Hermaphroditus

Jan. 15th and Jan. 22nd, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CET

One of the most obscene books of Italian Renaissance (Ovid, Martial, Antonio Beccadelli).

Trium latronum mortes

Feb. 12th and Feb.19th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CET

A group of Greek bandits (Apuleius).

De obitu Laurae

Mar. 19th and Mar. 26th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CET

Petrarch on the death of his beloved Laura (Francesco Petrarca).

Vita rustica

Apr. 16th and Apr. 23rd, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST

Roman villas and country life (Cato, Cicero, Horace, Columella).

Laus stultitiae

May 21st and May 28th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST

Erasm's "Praise of Folly" and its context (Vergil, Seneca the Younger, Erasmus, Thomas More).

Astrologi

Jun. 18th and Jun. 25th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST

Ancient astrologers and Zodiac's interpreters.

Roma triumphans

Jul. 23rd and Jul. 30th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST

Triumphs in ancient Rome (Suetonius, Plutarch, Biondo Flavio, Andrea Mantegna).

De corrupta eloquentia

Aug. 20th and Aug. 27th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST

The worst demagogues of Ancient World (Cicero, Petronius, Quintilianus, Tacitus).

Tertulliani Apologeticum

Sept.17th and Sept. 24th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST

The fight between christians and pagans in Late Antiquity (Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, Tertullianus).

Priapus

Oct.15th and Oct. 22nd, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CEST

A seminar on this strange deity, keeper of ancient gardens (Horace, Tibullus, Martial, Priapea).

Cyclopes

Nov. 19th and Nov. 26th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CET.

The monstrous forgers of gods (Virgil, Ovid, Pietro Carrera).

Britannia

Dec. 10th and Dec. 17th, 2021, h. 18:00-19:30 CET

Ethnography of ancient Britain (Caesar, Pliny the Elder, Tacitus).