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THE CLASSICS IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BYZANTIUM

Inaugural Thomas M. Banchich Lecture in Classics

TheAcropolisoverlookingthelate10thcenturyChurchoftheHolyApostlesintheAthenianAgora.

as having little bearing on the study of classical antiquity. For ANTHONY KALDELLIS, the reality is quite different. Byzantium not only preserved the Greek classical tradition but selectively reshaped it, repackaged it, and devised many of the interpretive and textual tools for its study that we continue to rely on. In fact, it turns out that our Greek classical canon is the Byzantine classical canon.

TUESDAY,NOVEMBER13,2018,7P.M.GRUPPFIRESIDELOUNGECANISIUSSTUDENTCENTER freeandopentothepublic

TheClassicsDepartmentgratefullyacknowledgesitsco-sponsorsandsupporters:

§ All-CollegeHonorsProgram§ HistoryDepartment§ InstituteofClassicalandMedievalStudies§ ReligiousStudies&TheologyDepartment

Formoreinformation,contacttheCanisiusClassicsDepartment,716.888.2713

DR.ANTHONYKALDELLISisProfessorofClassicsandHistoryandChairoftheDepartmentofClassicsatOhioStateUniversity.HespecializesinGreekHistoriography,Plato,andByzantine

Rome,and,mostrecently,ACabinetofByzantineCuriosities:StrangeTalesandSurprisingFactsfromHistory’sMostOrthodoxEmpire.

Studies.HisnumerouspublicationsincludeTheChristianParthenon:ClassicismandPilgrimageinByzantineAthens,TheByzantineRepublic:PeopleandPowerinNew

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LASSICISTSrarelypayattentiontothe medieval Christian civilizationof Byzantium and often regard it