BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1198@daw.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20241113T142319 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250512 SUMMARY:Tagung: Cicero: Orator et Poeta – Cicero’s Use of and reflectio n on Poetry DESCRIPTION:Cicero: Orator et Poeta – Cicero’s Use of and reflection o n Poetry\\r\\nAlbert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (12­–13/05/2025)\\r\ \nWe are delighted to announce the two-day international conference ‘Cic ero: Orator et Poeta ­– Cicero’s Use of and reflection on Poetry’\ , which will take place at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg on 12t h and 13th May 2025 (Werthmannstraße 8\, Vorderhaus\, Raum R01009). The event is generously sponsored by the Fritz-Thyssen Foundation. Its scope is to investigate Cicero’s poetic profile in the social and political co ntext of late Republican Rome.\\r\\nInformation about the programme is ava ilable below. The conference will be live streamed via Zoom and the link w ill be made available on this page in due course. For information\, please contact the organisers Leonardo Costantini (leonardo.costantini@bristol.a c.uk [mailto:leonardo.costantini@bristol.ac.uk]) and Stefan Tilg (stefan.t ilg@altphil.uni-freiburg.de [http://stefan.tilg@altphil.uni-freiburg.de]). \\r\\n\\r\\nProgramme\\r\\nDay 1: Monday 12th May 2025\\r\\n10:00-10:15  Welcome\\r\\n10:15-12:15 Session 1\, chair: Stefan Tilg (Freiburg)\\r\\nC . Bishop (Texas Tech): Cicero’s Sirius: The Dog Star from Greece to Rome  \\r\\nA. Magnavacca (UCY): Cicero’s lifelong fidelity to Aratus\\r\\n1 4:00-16:00 Session 2\, chair: L. Costantini (Bristol)\\r\\nB. Zimmermann (Freiburg): Cicero tragicus. Cicero als Übersetzer griechischer Tragiker \\r\\nJ. Klooster (Groningen): Cicero's choice for epic poetry in light of the Greek models of poetry and leadership\\r\\n\\r\\nDay 2: Tuesday 13th  May 2025\\r\\n10:00-12:00 Session 3\, chair: Dominic Berry (Edinburgh)\ \r\\nG. Manuwald (UCL): Cicero and the fragments of Roman Republican trage dy\\r\\nC. Steel (Glasgow): Cicero v. Archias: Differing models of politic al poetry in the late Republic\\r\\n14:00-16:00 Session 4\, chair: Ermann o Malaspina (Turin)\\r\\nL. Costantini (Bristol): Civic poetry and self-ce lebration. The scope (and limits) of Cicero’s De Consulatu Suo.\\r\\nJ. Dugan (Buffalo): Textual materiality in/and Cicero’s De Consulatu Suo\ \r\\n16:00-16:15             Closing remarks X-ALT-DESC:

Cicero: Orator et Poeta \;– Cicero’s Use of and reflection on Poetry

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Albert-Ludwigs-Universit ät Freiburg (12­\;–13/05/2025)

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We are delighted to announce the two-day international conference ‘Cicero: Orator et Poeta&n bsp\;­\;– Cicero’s Use of and reflection on Poetry’\, which will take place at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg on 12t h \;and 13th \;May 2025 (Werthmannstraße 8\, Vor derhaus\, Raum R01009). The event is generously sponsored by the Fritz-Thyssen Foundation. Its scope is to investigate Cicero’s poetic pr ofile in the social and political context of late Republican Rome.

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Information about the programme is available below. The conferenc e will be live streamed via Zoom and the link will be made availa ble on this page in due course. For information\, please contact the organ isers Leonardo Costantini (leonardo.costantini@bristol.ac.uk) and Stefan Tilg (stefan.tilg@altphil .uni-freiburg.de).

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Programme

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Day 1: Monday 12th \;May 2025

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10:00-10:15 \;W elcome

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10:15-12:15 \;Session 1\, cha ir: Stefan Tilg (Freiburg)

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C. Bishop (Texas Tech): Cicero’s Siri us: The Dog Star from Greece to Rome \;

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A. Magnavacca (UCY): C icero’s lifelong fidelity to Aratus

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14:00-16:00 \;Session 2\, chair: L. Costantini (Bristol)

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B. Zimmermann (Freiburg): Cicero tragicus. \;Cicero als Übe rsetzer griechischer Tragiker

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J. Klooster (Groningen): Cicero's ch oice for epic poetry in light of the Greek models of poetry and leadership

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Day 2: Tuesday 13th \;May 2025

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1 0:00-12:00 \;Session 3\, chair: Dominic Berry (Edinburgh)

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G. Manuwald (UCL): Cicero and the fragments of Roman Republican trage dy

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C. Steel (Glasgow): Cicero v. Archias: Differing models of poli tical poetry in the late Republic

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14:00-16:00 \;Sessio n 4\, chair: Ermanno Malaspina (Turin)

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L. Costantini (Bri stol): Civic poetry and self-celebration. The scope (and limits) of Cicero ’s \;De Consulatu Suo.

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J. Dugan (Buffalo): Textual materiality in/and Cicero’s \;De Consulatu Suo

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16:00-16:15 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;&nb sp\; \; \; \; \;Closing remarks

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