"I myself have always found it beneficial to combine things Latin with things Greek; I think you should do the same."

 -Cicero-

Students in Greek Mythology class perform a scene from Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound.

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Dedicated to the Roman God Jupiter, the Ides fell on the day of the full moon in the Roman calendar.  Because a full moon comes halfway through each lunation, its day was called 'Idus' in Latin, meaning "divide".  Greek and Roman Studies celebrates the Ides each month during the academic year with a guest speaker or performance. 

Ides Lecture & Performance Series  2011-2012

September 12
Film "Monty Python's Life Of Brian"

October  13
James Westerman: "Exploring The Osireion At Abydos, Egypt"

November 14
Hugh Feiss "Revising The Augustinian Tradition Of Love In The Abbey Of St. Victor In The 12th Century"

January 18
Antony Augoustakis, "Women In Flavian Epic"

February 9
Duncan Keenan-Jones, "Anio Novis: Water, Environment, And Collapse In Late Antique Rome"

March 21
World Poetry Day: Marathon Reading Of Homer's Odyssey 2 p.m. - 5 a.m.

April
Student Presentations And Greco-Roman Banquet