A group of 12 Classics students and faculty traveled to Saratoga Springs on Friday, April 17, for the third annual session of Parilia, an undergraduate research conference organized by faculty from Colgate, Hamilton, Skidmore and Union.

This year's session of the conference was held at Skidmore College, and three Hamilton seniors were among those who presented papers: Leah F. Delany, a classical languages major, spoke on "Blowin' in the Wind: Bob Dylan and Ancient Greek Lyric"; Maria-Christina Rubino, also a classical languages major, presented a paper titled "The Bar of Greatness: Athletes as Demigods and Superheroes in Pindar and Pausanias"; and Albert B. Trithart, a major in classical languages and world politics, spoke on "Fearmongering and Jingoism: The Rhetoric of Imperialism in Ancient Athens and the Contemporary United States."

Other students attending the conference were Larry Allen '09, Meghan Clark '11, Maggi Noonan '08, Casey Quinn '10, Sarah Reynolds '11, and Andrea Stokes '08. They were joined by Professors Barbara Gold, Carl Rubino and James Wells.

Hamilton was host to the conference last year, and next year it is scheduled to be held at Colgate.