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THE CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION

 

OF NEW ENGLAND

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Milford Street, Medway, MA 02053; j.mcvey@rivers.org (978) 256-4737. <= /p>

 

President Ele= ct:  Shirley Lowe, 2 Laurie Lane, Natick, MA  <= st1:PostalCode w:st=3D"on">01760, sfg= lowe@fastmail.fm. (508) 655-8701;

 

Executive Sec= retary: Rosemary A. Zurawel, c/o = Berwick Academy, 31 Academy Street, South <= st1:City w:st=3D"on">Berwick, ME  03908= , (207) 384-2164, ext. 2902, rzurawel@berwickacademy.,or= g.

 

Treasurer: Ruth Breindel, 617 Hope Street, Providence, RI 002906; (401) 521-3206 (h), (401) 831-7350 (o); rbreindel@yahoo.com.

 

Curator of th= e Funds:  Donna Lyons, 11 Carver Circle, Simsbury<= /st1:City>, CT 06070; (860) 658-1676; mdlyons@sbcglobal.net.

 

Editor, New England Classical Journal: John M. Lawless, History Dept., Providence College, Providence, RI 02918-0001; (401) 865-254= 8; necj@earhtlink.net.

 

Coordinator of Educational Programs: Kathleen L. Braden,  43 Auburn St., Concord, NH 03301, or KBRADEN@ bownet.org.

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Editor, CANE Instructional Materials:  Gilbert Lawall, 71 Sand Hill Road, Amherst<= /st1:City>, MA 01002; (413) 549-0390; glawall@class= ics.umass.edu.

 

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, 63 Forest Hills Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, (617) 524-1766; ganino@alumni.williams.edu.

Sally Morris, c/o Classics Department, Philips Exeter Academy,  Front Street, Exeter, NH  <= st1:PostalCode w:st=3D"on">03833, swmorris@exeter.edu.

Roger Travis, University of Connecticut    338 Mansfield Rd      Storrs   CT<= /st1:address>  06269;  (860) 217-1036;  ROGER_T= RAVIS@uconn.edu        &= nbsp;  

 

State Representatives:

 

Connecticut= : Nina Ba= rclay, 3 Lathrop Lane, Norwich, CT, 06360; nfalatin@aol.com.=

Maine: Beth Gwozdz, 1 Village Green Drive, #7; Saco, M= E  04072= ; (207) 878-0821 (h); gwozdzbe@spsd.org<= /a>.

Massachusetts= : Emil Penarubia, Boston College Parkway, 150 Morrissey Boulebard, Boston, MA 01610; (617) 776-= 1490; penarubia@bchigh.edu.

New Hampshi= re: Paul La= ngford, 59 Sheafe S= treet, Portsmouth, NH  03801= ; (603)431-3635; PLANGFORD@exeter.edu= .

 

Rhode Island= :  Lydia Haile, c/o Moses Brown School, 250 L= lyod Avenue, Providence, RI 02906 ; lhaile@mosesbrown.org. = ;       

Vermont: Leanne = Morton; 98 Vincent Drive; Bristol, VT  05443= ; 802-453-5504 ;LEANNE@= rvuhs.org        &= nbsp;      

 

 

 

Committee on Scholarships

 

Edmund F. DeHoratius  45 Coventry Road, Worcester, MA 01606, 508-853-1011 EDEHORATIUS@verizon.net

Joseph Meyer= 43 Whitman Ave    West Hartford   CT  06107   860-561-1985        &= nbsp;  

Chris Richards, Belmont Hill School, 350 Prospect Street, Belmont, MA 02178; (617) 924-7907; RICHA= RDC@belmont-hill.org.

 

Webmaster

 

Allan Wooley&nbs= p; 675 Hatton Hei= ghts Rd . Morgan<= /st1:City>, VT&nbs= p; 05853; 802= -895-4322; WEBMASTER@caneweb.org<= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:2'>        &= nbsp;           

 

 

Finance Committee

 

Donna = Lyons (Chair), 11 Carver Circle<= /st1:Street>, Simsbury, CT 06070; (860) 658-1676; mdlyons@sbcglob= al.net.

Ruth = Breindel (ex officio), 617 Hope Str= eet, Providence, RI 02906; (401) 52= 1-3204 (h), (401) 831-7350 (o); rbreindel@yahoo.com

Allen Ward, 35 Ball Hill Rd., Storrs,CT  <= /span>06268;  860-429-2503; WARD@uconnvm.uconn.e= du        &= nbsp;    

Michael Deschenes,  St. Sebastian's School, 1191 Greendale Avenue,  Needham, MA&nbs= p;  02192; <= /p>

978-682-0652         = MICHAEL-DESCHENES@stsebs.org

 

Membership Committee

 

Ruth <= span class=3DSpellE>Breindel (Chair), 617 Hope S6treet, Providence, RI  02906= ; (401) 521-3204 (h); (401) 831-7350 (o); rbreindel@yahoo.com.

Kathleen L. Braden, 18 Fisk Road, Concord,  NH, 03301, (= 603) 225-9104, kbraden@bownet.org

Katy <= span class=3DSpellE>Ganino, 63 Forest Hills St., Jamaica Plain, MA  <= st1:PostalCode w:st=3D"on">02130; (617) 524-1766; kganino@mail.sl-regional.k-12.ma.us.

Stephany Pascetta, 250 House Street, Glastonbu= ry, CT 06033; (860) 657-0336; spascetta@msn.com.

Emil Penarubia, Boston College Parkway, 150 Morrissey Boulebard, Boston, MA 01610; (617) 776-= 1490; penarubia@= bchigh.edu

Raymond J.  Starr, Department of Classical Studies Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA  02481= (781) 235-1514, rstarr@wellesley.edu

 

Other Committees as Established by the By-Laws

 =

Nominating Committee

 

Anne Mahoney,  6 Hathon Square,  <= /span> Charlestown,   MA  02129;            =     AMAHONEY@perseus.tufts.edu

Jeremiah Mead, 20 Dalton Road,  Chelmsford<= /st1:City>   MA   01824         = 978-256-2110;        MEAD@msn.com<= /span>

 

 

Barlow-Beach Distinguished Service Award

 

 John McVey (Cha= ir), 110A Milford Street, Medway, MA 02053; j.mcvey@rive= rs.org.

Sr. Mary Faith Dargan, Albertus Magnus College, 700 Prospect Avenue, New Haven,  CT; 06511

203-401-4074; BRANTF@albertus.edu

Ruth Breindel,  617 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906; (401) 521-3204 (h), (401) 831-7350 (o); rbreindel@yahoo.com

 

 

Committee on Discretionary Funds

 

Jacqui Carlon (Chair), 5 Morning Glory C= ircle, Chelmsford, MA  01824= ; (978) 256-4737; jcarlon@att.net

Katy <= span class=3DSpellE>Ganino, 63 Forest Hills Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130, (617) 524-1766; kganino@mail.sl-regional.k-12.ma.us. =

Mark R. Pearsall, Glastonbury High School, 330 Hubbard St= reet, Glastonbury, CT 06603; (860) 657-1569;mpearsall@earthlink.net

Sally Morris  Br= ooks School, 1160= Great Pond Road, North Andover  MA  <= st1:PostalCode w:st=3D"on">01845 S= MORRIS@brooksschool.org

 

Program Committee (2007 Annual Meeting)=

 

= March 9-10, 2007

University of New Hampshire

 

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,  210 Merrow Road , Coventry, CT 06238, 860-742-3114, MAG= ISTERP@charter.net

Thomas A.   Suits, 12 Hillyndale Rd, S= torrs, CT 06268, 860-429-1608, AMTSUITS@earthlink.net

 

Resolutions Committee

 

Francis R. Bliss, Beata <= span class=3DSpellE>Arva, 375 Taylor Hill Rd., New Vineyard, ME , 04956, = (207) 652-2232, FRBLISS@tdstelme.net

Richard E. Clairmont, Murkland Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, N= H , 03824, (603) 886-1319, RICHARDC@cisunix.unh.edu

 

 

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, , 12 Lakeshore Dr., Winthrop,  ME , 04364, (207) 377-2186, COOKDSMG@adelphia.net

 

New Engl= and Latin Pl= acement Service

 

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., 471 State Street, Belchertown, MA,= 01007, (413) 325-5607, KKITCHEL@classics.umass.edu

 

 

 

 

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, Box 351, Monterey , MA  <= st1:PostalCode w:st=3D"on">01245, 413-528-6691; HIGGINS@vgernet.net

Charles Bradshaw, 54 Potwine = Lane,    Amherst,   MA   01002; 413-253-2055

CBRADSHAW54@comcast.net

Alison Harvey, 15 Gilman Street&= nbsp;       Waterville    ME  04901= ; 207-872-8276;  AHARVEY@msad47.org

Kenneth E. Wheeling, PO Box 38, North Ferrisburgh, VT, 05473, (802) 453-3759, WHEELING@together.net

Daniel T. , Russo, Austin = Prep. School, 101 Willow St., Reading,  MA, 01867,  617-333-6601, DANIELR@austin.mec.edu

Miranda Marvin,   72 Dover Road, Wellesley,  MA       02482; 781-235-1563; MMARVIN@we= llesley.edu

 

 

Other Officers and Services

 

Coordinator for CE= Us

 = Donna Lyons, 11 Carver Circle, Simsbury<= /st1:City>, CT 06070; (860) 658-1676; mdlyons@sbcglobal.net.

 

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, Box 351, Monterey , MA  <= st1:PostalCode w:st=3D"on">01245, 413-528-6691; HIGGINS@vgernet.net

Phyllis Katz, P.O. Box 1048, Norwich,VT  <= /span>05055, 802-649-3947;PHYLLIS.B.K= ATZ@dartmouth.edu

Paul Langford,  59 Sheafe Street, Portsmouth, NH  = 03801= ; (603)431-3635; PLANGFORD@exeter.edu

 

 

CANE Certification Scholarship

 

See CANE Scholarship Commi= ttee list above

 

Emporium Romanum

 

Donna = Lyons, 11 Carver Circle, Simsbury, CT 06070; (860) 658-1676; mdlyons@sbcglobal.net.

 

Newsletter

 

 = Emil = Penarubia, Boston College High School= , 150 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 01610; (617) 776-1490; penarubia@= bchigh.edu

 

 

 

Representative on the Council of the Am= erican Classical League

 

Paul  Properzio, , 15 Ballardvale Road, Andover,  MA , 01810, (508) 474-0195, PJPRO= PERTIUS@aol.com

 

Alternate to the Council of the American Classical Le= ague

 

Deborah Rae Davies, , 123 Argilla Rd, Andover,  MA, 01810, (978) 749-9446, DDAVIES@brooksschool.org

 

Delegate to the National Committee for = Latin and Greek

 

Deborah Rae Davies, , 123 Argilla Rd, Andover,  MA, 01810, (978) 749-9446, DDAVIES@brooksschool.org

 

 

Delegate to the American Council on the= Teaching of Foreign Languages

 

Mark R. Pearsall, Glastonbury High School, 330 Hu= bbard Street, Glastonbury, CT 06603; (860) 657-1569;mpearsall@earthlink.net

 

 

Delegate to the National Council for the Teaching of Foreign Langua= ges

 

Madelyn Gonnerman, = 10 Fox Lane,  Newton Centre, MA 02459, 617-964-61= 41; MADELYN_GONNERMAN@brookline.mec.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IN MEMORIAM

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BARLOW-BEACH AWARD 2006

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Barlow-Beach Award

Friday, March 17th, 2006

Campus Center Auditorium

University of Massa= chusetts

7 PM Banquet

 

 

The Barlow-Beach Award this= year goes to the Theodora Stone Sutton Professor of Classics, who received his BA from the University of Michigan and his= PhD from Princeton.  He’s taught at the same institution since 1979.  He lo= ves the combined emphasis on teaching, research, and service.  His research has been supported by= two fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies and his teaching= has earned him both the Pinaski Prize and the Apgar Award.  <= /span>He has served as President of the Classical Association of New England, he was= a founding member of the CANE Newsletter, CANEns,= he instituted a “Shadow Program” at his school in which students majoring in the Classics have had an opportunity to visit a local high scho= ol in order to get a feel for the everyday life of teaching at the secondary l= evel – I can say that I personally have benefited from having some of his students visit my school and that some of my students have benefited from studying with him at his school.

 

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 Wellesley College, Chair of their Department= , a friend of CANE most deserving of this award:

 

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, Locusta feels the need to stifle a laugh. They're  animals, she thinks, rough, slow animals gr= azing stupidly and unwittingly outside the slaughterhouse. Ripe for the butcherin= g. It's a pity my fee covers only Britannicus.

           &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 Gaul! Already  feared, the name of <= span class=3DSpellE>Locusta will be whispered in terror in every corner o= f the forum!

           &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<= /u>

 

Leon, Vicki. Outrageous Women of Ancient Times.=

   &nbs= p;             New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998.

 

A Brief History of Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Weapons. 2004.= 11 Dec. 2005  <http://www.cbwlnfo.com/History= /ancto l9th.shtml>.

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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 Ver= mont 1st-place winner, Sierra Hunt.

CONNECTICUT

1st place       Katharine Conroy, Latin V
                     Coginchaug Regional High School. Dunham, CT
      &nbs= p;             teacher: Mrs. Mary Sersanti

 2nd place      Nicole Rubin, Latin III
                      Norw= ich Free Academy, Norwich, CT
      &nbs= p;               teacher: Dr. Elizabeth Tylawski

 3rd place      Stephanie Cuomo, Latin V
        =             &nb= sp; Coginchaug Regional High School, Dunham,= CT
            &nb= sp;         teacher: Mrs. Mary Sersanti


MAINE

1st place       John Mondor
                        122 Franklin Street
                        Saco, ME  04072
                       Thornton Academy, Saco, ME  04072
                        teacher: Sally Cody            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;     

2nd place         Alison Leary, grade 11=
            &nb= sp;           Thornton Academy, Saco, ME  04072           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   
                         teacher: Sally Cody,           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;    

3rd place          Rachel A. Meyer
                       =   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
        =          Moses Brown School
      = ;           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<= br>                 teacher: Robert Slayton
               

3rd place  Alec Jacobson
        =          Champlain Valley Union High School
      = ;           teacher: Leanne Morton
             &n= bsp; 

 

 

 

2006 CANE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Endo= wment Award

 

David Harpin from th= e Hopkins School , New Haven, Connecticut

 

 

Corn= elia Catlin Coulter Award

 

John Higgins from the Gilbert School

 

Renata Poggioli Award=

 

Tim Casey from Wayland High School=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Rome and Latin literature.  A recent article in  Classical Journal articulates the theme from which today's paper also derives, namely the presence of inscribed text in Augustan poetry and its relationship to the epigraphic culture at Rome.  She is currently working on a book= on this very topic, and expects to finish it in the coming months. Controlling Women and the Use of Text in P= aris’ Seductions in Heroides 5 & 17.

 

1. Controlling Women and the Use of Text in Paris’ Seductions in Heroides 5 & 17

The nymph Oenone and Helen, queen of Sparta, are the two women who dominate the love life of Paris, a man known more for= his beauty than his cleverness.  Y= et as Ovid shows in the Heroides, even he had = to woo his women.  In Heroides 5 and 17, Ovid links Paris= ’ success in seducing the women he loves to his use of inscribed or drawn tex= t on surfaces for these women to read.  He inscribes twice on trees for Oenone (= 5. 21-22 & 26-28), and he first proclaims his love for Helen by drawing the words in wine upon a table (17.87-88).&nbs= p; In both letters, the women remember precisely these textual seductio= ns and they reveal by their words that these written texts played a significant part in their decisions to succumb to his charms.  In fact even though both women com= plain that Paris is below them in status, his written affections count for a great deal in maki= ng them his lovers.  <= /span>

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 Rome and the narratives of his characters.  Furthermore, the = fact that inscriptions twice appear in the letters about <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Paris suggests an attempt to characteri= ze him as a lover who uses text to influence well-educated, and well-read women.  If we compare Paris’s tactic to the  advice that Ovid gives his lovers = about writing to women in the Ars Amatoria (1.571-2 & 2.273-86), we see that Paris is truly an= Ovidian lover par excellence.

 

2. Phylis Katz is currently teaching at Dartmouth and a l= ong-time member of CANE.  She has most recently served as the executive secretary of CANE.  She is a former President of CANE = and a Barlow-Beach Award recipient.

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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