January 27, 2009
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Firstshowing.net reveals that Jonathan Liebesman — of Texas Chainsaw Massacre ‘fame’ — has a project in the works. Ecce: Liebesman revealed that it’s a project he’s working on with the producers of 300 that he hasn’t said anything about until now. The film is about “the story of Odysseus and basically it’s like a Clint…
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A piece in Tidbits — a blog for Mac types — turned up in the scan today with an article commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Mac with some interviews with some users … inter alia, “Matt” says: As a programmer, I’d been working with computers since 1968, but as a Classics professor in the…
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Akropolis World News (in Greek) has been updated (really wish they had an rss feed!): Woman delivers 8 children / Hamas offers truce for one year / John Updike dies If you think you’re too old to take up Latin: Lifelong learner (Tribune) An interview with the folks behind Brandeis Theater Company’s production of Hecuba:…
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A while back I grew bored of the constant comparisons of Rome and the US, but Tom Ricks in Foreign Policy seems to be departing from the cliched ‘rise and fall’ approach. Worth a look (and apparently more to come): How would the Romans handle the financial crisis?
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ante diem vi kalendas februarias 6 A.D. — dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux by the future emperor Tiberius 98 A.D. — death of Nerva (?) ca. 303 A.D. — martyrdom of Devota 1887 — birth of Carl Blegen, future excavator of Pylos (etc.)
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