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SUMMARY:The Iliad on the Table: Visualising Epic on the Tabulae Iliacae - 
 Dr. Michael Squire\, Junior Research Fellow in Classics\, Christ's College
DTSTART:20090610T183000Z
DTEND:20090610T200000Z
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CONTACT:Johanna Hanink
DESCRIPTION:What is the relationship between epic as poetry and epic as pi
 cture? Can epic texts ever be turned into images? And how\, if so\, can vi
 ewers hope to recognise the epic within a picture\, or indeed the picture 
 within an epic?\n\nThis seminar showcases the ways in which these question
 s were played out on a set of twenty-two inscribed Roman Imperial reliefs 
 that have come to be called <Tabulae Iliacae>\, or 'Iliad tablets'. In jux
 taposing visual and verbal media\, these miniature objects epitomise the s
 ophistication with which\nGraeco-Roman artists and poets interrogated the 
 boundaries between visual and verbal media. Exploring and exploiting the m
 any ways in which images might take up\, embellish\, flirt with\, develop\
 , even change outright an audience's understanding of Greek epic texts (an
 d vice versa)\, the tablets actively toy with their simultaenous visibilit
 y and lisibility - for our\ncollective contemplation\, amazement\, and del
 ight.
LOCATION:The Old Kitchens\, Queens' College
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