Thalia 2024

International Theater Festival in Latin and Ancient Greek

SECOND EDITION

METAMORPHOSES

Vilnius University, 4th – 11th August 2024

Lithuania, land of myths and poetry. […] It is a blessing to have been fortunate enough to be able to do one’s high school and university studies in Vilnius, a bizarre city, a place of Italian and Baroque architecture transported to the forests of the North, a place where history endures in every stone…
Cz. Miłosz

Thalia (Theatri Artisque Ludicrae Iuges Agones) is an international conference spanning seven days centered on theatrical arts in Latin and Ancient Greek. Following the great success of Thalia 2022 (Vicenza, August 1-7, 2022), which saw the participation of over a hundred scholars and enthusiasts of Latin from around the world, Schola Humanistica presents the second edition of this Festival in Vilnius, a magnificent Baroque city that has been a melting pot of languages and cultures since the Middle Ages. All performances and lectures of Thalia 2024 will take place within Vilnius University, which since the 16th century has been one of the most important centers of study in the Res Publica Utriusque Nationis.

This festival, conducted entirely in Latin and Ancient Greek, is open to all scholars and devotees of the ancient world and the Renaissance. The festival is organized into two halves, the first titled Symposium, and the second Ludi.

The Symposium is comprised of a series of lessons entirely in Latin and Ancient Greek on theater in antiquity and in the Renaissance. Instructors will include the faculty of Schola Humanistica as well as leading Latinists and Hellenists in Europe. The Ludi are a theater competition centered on the awarding of the Corona Aurea (“Golden Crown”) for the best theatrical production in Latin or Ancient Greek.

The printed program (with room numbers!) is available HERE

Awardees of the festival

Program