Classical Association, South-West Branch

Sixth-form Conference

The Classical Association South-West Branch will be holding their annual Sixth-form Classics Conference on Saturday 9th March, from 9.30 am at Exeter School. The programme covers texts and topics for AS and A-level.

There will be a charge of £10 for each student. Please send payment in advance to Dr Sharon Marshall, Department of Classics & Ancient History, Amory Building, Rennes Drive, University of Exeter, EX4 4RJ.

For more information, please contact Professor Lynette Mitchell ().

Programme

9.30
Welcome

9.45 – 10.30
Peter Wiseman: ‘Heroes and Villains in Sallust’s Catiline‘

10.30 – 11.15
Chris Gill: ‘Who gives us the real Socrates – Aristophanes or Plato?’

11.15-11.45
Break

11.45-12.30
Andrew Worley: ‘rumoribus ferente populo: Rumour and intemperate speech in Annals XV’

12.30-1.15
Matthew Wright: ‘Playwrights and prizes in fifth-century Athens’

1.15-2
Lunch

2-2.45
Sharon Marshall: ‘Propertius III and elegiac inconsistency’

2.45-3.30
Lynette Mitchell: ‘Democracy uncovered’