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Please join us MarchÌý3 (Thursday) from 6-8 pmÌýfor a workshop withÌýStephen Sansom (PhD candidate, Classics).ÌýThe workshop will take place in the Terrace Room in Margaret Jacks Hall (4th floor,Ìýbld. 460). Ted Kelting (PhD candidate, Classics) will serve as respondent.
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Of the piece, Stephen writes:
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In this paper, I argue that the Roman poet Lucan closely models his character Erictho's diabolical incantation (Bellum CivileÌý6.685-94) on the Greek poet Hesiod's depiction of Typhon inTheogonyÌý829-41. I outline the specific linguistic similarities between the two passages before providing a thematic argument, namely that Hesiod's Typhon serves as an especially appropriate intertextual model not only for Erictho's invocation but also for the discordant poetics of theÌýBellum Civile. I conclude by suggesting that Lucan engages in a tradition of poetic reuse of Typhon especially in response to Typhon's apperance in OvidÌýMetamorphosesÌý5.
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Please emailÌýmkim6 [at] stanford.edu (mkim6[at]stanford[dot]edu) for the pre-circulated paper.