Wednesday, October 30th
17:00 – 19:00
DIA
The Danish Institute at Athens
Chairefontos 14
GR-105 58 Athens
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The ancient Greek novels have in recent decades moved to the forefront of classical scholarship. Works such as Chariton’s Callirhoe, Achilles Tatius’ Leucippe and Clitophon, and Heliodorus’ Aethiopica are not only sophisticated literary achievements from the Imperial age, but they also offer rare insights into the life and imagination of the Hellenized East. The ancient novels combine romances of wild teenage love with expansive stories of flight, travel, and encounters with foreign cultures far from home. Following the ancient trade routes connecting the Roman Empire to Persia, India, and East Africa, these mundane odysseys explore a world which is both historically recognizable, and strikingly globalized.
In this lecture, Christian Dahl will introduce the Greek novel and explore its importance not only in the context of ancient literature but also in the broader development of the novel as a genre.
Every one is welcome. The lecture can also be attended online - register here.
Program
16:00 – 18:00
Book Launch: From Homer to Hatzi-Yavrouda: Aspects of Oral Narration in the Greek Tradition
17:00 – 19:00
Lecture by Benjamin Pedersen: Aristotle, the Peripatetics and the Origin of Ancient Biographical Writing
19:00 – 13:59
Lecture by Mathias Danbolt: Sculpture and the Puppetry of Power: Art, Materials and Colonial Dynamics in 18th Century Denmark-Norway (Date TBC)
17:00 – 19:00
Nana-Francisca Schottländer: Oracuclar. Performance and artist talk
07:00 – 17:00
Chairefontos14A Platia Aghias Aikaterinis, Plaka GR-105 58 Athens
Cognition and Emotion in Ancient Historical Writing
By Benjamin Pedersen
17:00 – 19:00
Lecture by Magnus Brandt Nielsen: Greek Roots, Arabic Branches: The Concept of Nature in Arabic Philosophy
06:00 – 16:00
Sanctuary, City and Congregation: Athana Lindia and her Sanctuary in Context
16:00 – 18:00
Artist Talk: Marie Lund
By Marie Lund
17:00 – 19:00
Concert: Anton Friisgaard & Oscar Friisgaard