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- In Memoriam<\/li>\n
- Feature Stories: Carleton Students Abroad<\/a><\/li>\n
- Beer’s Blog<\/a><\/li>\n
- Joy\u2019s Bookcase and Book Reviews<\/a><\/li>\n
- News<\/a><\/li>\n
- A Final Word of Thanks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
\nWelcome<\/h2>\n
Dear Friends of Greek and Roman Studies,
\nI would like to begin this 2018 edition of the Newsletter in memory of a former student. Josh writes eloquently about Mimi Rush, whom some of you may remember from a few years ago, along with her classmates Rose Marie Amott and Margaret Campbell.<\/p>\nIn Memoriam<\/h2>\n
Mimi Rush: Requiescas in Pace,\u00a0<\/em>by Josh Beer<\/h3>\n
It was with sadness and a deep appreciation of her life and achievement that I read the obituary of \u201cMimi\u201d Rush in the\u00a0Ottawa Citizen <\/em>on February 23. Mimi was 84. In 1999 she graduated from Carleton with Highest Honours in Greek and Latin. Mimi was born in Indonesia to Dutch school teachers, but she was of a generation whose lives were violently disrupted by World War II. When the Japanese invaded and occupied Indonesia, Mimi became a refugee and was evacuated to Australia. It was only after the war that her family was reunited with their father in the Netherlands. In those days Latin and to a lesser extent Greek still formed a central part of the European high school curriculum. In high school Mimi had her first taste of the classical languages. University places however were very few and far between at the time, \u00a0especially for women, so there was no possibility of her going on to post-secondary education.\u00a0 Later she met Stephen Rush, an expatriate Ukrainian, and she emigrated to Canada in 1955 to marry him. With so many disruptions in her early life it was only in a Canada she loved greatly that Mimi finally found a stable life.\u00a0 She trained as a nurse and then raised three girls before taking work in a supermarket.<\/p>\n
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Hermina (Mimi) Rush N\u00e9e Huis In\u2019t Veld,\u00a0May 18, 1933 – February 7, 2018<\/p><\/div>\n
It must have been in the early to mid 1990s that Mimi first started to take Latin and Greek courses at Carleton. She did not need foundation courses in the languages even though it was the better part of 35-40 years since she had last taken them. Her philological expertise was still very much in evidence. I best remember her when she and two other mature women were in a 4th<\/sup>year Greek class with me. Professor Michael Welsh had endearingly called them the three Graces (Greek Charites<\/em>) \u2013 something that no doubt would be considered politically incorrect these days. The three Graces in myth were beautiful women who accompanied the Muses.<\/p>\n
Like Mimi, Rose Marie Amott was very accomplished in the classical languages and, although they were friends, I sensed there was a slight rivalry between them, but I\u2019m damned if I could have separated the two of them academically. It was only a week ago I was trying to track down Rose Marie to put her on the FGRS newsletter mailing list. I think I\u2019m halfway there. After her husband died, Rosemary moved out to BC.<\/p>\n
Margaret Campbell was no less interesting \u2013 I taught 3 generations of her family, beginning with her son and ending a few years ago with her grandson who I don\u2019t think was very impressed with me. Margaret had graduated as a medical doctor some years after WW II at the University of Edinburgh but had never practised medicine when she emigrated to Canada. She had taken several CLCV courses and decided in her \u201860s that she had to learn Greek. I think it was her road to Damascus moment. She was married to a Psychology Prof. whom I knew quite well. One day he came into the Faculty Club and said: \u201cGod damn you, Josh Beer. You\u2019re ruining my life\u201d or words to that effect! \u201cI can\u2019t go into the bathroom, the kitchen or up the stairs without seeing Greek verbs scribbled over all the walls.\u201d If Margaret is still alive, she is in a nursing home near Toronto.<\/p>\n
What a pleasure and a privilege to teach three such committed students and wonderful people. I remember that one term I was teaching them Homer and, after we had read a couple of books, there was still 3 or 4 weeks of term left, and they asked if perhaps we could read some Hesiod. I decided instead that we would read the Homeric Hymn to Demeter<\/em>. They were delighted since they were all avid Greek myth fans.<\/p>\n
In one class Mimi rushed in at the last moment and apologized. She had been working at Loblaws, the first I had heard of this. So I asked her at which Loblaws. \u201cThe big new one in the west end,\u201d she said. I at once asked, \u201cDo they sell John West\u2019s Kipper Fillets by any chance? They seemed to have disappeared from the downtown stores.\u201d \u201cYes, I think so,\u201d she replied. \u201cCan you get me some, if I pay you?\u201d \u201cHow many would you like?\u201d \u201cAs many as you can get.\u201d The following week she delivered 12 cans. I was over the moon with happiness. Thank you so much, Mimi. You were always a joy to teach, and I hope that what I have written is a small token of my respect. Requiescas in pace.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Feature Stories: Carleton Students Abroad<\/h2>\n
In putting together material for this 2018 edition of the Newsletter, I seem to have been carried away by thoughts of traveling to those \u201cantique\u201d lands of Greece and Italy.\u00a0 I have not been anywhere near them myself in quite a few years but I delight in knowing that our students are eager to see first hand the places that they read about in their courses, and some of them each year are lucky enough to make a journey well beyond their classrooms and the library.\u00a0We might ask, \u201cWhy?\u201d\u00a0 Why do they travel to these places, what draws them?<\/p>\n
Perhaps they agree with Samuel Johnson, the 18th<\/sup>century English literary figure, who wrote about the Mare Nostrum<\/em>:\u00a0 \u201cThe Grand object of traveling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean\u2026All our religion, almost all our law, almost all our arts, almost all that sets us above savages, has come to us from the shores of the Mediterranean.\u201d\u00a0 Or perhaps the reason is more simple; perhaps the students travel \u201cout of mere curiosity, to see what they could see\u201d, to quote Herodotus (3.139) about why the Greeks traveled to Egypt. \u00a0In the following contributions by Carleton students you will find some of the personal reasons for their travels.<\/p>\n
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018<\/p>
Sheri\u2019s Summer Dig From the Island of Keros<\/h3>
Sheri\u2019s summer dig report from the Island of Keros The Keros-Naxos Seaways Project By Sheri Kapahnke On the Third of September I arrived on the tiny island of Kouphonisi to begin six weeks of excavation on the neighbouring... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>
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Monday, May 14, 2018<\/p>
A Trip to Rome: A Classics student\u2019s First Trip to the Eternal City<\/h3>
A Trip to Rome: A Classics student\u2019s First Trip to the Eternal City by Shamus McCoy with pictures by Shamus As a student of Classical history, one might have expected that I... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>
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Sunday, May 13, 2018<\/p>
The Highlights for a Greek and Roman Student in Naples<\/h3>
The Highlights for a student in Naples by Ally Chapman, a 3rd year Greek and Roman Studies student at Carleton University, with pictures by Ally. The first thing I noticed upon leaving Rome... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>
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Saturday, May 12, 2018<\/p>
Studying Abroad in Edinburgh<\/h3>
Studying Abroad in Edinburgh by Samantha Albanese, a 3rd year History student minoring in Archaeology, with pictures by Samantha. To me, spending a semester abroad was exactly what it meant to \u2018make the most of your time at... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div>
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Sunday, April 8, 2018<\/p>
Walking the Via Egnatia\u00a0with Walter<\/h3>
Walking the Via Egnatia with Walter by Walter Wilmot, with pictures by Walter. Last year I was continuously inspired as I attended Marianne Goodfellow\u2019s course \u201cIssues in Classics: Travel and Sightseeing in the Ancient World.\u201d\u00a0... More<\/span><\/p><\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Beer’s Blog<\/h2>\n
2017 was the first time in 50 years I did not give a lecture to students. Whether this is a sign that the Grim Reaper is beginning to dog my footsteps I cannot say. Not that the year was without activity. I had a letter published in the London Review of Books <\/em>on a 1000 year use of the Greek word for \u201cbarley corn\u201d (it is a euphemism for penis) in the ancient theatre and another in The Guardian Weekly <\/em>on the egregious errors of a reviewer of Colm Toibin\u2019s recent novel, \u00a0House of Names, <\/em>based on Aeschylus\u2019 Oresteia<\/em>. I also led a study group of high powered people on Greek tragedy. The formation of this group was proposed to me by a fascinating psychoanalyst who felt that her own education was deficient in this vital area. Who am I to disagree?\u00a0As a result I am now working on a new interpretation of Euripides\u2019 Hippolytus<\/em>, a brilliant tragedy about one of my two favorite deities: Aphrodite, the other being Dionysus. For good or ill, age has forced me to cultivate these two gods less than when I was younger. In Plato\u2019s\u00a0Republic <\/em>(329 b-c-28) there is told the story of the aged Sophocles \u2014 he was 90 when he died \u2014 who, when asked whether he was still devoted to the affairs of Aphrodite and capable of having sex with a woman, replied: \u201cLet\u2019s talk about something else; I\u2019m so happy to have escaped from her as if I have escaped from a crazy and savage despot\u201d. I have not yet reached the point of Sophocles\u2019 sexless bliss, but in this matter I live nowadays more in fantasy than hard reality. Things are looking up however in 2018, for I was asked to give a seminar, in early January, on \u201cTruth in ancient Greece and Rome\u201d for a 4th<\/sup>year course in Sociology, entitled \u201cTruth and the Media\u201d.\u00a0It gave me fresh ideas, especially as the Greek word for truth, aletheia<\/em>, means \u201cnot forgetting\u201d and is etymologically related to the English word \u201clethal\u201d (deadly). This reminded me that my mortality has not quite caught up with me and, as I lectured, I did \u201cnot forget\u201d some of my own youthful enthusiasms.<\/p>\n
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Josh Beer<\/p><\/div>\n
2017 was an exceptional year, not least for anniversaries. There was of course the centenary of the Russian Revolution and the 5th<\/sup>centenary of Martin Luther\u2019s 95 theses which provoked the Protestant Reformation. Both of these have had profound effects on the modern world. Closer to home there was the 75th<\/sup>anniversary of the founding of Carleton University in 1942. I was vividly reminded of it long ago in the 1980s, while teaching beginning Greek. That year, the class was divided up into two half courses, one (A) in the Fall and one (B) in the Winter term. There was a lovely elderly lady in the course who, quite naturally, found the amount of learning a strain \u2014 the standard Greek verb, for example, has about 450 forms. The lady in question had not realized she had to re-register for the B half course in January and came to me in a panic at the beginning of February to say that she was not registered. I calmed her down and said I would contact the Registrar\u2019s Office and fix it. I asked for her student number; she gave me a number between 41 and 49 \u2013 the precise number does not matter. At this point I almost fainted and asked when she had taken her first course at Carleton. She replied: \u201c1942\u201d.\u00a0 History is all around us even though we may not realize it.<\/p>\n
Of course the big anniversary in 2017 for most Canadians was the sesquicentennial, the 150th anniversary of Confederation. In 2011, as a retirement project, I had founded \u2018The Ottawa Society for the Arts and Sciences\u2019 (OSFAS which can be googled). For the sesquicentennial celebrations OSFAS held a panel discussion on \u201cOttawa Then and Now: from 1967-2017\u201d.\u00a0 I spoke on food and entertainment. I divided my words under two headings: \u201cBehind Closed Doors\u201d and \u201cThe Bridge to Hull\u201d. FGRS needs money so if you would like to see my comments, you can purchase them from me for a dollar a word. If you believe this fee is too much, don\u2019t forget the story at ancient Rome about the purchase of the Sibylline Books. If you don\u2019t buy this time, the next time you may get less for your money. More likely however you will feel that you have saved yourself a lot of money, unless you nurture very generous feelings towards FGRS.<\/p>\n
As a classicist, for me the most important anniversary of 2017 was the death of Ovid, 2000 years ago in 17 AD. I googled his name several times without success. What was the cause I wondered of this neglect? Was it because he was a naughty \u2014 a word to which I shall return \u2014 boy and was exiled by Augustus for his carmen <\/em>(poetry) and error<\/em>?\u00a0 We still do not know what the error was. Even today in the new puritanical climate much of Ovid\u2019s work is regarded as politically incorrect, and we are in danger of repeating the actions of a Roman dictator by banning much of his poetry. I doubt if you will find Ovid\u2019s Ars Amatoria\u00a0<\/em>on too many university curricula today. His\u00a0Metamorphoses <\/em>however, very naughty though it is in places, is arguably the most influential of all Roman poems \u2014 especially on Renaissance art and Shakespeare and this influence continues and has helped shape the modern western world. What other literary work has dealt with LGBTQ issues with more imagination?\u00a0 Such neglect worries me. It was therefore with much relief, if that is the right term, that I learned in December 2017 that the City Council of Rome had revoked the exile of Ovid.\u00a0 Up yours, Augustus! But where are the classicists? If we do not commemorate our own, is our discipline \u2014 I should rather say our alma mater\u00a0<\/em> \u2014 worthy of survival? Classicists have got to be much more vocal in the public domain. Let us all take a leaf from Mary Beard, a major exception, about whom I hope to write on a later occasion \u2014 the Grim Reaper being willing.\u00a0 In the meantime buy her latest offering which appeared about the same time as the revocation of Ovid\u2019s exile: Women & Power: A Manifesto.\u00a0<\/em>This includes several references to Ovid.<\/p>\n
Let me end by returning to the word \u201cnaughty\u201d. The angel Catherine, my partner, and I went to our local Japanese restaurant in December. When we entered Cathy went to the washroom, while Serena, the waiter, led me to our table. I ordered green tea and then said; \u201cYou can also bring a large Sake which I\u2019d better order while Cathy is not present because she thinks it makes me NAUGHTY\u201d. Serena looked at me and said \u201cNO TEA?\u201d\u00a0 The joys of the spoken word.
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Joy’s Book Case<\/h2>\n
This is an annual feature of the Newsletter, which includes at least one book review and additions to the list of books begun last year, books about Classical Antiquity or somehow related to it, though not textbooks as such.\u00a0 The list is eclectic and I hope that readers will contribute to the list and\/or write reviews of books that might be of interest.\u00a0 (This feature is named for my friend, Joy Barrie, who was a student in the Classics Dept. some time ago and continues to give me books to read.)<\/p>\n
First a Book Review by John Gahan<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The Volcano Lover \u2013 A Romance<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>by Susan Sontag\u00a0(New York: Anchor Books, 1992)<\/strong><\/p>\n
Sir William Hamilton wore many hats during his seventy odd years.\u00a0 He was a soldier, a country squire (albeit over the lands in Wales that his first wife inherited), a Member of Parliament, a diplomat.\u00a0 In that capacity he was the British Ambassador to the Bourbon Court of Naples from 1764 to 1800.\u00a0 We classicists know him primarily as an antiquarian because of the vast collection of ancient Greek vases that he amassed while in Italy.\u00a0 He also developed a reputation as a volcanologist for his in-depth study of Mount Vesuvius.\u00a0 Susan Sontag alludes to this in the title of her 1992 novel about Hamilton, The Volcano Lover, <\/em>to which she appends \u201cA Romance.\u201d\u00a0 In the literary sense a good romance has its hero though Sontag\u2019s is not Hamilton but Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson instead, the lover not of volcanoes but of Emma Hart1<\/sup>, Hamilton\u2019s second wife, in one of history\u2019s more famous m\u00e9nages-\u00e0-trois<\/em>.\u00a0 Is Sontag, by the way, also playing here with the other sense of romance as a love affair and underscoring it by the word Lover\u00a0<\/em>in her title proper?2<\/sup><\/p>\n
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Vesuvius in Eruption by J.M.W. Turner<\/p><\/div>\n
The Volcano Lover <\/em>is, then, a historical novel set against the backdrop of late eighteenth century Naples and its ruling class, but in her interpretation of all this Sontag as novelist \u2014 she was also an essayist and political critic \u2014 has her focus initially on Hamilton naturally enough but then on Emma and finally Nelson, who becomes the third member of the eventual trio as a consequence of the French Revolution.\u00a0 Hamilton\u2019s pedigree was without question, though he still had to work for a living.\u00a0 Emma on the other hand, despite her low birth and poverty, became after her marriage to Hamilton famous in the society of her day.\u00a0 Nelson?\u00a0 He had a grammar school education but embarked upon his naval career in his early teens only to become the greatest war hero of the day before he died in 1805.\u00a0 Stellar though the dramatis personae\u00a0<\/em>are, Sontag\u2019s novel is perhaps more appealing still to the student of Greece and Rome for its setting in the heart of ancient Magna Graecia and because of Hamilton\u2019s antiquarian interests and also his \u201clove\u201d of volcanoes that takes him more than once up the slopes of Vesuvius and farther south to Mount Aetna in Sicily.<\/p>\n
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Life Study of Lady Hamilton Emma Hamilton as the Cumaean Sibyl by Elisabeth Louise Vig\u00e9e Le Brun<\/p><\/div>\n
Classicists, then, but for that matter anyone interested in eighteenth century European social history will find The Volcano Lover <\/em>a good read and its main characters and setting intriguing, but to conclude I want to call your attention to the novel\u2019s Ottawa connection \u2014 tenuous admittedly, but, yes, there is a connection.\u00a0 In its summer 2016 exhibition the National Gallery of Canada featured Elisabeth Louise Vig\u00e9e Le Brun (1755-1842), the most prominent female painter of her day, according to the Gallery, and portraitist to Marie Antoinette.\u00a0 Among Vig\u00e9e Le Brun\u2019s works was a painting of Lady Hamilton, which depicted Emma as the Cumaean Sibyl (1792).\u00a0 Fanciful as this rendering may be, it is historically accurate.\u00a0 While in Naples Emma often entertained her and Sir William\u2019s guests with what she called her \u201cattitudes\u201d (tableaux vivants<\/em>) for which, suitably costumed, she would strike poses to evoke images from classical myth.3<\/sup>\u00a0 These \u201cattitudes\u201d doubtless formed the basis for this painting of Emma by Vig\u00e9e Le Brun, done no doubt in connection with a visit she paid them in Naples. The visit is catalogued in The Volcano Lover.4<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n
1<\/sup> She changed her childhood name of Amy Lyon to Emma Hart.
\n2<\/sup> For that matter is the author possibly alluding to Nelson in the title itself, not as a volcano (but a volcanic) lover? Though Nelson was roughly half Hamilton\u2019s age and only in his mid-thirties when he and Emma met\u00a0 (she was twenty-eight and not long married to Hamilton), war had taken its toll on him.
\n3<\/sup> In connection with an exhibition devoted to Emma Hamilton (November 2016 \u2013 April 2017), the Royal Museums Greenwich included among the essays about her \u201cEmma Hamilton:\u00a0The Lady with Attitudes\u201d (http:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/discover\/explore\/emma-hamilton-attitudes<\/a>).
\n4<\/sup> P. 164 f., cf. p. 173.<\/p>\nSome new books for the Book Case:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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- An Odyssey. A Father, A Son, and An Epic\u00a0<\/em>by Daniel Mendelsohn (2017)<\/li>\n
- Lost and Found: The 9,000 Treasures of Troy.\u00a0 Heinrich Schliemann and the Gold That Got Away\u00a0<\/em>by Caroline Moorehead (Penguin 1994)<\/li>\n
- Pagan Holiday<\/em>. On the Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists\u00a0<\/em>by Tony Perrottet (2002)<\/li>\n
- Women and Power: A Manifesto\u00a0<\/em>by Mary Beard (2017) (Mary Beard will be the focus of Beer\u2019s Blog in the next newsletter.)<\/li>\n
- Travels with Herodotus\u00a0<\/em>by Ryszard Kapu\u015bci\u0144ski.\u00a0 Translated from the Polish by Klara Glowczewska (2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
As a young correspondent for a Polish newspaper, the author begins his career in India and travels from place to place, all the while carrying with him a copy of Herodotus\u2019 Histories<\/em>, and this ancient writer becomes his constant companion.\u00a0Kapuscinski writes (p. 270):\u00a0 \u201cThere were times when journeys into the past appealed to me more than my present-day journeys as correspondent and reporter.\u201d<\/p>\n
I invite you to review any of these books for our FGRS readers (or those listed in Joy\u2019s Bookcase in the last newsletter<\/a>) for the next edition.<\/strong>
\n<\/a><\/p>\nDepartmental News<\/h2>\n
The Venus de Milo in Paterson Hall<\/h3>\n
Regrettably, the gift of a life-sized replica of this famous Greek statue, as announced in last year\u2019s newsletter, did not materialize for reasons unknown.\u00a0 Suggestions for some other suitable and iconic image of Classical Antiquity for Paterson Hall are welcome.<\/p>\n
October Trip to Greece Shane Hawkins<\/h3>\n
Curious about the birthplace of democracy, theatre, western literature and philosophy? With its timeless art and architecture, Greece is still the center of our cultural imagination. Listen to Professor Shane Hawkins as he talks about some of the marvels you can expect to see firsthand on the upcoming 11 day small group trip to Greece which he will be leading. This trip is taking place October 11-21, 2018<\/strong> so learn more<\/a>!<\/p>\n
The \u201cGreatest Hits of Greece\u201d: CLCV 3400 in May 2019<\/h3>\n
Professor Susan Downie will be leading a study abroad trip (CLCV 3400) to Greece in the early summer term of 2019.\u00a0 This is a \u201crepeatable\u201d course, so if you joined Professor Klaassen in Italy last year, you can still get credit for going to Greece as well.\u00a0 The trip will include roughly 3 weeks of travel starting with several days in Athens where (among other things) we will visit the Acropolis, agora, Kerameikos (all of which have their own museums), and the National Archaeological Museum.\u00a0 Then we will travel by bus to some of the most famous places in central Greece and the Peloponnese, starting with Thebes and Delphi, then moving on to Olympia, Pylos, Sparta, Mycenae and Tiryns, Epidauros, Corinth \/ Acrocorinth and Eleusis.\u00a0 Be forewarned that there is a lot of strenuous walking on this trip! \u00a0There may be additional sites in our final itinerary, and when we stay in Nauplio, those of you who have been to Italy can judge whether Greece or Italy has the best gelato on the planet.<\/p>\n
Throughout the trip we have various professionals speak to the students about their work.\u00a0 In the past, this has included museum curators at the NAM, site conservators, specialists on pottery and human osteology, and excavation directors.\u00a0 This is a course for credit, so there are academic requirements: during the trip you must attend all mandatory site and museum tours and you must keep a daily journal about what you have seen and heard.\u00a0 Once back in Canada, you must complete a take-home exam and brief research essay.\u00a0 Auditors are welcome but can only be included in addition to registered students.\u00a0 If you audit the course, you must still attend all mandatory site and museum tours and you must contribute to the academic content of the trip, normally by giving a brief presentation on an academic topic at the location of your choice.\u00a0 The final cost will not be available until the fall, but should be roughly $4000 \u2013 including all travel to, from and within Greece, all accommodations, and breakfasts.\u00a0 There will be an information session in the fall term and a deposit is normally due by December, but please contact Professor Downie (susan.downie@carleton.ca<\/a>) if you want more information.<\/p>\n
CORVUS<\/h3>\n
The Carleton Classics Society has just published the latest volume of the journal Corvus\u00a0<\/em>and it is available both online (online link here)and in print.\u00a0 It can be purchased for $10 for non-members and $5 for members; please contact Shamus.Mccoy@cmail.carleton.ca<\/a>. Check out the 2018 Corvus PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Donations<\/h3>\n
Donations to the Friends of Greek and Roman Studies are gratefully accepted and receipts will be issued.\u00a0 Donations are used for departmental events and honoraria.\u00a0 Thank you for your past contributions.<\/p>\n
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Acknowledgements\/A Final Word of Thanks<\/h2>\n
I would like to acknowledge the help of Josh, Walter, Shamus, Ally, Samantha, Sheri, and John who have kindly contributed to this edition of the Newsletter. I hope that you all have enjoyed the articles.\u00a0 But the Newsletter would not appear in this format, so nicely put together and arranged with pictures and links and special details without the computer expertise of Patricia Saravesi\u00a0in the Dean\u2019s Office and the organization and patience of Andrea McIntyre, our GRS administrator.\u00a0 I am once again very grateful to them both.<\/p>\n
The Very Best,<\/p>\n
- Lost and Found: The 9,000 Treasures of Troy.\u00a0 Heinrich Schliemann and the Gold That Got Away\u00a0<\/em>by Caroline Moorehead (Penguin 1994)<\/li>\n
- Beer’s Blog<\/a><\/li>\n