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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: Candidate for the Position in Classics Monday, February 11, 2013 Problems with Prophecy in Senecan DramaExamining prophecy via the role of the /vates/ (prophet/poet/bard), I focus on the failures of prophecy in Senecan drama. Prophets who are traditionally (that is, in pre-Senecan Greek and Latin literature) successful at being able to forecast the future—Cassandra, Tiresias, Calchas—are unable to give accurate representations of what will come to pass in Seneca's plays. Where prophecy per se is a flawed enterprise, I argue that we find in the other resonance of /vates/ (poet) characters who are more successful and autonomous at conveying privileged knowledge. With this in mind, I look at Seneca's non-prophet 'usurpers' and make a case for what this can tell us about the status of human-divine relations, and about poetics, in Seneca and in early imperial literature more generally. Location: Olin 202 Sponsor: Dean of the College Contact: Jamie Romm. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 845-758-7282 If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://www.bard.edu/news/events/