Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Carmen de Bello Actiaco, papyrus, eureka, Latin
College
Humanities
Department
Comparative Arts and Letters
Abstract
The days when scholars of the Classics refuted the ability of technology to contribute to their discipline are a memory of the past. From archaeology to papyrology the study of the Ancients through the lens of tomorrow advances daily. Such was my experience with the revolutionary breakthrough of multi-spectral imaging (MSI) on a remnant from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.: A charred, millennia-old piece of papyrus (PHerc 817) from Herculaneum, Italy treating the famous Battle of Actium in 31 B.C. From Provo to Palo Alto, from Naples to Oxford, the ORCA Grant provided me with the necessary catalyst to embark on developing a new digitized edition of the poem and leading to one of the most unique opportunities ever provided to an undergraduate in the Classics.
Recommended Citation
Tanner, Stewart and Macfarlane, Dr. Roger
(2013)
"Carmen de Bello Actiaco (PHerc 817): The Illumination of a Two Thousand Year-Old Papyrus with a 21st Century Eureka,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 658.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/658