THE
CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION
OF
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One
Hundred-First Annual Bulletin
2006
2006-2007
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
CANE
Executive Committee
President: Cynthia Damon, Classics Department= , AC @3357, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, cdamon@amherst.edu.= (413) 542-8126.
Immediate Past
President: John McVey, 110A
President Ele=
ct: Shirley Lowe,
Executive Sec=
retary:
Rosemary A. Zurawel, c/o
Treasurer: Ruth Breindel,
Curator of th=
e Funds: Donna Lyons,
Editor,
Coordinator of
Educational Programs: Kathleen L. Braden,
.
Editor, CANE
Instructional Materials:
Gilbert Lawall,
Classics-in-C= urricula Coordinator: Allen M. Ward, Department of History, BoxU-103, University= of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-2103; (860)228-4681 (h); (860) 486-4266 (o); = ward@uconnvm.uconn.edu.
Director, CAN=
E Summer
Institute: Ellen Perry, P=
.O.
Box 130A Department of Classics, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA,
01610, (508) 476-0169, EPERRY@holycross.edu.
At-Large Members:
Katy Ganino,
Sally Morris, c/o Classics
Department,
Roger Travis,
State Representatives:
Committee on Scholarships
Edmund F. DeHoratius 45
Joseph Meyer=
43
Whitman Ave
Chris Richards,
Webmaster
Allan Wooley&nbs=
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Finance Committee
Donna =
Lyons
(Chair),
Ruth =
Breindel
(ex officio),
Allen Ward,
Michael Deschenes, St. Sebastian's School,
978-682-0652 =
MICHAEL-DESCHENES@stsebs.org
Membership Committee
Ruth <=
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class=3DSpellE>Breindel (Chair), 617 Hope S6treet,
Kathleen L. Braden,
Katy <=
span
class=3DSpellE>Ganino,
Stephany Pascetta,
Emil Penarubia,
Raymond J.
Starr, Department of Classical Studies Wellesley College,
Other Committees as
Established by the By-Laws
Nominating Committee
Anne
Mahoney,
Jeremiah
Mead,
Barlow-Beach Distinguished Service Award
John McVey (Cha=
ir),
110A
Sr. Mary Faith Dargan,
203-401-4074; BRANTF@albertus.edu
Ruth Breindel,
Committee on Discretionary Funds
Jacqui Carlon
(Chair),
Katy <=
span
class=3DSpellE>Ganino,
Mark R.
Pearsall,
Program Committee (2007 Annual Meeting)=
Cynthia Damon (Chair) , Classics
Department, AC #2257, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, 413-542-8126 (W),=
413-549-7471 (H), cdamon@=
amherst.edu
Local Arrangements Coordinator
TBA
Auditors
Stephen Pingree,
Thomas A. Suits,
Resolutions Committee
Francis R. Bliss, Beata <=
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class=3DSpellE>Arva, 375 Taylor Hill Rd., New Vineyard, ME , 04956, =
(207)
652-2232, FRBLISS@tdstelme.net
Richard E. Clairmont,
Classics in Curricula
Oversight: Sta=
te
Representatives (or the designees)
Working Group:=
Allen M. Ward, Department =
of
History Box U-2103, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT , 06269, (860) 429-2503, WARD@uconnvm.uconn=
.edu
Margaret G. Cook, ,
Stephen A. Brunet, Classics Program Murkland
Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824, (603) -868-2007,
SABRUNET@cisunix.unh.edu
Kenneth F. Kitchell, Jr.,
Director, CANE Summer Institute, 2006 &=
amp;
2007
Ellen E. Perry, College of the Holy Cross, PO Bo= x 130A, Dept of Classics, Worcester, = MA, 01610; 508-476-0169, EPERRY@holycross.edu
Steering Committee, CANE Summer Institute
John M. Higgins,
Charles Bradshaw,
Alison Harvey,
Kenneth E. Wheeling,
Daniel T. , Russo, Austin =
Prep.
School,
Miranda Marvin,
Other Officers and Services
Coordinator for CE=
Us
=
Donna Lyons,
Writing Contest
President-Elect (Chair, ex
officio); Executive Committee State Representatives (ex officio)
Student Paper Award
President (Chair, ex offic=
io)
Weincke Prize
At-Large Members of the Ex=
ecutive
Committee (ex officio)
Phinney Scholars=
hip
John M. Higgins,
Phyllis Katz,
Paul Langford,
CANE Certification Scholarship
See CANE Scholarship Commi=
ttee
list above
Emporium Romanum
Donna =
Lyons,
Newsletter
=
Emil =
Penarubia,
Representative on the Council of the Am=
erican
Classical League
Paul
Alternate to the Council of the American Classical Le=
ague
Deborah Rae Davies, ,
Delegate to the National Committee for =
Latin
and Greek
Deborah Rae Davies, ,
Delegate to the American Council on the=
Teaching
of Foreign Languages
Mark R.
Pearsall,
Delegate to the National Council for the Teaching of Foreign Langua=
ges
Madelyn Gonnerman, =
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IN MEMORIAM
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BARLOW-BEACH AWARD 2006
Barlow-Beach Award
7 PM Banquet
The Barlow-Beach Award this=
year
goes to the Theodora Stone Sutton Professor of Classics, who received his BA
from the
One of his most enduring contributions to CANE was the initiation and implementation of CANE’s original website whose influence and imp= act is immeasurable.
I understand that Vergil is his favorite Latin poet: I hope he will fin= d it appropriate then that the inscription on the Barlow-Beach Award comes from = the other half of Vergil’s soul, Horace:
Exegi monumentum aere perennius “I have built a monument more lasting=
than
bronze”
He is Professor of Classics=
at
Raymond J. Starr
CANE WRITING CONTEST PRIZE PAPER AND STATE WINNERS
The Death of Britannicus, by Sierra Hunt
&n= bsp; The room, dark except the flickering halos of candles, is perfect. Away from the meager light emanating fr= om the table, Locusta stands in the shadows; they are = deep shadows, thick shadows, shadows made for watching and waiting. Spectating, she tells herself with an invisi= ble smile. My work will soon be complet= e.
&n=
bsp; Nero,
sitting at the head of the table, is visibly anxious. The emperor cannot se=
em
to keep his eyes on the food or his mind on the guests. His dinner companio=
ns,
aware of their host's growing uneasiness, surreptitiously trade worried gla=
nces
over their chicken and breads and then busy themselves with careful
examinations of their fingernails. Dinner is deathly quiet except for the
rattle of bracelets and the slow crunch of chewing. From her shadowy vantage point,
&n= bsp; Britannicus himself, at Nero's right side, is the onl= y one who refuses to be upset by the gloomy atmosphere. The few jokes he attempted earlier received only weak smiles and a polite chuckle or two, and although= he has long since allowed them to trail off into silence, his mood remains lig= ht and his eating enthusiastic. It is, after all, in the nature of boys to laugh boldly in the face of unpleasant situations and, failing that, to ignore them. Death, however, is notoriously dif= ficult to ignore. Locusta looks forward to watching th= e boy attempt that particular feat.<= /p>
&n=
bsp; The
boy's food taster stands behind him, delicately picking the worst pieces of=
f a
drumstick. Although the taster is unaware, he will be escaping sharing his
master's fate tonight only through the ingenuity of Lo=
custa.
The unfolding of her brilliant plan will leave seven stunned, one dead, and=
one
utterly secure, knowing that the biggest threat to his throne had, at long
last, been eliminated. Oh, she will be rewarded richly for this. How far she
has come since her humble beginnings in simple, modest
&n= bsp; Nero's eyes dart to Locusta's corner, searching for her in the darkness. His urgent look snaps her out of her reverie, telling her that the dinner wine is arriving, hot enough to burn Britannicus' tongu= e. She smiles into the blackness again. Locusta watche= s the tasters sip the wine, then hand the cups to their masters. This is the cruc= ial moment. If Britannicus doesn't complain, the pl= an is ruined and she will be forced to hatch a new one under Nero's displeased ey= e.
&n= bsp; But he does. Waving his hand at the taster, Britannicus frowns and signals that his wine is unpleasantly hot. Water is hurriedly ad= ded by the slaves. It is lovely, cold water, clear and soothing, carefully pois= oned by Locusta's own hand. Nero eyes the now‑deadly cup in his half‑= ;brother's grasp. A mixture of anxiety and frenzy lurks in his gaze, a treacherous combination which Locusta marks with disdain. Her own countenance betra= ys nothing of her feelings.
&n= bsp; The plan has worked and the wine is once again in Britanni= cus' hand, the water left untasted by his slaves. He drinks...
...and shakes. The boy's = throat appears to seize up and his thin body is racked with convulsions. Nero remains sitting,= calm now that the deed is done. Locusta hears him sp= eak to the guests, telling them that the boy's epilepsy is the obvious cause of th= is fit and that there is no need to worry. It's too late for that, my lord, Locusta thinks.= Thev're frantic. But her thoughts linger mostly on the riches she will h= ave and the awe she will inspire = as a result of this most wonderfully‑executed job.
&n= bsp; As Britannicus dies, Locusta<= /span> smiles widely. Nero will not forget this.
References
Leon, Vicki. Outrageous Women of Ancient Times.=
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A Brief
History of Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Weapons. 2004.=
STATE WINNERS
CANE Writing =
Contest,
‘05/06
Topic: Women in Antiquity: The Good, the Bad, the Beautiful. Modern and Anc=
ient
Perspectives
The overall winner is the
1st place Katharine Conroy, Latin V
Coginchaug
Regional High School. Dunham, CT
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p;
teacher: Mrs. Mary Sersanti
2nd place Nicole Rubin, Latin III
Norw=
ich
Free Academy, Norwich, CT
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p;
teacher: Dr. Elizabeth Tylawski
3rd place Stephanie Cuomo, Latin V
=
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Coginchaug Regional High School, Dunham,=
CT
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sp;
teacher: Mrs. Mary Sersanti
MAINE
1st place John Mondor
122 Franklin Street
Saco, ME 04072
Thornton Academy, Saco, ME
04072
teacher: Sally
Cody =
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2nd place Alison Leary, grade 11=
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Thornton Academy, Saco, ME
04072 &nbs=
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teacher: Sally
Cody, &nbs=
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3rd place Rachel A. Meyer
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South Portland High School, South Portland, ME 04106
teacher: Beth Gwozdz,
MASSACHUSETTS
1st place Andrew Horne
41 Locust Lane
Needham, MA 02492
St. Sebasia=
n’s
School
teacher: Mr. James Ferguson
2nd place Rachel Taylor
=
Milton High School
teacher: Ms. Markarian
3rd place Nora Lawrence
&n=
bsp; Concord-Carlisle HS
teacher: Mr. Jeremiah Mead
NEW HAMPSHIRE
1st place Sam Hammond
42 Watson Road
Dover, NH 03820
Dover HS
teacher: Mrs. Grimes
2nd place Lauren Strand
Pinkerton Academy
teacher: Mrs. Allen
3rd place Meaghan Cassidy
Pinkerton Academy
teacher: Mrs. Allen
RHODE ISLAND
1st place Grace Alloy-Relihan
53 Reservoir Street
Norton, MA 02766
Moses Brown School
teacher: Ruth Breindel
2nd place Kimberly Kalunian &nb=
sp;
Moses Brown School
teacher: Ruth Breindel
3rd place Abbey Littman
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Moses
Brown School
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;
teacher: Ruth Breindel
VERMONT
1st place Sierra Hunt
262 Maplewood Common
Moretown,
VT 05660
Harwood Union High School
teacher: Tami Munford
2nd place Carly Schwe=
r
Mt. Mansfield Union High School<=
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teacher: Robert Slayton
3rd place Alec Jacobson
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Champlain Valley Union High School
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;
teacher: Leanne Morton
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2006 CANE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS
Endo=
wment
Award
David Harpin from th=
e
Corn=
elia Catlin Coulter Award
John Higgins from the
Renata
Tim Casey from
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS READ AT THE 2006 ANNUAL MEETING
FRIDAY MOR=
NING
Paper Sess=
ion 1
1. Teresa =
Ramsby is an Assistant Professor at UMas=
s
Amherst where she teaches courses on
1. Controlling Women and the Use of Text in Paris
The nymph Oenone and
Helen, queen of
There is of course a Greek literary model of
inscribing things on surfaces to provoke the attention of women—such =
as
the famous golden apple thrown into the wedding of Pel=
eus
and Thetis by Eris<=
i> to
arouse jealousy among the great goddesses.=
Yet as Ramsby (CJ 2005) has shown=
, Ovid
has a history of using inscriptions within his text in order to draw intrig=
uing
correspondences between the epigraphic culture at
2. Phylis Katz is currently teaching at
2. Re-visioning the Myth of Medea: Christa Wolf’s Medea: A Modern Retelling
No woman in history has a grimmer
reputation than Medea, woman who is said to have
killed her brother, her two children, and the new wife of her husband Jason.
Christa WolfÆs Medea: A Modern Retelling 1996 is remarkable for itsôstream
of consciousness , prose-poemö style and
especially for its innovative treatment of the ancient myth. The novel is
particularly important because the author has re-appropriated ancient texts=
and
re-visioned, as Adrienne Rich puts it, the stor=
y of Medea so that the tragic heroine becomes a victim rat=
her
than a murderess. This paper looks at WolfÆs ôre-visioningö of ancient myth and argues =
that WolfÆs innovative and non-traditional retelling=
of
the story of Medea is of vital importance as a =
lens
through which we can view the ancient world and our own. As Margaret Atwood
puts it, ôWolfÆs Medea stirs up uneasy reson=
ances
. . . . it is a study of power, and of the operations of power, and of the
behavior of human beings under pressure when power squeezes them tight.ö
Edith Hall reviewing WolfÆs novel writes: "Wolf is hardly the first novelist to discover that classical mythology can be interpreted to yield powerful resonances for modernity, but the trajectory from which she approaches her chosen legend is wonderfully original. She forces us to ask what barbarous subtexts are concealed in all our mythologies.ö Wolf as= ks us to evaluate the kinds of