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Tales of a Flautulent God: Humor and the Homeric Hymn to Hermes

Dr. Christopher Bungard of Butler University will speak on Friday, Oct. 17 at 3:30 pm in the Mississippi Room in the Student Center.

Hermes

Socrates (CLAS 491)
Spring 2009:

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2008 Newsletter

Harry Mount's Vote for Latin
From the NY Times. With Dr. J's nasty critique.

Eta Sigma Phi website
For our student group.

Considering classics?
The Why Classics? stuff has been reorganized. Check it out. It's more practical!

Welcome to the homepage of the SIUC Classics Section.

We teach Greek and Latin, and courses in translation about the ancient Greeks and Romans. We offer a major in Classics, and minors in Classical Civilization, Latin, and Greek.

Do please follow the links to your left for more about the classics and our program. For further information about Classics at SIUC, contact the classics advisor, Dr. David Johnson, by phone at (618) 453-5427, or via email at mjohnson@siu.edu.

 

Graduation 2008

Graduation 2008. From right to left, Drs. Taoka, Brown, and Johnson, and honorary Classics Section member Dr. Thyra Knapp (of the German section).

 

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Head of Athena

Athena, from the temple of Aphaia on Aegina, c. 500. Above, the Parthenon frieze, 440.

Comments: David Johnson