For readers of Livy and students of Roman republican history, the idea that names revealed character and foretold behavior is familiar: a Manlius Torquatus can be expected to treat his son severely, and a Publius Decius Mus to devote himself in a close battle. Names as destiny and gentilicial traits culminated in Mark Antony’s reference...
Please join The UCLA SNF Center on Thursday, June 11th for a lecture on Classical Greek marriage rituals by Irini Papageorgiou. Irini is the Curator of the Department of Prehistoric, Ancient Greek, and Roman Collections at the Benaki Museum. To receive a Zoom link for this lecture, please RSVP to hellenic@humnet.ucla.edu
Zoom Link: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/92259904483
Zoom Meeting ID: 3131 1616 94 OR Zoom Link: https://ucla.zoom.us/my/alexpurves Password: myth
