Bryant Kirkland (UCLA), “In Some Mystic Shrine: Spectacle and Speech in Dio’s Olympian Oration”

Friday, November 22, 3:30 p.m.

HSSB 4080

Presented by the Department of Classics

Dio Chrysostom’s Olympian Oration (Or. 12) is often studied for its theological themes but rarely for its connections between sight, speech, and the truth of art. UCLA Classics professor Bryant Kirkland will offer a holistic reading of the text, focusing on its structure, Dio’s vision of artistic coherence, as well as the work’s layered references, sensory intersections, and historical values.