UCD Classical Society

Bringing together myth, ancient History, and Classics enthusiasts since 1906.🏺🏛️📜

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It’s that time of the year again! Introducing this year’s Inaugural Lecture, “Commemorating the War Dead: Ancient and Modern”. 19:00 on March 26th in the UCD Village Auditorium — Reception to follow & all welcome!
#classicstwitter #ucdsocieties #classicsevent #togapeople

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CAI Latin classes
22 June to 3 July 2026
Booking link: https://t.co/yHSsAYQi5Z

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CAI Presidential Address
Former Irish ambassador to India, Russia, Finland and the Holy See will share his insights on Thucydides and modern international relations.

Hosted by UCD School of Classics

Booking link: https://t.co/g6LaxhBOZh

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Call for Membership Secretary
Expressions of interest to [email protected] by March 20th, 2026

Please circulate to your networks

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Great CANI Talk on Wednesday at Queen's University Belfast. Dr Laura Pfuntner on 'The Most Interesting Man in Augustan Greece'. @ClassAssocNI @ClassicsIreland @UCDclassicssoc

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CAI Dublin Branch Lecture
Was there rhyme in ancient Greek poetry?
Dr Leon Wash, Trinity College Dublin, 30th September 2025, 6.30 p.m.

Booking link: https://t.co/crA8CcZ4H9
In person: UCD Newman Building D002, and hybrid on Zoom

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Laura Bassi Scholarship
Editorial grants for PhDs and ECRs. Any discipline. Deadlines below: https://t.co/1UP13DaIkQ

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We’re now on Instagram! 📸✨
Follow us @classicalassociationof_ireland for updates, events, classical content, and a closer look at the vibrant world of Classics in Ireland.
Help us grow by liking, sharing, and spreading the word!
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Dublin Branch Lecture next week: 30th September, Dr Leon Wash from Trinity on the question of rhyme in Greek poetry. Online and in person in UCD, Newman Building.

Book here: https://t.co/crA8CcZ4H9

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Congratulations to all incoming UCD students! We are looking forward to welcoming you to campus (and the society!). Freshers Week will run from September 15th-19th, so make sure to drop by.
#ucdsocieties #ucdclassicalsociety #ucdclassicssociety #myucd #classicalsociety

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@rogueclassicist Great Talk last week by Dr Alexander Thein from University College Dublin - 'Life After Proscription'. Photos from the Classical Association of Ireland Summer School🙂 https://t.co/gG7GMQtkoU @ClassAssocNI @ClassicsIreland @UCDclassicssoc

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Iggy Pop - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 🧷📔 @ClassAssocNI @rogueclassicist @ClassicsIreland @UCDclassicssoc
https://t.co/Bs9YPVyAyJ

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The Hoplite Owl Skyphos is a personal favourite. 🦉

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Love this stuff.
What do you think? @UCDclassicssoc

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CAI Newsletter June 2025
Published and online: https://t.co/flPVwOwKAs

Many thanks to the editors, Áine Spears and Katie Guiry (Maynooth University)

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🕵️‍♂️ 🍷 The Great Roman Wine Scam? UCD School of Classics Assistant Professor Conor Trainor's archaeological investigations of ancient wineries at Knossos suggest that Cretan wine producers were deceiving their Roman-era customers with a knock-off wine supplemented with honey.

🐝 "Pliny the Elder described one shortcut for making raisin wine – boiling grape juice in large pots. However, the mixing basins found at Knossos show no evidence of heating. This suggests another possibility: adding honey to wine before packaging. The beehives, excavated from Roman-era pottery kilns and identifiable by their rough interior surfaces designed for honeycomb attachment, hint at a connection between winemaking and honey. Similar discoveries at other Greek sites suggest that honey and wine may have been mixed before shipping."

🥴 ...but did the Romans mind?

"The vast quantities of Cretan wine imported into Rome suggest that buyers weren’t too concerned either way. Based on the sheer volume of now-empty wine amphoras from Crete that have been found in archaeological sites in Rome, I suspect that the populous of Rome likely cared less about authenticity than we do today."

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After a successful Inaugural Lecture, we now have three events for our Homer Week!
#ucdsocieties #UcdClassicalSociety #UCDClassicsSociety #UCDClassics #classicssociety #togapeople

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CAI Dublin branch lecture
Next week: Tuesday 1st April, 7.30 p.m.
Online and in-person in the UCD Village, MR4
https://t.co/sAU9M7CXEV

Melody Dilger on Herodotus and Persian Imperialism in Egypt @melodydilger.bsky.social

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A reminder about our upcoming Inaugural lecture! This Friday, March 28th, at 7pm in the UCD Village Auditorium, with a reception to follow.
All welcome.

Register at: https://t.co/93rBD7XfEA

#ClassicsTwitter #UCDClassics #UCDSocieties #UCDClassicalSociety #UCDClassicsSociety

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This Friday - All welcome!

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@UCDclassicssoc Inaugural Lecture
PROF REBECCA SWEETMAN, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
Title: "Women Travelers in the Mediterranean: Irish and British Women and their Late Antique Predecessors"

Fri 28 Mar 19:00, UCD Village Auditorium

Please register at:
https://t.co/u1CB3BRtMw

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Save the Date:

CAI Dublin Branch Lecture
Tuesday 1st April at 7.30 p.m.
UCD Village Meeting Room 4 (and Zoom)

Melody Dilger (Heidelberg) on Herodotus, Persian imperialism and the Ethiopians

Booking link:
https://t.co/sAU9M7CXEV