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The Cartographic Satyricon: Digital Pedagogy For The Mapping of Literary Geographies

By Sarah E. Bond

This paper examines the ways in which students and researchers can begin to engage with texts more deeply through digital tools that allow better geographic visualization of both historical and literary topographies. This pedagogical approach is exemplified through the text of the Satyricon. At the beginning of Petronius’ Satyricon, Encolpius bemoans the worthlessness of gaining an education from a umbraticus doctor, a “cloistered instructor” who teaches students nothing of use in daily life by using inapplicable rhetorical exercises (2.4).

Representation and Student Research Topics: The Archives of Classical Scholarship

By Sarah A. Buchanan

We present a digital resource, the Archives of Classical Scholarship, that advances student research by fostering discovery, topical breadth, and affinity with preceding scholars' groundwork, enriching the field generally. The universe of classical scholarship spans disciplines, centuries, and national boundaries, and classicists embrace a globally diverse textual corpus. In classical studies classrooms, instructors endeavor to introduce students to specific topics while also raising awareness of the areas where scholars have dedicated years and decades of effort.