Ottilia Buerger Coin Collection: Interactive Exhibit
Come enjoy an up-close look at some fine examples from our coin collection. Among the dazzling medallion and 11 other examples, one is a fake. Can you spot it? Students and staff will be on hand to answer questions.
Wriston Print Room, 2-4PM
Lecture: "Frank Miller's Thermopylaes"
"Comic book artist Frank Miller has been obsessed with the narrative of the 480 B.C. battle of Thermopylae from his earliest years. His engagement with the infamous battle between Greeks and Persians and the ideas that it represented began in the early years of his career in the 1980s and continues into the present. This paper will compare two major versions of the battle that occurred several years apart (Sin City: The Big Fat Kill [1993/4] and 300 [1998]) as well as numerous allusions to the battle in Miller's other works, including his forays into film. The aim is to gain a more comprehensive understanding of how the superhero genre of comics relates to classical antiquity and how Miller as an individual understands the battle's meaning to our present."
Vince Tomasso (Ripon College)
Wriston Auditorium, 5PM
Informal Classics Dinner
Location TBD
