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23 Apr 07
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18-19 April 2005. "Discovery of the School of > Alexandria by Polish Archaeologists, 2004". Conference at the > Institute of Classical Studies, London, UK. The school of > Alexandria in the fifth to sixth centuries AD was the centre of > rhetorical and philosophical training for the Mediterranean world. The > great philosopher Ammonius was there with all the best philosophers of > the late fifth and the sixth centuries, most of whom were his pupils…. > There are two accounts of life in the Alexandrian school by one of > Ammonius' Christian pupils, Zacharias. One account, called Ammonius, > purports to describe a philosophical discussion of the Christian view of > the Creation in Ammonius' classroom, with Ammonius being refuted by his > Christian pupils. Another, the Life of Severus, surviving in Syriac with > French translation, tells of the riots which arose in the school run by > the pagan Horapollo, when another pagan philosopher, Asclepiodotus, came > to consult Egyptian priests on how to cure his childlessness. From these > two accounts we get a picture of academic life in Alexandria…. Now > in 2004 a Polish archaeology team claims to have discovered 15 identical > lecture rooms such as Zacharias describes, with a larger hall near the > colonnades. Each of the 15 lecture rooms has seats for 30 students in a > horeshoe, with the professor's seat out at the end of the horseshoe. We > plan to learn about and assess this potentially very important > discovery, hearing from the Director of the Polish dig, Professor > Majchereki, and from a scholar of Alexandrian architecture, Judith > Mckenzie, and a scholar of ancient schools, Rafaella Cribiore. > Professor Roger Bagnall has offered generous support to the conference. > The following day will be devoted to schools in the ancient world > generally, discussing how different disciplines were organised in > different places. Booking details will be available in January. > Please contact Dr Kim Ayodeji at the Institute (kim.ayodeji@sas.ac.uk). >
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