Mar 14
Classics Department Faculty CAMWS Conference Talks
Join us for a special preview of upcoming presentations by our Visiting Assistant Professors of Classics, Cecilia Cozzi and Anastasia Pantazopoulou!
Before they head to the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) Conference, Professors Cozzi and Pantazopoulou will be sharing insights into their research and giving us a sneak peek at their conference talks. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage with cutting-edge scholarship in classics and learn more about their exciting work.
Re-Tracing Sophocles' Ajax: Ulysses as a metatheatrical character in Seneca's Troades
In the third act of Seneca's tragedy, the "Trojan Women", Ulysses demands that Andromache, Hector's wife, surrenders her child Astyanax to his death at the hands of the Greeks. But is Ulysses only the cynical and conniving mastermind we all know from Latin theater or there is more to his ambiguous appearance in Seneca? This talk will examine how, beyond the facade of ruthless trickery, Ulysses subtly reflects on theater and its mechanisms, in the wake of his Greek counterpart, Odysseus, starring in Sophocles' drama, the Ajax.
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Cecilia Cozzi
Myth-Reversal and Empowerment in Charlie Covell’s Kaos (2024)
Charlie Covell’s TV series Kaos (2024) offers a darkly comedic take on Greco-Roman mythology, centering on dysfunctional relationships and a tyrannical Zeus unraveling under the weight of an ancient prophecy. This talk explores how the series rewrites the myths of Eurydice, Ariadne, and Caeneus—marginalized and gendered-othered figures—granting them agency to challenge Zeus’s patriarchal order.
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Anastasia Pantazopoulou
Pizza and sparkling water will be provided by the Classics Department.
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