Profs & Pints Baltimore: Ancient Terrors of the Night
Wed, Oct 29
|Baltimore
Event Details Profs and Pints Baltimore presents: “Ancient Terrors of the Night,” an introduction to what terrified the Greeks and Romans of antiquity, with Barbette Stanley Spaeth, professor emerita of classical studies at William and Mary.
Time & Location
Oct 29, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Baltimore, 1611 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
About the event
Event Details
Profs and Pints Baltimore presents: “Ancient Terrors of the Night,” an introduction to what terrified the Greeks and Romans of antiquity, with Barbette Stanley Spaeth, professor emerita of classical studies at William and Mary and scholar of magic and the supernatural in the ancient world.
[Doors open at 5. The talk starts at 6:30. The room is open seating.]
Literature, papyrus scrolls used for magic, and archaeological finds show that ancient Greeks and Romans believed in demons, ghosts, vampiric beings, reanimated dead, shape‑shifters, and night‑hags.
Gear up for Halloween by getting to know what might have spooked Nero or Sophocles with the help of Barbette Stanley Spaeth, who has spent 25 years researching, teaching, and publishing on the supernatural of antiquity.
Dr. Spaeth, who previously has given several excellent Profs and Pints talks, will make clear that ancient Greek and Roman tales of the “terror that comes in…