Published by Eta Sigma Phi VOLUME 91, NUMBER 1 SPRING 2017 In This Issue 2 ΗΣΦ: Statement of Purpose and Benefits of Membership 2 About NUNTIUS 2 List of Officers 2 Members of the Board of Trustees 2 ΗΣΦ Committees 3 Address from the Megale Hipparchus, Emma Vanderpool 3 Want to place an ad? 3 FASTI 4 Something Old, Something New by Kendall Farkas Acrocorinth, p. 4 6 A Gallic Adventure by Elizabeth Andrews 8 Abstracts of “We Love Wisdom and Beauty: Research by Undergraduate Members of ΗΣΦ” (at the 2016 meeting of CAMWS-SS, Atlanta, GA) 10 Abstracts of “The Next Generation: Papers by Undergraduate Classics Students” (at the annual meeting of the SCS-AIA, Toronto) Pont-du-Gard, p. 6 12 Response by Antony Augoustakis 13 ΗΣΦ Medals 14 ΗΣΦ Website 16 15 Hours in Pylos by Luke Madson 19 Un’estate stupenda a Roma! (An amazing summer in Rome!) by Michael Russo Sphacteria, p. 18 22 Lifetime subscriptions to NUNTIUS 24 In the Footsteps of Poets and Painters: A Summer Tour in Italy by Anne Begin 26 Initiates January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016 (inlcuding honorary members) 27 List of Chapters Filing the 2016–2017 Annual Report 28 Back Issues of NUNTIUS Wanted 30 Membership Report for 2015–16 30 New and Reactivated Chapters 31 ΗΣΦ Regalia (Honor Cords, Hoods, Jewelry and Lapel Pins) Tiberius’ Palace on Capri, p. 25 32 2017 ΗΣΦ National Convention Ponte Fabricio, p 20 ETA SIGMA PHI: LIST OF 2016–17 OFFICERS HONORARY TRUSTEES Statement of Purpose Megale Prytanis: Emma Vanderpool, Martha Davis Gamma Omicron at Monmouth College; Zeta Beta at Temple University and Benefits of [email protected] Sister Thérèse Marie Dougherty Membership Megale Hyparchos: Alexandra Howell, Beta Beta Kappa at Notre Dame of Maryland Psi at Rhodes College; [email protected] University The purposes of Eta Sigma Phi, the national Megale Grammateus: Spencer Silver, Epsilon Brent M. Froberg Classics honorary society, are to develop and at the University of Iowa; spencer.s.silver@ Gamma Omega at Baylor University promote interest in Classical study among gmail.com students of colleges and universities; to promote W. W. de Grummond Megas Chrysophylax: Christopher Maze, Eta at Florida State University closer fraternal relationship among students Theta Alpha at Franklin and Marshall College; who are interested in Classical studies, and to Thomas J. Sienkewicz [email protected] stimulate interest in Classical studies and in the Gamma Omicron at Monmouth College history, art, and literature of ancient Greece and Wayne Tucker Rome. Members are elected by local chapters MEMBERS OF THE Beta Theta at Hampden-Sydney College which have been chartered by the society. Most BOARD OF TRUSTEES members are undergraduates but chapters can also Antonios Augoustakis (2017), Chair initiate graduate students, faculty, and honorees. Alpha Kappa at the University of Illinois EDITOR OF NUNTIUS There are more than 180 chapters of Eta Sigma [email protected] Georgia Irby Phi throughout the United States. Benefits of Omega (College of William and Mary) Katherine Panagakos (2019) membership include: [email protected] • membership card, lapel pin and certificate Theta Tau at Richard Stockton College • subscription to NUNTIUS, the biannual [email protected] EXECUTIVE SECRETARY newsletter of the society Joseph Garnjobst (2018) • an annual national convention including a Eta Delta at Hillsdale College David H. Sick, Executive Secretary (2018) certamen and banquet [email protected] Eta Sigma Phi • the opportunity to give academic presentations Greek and Roman Studies before an audience of peers and scholars Daniel Levine (2017) Rhodes College • annual sight translation exams in Latin and Beta Pi at University of Arkansas 2000 N. Parkway Greek [email protected] Memphis, TN 38112 • honor cords and sashes for graduation Mary Pendergraft (2018) Phone: 901-843-3907 • bronze and silver medals of achievement Beta Iota at Wake Forest University Fax: 901-843-3633 • eligibility for summer travel scholarships to [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Greece, Rome or southern Italy • eligibility for a Latin teacher training scholarship ΗΣΦ COMMITTEES Translation Contest Coordinator Joseph Garnjobst of Eta Delta at Hillsdale College (2018) About NUNTIUS [email protected] Fox Latin Teaching Scholarship Committee NUNTIUS is the newsletter of Eta Sigma Phi, the Bridget Thomas of Eta Zeta at Truman State University, chair (2019, [email protected]) national Classics honorary society. It is published Sister Thérèse Marie Dougherty of Beta Kappa at Notre Dame of Maryland University (2018) twice a year, in September and in January. Copies Timothy Moore of Alpha Xi at Washington University in St. Louis (2017) of the NUNTIUS are sent free of charge to Summer Travel Scholarships Committee active, associate, and honorary members at active Molly Pasco-Pranger, Lambda at the University of Mississippi, chair (2019, [email protected]) chapters. A lifetime subscription to the NUNTIUS Katherine Panagakos, Theta Tau at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey (2017) is also available to members who wish to continue James (Jim) Johnson, Gamma Upsilon at Austin College (2017) receiving the newsletter after graduation. The cost Program Committee of this lifetime subscription is a single payment of John Rundin of Eta Mu at the University of California, Davis (2017) $50. Non-members interested in subscribing to the Alexandra Pappas of Iota Phi at San Francisco State University (2019) newsletter should contact the editor for further Robert H. Simmons of Gamma Omicron at Monmouth College (2018) information. The editor is Dr. Georgia L. Irby of Omega at the College of William and Mary. Finance Committee Graphic designer is Jon Marken of Lamp-Post Davina McClain of Iota Beta at Northwestern State University Scholars’ College, chair Publicity in Meherrin, Virginia, who also provides (2017, [email protected]) the printing. Brent Froberg of Gamma Omega at Baylor University (ex officio) Lora Holland of Eta Tau at the University of North Carolina, Asheville (2018) David Sick of Beta Psi at Rhodes College (ex officio) Christopher Maze, Theta Alpha at Franklin & Marshall College (2017, ex officio) H. R. Butts Field Archaeology Scholarship Committee Ruth Palmer of Gamma at Ohio University, chair (2018, [email protected]) Cynthia Claxton of Delta Sigma at the University of California–Irvine (2019) Christine Renaud of Theta Omicron at Carthage College (2017) 2 Address from the Fasti Megale Hipparchus 2017 February 15 deadlines SALVETE ET KAI XAIPETE! katabases in the Harry Potter septology. We Earlier this year, I wrote about how we also hosted an evening reception, where • requests for Maureen Dallas Watkins Greek and Latin as an organization should consider the current students, alumni, and chapter Translation Contest (If paper copies advice of Edward Zarrow, Latin teacher sponsors all had the opportunity to share of testing materials are desired, such and ACTFL National Language Teacher stories and connect. I cannot wait to for a request must be received by date of the Year, and work to usher the study of the National Convention in Ann Arbor, of Friday, March 3rd.) Classics, which has already lasted two mil- Michigan as the unique community upheld lennia, into another two. From the onset of and shared by those bound together by a • completed ΗΣΦ Bernice L. Fox the academic year, I have been so encour- love of the Greco-Roman world is undeni- Teacher Training Scholarship Applications aged as I have had the privilege to see the ably inspiring. In particular, when Eta good work of Eta Sigma Phi firsthand. I Sigma Phi-ers join together from across the • completed Summer Travel had the distinct pleasure of representing nation, great things — and great fun — is Scholarship Application Eta Sigma Phi at the business meeting at bound to happen. February 13–15: Lupercalia the Summer Institute of the American On the Eta Sigma Phi Facebook page, March 3: deadline for completed Classical League. Here representatives the officers moved to further populate Maureen Dallas Watkins Greek and from classical organizations big and small the page with Certamen questions as Latin Translation Contest tests. join together. It was empowering to see the well as with #ThrowbackThursday and March 4: Exelauno day great company that we share as we face #ScholarshipSunday posts. These posts the honor and privilege of carrying on the highlighted unique moments from past March 6–10: National Latin Teacher torch of classical civilization. editions of the Nuntius as well as past Recruitment Week (NLTRW) Later in the fall, we hosted under- scholarship winners. It has been our dis- March 6–10: Administer College graduate panels at the biennial CAMWS tinct pleasure to read how our organization Greek Exams Southern Section meeting in Atlanta, serves not only current students but also March 20: Ovid’s birthday Georgia as well as at the annual meet- alumni and those beyond our membership March 24–26: 89th National ing of the Society for Classical Studies in through our scholarships and through Convention at the Invitation of Toronto, Ontario. It was exciting to see the chapter activities, outreach projects, Alpha Eta at the University of undergraduates from across the nation and fundraising initiatives of individual Michigan gathering together to share their knowl- chapters. Classical studies, a microcosm of March 26: Vespasian’s birthday edge and speak on such a wide variety of the liberal arts, is certainly for all students.