SATYR DRAMA: TRAGEDY AT PLAY
An Academic Colloquium and Production of Euripides’ Cyclops

Friday and Saturday, 21-22 February 2003
Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio

Organized by G.W. Mallory Harrison <harrison@xu.edu> and Jane Francis <janef@vax2.concordia.ca>
Information: Tel: 513.745.1930      Fax: 513.745.1955

Sponsored by
Department of Classics, Xavier University
Archaeological Society, Xavier University
Wheeler Fund, Xavier University
Office of Special Events, Xavier University
Office of the Dean, Arts and Science, Xavier University
John Grissmer Fund for the Performing Arts
Xavier Honors Programs
Senior Classical League, Xavier University

Friday, 21 February
Long Recital Hall

8:00  Coffee
8:30 Welcome and Introduction
Roger Fortin (Academic Vice-President) and Dr. Janice Walker (Dean, Arts & Sciences)

Session 1:  Edmund Cueva (Xavier University), Chair

• 9:15 Anthony Podlecki (University of British Columbia) Aiskhylos Satyrikos
• 10:45 Mary Kay Gamel (University of Southern California, Santa Cruz) Satyrizing Prometheus

12:15 Lunch (Honors House)

Session 2:  Barbara Breitenberger (University of Cincinnati), Chair

• 1:30 Niall W. Slater (Emory University) Nothing to do with Satyrs?: Alcestis and the Concept of Pro-Satyric Drama
• 2:30 Z. Philip Ambrose (University of Vermont) Family Loyalty and Betrayal in the Cyclops and Alcestis: A Recurrent Theme in the Satyr Play

3:30 Tea

Session 3:  Denise McCoskey (Miami University), Chair

• 4:00 Judith Fletcher (Wilfrid Laurier University) Perjury and the Perversion of Language in Euripides Cyclops
• 5:00 Thomas Carpenter (Ohio University) Satyr Plays in South Italy: The Visual Evidence

6:00 Dinner (Schott Airy)

8:00 Play: Euripides’ Cyclops by the Xavier Players (Gallagher Student Center)
George Mallory (translator); Piotr Kamefiti (director); Cathy Springfield (producer)

Saturday, 22 February
Schott Airy

9:30 Coffee

Session 4:  Frank Shaw (Xavier University), Chair

• 10:00 Hanna Roisman (Colby College) The Alcestis and the Cyclops: Tragic and the Absurd
• 11:15 Patrick O’Sullivan (University of Canterbury) Polyphemos as Tyrant in the Cyclops

12:30 Lunch (Honors House)

Session 5:  Shannon Byrne (Xavier University), Chair

• 1:30 C.W. Marshall (University of British Columbia) The Sophist Cyclops
• 2:45 Mark Griffith (University of California at Berkeley) Satyrs, Citizens, and Self-Presentation

4:00 Conclusion: George W. Mallory Harrison