Plutarch's Cities
International Symposium Plutarch's Cities In honour of Anastasios Nikolaidis 25-29 April 2013 European Cultural Centre of Delphi The Department of Philology of the University of Crete, in collaboration with the Secretary of the International Plutarch Society, Prof. Frances Titchener, and the European Cultural Centre of Delphi, is happy to announce an international symposium on ‘Plutarch’s cities’ that will take place in Delphi (April 25-29, 2013). This is a symposium to honour Prof. Anastasios Nikolaidis’ lifelong dedication to Plutarchan studies. The symposium is subsidized by the European Cultural Centre of Delphi and supported by the University of Crete
Programme Thursday 25 April 17.00-18.00 [exact time depending on flight arrivals]Departure of coach from the Athens International Airport (Eleutherios Venizelos, Arrivals Exit 5) for Delphi 20.30 – 21.00 Arrival, check in and dinner at European Cultural Centre of Delphi Guesthouse (Dining Hall) Friday 26 April 07.30-09.30 Breakfast - European Cultural Centre of Delphi Guesthouse (Dining Hall) (available only to those who stay at the European Cultural Centre of Delphi) 09.00-13.00 REGISTRATION – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue 09.30-11.00 1st SESSION - European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Dionysos room) Chair: Chris Pelling 09.30-10.00 Luc Van der Stockt ‘Plutarch’s Civitas Dei’ 10.00-10.15 Discussion 10.15-10.45 Jan Opsomer ‘Are you a political animal?’ 10.45-11.00 Discussion 11.00-11.30 Coffee/tea break – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Patio) 11.30-13.00 2nd SESSION: European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Dionysos room) Chair: Dimos Spatharas 11.30-12.00 Geert Roskam ‘The place of the polis in Plutarch's political thinking’ 12.00-12.15 Discussion 12.15-12.45 Alexei Zadorozhnyy ‘The city and the self in Plutarch’ 12.45-13.00 Discussion 13.15-14.30 Lunch – European Cultural Centre of Delphi Guesthouse (Dining Hall) 14.30-17.00 Afternoon Break 17.00-18.30 3rd SESSION – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Dionysos room) Chair: Aurelio Pérez Jiménez 17.00-17.30 Thomas Schmidt ‘Explaining the city: the polis in Plutarch's Quaestiones Graecae’ 17.30-17.45 Discussion 17.45-18.15 Athena Kavoulaki ‘The polis on display in Plutarch’s Lives’ 18.15-18.30 Discussion 18.30-19.00 Coffee/tea break – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Patio) 19.00-20.30 4th SESSION - European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Dionysos room) Chair: Luc Van der Stockt 19.00-19.30 Paola Volpe ‘Momenti di vita spartana nella biografia plutarchea di Licurgo’ 19.30-19.45 Discussion 19.45-20.15 Chris Pelling ‘Stereotyping Sparta, stereotyping Athens: Herodotus, Thucydides - and Plutarch’ 20.15-20.30 Discussion 20.45-22.00 Dinner at the European Cultural Centre of Delphi Guesthouse (Dining Hall) Saturday 27 April 07.30-9.30 Breakfast - European Cultural Centre of Delphi Guesthouse (Dining Hall)available only to those who stay at the European Cultural Centre of Delphi 09.30-11.00 5th SESSION – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Dionysos room) Chair: Ewen Bowie 09.30-10.00 Timothy Duff ‘Plutarch’s Alcibiades and Athens’ 10.00-10.15 Discussion 10.15-10.45 Suzanne Said ‘Athens as a place in the Athenian Lives of Plutarch’ 10.45-11.00 Discussion 11.00-11.30 Coffee/tea break – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Patio) 11.30-13.00 6th SESSION – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Dionysos room) Chair: Maria Vamvouri Ruffy 11.30-12.00 Delfim Leão ‘Plutarch’s Life of Phocion and the end of the polis: the last polites and the mob of new idiotai’ 12.00-12.15 Discussion 12.15-12.45 Aurelio Pérez Jiménez ‘La ciudad y la nave. Recepción y usos de una imagen en la obra de Plutarco’ 12.45-13.00 Discussion 13.15-14.30 Lunch – European Cultural Centre of Delphi Guesthouse (Dining Hall) 14.30-17.00 Afternoon Break 17.00-18.30 7th SESSION – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Dionysos room) Chair: Philip Stadter 17.00-17.30 Judith Mossman ‘Plutarch’s Troy’ 17.30-17.45 Discussion 17.45-18.15 Ewen Bowie ‘Plutarch’s Chaeronea’ 18.15-18.30 Discussion 18.30-19.00 coffee/tea break – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Patio) 19.00-20.30 8th SESSION – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Dionysos room) Chair: Katerina Oikonomopoulou 19.00-19.30 Michael Paschalis ‘Octavian-Augustus, Antony and the Imperial Cult in Athens’ 19.30-19.45 Discussion 19.45-20.15 Paolo Desideri ‘Plutarch and the city of Rome in Plutarch’s own times’ 20.15-20.30 Discussion FREE EVENING Sunday 28 April 07.30-09.30 Breakfast – European Cultural Centre of Delphi Guesthouse (Dining Hall)(available only to those who stay at the European Cultural Centre of Delphi) 09.30-11.00 9th SESSION- European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Dionysos room) Chair: Stelios Panayotakis 09.30-10.00 Aristoula Georgiadou ‘On Thespiae’ 10.00-10.15 Discussion 10.15-10.45 Joseph Geiger ‘City and sanctuary in Plutarch’ 10.45-11.00 Discussion 11.00-11.30 Coffee/tea break – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (patio) 11.30-13.00 10th SESSION – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Dionysos) Chair: Judith Mossman 11.30-12.00 Katerina Panagopoulou ‘Plutarch’s northern Greek cities’ 12.00-12.15 Discussion 12.15-12.45 Yannis Tzifopoulos ‘aposphendonetoi in Plutarch (Greek Questions 293a-b) and the colonisation of Methone’ 12.45-13.00 Discussion 13.15-14.30 Lunch – European Cultural Centre of Delphi Guesthouse (Dining Hall) 14.30-17.00 Afternoon break 17.00-18.30 11th SESSION – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Dionysos room) Chair: Frances Titchener 17.00-17.30 Philip Stadter ‘Plutarch and Delphi’ 17.30-17.45 Discussion 17.45-18.15 Tim Whitmarsh ‘Plutarch the priest (unplugged)’ 18.15-18.30 Discussion 18.30-18.45 Refreshments – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Patio) 18.45-20.30 12th SESSION – European Cultural Centre of Delphi conference venue (Dionysus room) I. Quaestiones convivales Chair: Lucia Athanassaki 18.45-19.30 Kostas Apostolakis, Katerina Ladianou, Nikos Litinas, Zacharoula Petraki, Konstantinos Spanoudakis, Melina Tamiolaki ‘Plutarch at Rethymnon: Notes for a Bios’ 19.30-20.00 Frances Titchener ‘The city of philanthropia’ 20.00-20.10 Serving ourselves some more wine for II. Συμποτικά Chair: Diotima Papadi 20.10-20.30 The honorand’s response 20.45-22.00 Dinner – European Cultural Centre of Delphi Guesthouse (Dining Hall) Monday 29 April 07.00-09.00 Breakfast – European Cultural Centre of Delphi Guesthouse (available only to those who stay at the European Cultural Centre of Delphi) 07.30 Departure by coach for the Athens International Airport For further information please contact the organisers: Lucia Athanassaki (athanassaki@phl.uoc.gr) Frances Titchener (frances.titchener@usu.edu) |
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