{"id":291,"date":"2025-09-26T17:15:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cptnews\/?p=291"},"modified":"2025-09-26T22:35:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T22:35:38","slug":"book-launch-for-richard-seafords-final-book-on-8-october-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cptnews\/2025\/09\/26\/book-launch-for-richard-seafords-final-book-on-8-october-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch for Richard Seaford\u2019s Aggregation and Antithesis in Ancient Greece on 8 October 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Book launch:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Richard Seaford,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/aggregation-and-antithesis-in-ancient-greece\/70088FD3EF304CC4B2C716EC7935A534\"><strong><em>Aggregation and Antithesis in Ancient Greece<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, recently published by Cambridge University Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/research\/centres\/cpt\/workshops\/richard-seaford-book-launch\/\">(read more about the book and Richard Seaford&#8217;s obituary here)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wednesday October 8, at Streatham Court, 0.28, 2.30-5.30 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Organised by Classics, Ancient History, Religion and Theology (CAHRT)<\/em> <em>and the Centre for Political Thought<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be presentations on the composition and publication of the book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classics.cam.ac.uk\/directory\/robin-osborne\">Robin Osborne<\/a><\/strong>, Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Cambridge, will give the main presentation, discussing the distinctive contribution of this book within Richard Seaford\u2019s work, its innovative treatment of ancient art, and its political implications. The launch will end with a reception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All are welcome. If you would like to attend, please notify&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:C.J.Gill@exeter.ac.uk\">C.J.Gill@exeter.ac.uk<\/a>&nbsp;for catering purposes. If you would like a Zoom link, please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:C.Meccariello@exeter.ac.uk\">C.Meccariello@exeter.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book launch: Richard Seaford,\u00a0Aggregation and Antithesis in Ancient Greece, recently published by Cambridge University Press (read more about the book and Richard Seaford&#8217;s obituary here) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1897,"featured_media":303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Book Launch for Richard Seaford\u2019s Aggregation and Antithesis in Ancient Greece on 8 October 2025 - Political Thought news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/cptnews\/2025\/09\/26\/book-launch-for-richard-seafords-final-book-on-8-october-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Book Launch for Richard Seaford\u2019s Aggregation and Antithesis in Ancient Greece on 8 October 2025 - 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