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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
C
LASSICISTSrarelypayattentiontothe medieval Christian civilizationof Byzantium and often regard it