Are there any Greek hypotheses for the dialogues of Plato similar to, e.g., Libanius' hypotheses for the orations of Demosthenes?
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Teaching and reading ancient Greek & Latin @ Purdue University School of Languages and Cultures. Current president of Indiana Classical Conference.
Are there any Greek hypotheses for the dialogues of Plato similar to, e.g., Libanius' hypotheses for the orations of Demosthenes?
30.12.2023 16:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Under cover of the busy end of the semester, American University's leadership announced a decision to hire the Huron Consulting Group, which has brought disastrous 'restructuring' to the New School, Marymount Univ, West Virginia Univ, and elsewhere. AAUP statement to come. Please share widely.
06.12.2023 04:37 β π 388 π 289 π¬ 27 π 34Any good suggestions for summer programs in Ancient Greek aimed at undergraduates and featuring a strong spoken component?
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14.08.2023 14:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Have there ever been organized slates running for a range of offices in the Society for Classical Studies/APA?
10.08.2023 18:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Banks used an education consulting firm to push her own downsizing agenda with plausible deniability (βOur job is to tell the [consultants] what we want to do, theyβll write it up in a report, and then, when thereβs public criticism, weβll say weβre following the advice of the consultantsβ).
10.08.2023 10:59 β π 13 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0Downthread, OP mentions the predominant role played by the Dem Party and its various subsidiaries in channeling funds. This seems right: the problem is political, not a matter of getting money into the right hands.
03.08.2023 17:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Incite Collective's argument that the non-profit sector has a specific political-economic function within USA society may be helpful here. According to them, the real money always comes with strings attached.
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