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From Archetype to Ecosystem: Funerary Stelai and the Dynamics of Cultural Symbiosis
103 Scheide Caldwell House PrincetonThis workshop offers a broader outlook on the vast body of material of funerary stelai. Taking Classical Athens and Attica as a reference point for what defines our understanding of the archetypal stele form, this workshop ventures a journey along the chronological and geographical axes from Classical and Hellenistic Macedonia to Roman northern Syria and […]
Masterpieces in Miniature: An Introduction of Ancient Greek & Roman Engraved Gems
Tuttle Lecture Hall, Art Museum (Room 134)Kenneth Lapatin, Curator of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum, will be coming to Princeton in the spring as the 2025-2026 Program in the Ancient World Fellow. From the Bronze Age through Late Antiquity, gem engraving (aka glyptic) was a highly prized craft, not only for the skill of its practitioners, but also for […]
Magie Lecture – Divining Scriptures: Homer, the Gospels, and Divination
010 East Pyne 010 East Pyne, PrincetonDivinatory machines are found in stone, papyrus, parchment, and bone in the ancient Mediterranean. Many balanced randomness—a dice throw—with personal messages from the gods, sometimes offered through a line of Homer or the Bible. These devices allowed for an epistemic stretch from and to the divine. By beginning with these devices, rather than with philosophical-theological […]
