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Erudition and Allusion in TheocritusInternational Colloquium – Friday 27th of May 2016 Central Building of the University of AthensAuditorium ‘Alkis Argyriadis’ - 30 Panepistimiou Str.  9.00 – 10.00               Registration and Arrival10.00 – 10.15             Welcome Speeches from Faculty Members of UOA:Eleni Karamalegkou (Dean of School of Philosophy)Nikolaos Georgantzoglou (Head of Section)Erasmia Stavropoulou (Head of Department)Opening of the Colloquium: Chris Carey (UCL)                                   Session 1: Δάφνιδος ἄλγεα in Idylls 1 and 2710.15 – 10.45             Marco Fantuzzi (UNIMC/Columbia)Daphnis(es) between Love Troubles and Sexual Satisfaction:Theocritus and Theocr. (?) 2710.45 – 11.15                         Ewen Bowie (Oxford)                                   Daphnis’ Death in Theocritus 1: a hard way to go? 11.15 – 12.00                         Tea and CoffeeSession 2: Rejuvenating Archaic Poetry 12.00 – 12.30             Richard Hunter (Cambridge)Sappho and Theocritus Revisited12.30 – 13.00                         Maria Kanellou (UCL/OUC)The Art of Allusion in the Epigrams Ascribed to Theocritus13.00 – 14.30             Lunch (5’ away from the venue)Location: The ‘Kapodistriako’Kostis Palamas BuildingAcademias 48 &#38; Sina Str.Session 3: Modes of Irony in Theocritus 14.30 – 15.00             Styliani Chatzikosta (University of Athens)Allusive Erudition and Irony in Theocritus ‘Bucolic’ Idylls15.00 – 15.30                         Christophe Cusset (ENS Lyon)                                   Allusion in Theocritus Id. 18: between Tradition and Politics15.30 – 16.00                         Tea and CoffeeSession 4: A Kaleidoscopic Approach to Power in Theocritus16.00 – 16.30             Evelyné Prioux (MAE/CNRS)Theocritus’ Astronomical Description in Idyll 24.11-1216.30 – 17.00                         Flora Manakidou (Democritus University of Thrace)Theocritus and Hesiod: more than poetry?17.00 – 17.30             Tea and CoffeeSession 5: Theocritus’ Bucolic Poetry: Debts, Innovations &#38; Reception 17.30 – 18.00             Kathryn Gutzwiller (Cincinnati)Theocritus’ Learned Simplicity 18.00 – 18.30                         Konstantinos Spanoudakis (University of Crete)Theocritean Techniques and their Survival18.30 – 18.45                         Closing Remarks: Chris Carey (UCL)&#160;&#160;