouri, Columbia) Download Abstract
  3. Allusive Concord: Tacitus Histories 2.37-38 and Sallust Bellum Catilinae 6.1 Jonathan R. Master (Emory University) Download Abstract
  4. Boiocalus' Request: Tacitus, Annals 13.54-56 Kathryn F. Williams (Canisius College) Download Abstract

1:50-3:15 p.m. Seventh Paper Session - Coates 111

Section G: Plato I

Mark F. Williams (Calvin College), presiding

  1. 'The Last Laugh': Homeric Echoes in Plato's Euthydemus Georgia Sermamoglou-Soulmaidi (University of Virginia) Download Abstract
  2. Is Socrates' Palinode Misleading? Edith G. Nally (University of Virginia) Download Abstract
  3. The Exclusion of Medicine and Oratory from Kallipolis Laury A. Ward (Hillsdale College) Download Abstract
  4. On Hippocrates and Plato: Plato as a doctor in the Symposium and the Timaeus Reema Habib (Florida State University) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Eighth Paper Session - Coates 143

Section A: Panel - Animum pictura pascit inani: Screening Roman Myth & Literature on Film and Television

Monica S. Cyrino (University of New Mexico), organizer

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  1. Dux femina cinematographica: Dido in Franco Rossi's Eneide Martin M. Winkler (George Mason University)
  2. Aeneas on Screen Gregory N. Daugherty (Randolph Macon College)
  3. ardescitque tuendo / Phoenissa: Screening the Roman Female Gaze of Desire Monica S. Cyrino (University of New Mexico)
  4. Homages and Allusions to Vergil in Contemporary Cinema Jon Solomon (University of Illinois, Urbana

3:30-5:15 p.m. Eighth Paper Session - Coates 228

Section B: Roman Archeology

Lucia Afonso (University of Toronto), presiding

  1. Barbarian Captives at Ancient Corinth and in the Athenian Agora Aileen Ajootian (University of Mississippi) Download Abstract
  2. Against Interpretation 2012: Sociological Approaches to Roman Domestic Decoration Francesca Tronchin (Rhodes College) Download Abstract
  3. Interrogating Urban Armatures in the Cities of Roman Asia Minor Matthew Naglak (University of Kansas) Download Abstract
  4. The Roman Triumph in the Circus Maximus: Architecture, Experience, and Memory Maggie L. Popkin (New York University) Download Abstract
  5. Some Observations On Urban Retail: the sagarii in Imperial Rome Rhodora G. Vennarucci (University at Buffalo, SUNY) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Eighth Paper Session - Coates 214

Section C: Roman Comedy and Satire

Thomas D. Frazel (Tulane University), presiding

  1. Tricking the Trickster: Milphio's Downfall Christopher W. Bungard (Butler University) Download Abstract
  2. Performing Obscenity in Plautus Seth Jeppesen (University of California, Santa Barbara) Download Abstract
  3. Gender and Speech in Roman Comedy Peter G. Barrios-Lech (University of Massachusetts, Boston) - paper will be read by Thomas J. Sienkewicz Download Abstract
  4. To Eat or Not to Eat Meat: Colyphium and Other Suspicious Delicacies Heather Vincent (Eckerd College) Download Abstract
  5. Res vera agitur: The Advisers to Domitian in Juvenal 4 and Virgil's Catalogue of Italian Heroes Jennifer Ferriss-Hill (University of Miami) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Eighth Paper Session - Coates 218

Section D: Pedagogy II

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

  1. Ancient pedagogy for the modern classroom and beyond Donka D. Markus (University of Michigan) Download Abstract
  2. Building a Secondary Latin Program in Under-Resourced Communities Laura Owen (KIPP Renaissance High School) Download Abstract
  3. The Other Side of the Coin: Undergraduate Research in Lean Times Julie Langford (University of South Florida) Download Abstract
  4. Assassinating Nero: The Pedagogical Virtues of Virtual Interaction Clara S. Hardy (Carleton College) Download Abstract
  5. Percy Jackson and the Classical Myth Professor Martha Payne (Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis/Ball State University) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Eighth Paper Session - Coates 236

Section E: Greek Historiography

William Bubelis (Washington University, St. Louis), presiding

  1. Six Themes Concerning Alexander the Great in the Writings of Polybius Nikolaus L. Overtoom (Louisiana State University) Download Abstract
  2. (Re)membering a Dismembered Past: The Hellenic League in the Persian War Tradition David C. Yates (Millsaps College) Download Abstract
  3. Multifunctional καί as part of Thucydides' discourse strategies Anna Bonifazi (University of Heidelberg) Download Abstract
  4. Authority and Authenticity in Xenophon's Historical Narrative: the Battle of Mantinea Emily Baragwanath (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
  5. Polybius and Atrocity in Hellenistic Warfare Gabriel Baker (University of Iowa) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Eighth Paper Session - Coates 234

Section F: Euripides II

E. Del Chrol (Marshall University), presiding

  1. Euripides' Hippolytus and the Origins of Greek Sexual Ascesis Thomas K. Hubbard (University of Texas, Austin) Download Abstract
  2. Merciless Savior: Deceptive Myths and the Battle of the Sexes in Euripides' Hecuba Derek S. Keyser (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) Download Abstract
  3. Balancing Justice in Euripides' Hecuba Daniel Turkeltaub (Santa Clara University) Download Abstract
  4. Melos Philion, Melos Daion: The Song and Dance of Death in Euripides' Herakles Trigg W. Settle (University of New Mexico) Download Abstract
  5. The Endurance of Aretē in Euripides' Heracles Katherine Lu (University of Michigan) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Eighth Paper Session - Coates 111

Section G: Virgil II

Christine G. Perkell (Emory University), presiding

  1. Poets, proems, and the problem of politics: Lucretian ataraxia and the Aeneid Clayton A. Schroer (University of Georgia) Download Abstract
  2. Hercules, the Lesser Mysteries and Vergil's Georgics III Patricia A. Johnston (Brandeis University) Download Abstract
  3. Reading the Third Book of Varro's De Re Rustica through the Lens of Vergil's Fourth Georgic Barbara A. Blythe (Brown University) Download Abstract
  4. Nobis memoranda - Columella's Reimagining of Vergil's Georgics David J. White (Baylor University) Download Abstract
  5. Changing the Body, Changing the Body Politic: Plague in Vergil and Ovid Hunter H. Gardner (University of South Carolina) Download Abstract

5:15-6:30 p.m. Reception on campus - LSU (Art and Design Building)

7:00-­7:30 p.m. Cash Bar - Iberville A-C

7:30-10:00 p.m. CAMWS Annual Banquet - Iberville A-C

  • Presiding: Monica S. Cyrino (University of New Mexico)
  • Welcome: Gaines M. Foster, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, Louisiana State University
  • Response: Peter E. Knox (University of Colorado, Boulder), CAMWS President-Elect
  • Ovationes: James M. May (Saint Olaf College), CAMWS Orator
  • Address: Julia D. Hejduk (Baylor University), CAMWS President
  • Title: "Teaching in Paradise"

Saturday, March 31, 2012


7:30-12:30 p.m. Registration - Kiosk C

7:30-12:30 p.m. Book Display - Livingston

8:15-9:25 a.m. Business Meeting - Ascension

9:35-10:40 a.m. Ninth Paper Session - Ascension

Section A: Theseus

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

  1. A Thesean Socrates: Plato's Suggestive Allusion Sophie Crawford-Brown (Florida State University) Download Abstract
  2. Theseus and the Sow of Krommyon Stephen C. Fineberg (Knox College) Download Abstract
  3. The Perigune Episode in Plutarch's Theseus Joseph B. Zehner (Texas Tech University) Download Abstract

9:35-10:40 a.m. Ninth Paper Session - Iberville A

Section B: Inscriptions

Susann S. Lusnia (Tulane University), presiding

  1. Polymetry in Greek Epitaphs Marie-Claire A. Beaulieu (Tufts University) Download Abstract
  2. IG i³ 35, 36 and the Origins of the Democratic Priestess of Athena Nike Michael Laughy (Monmouth College) Download Abstract
  3. A New Interpretation of CIL 6.14672: Latin Legalism and Greek Philosophical Epigram Christopher K. Geggie (Brown University) Download Abstract

9:35-10:40 a.m. Ninth Paper Session - Iberville B

Section C: Plutarch

Hubert M. Martin, Jr. (University of Kentucky, Lexington), presiding

  1. Plutarch at Delphi: Religious Transformations in Platonic Philosophy Steve A. Maiullo (Hope College) Download Abstract
  2. Captivating the Captors: Re-defining masculinity, Identity and Post-Colonialism in Plutarch's Parallel Lives Andrea L. Pittard (University of South Florida) Download Abstract
  3. Plutarch on the Statesman: Stability and Change in the Lives Laurel Fulkerson (Florida State University) Download Abstract

9:35-10:40 a.m. Ninth Paper Session - Iberville C

Section D: Latin Prose

T. Davina McClain (Louisiana Scholars' College, Northwestern State University), presiding

  1. Black and White and Red All Over: Colors and Categories in Pliny's Natural History David B. Wharton (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) Download Abstract
  2. Boxes in Boxes: The Penus Chapter of Aulus Gellius in its Context Austin Chapman (University of Cincinnati) Download Abstract
  3. Ordine rerum fortuito? The Programmatic Ordering of Gellius' Noctes Atticae Book 1 Scott J. DiGiulio (Brown University) Download Abstract

9:35-10:40 a.m. Ninth Paper Session - Baton Rouge East

Section E: Greek Epic

Anatole Mori (University of Missouri, Columbia), presiding

  1. Twin Prophecies and Divergent Fates in the Cypria Benjamin Sammons (Independent Scholar) Download Abstract
  2. Herakles, Caught Between Nature and Culture in the Argonautika David J. Hetrick (University of Florida) Download Abstract
  3. Theodotus' On the Jews in Context Chad Schroeder (University of California, Santa Barbara) Download Abstract

9:35-10:40 a.m. Ninth Paper Session - Baton Rouge West

Section F: Statius

Mathias Hanses (Columbia University), presiding

  1. Iocasta's Intercession in Statius' Thebaid and its Literary Antecedents Robert Simms (Chuo University) Download Abstract
  2. Beginning from Zeus: Pindaric Encomium in Statius' Thebaid Mitchell H. Parks (Brown University) Download Abstract
  3. The Comedy of Parenting in Statius' Achilleid Alexander J. Lessie (University of California, Los Angeles) Download Abstract

10:55 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Tenth Paper Session - Ascension

Section A: Panel - The Never-Ending Story: Advocating for the Classics

Keely K. Lake (Wayland Academy), organizer

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  1. Ne Historia Iteretur: Current Threats to the Classics in a Historical Context Kenneth F. Kitchell Jr. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
  2. What's Wrong with Latin? Johanna K. Sandrock (Louisiana State University)
  3. A Recent Case Study from Mississippi Mark Edward Clark (Mississippi State University)

10:55 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Tenth Paper Session - Iberville A

Section B: Roman Art

Liane Houghtalin (University of Mary Washington), presiding

  1. Mars and Venus and Banqueting Couples Laura L. Brant (Indiana University) Download Abstract
  2. Kraters without Banquets: The Ritual Space of sympotic Vessels in South Italian Funerary Wall Painting (IV-II BCE) Tiziana D'Angelo (Harvard University) Download Abstract
  3. It's Complicated: The Roman Relationship with the Wolf as Examined Through a Relief in Pompeii Elizabeth Bemis (University of Florida) Download Abstract

10:55 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Tenth Paper Session - Iberville B

Section C: Undergraduate Panel

Susan D. Martin (University of Tennessee), presiding

  1. The Boundaries of Love: Tereus as a Contrast to the Elegiac Amator Samantha E. Pivetz (Carleton College) Download Abstract
  2. A Failed Transition from Passive to Active Lover in Tibullus 1.8 Mellisa Udhayananondh (Carleton College) Download Abstract
  3. New Light on the Greek Dark Age: A Reevaluation of the Traditional Evidence Regarding the Supposed "Dorian Invasion" Christopher C. Rios (University of North Texas) Download Abstract

10:55 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Tenth Paper Session - Iberville C

Section D: Greek Comedy

Ariana E. Traill (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), presiding

  1. Sostratos' Persuasive Development in Menander's Dyskolos Kyle Helms (University of Cincinnati) Download Abstract
  2. The Absence of Myrrhine in Menander's Perikeiromene Mitchell D. Brown (University of Cincinnati) Download Abstract
  3. Old Becomes New: Comedy in the Imperial Period Anna Peterson (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Download Abstract

10:55 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Tenth Paper Session - Baton Rouge East

Section E: Seneca II, Tragedy

Joe Park Poe (Tulane University), presiding

  1. "Do You Recognize Me Now?": Medea as Aphrodite Anna E. Beek (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities) Download Abstract
  2. Ludus Philosophiae: Teaching Virtus and Pietas to Nero in the Thyestes Timothy Wutrich (Case Western Reserve University) Download Abstract
  3. Changed Minds: Andromache's Vision of Hector in Seneca's Troades Karen M. Jones (Brown University) Download Abstract

10:55 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Tenth Paper Session - Baton Rouge West

Section F: Plato II

Nicoletta Villa-Sella (Linsly School), presiding

  1. Plato's ὕμνοι Michael E. Brumbaugh (Reed College) Download Abstract
  2. Solon and the Rhetoric of Philosophy in Plato's Dialogues Samuel O. Flores (Ohio State University) Download Abstract
  3. Killing Time: The Philosopher's Leisure in Plato's Theaetetus Anne McDonald (Brown University) Download Abstract

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Consulares' Luncheon - Beauregard's

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. Vergilian Society Luncheon - Atrium Cafe

1:30-3:15 p.m. Eleventh Paper Session - Ascension

Section A: Pedagogy III

Robert W. Ulery, Jr. (Wake Forest University), presiding

  1. The Pausanias Digital Project: Teaching Classics in the Digital Age David C. Carlisle (Washington and Lee University) Robert E. Vander Poppen (Rollins College) Download Abstract
  2. Coniuratio! A Mini-Reacting to the Past Game on the Catilinarian Conspiracy Bret Mulligan (Haverford College) Download Abstract
  3. A New Tool for the Study of Vergil Matthew A. Carter (University of Western Ontario) - paper will be read by Robert W. Ulery, Jr. Download Abstract
  4. Preparing Students for the 21st Century. BCE: Making Papyrus in a High School Latin Class. Nick L. Fletcher (Hawken School) Download Abstract
  5. "Something for Everyone, A Comedy Tonight!": Translation and Performance in the Second-Year High School Latin Classroom Alena Allen (Cathedral Catholic High School) Download Abstract

1:30-3:15 p.m. Eleventh Paper Session - Iberville A

Section B: Roman Religion

Carin M. Green (University of Iowa), presiding

  1. The Sibylline Books in the Early Roman Empire Susan Satterfield (Rhodes College) Download Abstract
  2. Epilepsy and Etruscan Religious Practice Wayne L. Rupp (Loyola University, New Orleans) Download Abstract
  3. Beggars at the Feast: Problematizing the Roman Attitude toward the Galli Krishni S. Burns (University at Buffalo, SUNY) Download Abstract
  4. Tunica or Stola? The Dress of the Vestal Virgins Meghan DiLuzio (Baylor University) Download Abstract
  5. Men, Sex, and Scandal: Anxiety over Male Participation in the Bacchanalian Affair of 186 B.C.E. Jessica L. Wise (University of North Carolina) Download Abstract

1:30-3:15 p.m. Eleventh Paper Session - Iberville B

Section C: Aristophanes

Gwen L. Compton-Engle (John Carroll University), presiding

  1. Aristophanes' Clouds: The Comedy and Poetics of the Sublime Joan Paez (University of California, Irvine) Download Abstract
  2. Men In Drag Are Funny: Metatheatricality and Gendered Humor in Aristophanes Reina E. Callier (University of Colorado, Boulder) Download Abstract
  3. All about Alcibiades?: The Importance of Topography in Aristophanes' Frogs Anne M. Duray (University of Arizona) Download Abstract
  4. Euripidaristophanizein: Euripides, Aristophanes, and the Predecessors to New Comedy Matthew Cohn (University of Michigan) Download Abstract
  5. Cleon's Pederasty of the Demos? The Case of Aristophanes' Knights Robert H. Simmons (University of North Carolina, Greensboro) Download Abstract

1:30-3:15 p.m. Eleventh Paper Session - Iberville C

Section D: Homer III

Ruth Scodel (University of Michigan), presiding

  1. What's Yours is Mine: The Ethic of Plunder in Homer Joseph McDonald (Brown University) Download Abstract
  2. Winding up Doloi: Literal and Metaphorical Textile Language in Homer Caitlin C. Halasz (University of California, Los Angeles) Download Abstract
  3. Aigaion-Briareos before and after Iliad 1 Sean Harrigan (Yale University) Download Abstract
  4. The Divine Arming of Achilles Michael S. Holstead (Indiana University, Bloomington) Download Abstract
  5. Disruptive Flowers and Apportioned Lands: A Vegetal Origin for the Nómos/Phúsis Dichotomy William H. Brockliss (Brigham Young University) Download Abstract

1:30-3:15 p.m. Eleventh Paper Session - Baton Rouge East

Section E: Greek Lyric II

Caley S. McGuill (University of New Mexico), presiding

  1. Alcaeus' Ethnic Invective Ippokratis Kantzios (University of South Florida) Download Abstract
  2. γύναικες μιαρώταται and the Ritual of Agriculture Lucian P. Maloy (University of Illinois, Urbana) Download Abstract
  3. Sappho's Erotic Plectrum Timothy Power (Rutgers University) Download Abstract
  4. Love and Marriage in Corinna's Daughters of Asopus (PMG 654) Alexander E. Hall (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract
  5. Complaints of an Old Lady: Sappho, Women, and the Aging Process Kristen M. Gentile (College of Charleston) Download Abstract

1:30-3:15 p.m. Eleventh Paper Session - Baton Rouge West

Section F: Virgil III

Amy K. Leonard (Walker School), presiding

  1. The Most Desperate Game: Camilla's Death Ride in Aeneid XI as Athletic Contest and Funeral Rite Thomas R. Keith (University of Chicago) Download Abstract
  2. Vergil at the Races: The Contest of Ships in Book 5 of the Aeneid Carl A. Anderson (Michigan State University) and T. Keith Dix (University of Georgia) Download Abstract
  3. Fowl Play at Actium Timothy S. Heckenlively (Baylor University) Download Abstract
  4. Venus, Apollo, and Augustus: The Politics of Diagnosis and Cure in the Iapyx Scene of Aeneid 12 Laura Marshall (Ohio State University) Download Abstract
  5. The Artist and the Doomed Youth: The Symbolism of Troilus in Virgil's Aeneid Daniel T. Barber (Creighton University) - paper will be read by Stephanie A. McCarter Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Twelfth Paper Session - Ascension

Section A: Panel - The Latin and Greek Classrooms of the Future: Quo Vadimus cum Technologia?

Kenneth F. Kitchell, Jr. (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), organizer

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  1. Teaching and Testing Ancient Greek in a Digital World Wilfred E. Major (Lousiana State University)
  2. MyLatinLab: Towards a Paperless Latin Course Thomas J. Sienkewicz (Monmouth College)
  3. Technology Tools for the 21st Century Latin and Greek Classroom Cindy Caltagirone (Technology Committee, American Classical League)
  4. NoDictionaries.com, and beyond: New ways to experience Latin Lee Butterman (Independent Scholar) - paper withdrawn; will be summarized by Kenneth F. Kitchell, Jr.
  5. Tres Columnae Crescunt: Building the Textbook of the Future Justin M. Schwamm, Jr. (Massey Hill Classical High School)

3:30-5:15 p.m. Twelfth Paper Session - Iberville A

Section B: Panel - Epic and Empire: Themes Linking Caesar and Vergil in the New AP Latin Course

Robert W. Cape (Austin College) and Jane W. Crawford (University of Virginia), organizers

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  1. The Camp and the City in Caesar's BG and BC Elizabeth Keitel (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
  2. Caesar's Leadership in the First Invasion of Britain Robert W. Cape (Austin College)
  3. The Costs of War: Vergil and Caesar Mary L. B. Pendergraft (Wake Forest University)
  4. Following Guidelines and Finding Freedom in Latin AP Keely K. Lake (Wayland Academy)
  5. Connecting Themes in the new AP Exam to National Standards for Classical Language Learning: Using Examples from Current Events Dawn LaFon (White Station High School)

3:30-5:15 p.m. Twelfth Paper Session - Iberville B

Section C: Archaic Greek Poetry

Keyne A. Cheshire (Davidson College), presiding

  1. Dancing towards Delphi: Ritual and Identity in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo (453-547) Sarah E. Olsen (University of California, Berkeley) Download Abstract
  2. What does εὐκλεᾶ λαοσσόων μναστῆρ’ ἀγώνων at Pythian 12.24 mean? Simon P. Burris (Baylor University) Download Abstract
  3. "Now, I'm going to let you finish, but...": a 'Hesiodic' response to the Delian Maidens in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo 188-193 Stephen A. Sansom (Vanderbilt University) Download Abstract
  4. Women in Hesiod, Semonides, and Pindar Arum Park (Washington and Lee University) Download Abstract
  5. Solon fr. 1 G.-P.2 = 13 W.2: An Intertextual Approach Evan Ward (Vanderbilt University) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Twelfth Paper Session - Iberville C

Section D: Horace II, Odes

Aaron M. Seider (College of the Holy Cross), presiding

  1. A Water Clock in Horace, Ode 2.5 George F. Franko (Hollins University) Download Abstract
  2. Critical Comfort: Horace on Vergil's Quintilius Timothy S. Johnson (College of Charleston) Download Abstract
  3. Turning Tables: Juno's Lyric Reconciliation in Horace C.III.3 Generosa Sangco-Jackson (University of Florida Download Abstract
  4. Horace Odes 2.7 and the Literary Tradition of Rhipsaspia Joshua M. Smith (University of Wisconsin, Madison) Download Abstract
  5. Fillies and Fawns: Multiple Allusions in Horace's Lyric Landscape (Odes 1.23) Kristen Ehrhardt (John Carroll University) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Twelfth Paper Session - Baton Rouge East

Section E: Roman Epic

Andrew P. Roth (University of Florida), presiding

  1. The Destruction of the Eye in Book 6 of Lucan's Bellum Civile Christina E. Franzen (Marshall University) Download Abstract
  2. Aeetes' Kakoi: Decadence and Degeneration in Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica Nicholas Dee (University of Illinois, Urbana Download Abstract
  3. Seeing Double: Simile and Reality in Mopsus's Prophecy Darcy A. Krasne (University of Arkansas) Download Abstract
  4. Stoicism at War: the Paired Speeches of Brutus and Cato in Lucan's Pharsalia Hilary J. Bouxsein (University of Virginia) Download Abstract
  5. Whatever Happened to Thoas? Hypsipyle's Rituals in Valerius Flaccus and Statius Vassiliki Panoussi (College of William and Mary) Download Abstract

3:30-5:15 p.m. Twelfth Paper Session - Baton Rouge West

Section F: Roman History and Society

Kenneth R. Jones (Baylor University), presiding

  1. Great Communicators: Identity as Performance and Language as Identity in the Late Republic Claudia I. Arno (University of Michigan) Download Abstract
  2. Octavian and Parthia: The Earlier Policy of the Later Augustus Jason M. Schlude (Duquesne University) Download Abstract
  3. Collaborators amongst the Opposition? Deconstructing the Imperial Cursus Honorum Thomas E. Strunk (Xavier University) Download Abstract
  4. The Atrium and the Elite: Models of Space in Latin Literature Jacqueline F. DiBiasie (University of Texas, Austin) Download Abstract
  5. The Apples of Alcinous and the Iconography of Exchange in Latin Poetry William S. Duffy (University of Texas, San Antonio) Download Abstract