69Th Annual Meeting

THE CLASSICAL JOURNAL 247

SIXTY-NINTH ANNUAL MEETING CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE MIDDLE WEST AND SOUTH. INC. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, APRIL 12. 13, 14, 1973 HEADQUARTERS: THE DETROIT HILTON HOTEL at the invitation of

THE DETROIT CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION THE SACRED HEART SEMINARY THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MARYGROVE COLLEGE THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MERCY COLLEGE OF DETROIT THE UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR THE MICHIGAN CLASSICAL CONFERENCE WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

PROGRAM

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11

8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Welcoming coffee hour. Host, The Detroit Classical Association.

THURSDAY, APRIL 12

9:00 a.m. Meeting of the Executive Committee. 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. First Session. ELIZABETH G1EDEMAN, Western Michigan University, presiding. Theme and Image in the Appendix Vergiliana: WILLIAM R. NETHERCUT, University of Georgia Mczentius and the Etruscan Catalogue (Aeneid X): PAUL F. BURKE, JR., McMaster University

Intermission Coffee service. Host, Marygrovc College

Vergil. Georgia II: The Sowing of a Republic: ROBERT M. WILHELM, Miami University Ovid, Amores, III. 1 la & b: NICHOLAS P. GROSS, University of Texas Waltharius: Classical Tradition and Christian Epic: DENNIS M. KRATZ, The Ohio State University

1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Transportation to the Detroit Institute of Arts provided to registered members and guests by Michigan State University, The Sacred Heart Seminary, and other host institutions. 248 FEBRUARY-MARCH. 1973

2:30 p.m. -4:00 p.m. Second Session. JOHN II. D'ARMS, University of Michigan, presiding. Numismatics as an Ancillary Discipline: THEODORE V. BUTTREY, University of Michigan Papyrology as an Ancillary Discipline: ALAN E. SAMUEL, University of Toronto Collecting Ancient Art: WILLIAM H. PECK, The Detroit Institute of Arts

4:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Reception for registered members and guests in the Diego Rivera Court. Hosts: The University of Michigan and The University of Windsor. Visit to the Classical Collections.

5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Transportation to the Detroit Hilton Hotel provided to registered members and guests by Michigan State University, The Sacred Heart Seminary, and other host institutions.

8:30 p.m. Third Session. CHARLES FANTAZZI, University of Windsor, presiding. Dramatic production of Plautus' MOSTELLARIA (in Latin) Director: GERDA SEL1GSON, University of Michigan

FRIDAY, APRIL 13

8:00 a.m. Sratc Vice-Presidents' Breakfast. Secretary-Treasurer ROBERT A. TUCKER, University of Georgia, presiding.

9:30 a.m.- 11:45 a.m. Fourth Session: Sections A and B. Section A. JACOB E. NYENHUIS, Wayne State University, presiding. Adaptation of Epic Diction in Theocritus and Apollonius: CHARLES FANTAZZI, University of Windsor The Origin and Interpretation of the Polyphemus Myth: JUSTIN GLENN, Florida State University

Intermission Coffee service. Host, Mercy College of Detroit

Some Problems in Sophocles' Use of Oracles: GEORGE E. NIX, College of Saint Teresa, Minnesota The Horse and its Rider in Two Plays by Aristophanes: THOMAS B. CURTIS, University of Tennessee Euripides' Defense of Women: STEPHEN J. SIMON, Appalachian State University Epicurus and the Royal Society of London: HOWARD JONES, McMastcr University THE CLASSICAL JOURNAL 249

Section B. REV. RICHARD OSEBOLD, Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit, presiding. What are Snake Tubes?: JOHN J. REICH, Florida State University Death and Transfiguration: The Dionysus Cup: STEPHEN BERTMAN, University of Windsor

Intermission Coffee service. Host, Mercy College of Detroit

The Clementia and Moderatio of Tiberius: GLANVILLE DOWNEY, Indiana University Domestic Staff in the Julio-Claudian Period: SUSAN TREGGIARI, University of Ottawa Vespasian's Adlection of Men in senatum-. GEORGE W. HOUSTON, University of North Carolina Ruskin's Athena: Queen of the Air: GERTRUDE DRAKE, Southern Illinois University

2:00 p.m. -4:45 p.m. Fifth Session. WILLIAM M. SEAMAN, Michigan State University, presiding. Classics and Future Shock: JOHN W. SHUMAKER, The Ohio State University Mythology through Art and Music at The Ohio State University: JOHN T. DAVIS, The Ohio State University

Intermission Coffee service. Host, The University of Detroit

Workshop: Development of Techniques for Reading Latin: GERDA SELIGSON and GLENN KNUDSVIG, The University of Michigan

4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Meeting of the Southern Section. LEON GOLDEN, Florida State University, presiding.

4:45 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Meeting of the Michigan Classical Conference. 5:15 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Meeting of the Vergilian Society. ALEXANDER G. McKAY, McMaster University and University of Colorado, presiding. 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Dutch Treat reception. 7:30 p.m. Annual Subscription Banquet, Wayne Room, The Detroit Hilton Hotel. Banquet libations provided by the Michigan Classical Con­ ference and Wayne State University—Modern Greek Cultural Asso* ciation. GERALD F. ELSE, The University of Michigan, presiding. Greetings: J. FRANCIS LEDDY, President of The University of Windsor. 250 FEBRUARY - MARCH, 1973

Response: LOIS T. ELLSWORTH, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Qvationes: JOSEPH M. CONANT, Emory University. Presidential Address: "Giovanni Battista Piranesi: Artist and Archaeologist in Eighteenth Century Rome." ALEXANDER G. McKAY, McMaster University and University of Colorado.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14

9:00 a.m. Annual Business Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Inc. President ALEXANDER G. McKAY, presiding.

Intermission Coffee service. Host, Western Michigan University

10:30 a.m.- 12:00 m Sixth Session. PAUL R. MURPHY, Ohio University, presiding. Homer, Archiloch us and Zorba the Greek: Some Thoughts on Greek Metrics in the Classroom: OWEN C. CRAMER, The Colorado College Teaching Sophocles' Ode on Men to Greekless Students: JOAN V. O'BRIEN, Southern Illinois University Socrates in the Clouds: PETER KARAVITES, Appalachian State University The Evolution of the Roman Alphabet: ELIZABETH GIEDEMAN, Western Michigan University