The classics professor describes the importance of the Olympic Games to Ancient Greece, saying it was a "fundamental cultural marker for them."
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"I stressed earlier in the show that the core of ancient stoic ethics is about the essentially rational nature of the human being, but that doesn't mean that we always behave in a sensible way—far from it," Prof Margaret Graver, was quoted in an audio interview for WBUR.
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The Classics Department held a cozy gathering on the upper floor of Reed Hall May 29th 2024 to celebrate its' student prize winners this year. Followed by short presentations of some of the students' work that led to two of the awards. Congrats to all this year's winners and kudos on your hard work!
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Roughly 40 students, faculty and staff from Dartmouth's Classics department ventured forth to St. Johnsbury by bus and car to view the total Eclipse of the sun on April 8th 2024.
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Many members of the Classics Department were in the Hood Museum on March 8, 2024 to see and hear a performance of music from Ancient Greece and Anatolia. The performers were John C. Franklin, Professor and Chair of Classics at the University of Vermont, and his four-piece group, The Call of Kinnaru.
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