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Reimagining the Wilcox Classical Museum
(Wilcox Classical Museum, University of Kansas, 2021) Stinson, Philip; Kraus, Chad
This project has the goal to broaden the mission and audience of the Wilcox Classical Museum, located in historic Lippincott Hall. Part of KU’s rich early cultural heritage, the Museum’s new charge will be conducive to the University’s instructional role and to its function as a public forum for ideas that impact society as a whole. A unique collaboration between faculty and students from KU Classics and KU Architecture & Design, the project’s co-directors are Phil Stinson, curator and director of the museum (Department of Classics) and Chad Kraus, director of the designbuild Dirt Works Studio (Architecture). This publication documents the activities of over 30 undergraduate and graduate students during Spring 2021. It also celebrates the creation of their exhibit, Reimagining the Wilcox Classical Museum, on display Fall ‘21 and Spring ‘22.
1939 Radio Round Table KFKU
(1939-02-07) Moodie, Minnie; Grant, Mary A.
The History of the Wilcox Museum and of the Department of Classics and Classical Archaeology at the University of Kansas 1866-1966
(1966) Grant, Mary A.; Waggoner, George R.
In the Centennial year of the University, the reader of this history of the Wilcox Museum and of the Department of Classics and Classical Archaeology will quickly realize how central a role the Department has played in the life of the University from its earliest days to the present. Prejudiced perhaps by my fond recollections of courses with Miss Grant and Mr. Walker in the early 1930s and by my acquaintance with all members of the Department in recent years, I feel certain that the Department will continue to play a key role among the humanities and in the College of Arts and Sciences during the second century of the University. The present flourishing state of the Department—with its increasingly wide course offerings, its dedicated staff, and its rapidly growing student members—makes this future seem assured.
Sixth Bienniel Report from the KU Department of Latin Language and Literature to the Board of Regents (1888)
(University of Kansas, 1888-08) Robinson, David H.
This 1888 report to the Kansas Board of Regents from the Department of Latin Language and Literature by Professor D.H. Robinson, Professor of Latin Language and Literature, describes the initial steps in creating the museum and his hopes that the museum would receive funding to be able to grow the collections.
History of the Wilcox Classical Museum at the University of Kansas
(Wilcox Classical Museum, University of Kansas, 2025-02) Stinson, Philip; Younger, John G.
This work relates the history of the founding of the Wilcox Classical Museum in 1888 and its close ties to what would become the Department of Classics at the University of Kansas.
Early Bronze Age Seal Impressions from Keos
(Harald Boldt Verlag KG, 1974) Younger, John
Early Bronze Age hearths from Ayia Irini, Keos, were impressed by stamp seals. This study presents a selection of these impressions with a discussion of their subjects.
"Gournia’s Recent Contributions to Animal Studies"
(Peeters, 2021-08) Younger, John
This study brings together the representations of animals at Gournia, Crete, found during the recent excavations, 2010-2015.
Narrative in Aegean Art: A Methodology of Identification and Interpretation
(Press universitaires de Louvain, 2020-07-01) Younger, John G.
This study continues previous work on identifying narratives and myths that are illustrated in Aegean Bronze Age art. The study first details its aim and evolution; second, it lays out a general methodology for identifying narrative; and, third, the parameters for doing so. I take up the parameters that define Aegean narrative in the following order: In what artistic media will narratives appear ?: all examples of state/formal art: sealstones, fingerrings, wall paintings. What themes can we expect to appear in these state/formal media?: in the Minoan, woman-centered culture, narratives focus on the successful childbirth and survival of the mother; Mycenaean art focuses on the history and the early foundations of the palatial kingdoms. How do we identify a narrative ?: by identifying “strange and unusual” images with people and then linking these images with others whose details overlap. And what is the expected chronological range for Aegean narrative ?: from MM II, when people become central in Aegean art to the end of the 14th century when sealstones and fingerrings are no longer being manufactured. For the above discussions, I first summarize my articles on “Minoan bull-games” as examples of a successful identification of narrative. I then append four more examples of Aegean narratives, two Minoan and two Mycenaean, as departure points for future discussions by future scholars.
Review of Seals, Craft and Community in Bronze Age Crete, by Emily S. Anderson.
(Journal of Greek Archaeology, 2019-09) Younger, John G.
Review of the book, Seals, Craft and Community in Bronze Age Crete by Emily S. Anderson, which the reviewer finds erroneous in many aspects.
Review-article of Early Cretan Seals by P. Yule
(Goettingische Gelehrte Anzeigen, 1988) Younger, John G.
This review-article assesses the book Early Cretan Seals by Paul Yule (1980) and its treatment of the stylistic groups, classes, iconography and chronology of PrePalatial (ca. 2200-1725 BCE) seals from Crete. Minor adjustments in all categories are suggested to give a more accurate account.
Appendix A. Inscriptions in Cretan Hieroglyphic on Seal 484.
(The British School at Athens, 2019-03) Younger, John G.
This study publishes a MM II-III four-sided prism seal from Palaikastro, east Crete, with Pictographic inscriptions on three sides.
Aegean Bronze Age Sealstones and Fingerrings: Chronology and Functions
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-05) Younger, John G.
Facilitated by the volumes of the Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel (Berlin 1960-2009), scholars studying Minoan and Mycenaean sealstones and sealings of the Aegean Bronze Age (ca. 2300-1300 BCE) have worked in two major areas: chronology and function. Chronology is now well understood through a process of creating a stylistic typology for seals that can be fixed in time through seals from stratigraphic excavations. Understanding the function of seals relies on a detailed typology of sealings and their role in administration as witnessed by documents written in the three major Aegean scripts, Cretan Pictographic and Linear A and B.
"Identifying Minoan Myth."
(2016-12) Younger, John G.
This study links Minoan images (glyptic and fresco) in an attempt to identify a mythology that these images illustrate. The study focuses on the role of the Hyperborean Maidens in assisting Leto in her birth of Artemis and Apollo.
"The Gournia Megaron."
(Presses Universitaires de Louvain, 2016-12) Younger, John G.
This study looks at the plan of the Gournia megaron, an abbreviated version of the full plan as seen at Pylos, for example, cites several other examples of this abbreviated plan, and postulates that it was therefore conventional enough to have served as the administrative building for a high-ranking Mycenaean officer, like the provincial governor, the da-mo-ko-ro. The specific function of this officer might have been to keep open the portage route across the isthmus of Hierapetra.
"A Large Stylistic Group of Sealstones Dated to the Mid-Fifteenth Century B.C."
(Gebrüder Mann Verlag, 1989) Younger, John G.
This study takes a large group of mid-15th c. BC sealstones and attempts to discern and internal stylistic development that replicates the larger stylistic development within Minoan sealstones of the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1200 BC).
Excavations at Gournia, 2010-2012
(The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2015-09) Watrous, L. Vance; Buell, D. Matthew; McEnroe, John C.; Younger, John G.; Turner, Lee Ann; Kunkel, Brian S.; Glowacki, Kevin; Gallimore, Scott; Smith, Angus; Pantou, Panagiota A.; Chapin, Anne; Margaritis, Evi
This article presents previous research at Gournia, the overall goals of our project, a new plan of the settlement, and our 2010-2012 excavations in eight areas: the Pit House, the Northwest Area, the North Cemetery, North Trench, the Northeast Area, House Aa, several rooms in the palace, and House He. Analytical sections discuss the textual evidence; the painted plasters; and the botanical remains. Our excavations indicate that Gournia was first settled in the Final Neolithic period and grew into an industrial town by the Protopalatial period. Following a Middle Minoan II destruction, the town was reorganized in Middle Minoan IIIA to include the palace, which in Late Minoan IB employed Linear A.
Bearing Razors and Swords: Paracomedy in Euripides’ Orestes
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015) Jendza, Craig
In this article, I trace a nuanced interchange between Euripides’ Helen, Aristophanes’ Thesmophoriazusae, and Euripides’ Orestes that contains a previously overlooked example of Aristophanic paratragedy and Euripides’ paracomic response. I argue that the escape plot from Helen, in which Menelaus and Helen flee with “sword-bearing” men (ξιφηφόρος), was co-opted in Thesmophoriazusae, when Aristophanes staged Euripides escaping with a man described as “being a razor-bearer” (ξυροφορέω). Furthermore, I suggest that Euripides re-appropriates this parody by escalating the quantity of sword-bearing men in Orestes, suggesting a dynamic poetic rivalry between Aristophanes and Euripides. Additionally, I delineate a methodology for evaluating instances of paracomedy.
Minoan Women
(Routledge, 2016) Younger, John G.
This study focuses on what we know about women in Bronze Age Crete (ca. 3000-1000 BCE). Rather than tracing ancient Minoan women through time, period by period, this study takes the point of view of the women themselves, charting their life: what we know about Minoan infant girls, adolescent girls, young adult women, mature women, and old women. The evidence cited comes from the ancient texts and from archaeology (e.g., representations in wall paintings and sculpture, and on vases). Special sections deal with hairstyles and age grades, costume, health and diet, childbirth, and death.
Origins of the Mycenae-Vapheio Lion Master
(Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, 1979) Younger, John G.
This short study augments Younger 1978 (AJA 82, 285-299) by investigating elements of the Mycenae-Vapheio Lion Group's style in seals that impressed sealings in Crete. It is postulated that the M-V Lion Group started in Crete and may have moved to the Mainland. (Note: the author no longer thinks this conclusion is valid, but rather most LBA sealstones were made in Crete [except for the Mainland Popular Group]; see Younger 2010, "Attributing Aegean Seals," CMS Beiheft 8, 413-24.)
Excavations at Gournia 2010-2012
(2015-08) Watrous, L. Vance; Younger, John G.
This summarizes the first three years of recent archaeological work at the Minoan site of Gournia. The main goals of the recent excavations have been to identify buildings and finds belonging to the periods prior to the main period of the site (LM I). Included in this summary are general reports (especially the Pottery Workshop) and specific sections on the new inscriptions, sealstones, and sealings. These last sections were written by John Younger, University of Kansas.

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