Virginia Undergraduate Symposium in Classics III was hosted by the College of William and Mary and sponsored by the College of William and Mary Classics Department and the Roy R. Charles Center for Academic Excellence.

Location: College of William and Mary, Morton 342
When: Friday, November 11, 2016; 1-5:30 PM

Symposium Program

1-1:45 - Keynote: Dr. Andrew Becker and Dr. Trudy Harrington Becker, Virginia Tech
  • All Roads Lead from Rome: Roman Literature and Art in Renaissance Italy (Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, Botticelli)
1:45-2:00 - Questions and Answers
2:00-2:20 - Lauren Wood, College of William and Mary
  • Odysseus in the Ancient Novel: Intertext and Heliodrous' Aethiopica
2:20-2:40 - Julia Romero, University of Mary Washington
  • Suzanna's Sappho
2:40-3:00 - Mathieu desRochers, Randolph-Macon College
  • Gaudiness is next to Godliness: the Ethics of Archaeological Restoration concerning the Parthenon Monuments
3:10-3:30 - Grace McIntire, Randolph-Macon College
  • The Ambiguity in Normativity: Propertian Use of trahere in 3.11
3:30-3:50 - Nathaniel Anderson, College of William and Mary
  • Higher Walls, Stronger Towers: The Evolution of Fortifications in the Roman Empire
3:50-4:10 - Adrienne Nims, College of William and Mary
  • The Sun's Flight: Implications of Nature's Dislocation in Thyestes
​4:10-4:30 - Liam Diehr, University of Mary Washington
  • ​Trimalchio's Life in Fact and Fiction
4:30-5:30 - Reception​