American Founders' Classical Heroes and Villains, with Carl Richards, 4/7
48 Professors Row
The Center for the Humanities and the Department of Classical Studies invite the Tufts community to join us on April 7 for a special event with guest speaker Carl J. Richards (University of Louisiana at Lafayette), entitled "American Founders' Classical Heroes and Villains."
Decades after some of the founders of the United States lost their facility with Greek and Latin, a facility acquired at grammar school and college, they retained a thorough knowledge of ancient history. Ancient history provided the founders with important, if imprecise, models of personal behavior, social practice, and government form. Such models gave the founders a sense of identity and purpose during the struggles of the Revolutionary and Constitutional periods. But the founders' classical villains were as important as their classical heroes. Knowledge of these villains left the founders obsessed with warding off conspiracies against liberty. In this talk Dr. Carl Richard will discuss the founders' Greek and Roman heroes and villains and the lessons they derived from each.
Light refreshments will be served. For questions, contact humanities@tufts.edu.
