{"id":687,"date":"2019-02-25T02:47:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T02:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/?p=687"},"modified":"2019-03-15T00:57:03","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T00:57:03","slug":"dr-poe-on-amazons-at-trinity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/2019\/02\/25\/dr-poe-on-amazons-at-trinity\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Poe on Amazons at Trinity!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-708\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/1-1.png 700w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/1-1-238x300.png 238w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/1-1-624x785.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a>On Tuesday March 12th Dr. Alison Poe of the Art History &amp; Visual Culture department at Fairfield University delivered an AIA lecture at Trinity on the all-female warrior tribe, the Amazons. By examining several art objects from the later Roman Empire (primarily from the fifth and sixth centuries CE), she argued that imagery that incorporated Amazons at this time stressed the Amazons&#8217; connection with luxury and exotic locales. This contrasts with their association with savagery and anti-civilization in earlier periods of antiquity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/Photo-Mar-12-5-35-08-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-709\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/Photo-Mar-12-5-35-08-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/Photo-Mar-12-5-35-08-PM.jpg 4032w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/Photo-Mar-12-5-35-08-PM-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/Photo-Mar-12-5-35-08-PM-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/Photo-Mar-12-5-35-08-PM-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/Photo-Mar-12-5-35-08-PM-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you to the co-sponosors of this event: the AIA-Hartford chapter, the department of Classical Studies, the department of Art History, and the program in Women, Gender, &amp; Sexuality.<a href=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/2019-Poe.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-688\" src=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/2019-Poe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1275\" height=\"1650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/2019-Poe.jpg 1275w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/2019-Poe-232x300.jpg 232w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/2019-Poe-768x994.jpg 768w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/2019-Poe-791x1024.jpg 791w, http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/classics\/files\/2019\/02\/2019-Poe-624x808.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1275px) 100vw, 1275px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On Tuesday March 12th Dr. Alison Poe of the Art History &amp; Visual Culture department at Fairfield University delivered an AIA lecture at Trinity on the all-female warrior tribe, the Amazons. 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