“The Old Words Have Blood on Them: Ancient Texts and Us”
Classics Department Event Thursday January 26, 4:30 in the Chairman’s Room, Settle Hall A Presentation by Professor Andrew S. Becker, Virginia Tech In this talk Dr. Andrew S. Becker (Virginia...
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On January 26, Dr. Becker, guest of the Department of Classics, spoke to a full house in the Chairman’s Room. Afterwards, he fielded questions and mingled with faculty and students at the...
View ArticleTeam Wolverine wins the Second Annual Classical Legacy Certamen at HSC!
The spirit of competition was alive this weekend at HSC as the Second Annual Classical Legacy Certamen was held Saturday morning, February 4, 2012. Students from a variety of different majors,...
View ArticleEta Sigma Phi
On Wednesday March 21, 2012, Hampden-Sydney’s Beta Theta chapter of Eta Sigma Phi, the national Classics Honor Society, held its annual induction ceremony, and students from HSC, Sweet Briar, and...
View ArticleCan you find the mistake?
The results of a Latin Scrabble game played by Dr. Richard McClintock, Mrs. Debbie McClintock, their grandson Benjamin Wade, HSC junior Daniel Hopkins, HSC sophomore Shawn Stum, and Dr. Janice Siegel....
View ArticleA Trip to See Metamorphoses
On Sunday, February 24, 2013, Ryan Justus, Alexander Sefton, Sam Haden, and James Theuer (see photo) accompanied Dr. Janice Siegel on a trip to Washington D.C. to see a play based on the work of the...
View ArticleHSC students and faculty travel to Randolph College to see Oedipus
On Sunday October 5, about 140 HSC students and faculty traveled in a caravan of Prince Edward County school buses to Randolph College in Lynchburg, Va. to see the technical dress rehearsal of their...
View ArticleCornell University’s Dr. Frederick Ahl Visits Hampden-Sydney College
The Classics Department recently hosted a delightful visit by Frederick Ahl, Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Cornell University. Professor Ahl guest-lectured in several classes...
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