Program for the 1998 Annual Meeting

December 27-30, 1998

Washington, D.C

Wednesday, December 30, 1998

EIGHTH SESSION FOR THE READING OF PAPERS

7:30 – 8:30 am Meeting of the APA Committee on Publications

8:00 – 9:00 am MA Granting Institutions Meeting

8:00 – 9:00 am Meeting of the American Philological Association
Being the One Hundred Thirtieth Meeting of the Association

EIGHTH SESSION FOR THE READING OF PAPERS

9:00 a.m. Section 55
Feminism and Classics: A Retrospective/Prospective Assessment
Sponsored by the Women’s Classical Caucus
Barbara F. McManus and Ann C. Suter, Organizers

1. Ann C. Suter, University of Rhode Island
Introduction: WCC – Quo decet vadere? (10 mins.)

2. Paul Rehak, Duke University
Across the Great Divide: Feminist Theory and Preclassical Greeece (20 mins.)

3. Bella Zweig, University of Arizona
Feminism, Multi-Culturalism and Classics: Who are the Connections? (20 mins.)

4. Kirk Ormand, Institute for Research in the Humanities, University of Wisconsin
Harming Friends and Helping Enemies: Feminism, Queer Theory and the Political Right (20 mins.)

5. Judith de Luce, Miami University of Ohio
What Feminist Classical Scholarship Does and Does Not Include (10 mins.)

Discussion (30 mins.)
Discussion Leader: Judith deLuce, Miami University of Ohio

Section 56
Homer’s Iliad
Robert Lamberton, Presider

1. Rachel Friedman, Vassar College
Divine Dissension and the Narrative of the Iliad (15 mins.)

2. Roberto Nickel, Laurentian University
Paris, Peleus, and Gifts from the Gods in the Iliad (15 mins.)

3. Patricia Fagan, University of Toronto
Transformative Similes in the Iliad (15 mins.)

4. Pavlos Sfyroeras, Middlebury College
The Scepter and Achilles’ Oath in Iliad 1.233-44 (15 mins.)

5. Donna F. Wilson, Brooklyn College, CUNY
In the Name of the Father: Ransom and the Rhetoric of Reparation
in Iliad 9 (15 mins.)

6. F. S. Naiden, Harvard University
Slavery as Social Death: a Homeric Example (15 mins.)

Discussion

9:00 a.m. Section 57
Herodotus
Carolyn Dewald, Presider

1. Keyne Cheshire, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
The Semantic Differences of ?????? and ???????? in Homer and Herodotus (15 mins.)

2. Rosaria V. Munson, Swarthmore College
Ananke in Herodotus (15 mins.)

3. Jeremy G. Taylor, University of Michigan
How To Use a Genealogy: A Literary Interpretation of Herodotus 1.7.2-4 (15 mins.)

4. Matthew W. Waters, University of Delaware and University of Pennsylvania
Herodotus and the Early Achaemenids (15 mins.)

5. Alexander Hollmann, Harvard University
The Manipulation of Signs in Herodotus’ Histories (15 mins.)

Discussion

9:00 a.m. Section 58
Latin Epic
Michael C. J. Putnam, Presider

1. Alison Keith, University of Toronto
Gendered Ground: Ilia and the Birth of Rome in Ennius’ Annales (15 mins.)

2. Pamela R. Bleisch, University of Georgia
Reconstructive Memory: Aetiology and Allusion in the Polydorus Episode of Aeneid 3 (15 mins.)

3. Sarah Spence, University of Georgia
Common Ground: Sicily and the Poetics of Empire in Vergil’s Aeneid (15 mins.)

4. Matthew M. McGowan, NYU / Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, Rome
Pulsat uersatque Dareta: Word-Formation and Identity-Change in Vergil’s Boxing Match (15 mins.)

5. Herman Rego Pontes, University of Alberta
Death and the Broken Clausula in Vergil’s Aeneid (15 mins.)

Discussion

9:00 a.m. Section 59
Roman History
Michael Peachin, Presider

1. Gary Forsythe, Independent Scholar
Jurisdiction and Orality in Early Roman Law (15 mins.)

2. Marsha B. McCoy, Yale University & Fairfield University
Evidentiary Presumptions in Roman Law: A Cautionary Tale (15 mins.)

3. Mark Gustafson, Calvin College
Slavery, Criminality, Dishonor, and the Roman Tattoo (15 mins.)

4. Duane W. Roller, The Ohio State University
Juba II of Mauretania: Rex literatissimus (15 mins.)

5. David Hollander, Columbia University
Self-Sufficiency, Autarkeia and the Roman Economy (15 mins.)

6. Michael Carter, McMaster University
Artemidorus and the Arbelas Gladiator: A New Classification? (15 mins.)

Discussion

9:00 a.m. Section 60
AIA/APA Joint Panel Session:
The Latin Epigraphy of Rome and Ostia (In Honor of Herbert Bloch)
Sponsored by the American Society of Greek and Latin Epigraphy
John Bodel, Organizer

1. John Bodel, Rutgers University
Introduction: Diana recepta (15 mins.)

2. E. M. Steinby, University of Oxford
Herbert Bloch and the New CIL XV.1 (20 mins.)

3. Paul B. Harvey, Jr. Pennsylvania State University
Warrior, War-band, and Goddess (20 mins.)

4. Steven L. Tuck, University of Evansville
A New Identification for the Porticus Aemilia? (20 mins.)

5. Russell T. Scott, Bryn Mawr College
The Arch of Augustus and the Roman Triumph (20 mins.)

6. John H. D’Arms, American Council of Learned Societies and Columbia University
P. Lucilius Gamala of Ostia: A New Approach to the Dating of his Career (20 mins.)

Discussion

9:00 a.m. Section 61
Greek and Latin Linguistics
Sponsored by the Society for the Study of Greek & Latin Language and Linguistics
Roger D. Woodard, Organizer

1. Ian Charles Rutherford, Reading University
Bilingualism and Ancient Greek Language: Towards a New Assessment (30 mins.)

2. Edwin Brown, University of North Carolina
Poseidon and the East Face of Helicon (30 mins.)

3. P. Kyle McCarter, Johns Hopkins University
The El Fayum Alphabet (30 mins.)

4. Philip M. Freeman, Washington University
The Survival of the Etruscan Language (30 mins.)

5. Daniel J. Taylor, Lawrence University
Varro’s casus accusativus: Not a Case of Mistaken Identity (30 mins.)

Discussion

9:00 a.m. Section 62
Athenian Ethics, Psychology, and Norms of Citizenship
Danielle S. Allen, Organizer

1. Ryan Balot, Union College
Text and Context: Pleonexia in Revolutionary Athens (20 mins.)

2. Danielle Allen, University of Chicago
Angry Wasps, Drones, and Jurors: Orge and Politics in Athens (20 mins.)

3. Jonathan Hesk, St. Andrew’s University
Lies, Trickery and the Ideology of Athenian Citizenship (20 mins.)

4. Rosanna Omitowoju, King’s College
The Ethics of Consent in Athenian Legal and Political Discourse (20 mins.)

5. Joanne Sonin, Cambridge University
Non-Verbal Communication as an Expression of Athenian Value (20 mins.)

Respondent: David Konstan, Brown University (20 mins.)

Discussion

9:30 – 11:30 am Meeting of the APA Committee on Education

NINTH SESSION FOR THE READING OF PAPERS

11:30 a.m. Section 63
Latin Poetry
Gregory A. Staley, Presider

1. Katharina Volk, Princeton University
Imitatio Epicuri and the Poetics of Lucretius (15 mins.)

2. John Svarlien, Transylvania University
The Satirist as Epicurean Poet (15 mins.)

3. Rory B. Egan, University of Manitoba
On the Crux at Vergil, Georgics 4.520 (15 mins.)

4. David Wray, University of Chicago
Manilius and Virgil: Allusion, Intertext or Anxiety of Influence? (15 mins.)

Discussion

11:30 a.m. Section 64
Cicero’s Rhetoric
Rudolph P. Hock, Presider

1. Robert W. Cape, Jr., Austin College
Cicero and the Atticists: Orality, Literacy and Oratory in Rome (15 mins.)

2. Cynthia J. Bannon, Indiana University
Funeral for a Friend: Rhetoric and Law in Cicero’s Pro Quinctio (15 mins.)

3. Alden Smith, Baylor University
Vidi enim, vidi: Vision as Argument in Cicero’s Pro Caelio (15 mins.)

4. Basil Dufallo, University of California, Los Angeles
Clodian Revenants: Conjuring and Elite Ideology in Cicero’s Pro Milone (15 mins.)

5. Christopher Craig, University of Tennessee
Invective vs. Credibility in Cicero’s First Catilinarian (15 mins.)

Discussion

11:30 a.m. Section 65
Roman History and Epigraphy
William E. Klingshirn, Presider

1. Ronald Cluett, Pomona College
Triumviral Loyalties (15 mins.)

2. John D. Muccigrosso, Drew University
The Brindisi Elogium and Appius Claudius Caecus (15 mins.)

3. Harriet I. Flower, Franklin and Marshall College
Domitian in Puteoli: the Politics of Oblivion (AE 1973, 137) (15 mins.)

4. Leslie J. Shumka, University of Victoria
Inscribing Adornment: the Mundus Muliebris on Women’s Sepulchral Inscriptions (15 mins.)

5. Georgia Irby-Massie, University of Colorado
The Gates of Polished Horn: The Epigraphy of Dreams in Roman Britain (15 mins.)

Discussion

11:30 a.m. Section 66
Imperial Poetry
John Petruccione, Presider

1. Joseph Pucci, Brown University
Verbal Art and the Artist’s World: Ausonius’ Cupido Cruciatur (15 mins.)

2. Neil W. Bernstein, Duke University
“These fragments I have shored against my ruins:” Textual Instability in the
Reception of the Pervigilium Veneris (15 mins.)

3. Margaret Worsham Musgrove, University of Oklahoma
Polyphemus in Bologna: Dante’s Eclogues and the Latin Recusatio (15 mins.)

4. Daniel Sheerin, University of Notre Dame
The Multiplicity of the Archpoet (Aestuans intrinsecus) (15 mins.)

Discussion

11:30 a.m. Section 67
Propagation, Dissemination and Evaluation of Information in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Sponsored by the Three-Year Colloquium on Propagation, Dissemination and Evaluation of Information in the Ancient Mediterranean World
Margaret Imber, Organizer

1. Peter O’Neill, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Going Round in Circles: Popular Speech and Elite Anxiety (20 mins.)

2. Kate Porteus, University of Southern California
Roman Women and Gossip: How Proverbial Chit-Chats over the Fence Turns into Political Action (20 mins.)

3. Frank Russell, Dartmouth College
Privileged Communication (20 mins.)

Respondent: Shadi Bartsch, University of Chicago (10 mins.)
Nancy Worman, Barnard College (10 mins.)

Discussion (20 mins.)

11:30 a.m. Section 68
Ancient Greek Philosophy
Sponsored by the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy
Elizabeth Asmis, Chair

1. Robert L. Gallagher, Ohio State University
Aristotle’s Use of Self-Refutation in his Treatment of the Republic (30 mins.)

2. Rachana Kamtekar, Williams College
The Profession of Friendship: Plato’s Critique of Rhetoric and Democratic Politics (30 mins.)

3. Eric Brown, Washington University
Epicurus, Sententia Vaticana 23 (30 mins.)

Discussion

12:00 – 4:00 p.m. Meeting of the Board of Directors of the American Philological Association

TENTH SESSION FOR THE READING OF PAPERS

1:30 p.m. Section 69
Greek Poetry
John E. Ziolkowski, Presider

1. Robin Sparks Bond, University of California, Los Angeles
Justice and the Sea: Works and Days 236-37 (15 mins.)

2. Hardy C. Fredricksmeyer, Ravenscroft School
A Diachronic “Reading” of Sappho Fr. 16 LP (15 mins.)

3. Ippokratis Kantzios, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Hipponax and the Thematography of Archaic Greek Iambus (15 mins.)

4. S. Douglas Olson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Matro of Pitane (SH 534-40) and the Late Classical Reception of Epic Poetry (15 mins.)

5. Alex Purves, University of Pennsylvania
Programmatics and Performance in Herodas’ Mimiamb 1 (15 mins.)

6. Andrew Lear, University of California, Los Angeles
The Portrait of the Erastes in Meleager’s Garland (15 mins.)

Discussion

1:30 p.m. Section 70
Greek History
Valerie French, Presider

1. Sara Forsdyke, University of Michigan
Exile, Ostracism and the Athenian Democracy (15 mins.)

2. Matthew R. Christ, Indiana University
Cowards, Traitors and Cheats: The Other Athenians (15 mins.)

3. Robert D. Cromey, Virginia Commonwealth University
On the Political Meaning of Athena’s Episema, 403 and After (15 mins.)

4. Eric W. Robinson, University of North Florida
The Character of the Syracusan Democracy, 466-406 BC (15 mins.)

5. D. Brendan Nagle, University of Southern California
Natural Slavery: Aristotle’s Barbarian Households (15 mins.)

6. William S. Morison, University of California, Santa Barbara
The Gymnasiarches and an Honorary Decree from the Deme of Kephissia (15 mins.)

Discussion

1:30 p.m. Section 71
Imperial Prose
Elizabeth A. Fisher, Presider

1. Christopher Barnes, University of Michigan
Inventing an Insult? (15 mins.)

2. Susan P. Mattern, University of Georgia
Seneca’s De Ira and the Economy of Honor (15 mins.)

3. Kelly Olson, University of Chicago
Slave Narrative in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses (15 mins.)

4. Edmund P. Cueva, Xavier University
Art and Myth and Cupid and Psyche (15 mins.)

5. Gottskalk T. Jensson, University of Toronto
The Milesian Tale: Short Story or Novel? (15 mins.)

6. Peter E. Pormann, University of Oxford
New Sources for the Paediatric Treatise of Paul of Aegina (15 mins.)

Discussion

1:30 p.m. Section 72
Figuring Identity: Personae and Literary Agenda in Roman Satire
Tadeusz Mazurek, Organizer

1. Susanna Morton Braund, Royal Holloway, University of London
Satirist as Private Eye: Behind Closed Doors (15 mins.)

2. Tadeusz Mazurek, University of Notre Dame
Satirist as Judge: Programmatic Ramifications (15 mins.)

3. Catherine Schlegel, University of Notre Dame
Satirist as Son: Horace and his Fathers (15 mins.)

4. Catherine Keane, University of Pennsylvania
Satirist as Dramatist: Juvenal’s Theatrics of Satire (15 mins.)

5. Wendy Raschke, University of California at Riverside
Satirist as Frankenstein: In the Public Eye (15 mins.)

Respondent: Kirk Freudenburg, Ohio State University (25 mins.)

Discussion

1:30 p.m. Section 73
Panel Session: Reading Ancient Ritual
Sponsored by the Three-Year Colloquium on Celebration and Contestation
Lisa Maurizio and Victoria Wohl, Organizers

1. Lisa Maurizio, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
What does Ritual Contest in Ancient and Modern Scholarship? (15 mins.)

2. Sarah Iles Johnston, Ohio State University
The Magician’s Sacrifice (15 mins.)

3. Mark Munn, Pennsylvania State University
The Mother of the Gods and Athenian Identity (15 mins.)

4. Brigette Russell, University of Southern California
Patres, Plebs, and Res Publica: Constructing and Reconstructing Identity through Ritual
(15 mins.)

Respondent: Andre Lardinois, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (15 mins.)

Discussion

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