MYTH IN ETRURIA: IMAGES AND INSCRIPTIONS

Columbia University, Nov. 20-21, 2009

– PROGRAM –

Friday, November 20, 2009: 5–7 pm (Italian Academy)

Keynote speech: 5:00 pm. - Thomas H. Carpenter (Ohio University) : "Myth in Etruscan and Apulian Imagery."

Reception following

 

Saturday, November 21, 2009: 9 am–5 pm (612 Schermerhorn Hall)

Morning

9:00 am. - William V. Harris (Columbia University): Introduction.

9:10 am. -  Nancy T. de Grummond (Florida State University): “A n Etruscan Myth of Mezntie.”

9:40 am. - Francesco de Angelis (Columbia University): “Thebes in Etruria: Greek Myths in Etruscan Contexts.”

10:10 am. - Coffee break

10:30 am. - Maurizio Harari (Università degli Studi, Pavia): “Mythology of Light and Oriental Patterns in the Sanctuary at Pyrgi.”

11:00 am. - Larissa Bonfante (NYU): Summing up.

11:30 am. - Discussion.

12.30 pm. - Lunch break.

Afternoon

2:00 pm. - Enrico Benelli (CNR, Rome): "From Myth to the Everyday: Theophoric Names in Etruria."

2:30 pm. - Dominique Briquel (CNRS, Paris ): "The Legend of Meleager on Etruscan Mirrors: New Epigraphical Data."

3:00 pm. - Coffee break.

3:20 pm. - Adriano Maggiani (Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice): “From Cult to Myth: The Tluschva Gods and Some New Inscriptions from Caere and Volsinii.”

3:50 pm. - Rex Wallace (University of Massachussetts): Summing up.

4:10 pm. - Discussion.

Evening

7:30 pm. - Richard De Puma (University of Iowa): Informal tour of the Etruscan Gallery, Metropolitan Museum.