It’s Behind You! | Family Matters: “The Godfather” and Greek Tragedy
Family Matters: “The Godfather” and Greek Tragedy
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Kris Hirst | Pompeii Streets Photo Essay
Pompeii Streets Photo Essay
- via Kris Hirst/About.com.
History of the Ancient World | Roman Thoughts, Ideas, and Practices of Pregnancy
Roman Thoughts, Ideas, and Practices of Pregnancy
History of the Ancient World | Was the Peloponnesian War inevitable after 435 BC?
Was the Peloponnesian War inevitable after 435 BC?
Classical Wisdom Weekly | The Odyssey XI: The Book of the Dead
The Odyssey XI: The Book of the Dead
- via: Classical Wisdom Weekly.
Roman History Books and More | book chats for june: ‘fire in the east warrior of rome series #1 by harry sidebottom -
book chats for june: ‘fire in the east warrior of rome series #1 by harry sidebottom
Latin for Addicts | I-Stems: Mixed I-Stems [5/8]
I-Stems: Mixed I-Stems [5/8]
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The Ancient World Online: | Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations website
Associations, Synagogues, and Congregations website
A Don’s Life | Read a Latin Poem at the BM . . . and Pompeii coming to a cinema near you!
Read a Latin Poem at the BM . . . and Pompeii coming to a cinema near you!
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res gerendae | Linguistics Baking Part III: Phoenician
Linguistics Baking Part III: Phoenician
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Antika | Le tombe villanoviane di San Giovanni in Persiceto
Le tombe villanoviane di San Giovanni in Persiceto
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David Allsop Classics | The Poseidon or Zeus
The Poseidon or Zeus
res gerendae | It’ll be all Bright on the Night: Classics and Stand-Up Comedy
It’ll be all Bright on the Night: Classics and Stand-Up Comedy
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Bestiaria Latina Blog | Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: May 19
Latin Proverbs and Fables Round-Up: May 19
Roman Mysteries & Western Mysteries | Which Temperament Are You?
Which Temperament Are You?
Zenobia: Empress of the East | “I AM HIYA!” Part 2
“I AM HIYA!” Part 2: More Graffiti in Dura Europos (3rd century CE)
The Edithorial | Meet the Classicist Foremothers
Meet the Classicist Foremothers
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Dorothy King’s PhDiva | Lebanon seizes artifacts smuggled from Syria
Lebanon seizes artifacts smuggled from Syria
Portable Antiquity Collecting and Heritage Issues | On their Way: Smuggled Syrian antiquities recovered in Lebanon
On their Way: Smuggled Syrian antiquities recovered in Lebanon
“He has a wife you know” | Ancient Roman Dogtag
Ancient Roman Dogtag
Ancient Lives Project Update
Wow … it’s hard to believe that the Ancient Lives Project has been around for almost two years now (see our initial coverage: Help Transcribe the Oxyrhynchus Papyri) … according to this interesting video from the Guardian, as of last October they’ve had well over a million transcriptions done in this crowd-sourcing project … check the video out:
Pondering the Historicity of the Trojan War
Over at the OUP Blog, Eric Cline has keyboarded an interesting post … here’s a bit in medias res:
[...]According to the Greek literary evidence, there were at least two Trojan Wars (Heracles’ and Agamemnon’s), not simply one; in fact, there were three wars, if one counts Agamemnon’s earlier abortive attack on Teuthrania. Similarly, according to the Hittite literary evidence, there were at least four Trojan Wars, ranging from the Assuwa Rebellion in the late 15th century BCE to the overthrow of Walmu, king of Wilusa in the late 13th century BCE. And, according to the archaeological evidence, Troy/Hisarlik was destroyed twice, if not three times, between 1300 and 1000 BCE. Some of this has long been known; the rest has come to light more recently. Thus, although we cannot definitively point to a specific “Trojan War,” at least not as Homer has described it in the Iliad and the Odyssey, we have instead found several such Trojan wars and several cities at Troy, enough that we can conclude there is a historical kernel of truth — of some sort — underlying all the stories.[...]
- via: The Trojan War: fact or fiction? (OUP Blog)
