This is a recording of the talk that Dr. Tom Phillips of the University of Manchester gave to the North Staffs branch of the Classical Association to which we were kindly invited: It's very good. We are very grateful to North Staffs for the chance to hear it and see it! It's very good!
Peter

​Dear Sheffield CA friends,

This year has brought us many things, but one that we can definitely celebrate is that 2020 is the centenary of the founding of the Sheffield branch of the Classical Association! 

To help us mark our centenary year, we are delighted to be hosting  a virtual talk:

Professor John Drinkwater: 'Sejanus, black-hearted villain or innocent victim of the paranoia of the emperor Tiberius?'
Wednesday 14 October, 16:15-17:30 (UK time)

Sign up to attend by completing this form (you will be sent a link to join the talk closer to the time):
https://forms.gle/kpJiZcX38nPH4PNJA

Professor Drinkwater (Nottingham/Sheffield) is a distinguished Roman historian and a long-time supporter of the Sheffield CA branch - a double treat for us in the centenary year. This talk will be co-hosted by the Medieval and Ancient Research Seminars (MARS).

Also to note:

• In the next month, we will be contacting you again to provide details for renewing your Sheffield CA subscription for the coming year - please keep an eye out for this email!
• Our second Sheffield CA talk for 2020-21, by Tom Philips (Manchester)  'Apollonius Rhodius and Hellenistic Poetry', is scheduled for 21 April 2021. We will be in touch again early in the new year to confirm this date, and to let you know about other Classical-themed MARS talks to be held in the spring

Yours with best wishes,
Jane


-- 
Dr Jane Rempel (she/her)

Lecturer in Classical Archaeology

Department of Archaeology 
University of Sheffield
Minalloy House
10-16 Regent Street

S1 3NJ

Solon
(fragment 13.43-44, 47-50, 53-54)
σπεύδει δ ́ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος· ὁ μὲν κατὰ πόντον ἀλᾶται
  ἐν νηυσὶν χρῄζων οίκαδε κέρδος άγειν....
ἄλλος γῆν τέμνων πολυδένδρεον εις ἐνιαυτὸν
  λατρεύει, τοῖσιν καμπύλ' ά́ροτρα μέλει·
ἄλλος Άθηναίης τε καὶ Ηφαίστου πολυτέχνεω
  ἔργα δαεὶς χειροῖν ξυλλέγεται βίοτον....
ἄλλον μάντιν ἔθηκεν ἄναξ έκαεργος Άπόλλων,
  έ́γνω δ'ανδρὶ κακὸν τηλόθεν έρχόμενον.

Hurrying, scurrying, one here, one there: over the ocean
  One in his ships with a wish, homeward to bring his reward....
And here another one cuts his way through the thick-wooded landscape,
  Year upon year without fail, guiding the curve of his plough;
And yet another with crafts of Athene and much-skilled Hephaestus
  Works at his bench with his hands, making his livelihood so....
Also another made seer by the long-shooting mighty Apollo
  Knowing yet well of the ills, destined for man from afar.

Translation by Peter Pond (Sheffield U3A, Classical Greek Group)
This link follows up the same theme
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Our lecturer (Dr. Tom Phillips) for the above date has a new book out! His blog explains more about it: 

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April 29th-Dr. Tom Phillips from the Classics Department of the University of Manchester will talk on Apollonius Rhodius: Book your seats Now! Usual venue and times:More details to follow.

Richard Porson, Professor of Greek, with a difference! READ MORE by clicking the picture:

We're near to the beginning of another academic year. So I thought I'd celebrate new beginnings and successful achievements by directing you towards this wonderful poem: nothing better than a dictionary, especially when its full of Greek. The work goes on . . . 

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Click the graphic to READ MORE. It's a very good poem.

​Peter Hulse