International Theater Festival in Latin and Ancient Greek
SECOND EDITION
METAMORPHOSES
Vilnius University, 4th – 11th August 2024
Thalia (Theatri Artisque Ludicrae Iuges Agones) is an international conference spanning seven days centered on theatrical arts in Latin and Ancient Greek. This festival, conducted entirely in Latin and Ancient Greek, is open to all scholars and devotees of the ancient world and the Renaissance.
About us
Schola Humanistica is an Institute for the Study and Appreciation of Classical Culture. We are specialized in teaching Latin and Greek through didactic methodologies inspired by the teaching practices of the humanists. All of our activities aim not only at promoting the study of classical languages, but also at disseminating the knowledge of Neo-Latin works. Moreover, our Institute pays particular attention to the reception of classical literature in Renaissance Italy.
All methods used at the Schola Humanistica are inspired by the teaching practices of the humanists, that is, of the learned men of the XV-XVII centuries, who wrote and spoke Latin, and partly Greek, as a language of international culture. According to a recent estimate, about 5 million volumes have been written in Latin from Antiquity to the present. A real Humanistic School will now make this cultural heritage of Europe finally accessible.
Our lecturers
Paolo Pezzuolo
Director of Instruction
Chiara Kravina
Instructor
Claudio Griggio
Academic consultant
Giuseppe Marcellino
Cofounder
Advisory board
Stefano U. Baldassarri
ISI Florence
Riccardo Battocchio
Almo Collegio Capranica
Claudio Griggio
Università di Udine
Francesco Furlan
CNRS Paris
James Hankins
Harvard University
Pierre Laurens
Sorbonne University
Ermanno Malaspina
Università di Torino
Claudia Märtl
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Laura Orsi
Franklin University Switzerland
Giuliano Pisani
Accademia Galileiana
Upcoming
ROMA AETERNA
18th October - 13th December, 2024.
The myth of Rome in Latin poetry from antiquity to the Renaissance
Upcoming
Δημοσθένης
Sycophants, hetairai, desperate actors
Ancient Greek online course, 2nd March, 2024- 25th April, 2024
Upcoming
Formosa o Galatea!
5th March - 23rd April, 2024
The origins of the myth of Galatea and Polyphemus and its revival in the Renaissance