Classical Greeks in Confrontation: A Workshop on History and Literature - 14/04/2016, Nicosia (Cypr

FECHA/DATE/DATA: 14/04/2016

LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: Old University Campus, Room A 106, University of Cyprus (Nicosia, Cyprus)

ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: The Department of Classical Studies and Philosophy, University of Cyprus

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INSCRIPCIÓN/REGISTRATION/REGISTRAZIONE: gratis / free / gratuito

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Session 1: History: Greece and the Orient 17.00 Dominique Lenfant (Université de Strasbourg): Polygamy in Greek Views of Persians 17.45 Martin Lang (Universität Innsbruck): Ancient Near Eastern Lamentation Literature – its Character, its Sitz im Leben and the Echo in the Classical Tradition 18.00-18.30 Coffee Break Session 2: Classical Historiography 18.30 Edith Foster (Case Western Reserve University/University of Strasbourg / Institute for Advanced Studies): Conceptions of ἀρετή and the representation of battle in Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon 19.15 Antonis Tsakmakis (University of Cyprus): The battle of (and on) Thucydides’ continuators: Xenophon, Cratippus, Theopompus and the Oxyrhynchus historian