[First posted in AWOL 28 July 2010, updated (addition of the 30 papers from ASCS 32) 5 March 2015]
Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) Conference Proceedings
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Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) Conference Proceedings
ASCS 33Following the ASCS tradition to publish a limited number of papers presented at the annual conference on the society’s website, we are pleased to announce that the papers from ASCS 33 (2012) are now available, edited by Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides.The link below will take you to the abstracts of papers presented at the ASCS 33 conference in Melbourne in 2012:ASCS 32These SelectedProceedings consist of 30 papers originally presented at the University of Auckland, 24-27 January 2011, edited by Assoc. Prof. Anne Mackay.Editor's prefaceThese SelectedProceedings consist of papers originally presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS), convened by my colleague, Dr Jeremy Armstrong, and myself, and held in New Zealand at the University of Auckland, 24th-27th January 2011. ASCS is the professional body in Australasia for those engaged in study of the classical world, and its conference is the largest annual meeting in the region for the dissemination of new research in the many subsidiary fields.
ASCS 32 was exceptionally large, with over 180 registrants drawn from both hemispheres variously attending five parallel sessions in which were presented some 150 papers. A wider range of research areas than usual was represented: in addition to Greek and Roman history, philosophy and literature, there were several sessions on archaeology and material evidence, including Egyptology; there were particularly strong contingents of those involved in the fields of ancient philosophy and late antiquity, and also the classical tradition. This broader representation of research expertise enabled a valuable measure of interdisciplinarity in many post-paper discussions. The Conference’s range of sub-disciplines is, as it has turned out (and not by design), well represented in these Selected Proceedings.ASCS 32 confirmed the decision taken at ASCS 31 (Perth, Australia) to publish the selected proceedings of the conference on line. Speakers were accordingly invited to submit manuscripts, which were then subjected to independent and expert anonymous peer review: the papers presented here have all been selected as a result of this review process. I should like to acknowledge my sincere gratitude to those necessarily anonymous colleagues in several countries who have supported the endeavour by generously agreeing to serve as referee-readers.Access to these refereed papers is free, but the copyright of all material remains with the individual authors unless otherwise indicated. While each paper is individually paginated and accompanied by its own list of references, it has been the editor’s intention to impose on the collection a homogeneity of presentation sufficient to warrant its being regarded as a single publication. Abbreviations are standard, where possible following the OCD3.Papers should be cited as follows:Author (2011). ‘Title’, in ASCS 32 Selected Proceedings, ed. Anne Mackay (ascs.org.au/news/ascs32/Author.pdf).Anne Mackay
University of Auckland
New Zealand
June 2011ContentsAll abstracts (PDF)
D.A. Alexander Marc Antony’s Assault of Publius Clodius: Fact or Ciceronian Fiction? abstract full text J. Armstrong Power and Politics in Fifth Century BC Rome. The Censorship and Consular Tribunate in Context abstract full text J. Barsby Classics At Otago 3: The Manton Period (1949-65) abstract full text M. Bissett Visualising Festivals: Black-figure Depictions of the Delia abstract full text D. Burton Hades: Cornucopiae, Fertility And Death abstract full text M.W. Champion Aeneas of Gaza on the Soul abstract full text R. Covino The Fifth Century, the Decemvirate, and the Quaestorship abstract full text M. Davies Senecan Philosophy as Counter-ideology (Epistle 31) abstract full text A. Dawson Seeing Dead People: A Study of the Cypselids abstract full text R. Evans Learning to be Decadent: Roman Identity and the Luxuries of Others abstract full text V. Gray Work in Progress on Xenophon’s Language abstract full text L. Grech From Popery to Paganism: Oscar Wilde in Greece abstract full text C.R. Hamilton ‘I Judge between two brothers, to their satisfaction’ – Biographies and the Legal System in the Old Kingdom abstract full text P. Hannah Soldier and Sceptre-Bearer: a Question of Identification in Attic Vase Painting abstract full text J. Hellum Pepi I: a Case Study of Royal Religious Devotion in the Old Kingdom abstract full text V. Howan Three Fleets or Two? abstract full text I. Kehrberg Roman Gerasa Seen From Below. An Alternative Study of Urban Landscape abstract full text M. Leenen The Evolution of Roman Diplomatic Interaction with the Achaean League, 200-146 B.C.E abstract full text B. Marshall ‘Where Have All the Leaders Gone?’ A Possible Reason for the Failure of the Sullan Senate. abstract full text M. Masterson The Visibility of ‘Queer’ Desire in Eunapius’ Lives of the Philosophers abstract full text P. Mountford Aeneas: An Etruscan Foundation Legend abstract full text J. O’Maley Paradigm Introductions and Mytho-Historical Authority in the Iliad abstract full text L. O’Sullivan Tyrannicides, Symposium and History: A Consideration of the Tyrannicide Law in Hyperides 2.3 abstract full text S.R. Perris What Maketh the Messenger? Reportage in Greek Tragedy abstract full text J. Ratcliffe Cornelius Celsus and the Treatment of Fistula in Ano: a Surprise and a Conundrum abstract full text G. Salapata The More the Better? Votive Offerings in Sets abstract full text K. Slaska-Sapala Paradise Lost and the Language of Epic Rebellion abstract full text J. Stove ‘Gut-madness’: Gastrimargia in Plato and Beyond abstract full text H. Tarrant A Six-Book Version of Plato’s Republic: Same Text Divided Differently, or Early Version? abstract full text L. Wadeson Nabataean Tomb Complexes at Petra: New Insights in the Light of Recent Fieldwork abstract full text ASCS 31The Proceedings of the Conference, containing 29 of the papers delivered, were edited, after a refereeing process, and produced in electronic format by Dr Neil O'Sullivan. They are available online at
Editor's preface
These papers were originally presented at the 31st conference of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies, convened by my colleague, Dr Lara O'Sullivan, and held in Perth at the University of Western Australia, 2-5 February 2010. ASCS is the peak body in Australasia for the professional study of the classical world, and its conference is the largest annual meeting in the region for the dissemination of new research in this very international field. The Discipline Group of Classics and Ancient History at UWA wishes to acknowledge the generous contribution of the UWA Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Robson, in support of this event.
As the programme shows, ASCS 31 featured some 80 papers, with speakers drawn from four continents. This year, for the first time, a plan was formulated to publish the papers of the conference and so make their findings available to a much wider audience. Speakers were invited to submit their work, which was then subjected to independent and expert anonymous peer review. The papers presented here have all passed this review process and been recommended for publication. I take this opportunity to thank once more the referees for the generous donation of their time and expertise.
Access to these refereed papers is free, but the copyright of all material remains with the individual authors unless otherwise indicated.
Please cite papers in the following way:
Author, 'Title', in ASCS 31 [2010] Proceedings: classics.uwa.edu.au/ascs31
Each paper is individually paginated.
Neil O'Sullivan
University of Western Australia
July 2010Contents
M. Beasley A philosophical Gigantomachy in the Metamorphoses abstract full text F. Billot Hannibal, elephants and turrets abstract full text D. Blyth Philosophy in the late Latin West abstract full text D. Burton The role of Zeus Meilichios in Argos abstract full text M.W. Champion Creation from Gaza abstract full text J. Davidson Prometheus Bound in Christchurch 2009 abstract full text S. Ford Spatial context of Odyssey 5.452 to 6.317 abstract full text S. Gador-Whyte Emotional preaching: ekphrasis in the Kontakia of Romanos abstract full text P. Garrett Character inheritance in Suetonius'Caligula and Nero abstract full text M. Gillett The 'Etruscan League' reconsidered abstract full text K.M. Heineman The chasm at Delphi: a modern perspective abstract full text D. James Art of gold: precious metals and Chariton's Callirhoe abstract full text P. Jarvis The politics of fraud: a Seruilius Casca in Livy abstract full text P. Johnson Fabius, Marcellus and Otacilius - the alliance that never was abstract full text D. Keenan-Jones The Aqua Augusta and control of water resources in the Bay of Naples abstract full text B. Leadbetter Galerius, Gamzigrad and the politics of abdication abstract full text J. Maitland Homer and the Aiakid cousins: kinship celebrated or overlooked in the Iliad abstract full text B. Marshall 'With friends like this, who needs enemies?' Pompeius' abandonment of his friends and supporters abstract full text S. Midford From Achilles to Anzac: Heroism in the Dardanelles from antiquity to the Great War abstract full text G. Miles 'I, Porphyry': narrator and reader in the Vita Plotini abstract full text P. O'Sullivan Use your illusion: 'Critias' on religion reconsidered abstract full text K.J. O'Toole The Demosthenic basileus: a phantom in the Ath. Pol.? abstract full text D.J. Phillips Thucydides 1.99: tribute and revolts in the Athenian empire abstract full text D. Pritchard War, democracy and culture in classical Athens abstract full text R. Sing Jury pay and Aristophanes abstract full text H. Tarrant The Theaetetus as a narrative dialogue? abstract full text W.J. Tatum Tyche in Plutarch's Aemilius Paulus - Timoleon abstract full text J. Wallis (Un)Elegiac characterisation in Propertius 3.12 abstract full text K. Welch Pietas, Pompeiani and Cicero's Thirteenth Philippic abstract full text