Friends of Antiquity Sunday Series: the funeral oration in classical Athens
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Join UQ’s Friends of Antiquity at the August Sunday Series talk, titled ‘The Funeral Oration in Classical Athens’.
Funeral speeches played an important role in reaffirming the collective identity of Athenians. The most famous example is the funeral oration that Pericles delivered in 430 BC.
In 1981, Nicole Loraux – the great French ancient historian – transformed our understanding of this literary genre with her seminal work, The Invention of Athens.
Join Associate Professor David Pritchard as he explains the strengths and shortcomings of Loraux's approach, and shares more recent research in order to paint a picture of a speech form that had a much greater political impact than previously imagined.
The talk will be followed by afternoon tea.
About Classics and Ancient History Seminars
All research seminars begin at 4 pm on Friday (with the exception of special Friends of Antiquity events). The 16 September HPI seminar will take place on a Monday).
They will take place simultaneously in person and online.
The in-person venue is room E302 of the Forgan-Smith Building (building no. 1) on the St-Lucia campus of the University of Queensland.
For further information please contact the Seminar Convenor Associate Professor David M. Pritchard (d.pritchard@uq.edu.au or +61 401 955 160).
