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This Saturday, the Classical Languages Department at Wake Forest University hosted the North Carolina Classical Association Spring 2018 Meeting here in Tribble Hall! Here are a few pictures from the meeting of Prof. Anthony Papalas, Emeritus East Carolina, presenting on triremes in the Persian navy.

Come out to the Ring Theatre next week to see a staged reading of Terence’s Eunuchus, translated by T. H. M. Gellar-Goad! Admission is free.  Check out the poster here. March 28th 7:00pm Ring Theatre

At the Society for Classical Studies conference this January 2018, Professor Mary Pendergraft was recognized with an award for Excellence in Teaching at the Collegiate Level.  Unfortunately due to winter weather, she was unable to attend the conference to accept the award, but fortunately her […]

On December 13, the department hosted a symposium of Greek poetry in which students of Greek lyric recited their own translations of Archilochus, Alcaeus, Alcman, Sappho, Mimnermus, Tyrtaeus, and Simonides and students of Greek tragedy performed excerpts from Euripides’ Heracles and Bacchae.  Check out the pictures from the event […]

Check out the exciting project of CLA 272 student, Lauren Tarde! Lauren designed a New Yorker style cover that explores some of the key themes found in Juvenal’s Satires, a series of poems from the early second century CE which provide caustic commentary on the morals and practices […]

This site is the product of an undergraduate course in archaic Greek lyric poetry at Wake Forest University. All content is student-generated and designed to initiate the curious into the study of a fascinating corpus of poetry via clear and accessible discussions.

Upcoming Event – A Symposium of Ancient Greek Poetry Wednesday, December 13th 4:00-6:00pm Tribble A301 Snacks will be served! Publicity Flyer

CONGRATULATIONS to Professor Mary Pendergraft, who has been recognized by the Society for Classical Studies for Excellence in Teaching at the Collegiate Level! Sic itur ad astra!  Read more about it here. 

“Castra Non Casta: Women and the Roman Republican Army” Presentation by Professor Dominic Machado Tuesday, November 28th 3:00pm, Tribble Hall, Room A301 Publicity Flyer 

“Relocating Andromeda: Greco-Roman Myth and Heroes in Roman Iudaea, Syria Palaestina, and Arabia” Presentation by Professor Robyn Le Blanc from the University of Greensboro Thursday, November 30th 3:30pm, Tribble Hall, DeTamble Auditorium Publicity Flyer