CALL. 01.10.2015 - Greek Satyr Play: Reconstructing a dramatic genre from its remnants, Patras (Gree

The Classics Section of the Department of Philology at the University of Patras (Greece), ispleased to announce an international conference on Greek Satyr Play, which will be held on 1-3July 2016 (Friday to Sunday), at the Conference and Cultural Centre of the University

FECHA LÍMITE/DEADLINE/SCADENZA: 01/10/2015

FECHA CONGRESO/CONGRESS DATE/DATA CONGRESSO: 01-02-03/07/2016

LUGAR/LOCATION/LUOGO: University of Patras (Patras, Greece)

ORGANIZADOR/ORGANIZER/ORGANIZZATORE: Menelaos M. Christopoulos (Professor of Classics); Andreas P. Antonopoulos (Carathéodory Postdoctoral Researcher in Classics)

INFO: call - kalamaras2@hotmail.com

CALL:

The aim of this conference is to shed more light on this fascinating but least known genre ofGreek Drama. We seek to assemble scholars from various disciplines (textual and literarycriticism, papyrology, linguistics, archaeology, theatre studies, social anthropology etc.), whowill have the opportunity to discuss all recent developments in our understanding of Satyr Playand present new findings.We welcome papers on the following subject areas:

· The genre

· The Cyclops of Euripides

· The fragmentary plays (of the ‘Triad’, as well of the minor poets)

· The ancient secondary sources (testimonia, didascalic inscriptions, etc.)

· The representation of satyrs and of satyr plays in vase-paintings

Abstracts of no more than 300 words should be sent to Andreas Antonopoulos(kalamaras2@hotmail.com) no later than 1st October 2015