Ancient Greek History Colloquium

Day 1: Saturday September 16

SESSION ONE: HEROES AND VILLAINS IN CLASSICAL ATHENS

9:30-10:30 Rob Tordoff (York University) “Kleon Son of Kleainetos of Kydathenaion”

10:30-11:30 Matthew Christ (Indiana University) “Xenophon on Pericles, Socrates, and Athens: Memorabilia 3.5”

11:30-12:30 Robert Wallace (Northwestern University) “Thucydides’ Tragedy”

LUNCH BREAK (12:30-1:30)

SESSION TWO: WOMEN’S AGENCY

1:30-2:30 Allison Glazebrook (Brock University) “Community, Women, and Place in the Speeches of Isaeus”

2:30-3:30 Sara Forsdyke (University of Michigan) “Doing Whatever She Wishes and Going Wherever She Wants: Women’s Agency in the Delphic

Manumission Inscriptions”

COFFEE BREAK (3:30-4:00)

SESSION THREE: IMPLIED AUDIENCES

4:00-5:00 Judith Fletcher (Wilfrid Laurier University) “Euripides’ Female Audiences”

5:00-6:00 Ryan Balot (University of Toronto) “Who Is the Implied Audience of Plato’s Laws?”