The Fourth Annual University of Tennessee Undergraduate Classics Research Conference University of Tennessee, Howard H. Baker Center Saturday February 21, 2015 Sponsored by the Classics Enrichment Fund of the Department of Classics, with generous co-sponsorship by: The College of Arts & Sciences, The Chancellor’s Honors Program, The Office of Undergraduate Research, The Departments of English, History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies, and the School of Art 9:00-9:10 Welcome Dr. Theresa Lee, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Toyota Auditorium 9:15-10:15 Keynote Presentation Toyota Auditorium Dr. Jackie Murray, University of Kentucky The greater stars were hiding: Time Dilation in Lucan's Bellum Civile 10:15-10:30 Morning Break 10:30-12:00 First Paper Session Session#1 Toyota Auditorium Presider: Dr. Jessica Westerhold 1: 2: 3: 4: Abbey Elder, University of Tennessee Crossing the Line: Gender Performance in Greek Drama Lien Van Geel, Mississippi State University Powerful Threads as Female Defense Mechanisms in Ovid’s Metamorphoses Austin Lee Ard, Florida State University Family Planning in Antiquity Elizabeth Hunter, University of Buffalo Defining Gender Roles in the Ars Amatoria Session#2 Room 204 Presider: Dr. Theodora Kopestonsky 1: 2: 3: Simone Bates-Smith, University of Cincinnati Evidence for the Eastern Origin and Transmission of the Cult of Dionysos Megan Cope, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Fish through Time: The Maioumas Festival and Christianity Carly Sokach, University of Pennsylvania A Potion for the Goddess: Controlling ancient Greek Menstruation and Fertility through the Thesmophoria Page 1 of 3 Session#3 Room 205 Presider: Dr. John Friend 1: 2: 3: 4: Jacob Kirchner, Ohio Wesleyan University “Gone” in Euripides’ Medea; How One Word Can Summarize a Tragedy Alex Moskowitz, Swarthmore College New Perspectives on Greek Colonization in Southern Italy Robert Bassett, College of Charleston Aesthetic Dissent in Classical Athens Lydia Schriemer, University of Ottawa Undressing the Female Nude: The Paradox of Morality in Ancient Greek Sculpture 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:10 Second Paper Session Session#4 Toyota Auditorium Presider: Dr. Aleydis Van de Moortel 1: 2: 3: Daniel Hamaker, University of North Carolina at Asheville Skylla and the Etruscan Sea-Monster: Artistic Elements in a Bronze Figurine from Cetamura del Chianti, Italy Amanda Gaggioli, Cornell University Cosmopolitan Household Contests: the commoner and the Late Bronze Age economy Abby Durick, University of Tennessee Kolonna: Cultural Identity and Maritime Trade Session#5 Room 204 Presider: Dr. Stephanie McCarter 1: 2: 3: Richard McDaniel Culbertson, The University of the South Di or Me?: Vergil, the Muse, and the Overdetermination of the Epic Task David Housewright, University of Tennessee Orpheus and Eurydice in Vergil’s 4th Georgic Samantha Koyler, Austin Peay State University Petronius’ Greek-based Hapax legomena Session#6 Room 205 Presider: Dr. Christopher Craig 1: Zoe Elise Thomas, University of Washington Claudius the Fool: An Explanation of Roman Social Values through the Lens of Stoicism Page 2 of 3 2: 3: Brittany Hardy, Millsaps College Rebirth of Classical Love: Reading Botticelli’s Birth of Venus through a LiteraryPhilosophical Lens Mason Johnson, Rhodes College Hold On My Heart: Reevaluating the Platonic Theory of Love in the Symposium 2:10-2:30 Break 2:30-3:40 Third Paper Session Session#7 Toyota Auditorium Presider: Dr. Aleydis Van de Moortel 1: 2: 3: Nathan Carmichael, University of Texas at Austin The Imperial Baths of Rome and their Environs Casey Hughes, Baylor University The Boundaries of Caesar David Royce, University of Tennessee 3D Model of the Forum Augustum Brings the Roman Site to Life Session#8 Room 204 Presider: Dr. Robert Sklenar 1: 2: 3: Amelia Stout, Rhodes College Senecan Epigrams and the Genre of Exile Poetry Megan Bandel, Austin Peay State University The Roman Gaze as Knowledge in Apuleius’ “Cupid and Psyche” Ken Duarte, Hofstra University The Violence of Education in Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe Session#9 Room 205 Presider: Dr. Daniel Moore 1: 2. 3: Kristen Beard, University of Tennessee Avoid Pain or Die Trying Vanessa Felsö, Bryn Mawr College Etruscans in Latium: A New Interpretation of the Cult of Minerva Tritonia at Lavinium Elizabeth Ross, Rhodes College The Sphere of Penetrability in Ancient Rome 3:50-4:10 Closing Remarks Dr. Christopher Craig, Professor and Head of Classics Page 3 of 3