Supplication, ritual and justice in ancient drama
Scientific direction: Prof. Elisabetta MATELLI
Thursday 22 October 2026, 4.30 p.m.
Maria Pia BERIOTTO, Free Researcher
Ἱκεσία σφαγαί τε Δαναίδων.
Supplication and massacre of the Danaids
Thursday 29 October 2026, 4.30 p.m.
Dramaturgy of the Sacred in Aeschylus' Suppliants
Lisa ZANZOTTERA, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
The lexicon of the sacred
Liana LOMIENTO, Carlo Bo University of Urbino
The songs of the Suppliants
Thursday 5 November 2026, 4.30 p.m.
At the Crossroads of Guilt: Trial of Oedipus
Text by Elisabetta MATELLI with the collaboration of Eleonora BRESSAN
Cast: Giacomo LISONI and Lisa ZANZOTTERA (prosecution) and Eleonora BRESSAN and Giulio PULLANO (defense)
With the participation of: Msgr. Luca BRESSAN, Episcopal Vicar for Culture, Charity, Mission and Social Action of the Archdiocese of Milan; Gabrio FORTI, Professor Emeritus of Criminal Law, President of the Graduate School "Federico Stella" on Criminal Justice (ASGP) of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan, Corresponding Member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei;
Alessandro PROVERA, University of Eastern Piedmont
Thursday 12 November 2026, 4.30 p.m.
Round table on Aristophanes' Peace: dramaturgical problems of the staging of the comedy
Andrea CAPRA and Giuseppe ZANETTO, University of Milan with scenic readings of some passages by actors from Kerkís. Ancient Theatre On Stage
Thursday 19 November 2026, 4.30 p.m.
Matteo PELLEGRINO, University of Foggia
Aristophanes' lost comedies on mythological and paratragic subjects: the case of the Danaids
Thursday 26 November 2026, 4.30 p.m.
Haec meruit pietas praemia? Reflections on Ovid's epistle of Hypermestra
Luigi GALASSO and Antonino PITTÀ, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore with a staged reading by an actress from Kerkís. Ancient Theatre On Stage
Thursday 3 December 2026, 4.30 p.m.
Diana PEREGO, University of Milano-Bicocca
From punishment to form: the iconography of the Danaids in modern art
Thursday 10 December 2026, 4.30 p.m.
Alfonsina BENINCASA, University of Salerno
Iconography of the Danaids: the Apulian crater of the Painter of Arpi
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Michela Iannone - E-mail: michela.iannone@unicatt.it
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Department of Classical Philology and Papyrology
Largo A. Gemelli, 1 - 20123 Milan
