‘Philomythia: Aristotle’s Uses of Previous Literatures’
16 – 17 June 2026
In person in the Department of Classics & Ancient History, Durham University, 38 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3EU
Online via Teams ((registration link: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/648ddf4f-eb87-413f-ad33-d952b397a34d@7250d88b-4b68-4529-be44-d59a2d8a6f94/registration).
On June 16 and 17, the Durham-based ERC/UKRI-funded research project Aristoteles Pezographos (https://www.aristotlepezographos.org) will host the international conference “Philomythia: Aristotle’s Uses of Previous Literatures”, which investigates Aristotle’s immersion in other writers and genres — his literary models, quotations and allusions — in treatises other than his “Poetics” and “Art of Rhetoric”. The conference will be followed by the workshop “Greek Technical Writing in the Time of Aristotle” (18 June), whose main goal is that of that casting light on Aristotle’s background and further our understanding of both his influences and his innovations in ‘scientific’ style.
See here for the programme and further information.
Note: this is not a Classical Association event – please contact the organisers directly with any enquiries.