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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Helsinki Research on the Ancient World (HelRAW) seminar series continues on May 3<sup>rd</sup> with Dimitar Iliev
and the talk </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Palladas,
the last Hellene? Paganism and Christianity in 4.-c. Alexandria seen from the margins</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Abstract:
</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Little is known about the life of the epigrammatic poet Palladas of Alexandria, except his birthplace, his approximate
floruit somewhere in the tumultuous 4th century AD and his self-identification as a schoolmaster (γραμματικός) and what we might call, in his case, a cultural traditionalist (Ἕλλην). A closer look at his poetry, however, shows a peculiar approach to both Christian
faith and traditional Greek religion. A lot has been said by different researchers about Palladas’ characteristic attitude towards various cultural phenomena of his age. In the present talk, attention will be drawn to the popular, common-sense stance of his
persona loquens putting him at almost equal distance from Christian monks as well as from the dedicated Platonists of the Serapaeum whose destruction he might have witnessed. In many of his poems, Palladas displays what may be seen as the eclectic traditionalism
of the lower urban classes, a somewhat neutral common ground upon which the effects of philosophical or Christian conversion may be built. Implications from these observations are made concerning the way identities are constructed, applied and opposed against
each other in Late Antiquity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">When: </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">May
3rd, 2021 at 17:15<br>
<b>Where: </b>On Zoom<b><br>
</b></span></span><a href="https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/66982851659?pwd=V1pLbmZjQ3crbHI1UlJSeEpjT01DZz09"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://helsinki.zoom.us/j/66982851659?pwd=V1pLbmZjQ3crbHI1UlJSeEpjT01DZz09</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
Meeting ID: 669 8285 1659<br>
Passcode: 184718<br>
<b>Event page:</b> </span></span><a href="https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/news/language-culture/online-helraw-dimitar-iliev-3.5.2021"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/news/language-culture/online-helraw-dimitar-iliev-3.5.2021</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">About the speaker:</span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dimitar Iliev has a PhD degree in Greek language and an MA degree in Humanities Computing and is currently a lecturer at the
Deparment of Classics to the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia. His main scholarly interest are Greek epic and epigram, Late antique literature and Digital Classics. He is the principal researcher in several project in the latter field, among which
are a digital corpus of the ancient inscriptions in Greek from Bulgaria as well as a digital Latin-Bulgarian dictionary.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The event is a part of an interdisciplinary seminar series titled Helsinki Research on the Ancient World.
This monthly seminar operates under the aegis of the PapyGreek (</span></span><a href="https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/digital-grammar-of-greek-documentary-papyri" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/digital-grammar-of-greek-documentary-papyri</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">)
and SpaceLaw (</span></span><a href="http://www.spacelaw.fi" target="_blank"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">www.spacelaw.fi</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk69989390"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">)
projects. It is co-organized by Marja Vierros, Anna-Maria Wilskman and Kaius Tuori. The seminar is open for all.<br>
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Welcome!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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