March 26, 2008
Contact: Emanuel Costache '09
Media Relations Intern
413/542-2321
Caroline Jenkins Hanna
Director of Media Relations
413/542-8417
AMHERST, Mass.—Paul Cartledge, professor of Greek history and fellow of Clare College at the University of Cambridge as well as visiting professor at New York University, will give a talk titled “Herodotus: A Personal Odyssey” in Amherst College’s Stirn Auditorium at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 27. A reception will follow in the Rotherwas Room of the Mead Art Museum. Both the talk and reception are free and open to the public.
A prolific writer on the ancient Greek world, Cartledge’s most recent book is Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World (Vintage, 2006). In this book, Cartledge reveals a complex story of mainland Greece refusing to embrace the emerging free and democratic culture associated with Athens. In addition to his scholarly work, Cartledge was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series The Greeks and the Channel 4 series The Spartans.
Cartledge’s lecture is sponsored by the Lurcy Fund, Five Colleges, Inc. and the Five College Classics Departments. For more information, visit the Amherst College Classics Department’s Web site at https://cms.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/classics/classics_lectures.