“The Frome Hoard and the Breakaway British Empire (AD 286-296)” will be presented by Dr. Sam Moorhead on Wednesday April 25th at 8:00PM in Campus Center Theater (CE) room 002 at the Indiana University – Purdue University (IUPUI) Indianapolis Campus.…
Laura Allaben (Butler University Class of 2021) is a history and political science major, who took Dr. Kvapil’s “Greek Art and Myth” PCA course this spring. For her final project, she chose to focus on the myth of Daphne and…
Dr. Debra Trusty, a lecturer of Classics at the University of Iowa, wrote a great review of Netflix’s Troy: Fall of A City for the Society of Classical Studies. If you have watched the show or are thinking about watching it, read…
Check this out! PBS did an episode of Secrets of the Dead on Hannibal, a famous Roman general. PBS describes the features as follows: “Hannibal, one of history’s most famous generals, achieved what the Romans thought to be impossible. With…
We wanted to say thank you to everyone we supported our t-shirt fundraisers for Butler Classics Club. Through purchases and donations we were able to raise $130 that will go directly towards funding club meetings for the next school year.…
Colors of Classical Art is a new digital museum exhibit highlighting the permanent collection of classical pieces through the perspective of color. Curated by Juliet Graver Istrabadi, Acting Curator of Ancient Art and Julie Van Voorhis, Associate Professor of the…
At Butler University’s Classics Club April meeting, Classics minor Kailey Steward will be presenting her paper “That’s Just a Myth: A Look at Classical Mythology in Toni Morrison’s Paradise”. Here is a brief summary of the paper in Kailey’s words: In…
LAST DAY IS TODAY! Help support the Butler Classics Club and buy a t-shirt today! This is a fundraising campaign that will help fund events held by Classics Club which promotes educational experiences, brings students together, and builds communities around…
#1 Cleopatra Cleopatra VII was queen of Egypt in the first century BCE . Cleopatra was the last monarch of the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt, who can trace their ancestry back to Macedonia, gaining power after the death of Alexander…
Think Zeus is a spiced apple chai? Or that a early gray moonlight fits Artemis perfectly? What about a peach oolong with pomegranate for Persephone? Looking for some retail therapy related to Classics? Check out Adagio Teas where they have…
