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Eta Sigma Phi is the national honorary collegiate society for students of Latin and/or Greek. Members are elected by local chapters which have been chartered by the society. The purposes of the Society, in the words of the Constitution, are "to develop and promote interest in classical study among the students of colleges and universities; to promote closer fraternal relationship among students who are interested in classical study, including inter-campus relationship; to engage generally in an effort to stimulate interest in classical study, and in the history, art, and literature of ancient Greece and Rome."
| Beta Pi Chapter |
2007-2008 Officers:
| Prytanis: |
Keenan Cole |
| Hyparchos: | Alex Simpson |
| Grammateus: | Meg Motley |
| Chrysophylax: | Michelle Zompakos |
| Didaskaloi: | Dr. Daniel Levine, Dr. David Fredrick, & Dr. Alexandra Pappas |
| National Officer: | Jasmine Merced-Ownbey Megale Prytanis |
Upcoming Events:
2008 March 28-30: Eta Sigma Phi Convention
Next year's convention will be held at University of Massachusetts in Amherst. The call for papers will be issued shortly. To submit a paper , please contact your classics faculty advisor [Convention Info]
Previous Events:
2007 December 8: Annual Saturnalia
A whopping 12 new members were initated at our annual Saturnalia, held at Chez Levine.
2007 November 8: Lecture: "Picture This! Words as Art in the Ancient Greek World" by our very own Dr. Alexandra Pappas
7 PM in JBHT 266
This talk focuses on the complex relationship between word and image, two modes of expression consciously woven together by ancient Greek painters, potters, and poets. It examines the role of scratched and painted words on decorated pots from around the time of Homer; its asks why the classical tragedian Euripides described letter shapes in detail in one of his plays; it considers a chorus of women who act out the Greek alphabet in a late 5th-century comedy; and it notes the 3rd-century invention of Greek pattern poetry, where the words of a poem create a shaped image on the page. These topics will guide us chronologically through the evolving relationship between ancient Greek art and text, two media that work closely together to create meaning for their audience, ancient and modern. 7 PM in JBHT 266.
2007 October 9: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
A special, bonus classics-related event! Tuesday, October 9, 8:00-9:30 PM, in the Union Theater, Gender Studies and Classical Studies will be showing the remarkable movie, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," which recasts the analysis of love in Plato's Symposium in the form of a GLAM-ROCK parable. Incredible! Very funny, but with a fairly serious take about how desire works in rock performance. [See Flier]
2007 October 4: Guest Lecture: Eros and Enchantment in the Roman Garden
Eta Sigma Phi is proud to sponsor a lecture by Bettina Bergmann, Professor of Art History, Mount Holyoke College: "Eros and Enchantment in the Roman Garden". Thursday, October 4, 7:00 PM | Giffels Auditorium in Old Main. The lecture will be illustrated, and will last approximately one hour. [See Flier]
2007 September 20: Toward a Cultural Geography of Roman Dining
Lecture given by our very own Dr. David Fredrick. Sept. 20, 7:00 PM, Old Main 319. Pizza afterwards at Tim's on the Square. [See Flier]
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