Antiquity Day

Celebrate the traditional time of year for the Ludi Plebeii in Rome by joining us for a day of competition, presentations and performances. Students have the option to win prizes through Latin, Greek, History and Art contests. Board games, a scavenger hunt, and opportunities to explore campus will be available throughout the day. Oral Latin Workshops and Trebuchet Demonstrations to be added. Students: $25, Educators: $20. Registration fee includes lunch at Haggar Cafe and a T-Shirt. Schedule: 8:30 a.m. | Check-in Begins 9:00 a.m. | Opening: On arma virumque with Dr. David Sweet, Associate Professor of Classics 9:30 a.m. | Creating America as the New Rome with Dr. Estelle Voisin, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Art History; Greek and Latin Translation Contests 10:30 a.m. | Illuminated Chants: Making Medieval Manuscripts with Mary Kaye Coons, University of Dallas Archivist; Culture Contests - Aeneid 11.532-594 Art Competition* and Roman History & Culture Exam 11:30 a.m. | Lunch 12:00 p.m. | Lost in Translation: Defining polytropos in the Proem to the Odyssey with Dr. Branden Kosch, Affiliate Assistant Professor of Classics; Gladiator Workshop with Jonathan Carr, Victorian Fencing Society 1:00 p.m. | Cicero and Plato at the American Founding with Dr. Daniel Burns, Associate Professor of Politics; Gladiator Workshop with Jonathan Carr, Victorian Fencing Society 2:00 p.m. | Performances by the University of Dallas Drama & Classics Departments 2:30 p.m. | Conclusion: Remarks and Prizes *For the Art Competition: Contestants will have 45 minutes to draw an illustration of the narrative from Aeneid 11.532-594. You may choose any moment in the story to highlight. No comic strips. Students should bring their own drawing medium/materials. 9 x 12 paper will be provided. Email Dr. Teresa Danze, Chair of Classics, at [email protected] for questions and details.