Volume 28 Number 2: February 1998NB: The material contained in the WWW version of the CAPN Bulletin is identical to the hardcopy with the exception of a few advertisements (which have been omitted)
CONTENTS:
Address Correspondence for CAPN to:
Professor Catherine M. Connors
Secretary/Treasurer, CAPN
Department of Classics, Box 353110
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
e-mail: cconnors@u.washington.edu
FAX: 206-543-2267
phone: 206-543-2266
A conference registration form may be found on p. 19 of this Bulletin. Please note that the due date is March 1.
Following is a list of hotels conveniently located for the April 3-4 CAPN conference in Portland, Oregon, held on the campus of Portland State University. Each hotel is a five to fifteen minute walk from campus. Make reservations by March 1 if possible.
1. Double Tree Hotel (310 SW Lincoln; 503 221-0450 or 1-800-222-TREE)
$99 single or double rooms at group rate: mention CAPN.
2. Days Inn (1414 SW 6th; 503 221-1611 or 1-800-329-7466)
$ 97 double at group rate: mention Karen Carr and the confirmation number 11527; have them change the name and credit card information. Nearest to PSU.
3. Mallory Hotel (729 SW 15th; 503 223-6311 or 1-800-228-8657)
Small doubles at $60 (you may have to ask for them) or really nice ones for $75.00. No group rate.
4. Ben Stark Hotel (1022 SW Stark; 503 274-1223)
single/double (one bed) $43.60; double/quad (2 beds) 49.05$. They also have hostel rooms at $12/person. No group rate. Farthest from PSU but closest to Powell's.
FROM THE AIRPORT: A shuttle operated by RAZ transportation goes to the Days Inn or the Ben Stark for $9. For the Mallory, you can take the RAZ shuttle to the Imperial and the Mallory will pay for your cab from there. You can buy RAZ tickets from the driver; it leaves every 20 minutes. There is free shuttle service to the Doubletree hotel from the airport every half hour, until 11:30 at night. A cheaper alternative is the #12 city bus, which will drop you within walking distance of any of these hotels.
BY CAR: Traveling south on I- 5, take I-405 South across the Fremont Bridge. Continue south on I-405 to the 6th Ave Exit (#1C). At the top of the ramp, turn left onto 6th Avenue. Travelling north on I- 5, take the City Center/Beaverton Exit (#299B) to I- 405 North. Take the 6th Avenue exit. Once on 6th Ave., take a left on Montgomery and you will see Smith Memorial Center in front of you. If you arrive after 7 pm Friday or anytime Saturday, parking is free in the parking garage you will see on your left as you go down 6th Ave (at Harrison). For maps and directions, the WWW site is:
http://www-adm.pdx.edu/user/bo-fis/directns.htm#directions
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
April 3-4, 1998
Friday, April 3
7:00 pm: Browsing Lounge: Smith Memorial Center 238: Registration; Opening Session
Medea in Corinth
Celia Luschnig (University of Idaho)
Latifundia Myths and the Ager Falernus
Erik D. Anderson (Spokane, Washington)
From the Mystical to the Mundane: Philosophical Protreptic and Epistolary Theory in Late Antiquity
Carol Poster (Montana State University)
9:00-10:30 pm: Cascade Room West: Smith Center 236: Reception
Saturday, April 4
9:00 am - noon: Browsing Lounge: Smith Center 238
9:00-9:30: Registration and Morning Refreshments
9:30-12 noon: Main Session, Part I
Gender/Difference in Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days
Ingrid E. Holmberg (University of Victoria)
Marriage as the highest form of friendship in early Stoicism
Will Deming (University of Portland)
Calling a Spado a Spado: from Freedman of Tacitus to Eunuch of Ammianus
David Rohrbacher (University of Washington)
Three ways of looking at the Chigi Vase
Jeffrey Hurwit (University of Oregon)
Mismatched Socks, Metamerism, and the Color Palette of Greek Vase Painting
Diane Harris-Cline (University of Cincinnati/Stanford University)
Etruscan Dioskuroi Mirrors: Remarks on the Transmission of an Image
Ili Nagy (University of Puget Sound)
12 noon-1:30: Cascade Room: Smith Center 234: Luncheon and Business Meeting
1:30-4:00: Main Session, Part II
Two Responses by Isocrates to Demosthenes
Galen O. Rowe (University of Idaho)
The Alcaic Kid:Horace, Odes 3.13
Dan Curley (University of Washington)
Symbolic Sacrifice and Lyric Expiation: Horace, Odes 2.1
Lowell Bowditch (University of Oregon)
The use of rape as historical and political metaphor in Livy I
Lorina Quartarone (Whitman College)
The Role Of The Aventine In Livy
Kathleen Nile (University of Oregon)
Origins of Roman Numerals: From the Historical to the Hysterical
Burma P. Williams (Pullman, WA) and Richard S. Williams (Washington State University)
5:00-7:30: Visit to Portland Art Museum's show The Splendors of Egypt, for those who have purchased tickets (see registration form below).
7:30 (Room TBA) Free public lecture by Professor Lanny Bell on "Mummies and Magic in Ancient Egypt", in association with the AIA, the Ancient Egypt Studies Association, and the Friends of History.
CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
April 3-4, 1998
Portland State University
Portland, Oregon
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM
Name: ____________________________ Phone #: ______________________
Address: __________________________ E-mail address: _________________
____________________________ ______________________________
____________________________
Mail to: Karen E. Carr
Department of History
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97207-0751
503-725-5472
carrk@pdx.edu
Conference Registration (luncheon included): $ 20 (US) _____________________
$ 25 (Cdn) ____________________
Student Registration (luncheon not included): $ 8 (US) _____________________
$ 10 (Cdn) ____________________
Student luncheon: $ 8 __________________________
Ticket to Splendors of Egypt show at the
Portland Art Museum: $9 (US)_____________________
$11 (Cdn)_____________________
Total: ________________________
PLEASE REMIT THIS FORM AND PAYMENT BY MARCH 1, 1998.
(MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO CAPN)