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Ancient Novel Conference

THE ANCIENT NOVEL AND ITS RECEPTION OF EARLIER LITERATURE
A KYKNOS conference at University College Cork, Ireland
Wednesday 29 August – Friday 31 August 2007

The reception of the texts of ancient Greece and Rome in later literature and culture has emerged as an area of intense scholarly interest in recent years. The ancient Greek and Roman novels, rich in intertextuality and allusion, provide ample scope for the study of the reception of earlier literature in the narrative of the Empire.

In this context, the Department of Classics at University College Cork will host a KYKNOS conference on 29-31 August 2007, with the aim of exploring the reception of earlier Greek and Roman literature in the ancient novels and the way in which reception shapes the novels’ content, structure and style.

This conference is funded by the UCC College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Science Conference Fund and the UCC Classics Department.


FINAL PROGRAMME

The conference will take place in the O’Rahilly Building, room 2.55

Wednesday, 29 August – afternoon session
Chair: John Morgan (Swansea)

3.00 – 4.00 Registration and tea

4.00 – 4.30 Introduction: conference organisers and KYKNOS director

4.30 – 5.30 Tim Whitmarsh (Exeter): Novelists Cite Novelists

5.30 – 6.30 Koen De Temmerman (Stanford): Where Philosophy and Rhetoric Meet: Character Typification in the Greek Novel

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    7.30 Dinner at Cafe de la Paix
     

    Thursday, 30 August – morning session
    Chair: John Morgan (Swansea)

    9.00 – 10.00 Ian Repath (Lampeter): Platonic Love and Erotic Ignorance in Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe

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      10.00 – 11.00 Maria-Elpiniki Oikonomou (Swansea): Only Dreaming... Anthia’s Dream in the Ephesiaka

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        11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
         

        11.30 – 12.30 Konstantin Doulamis (UCC): Forensic Oratory and Rhetorical Theory in Chariton

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          12.45 – 2.00 Buffet Lunch
           

          Thursday, 30 August – afternoon session
          Chair: Konstantin Doulamis (UCC)

          2.00 – 3.00 John Morgan (Swansea): Philetas and Longus
           
          3.00 – 4.00 Elias Koulakiotis (Rethymnon): The Rhetoric of Otherness: Alexander’s Letter About India and the Alexander Romance

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            Late afternoon free to explore Cork City
             
            7.30 Conference Dinner at Jacob's on the Mall
             

            Friday, 31 August – morning session
            Chair: Tim Whitmarsh (Exeter)

            9.00 – 10.00 Costas Panayotakis (Glasgow): Petronius’ Iambics on the Condemnation of Luxury (Sat. 55.5-6)

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              10.00 – 11.00 Maeve O’Brien (NUI Maynooth): Writing the Pale Imitation: The Story of Meroe and Socrates in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses 1. 1-19

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                11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
                 
                11.30 – 12.30 Michael Paschalis (Rethymnon): Petronius and Virgil: Readings and Contexts
                 
                12.30 – 1.00 Closing Discussion
                 
                1.00 – 2.00 Buffet Lunch
                 

                For information, contact:
                Dr Konstantin Doulamis
                Department of Classics
                University College Cork
                Ireland
                Tel: +353-21-4902565
                Fax: +353-21-4903277
                Email: K.Doulamis@ucc.ie