The Warwick Classics Network A. G. Leventis Ancient Worlds Day 2024 took place on Friday 8th November on the Warwick campus, bringing over 200 students and teachers from across the country to hear talks by our Warwick staff on a range of diverse topics linked to the Classical Civilisation and Ancient History GCSE and A-level curricula (and beyond).

The talks included plenary lectures by Prof David Fearn (Head of Department) on 'Encountering the Classical: Adventures with Ancient Literature and Material Culture' and Prof Alison Cooley on 'Gladiators at Pompeii'.

During the rest of the day attendees were able to choose between fourteen parallel seminar-like sessions which included:

Prof David Fearn 'Homer and the challenges of translation'

Prof Zahra Newby 'Alexander the Great and his Legacy')

Dr Paul Grigsby 'Communicating with the Gods in Greek Religion'

Jacqui Butler 'Women in Pompeii'

Dr Joe Watson 'Ovid Heroides 15'

Dr Clare Rowan 'Coins and Augustus/Imperial image'

Prof Emmanuela Bakola 'Reading Greek plays as dramas, not as mere texts'

Dr Emily Clifford 'Greek Language'

Dr Joe Watson 'Latin Language'

Jacqui Butler 'Myth in Campanian wall paintings'

Dr Trevor Van Damme 'Greek pottery'

Dr Emily Clifford 'Pots and Poetry'

Dr Paul Grigsby 'Sacrifice and Dedications'

Abby Wall 'Coin handling – the roles/representations of animals on coins'

Free lunch was provided, and 24 of our own Warwick Classics students were on hand to chaperone and answer questions about studying Classics here at Warwick.

Some resources are available from these sessions, so do check out our resources section (in development).