Classics at Furman

This blog will be home to news of research and events from the Department of Classics at Furman University. The Department of Classics teaches courses in the ancient Greek and Latin languages, and on subjects related to Greek and Roman history, archeology, literature, and culture. We emphasize an integration of teaching and research, where faculty and students collaborate to make significant new contributions to our knowledge of the ancient world.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Eupatrid (Tuesday): Tools and Texts

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The Project I am teaching Greek Civilization this semester. The course is focusing on Athenian Democracy. I don’t think I understand Ath...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Eupatrid

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There is a continuum between “trying to do stuff” on the one hand, and “writing about it” on the other; we’ve not struck a good balance ove...
Saturday, June 8, 2013

The Shield of Achilles in Prezi

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In Book 18 of the Homeric Iliad , the goddess Thetis asks the artisan-god Hephaestus to create new armor for her son, Achilles. Patroclus, ...
Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Guest Post - Lichfield Biblical Manuscripts

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[ This is a guest post from Bonnie Lewis, a researcher at the University of Kentucky’s Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments. Bo...
Monday, July 16, 2012

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The British Library Papyrus of the Constitution of the Athenians Sean Bonawitz, Neel Smith, and Christopher Blackwell are working during t...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Athenian Democracy

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  Students taking Greek 230 in the Spring Semester of 2012 will be reading the essay on the history and workings of Athenian Democracy as ...
Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Hercules Vanquishing the Hydra

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The Department of Classics at Furman is deeply honored and grateful to be the caretakers of the painting “Hercules Vanquishing the Hydra”, b...
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Christopher W. Blackwell
Christopher W. Blackwell is the Louis G. Forgione University Professor, Department of Classics, Furman University.
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