ETA SIGMA PHI (ΗΣΦ)

Beta Nu Chapter, Unviersity of Mary Washington

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Beta Nu Chapter Annual Lectures
Beta Nu Chapter Annual Classical Essay Contest

OFFICERS 2007-2008

PRYTANIS (PRESIDENT) Bethany Phillips
HYPARCHOS (VICE-PRESIDENT) Elizabeth Liskom
GRAMMATEUS (SECRETARY) to be elected
CHRYSOPHYLAX (TREASURER) to be elected (acting treasurer: Elizabeth Liskom)
PYLOROS (SPEARBEARER) to be elected

MEMBERS 2007-2008

Gurjeet K. Arneja
Kenneth Barnes
Morgan Bek
Erin M. Douglass
Susan E. Drummond
Chrisophter Dudley
Jared Fausnaught
Hillary L. Gatlin
Dana Gilbert
Mary Gregory
Stephanie L. Grimes
Holly Hanks
Midori E. Hartman
Alicia Haynes
Serena Houghton
Morgan Jones
Christina Keyser
Christina Kube
Elizabeth Liskom
Cassondra McWilliams
Colleen Miller
Andrew Raymond Moore
Ann Nelson
Bethany Phillips
Karen Rohrer
Faculty Advisor: Liane Houghtalin

Annual Lectures

2007
N. Gregson Davis (Duke University)
"'Afro-Greeks' in Search of Home: The Motif of the Underworld Journey in the Poetry of Aime Cesaire and Derek Walcott"

2006
Jean MacIntosh Turfa (University of Pennsylvania Museum)
"Love, Death, and Magic in Etruscan Urns"

2005
Patricia Rosenmeyer (University of Wisconsin)
"The Locus Amoenus in Greek and Latin Poetry: What's Love Got to Do with It?"

2004
Jeannine Diddle Uzzi (University of Southern Maine)
"Rethinking Romanitas: Barbarian Babies in the Art of the Roman Empire"

2003
Naomi J. Norman (University of Georgia)
"Putting People back into the City: The Archaeological Evidence for Carthage"

2002
Rose Mary Sheldon (Virginia Military Institute)
"Toga and Dagger: Espionage in the Ancient World"

2001
Christina Salowey (Hollins University)
"Kore: A Maiden's Story"

2000
Gregory N. Daugherty (Randolph-Macon College)
"Fires and Firemen in Nero's Rome"

1999
John D. Mac Isaac (Mary Washington College)
"Nemea: The Other Olympic Games"

1998
Liane Houghtalin (Mary Washington College)
"The Sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia"

Annual Classical Essay Contest

Latin students attending Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Fredericksburg schools or whose teacher is a member of the Fredericksburg Area Latin Teachers' Association (FALTA) are eligible to enter the Annual Classical Essay Contest.

Please e-mail Prof. Liane Houghtalin with questions about the contest at lhoughta(at)umw.edu