CONF: Teleology in the Ancient World
TELEOLOGY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD The Dispensation of Nature Venue: The University of Exeter, 8-11 July, 2009 Organisers: Dr. Julius Rocca and Prof. Christopher Gill An international conference which will discuss the ways teleological arguments were used in medicine and philosophy in antiquity, and how these arguments have continued to inform and influence current debate [...]
CONF: Writing Science: Mathemateical and Medical Authorship …
The NYU Center for Ancient Studies presents the annual Ranieri Colloquium on Ancient Studies, WRITING SCIENCE: MATHEMATICAL AND MEDICAL AUTHORSHIP IN ANCIENT GREECE, Thursday, April 23rd and Friday, April 24th. The conference will take place in Hemmerdinger Hall, Room 102, Silver Center for Arts and Science, 32 Waverly Place or 31 Washington Place (wheelchair accessible), [...]
CONF: Wealth in the Ancient World
Wealth in the Ancient World Gregynog Classics Colloquium Gregynog Hall, Gregynog 21-22 May 2009 with the support of UWICAH and the Research Institute of Classics, University of Wales, Lampeter Organisers: Errietta Bissa (Lampeter) and Federico Santangelo (Lampeter). Thursday 21 May 2009 1.30-2.30 Registration 2.30-2.35 Welcome 2.35-3.00 J. Davies (Liverpool), Wealth and the Power of Wealth [...]
CFP: The Family in the Ancient Greco-Roman World
OIKOS – FAMILIA: THE FAMILY IN THE ANCIENT GRECO-ROMAN WORLD. Framing the discipline in the 21st century 5-7 November 2009 University of Gothenburg & University of Birmingham The fifth ARACHNE conference is organised collaboratively by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. The conference will take place at the University [...]
CONF: Public Images in Augustan Rome
The Classics department at Leeds is pleased to announce the Leeds International Classical Seminar for 2009. The theme for the conference this year is ‘Public images in Augustan Rome’, and our programme of papers will explore the negotiation, display and maintenance of public images both of and within the city of Rome. The conference will [...]
CONF: After Demosthenes
After Demosthenes: Continuity and Change in Hellenistic Oratory 2nd – 3rd July 2009, London. Organisers: Christos Kremmydas (Royal Holloway) and Kathryn Tempest (Roehampton). The conference will take the form of an international, inter-disciplinary forum that proposes to bring together scholars with different specializations in order to stimulate discussion on the development of oratory in the [...]
New From Herculaneum – A Depiction of the Oschophoria?
Tip o’ the pileus to Francesca Tronchin for alerting us to a post at Blogging Pompeii about a new item installed at the National Museum of Naples’ Herculaneum section. For a full description, visit Blogging Pompeii, which includes this image (which is also available in much larger format there): The official description suggests this is [...]
Cleopatra and Arsinoe Update
The discussion (and interest) continues, it appears, so I’ve appended an important abstract from a forthcoming paper by the folks who did the forensic examination of the bones claimed as Arsinoe’s … scroll down to Update IV …
Whining about Wine
As I clean up my mail backlog, I find I am risking a serious injury from all the mind boggling claims of the past few days … an excerpt from a piece about the history of wine from the Jefferson Post: Engel shared with wine aficionados that the ancient Egyptians were the first to reserve [...]
Classical Epistles
I’m never quite sure whether I should bother to mention when folks bring up Classical matters in letters to the editor — nine times out of ten, there is some glaring factual error — but here’s a trio of mentions which might be of interest. First, a letter to the Times advocating operating in imitation [...]
Poseidon’s Back?
A few weeks ago we mentioned a post by Poseidon in the World Weekly News in which he claimed responsibility for what was going on in Australia. It seems that Poseidon has a regular column in that now-web-only publication, so if you want to catch up with the divinity-o-the-deep’s resurgence, here be his three columns [...]
Champions League Roma ‘Finale’ Ball Unveiled
If you look very closely at the official ball for the Champions League final, you will see a number of figures on the ‘mosaic stars’ (as they’re being referred to). Mosaic figures representing key sporting and Roman values such as speed, teamwork, justice and power are featured in each star – honouring European club football’s [...]
Santorini Update
A bit of a mindboggler from Kathimerini: More than three years after the roof over the ancient Akrotiri site on Santorini collapsed, killing a British tourist, the project to build a new structure appears to have completely stalled, prompting local officials to demand a meeting with a government minister to resolve the situation. Cyclades Prefect [...]
The Spectacle of Earth Hour
A brief item from GR Reporter: This year the Earth Hour will start from Greece, which managed to get ahead of Australia and will be the first one to turn off all lights on March 28th as symbol protest against climate changes. All together 270 municipalities and 18 thousand citizens will participate in this protest. [...]
Alexander the Great’s Tomb … In Australia?
When I first read this I had to double check the calendar and make sure it wasn’t April Fool’s Day … it wasn’t, but apparently it was a very slow news day for the ABC folks … or perhaps it was a very busy day for something so freakin’ bizarre to make it past the [...]
This Day in Ancient History
ante diem xv kalendas apriles Festival of Mars (Day 19) Quinquatrus (Day 1) — a festival celebrating Minerva’s birthday (maybe) rites in honour of Minerva (obviously connected to the above) 11 B.C.E. — Herod dedicates his renovated Temple in Jerusalem 303 A.D. — Martyrdom of Pancharius of Nicomedia 363 A.D. — fire destroys the Temple [...]
This Day in Ancient History
ante diem xvi kalendas apriles Festival of Mars continues (day 18) 37 A.D. — The dead emperor Tiberius’ will is annulled and Gaius (Caligula) is given the title “Augustus” by the senate 235 A.D. (?) — murder of Alexander Severus at Moguntiacum (Mainz)
moblogging
the iPod touch is in dire need of cutting and pasting …
This Day in Ancient History
ante diem xvi kalendas apriles Festival of Mars continues (day 17) Liberalia — a festival of general merriment and wine drinking in honour of Liber Pater (another name for Bacchus) Agonalia — the rex sacrificulus would offer a ram to various deities 45 B.C. — Julius Caesar defeats Pompey’s sons and Labienus at Munda 136 [...]
Classical Words of the Day
epistolary (Wordsmith) libation (Dictionary.com)
Disambiguation
I am not the Rogue Classicist who has a MySpace page (although I am of similar age and musical taste!) … nor am I the author of the Rogue Classicist blog (who might be the same guy) … I am on Twitter (as rogueclassicist) and Facebook (as David Meadows … one of seven or eight; [...]
This Day in Ancient History
ante diem xvii kalendas apriles Festival of Mars continues (day 16) 37 A.D. — death of the emperor Tiberius at Misenum 284 A.D. — martyrdom of Hilarius and companions 1900 — Arthur Evans purchases the land around Knossos
Classical Words of the Day
quodlibet (Wordsmith) cormorant (Dictionary.com) tremulous (Merriam-Webster) libel (OED)
Exhibition: Pompeii and the Roman Villa
rogueclassicist’s note: I have long thought there was a need for some sort of ‘repository’ of information about ongoing exhibitions, with links to appropriate websites, reviews, etc. (and I’m hoping rogueclassicism readers who have visited the exhibition will want to add their own reviews in the comments). This is my first attempt at such, although [...]
rogueclassicism review: Hannibal the Annihilator
Title: Hannibal the Annihilator Series: Battles B.C. Network: History Channel Capitidicentes (epithets): Richard Gabriel, PhD (Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario) Mark Schwartz, PhD (Anthropology, Grand Valley State University) Steve Weingartner (Author: Chariots Like a Whirlwind:The Saga of Chariotry and Chariot Warfare ) Matthew Gonzales (Assistant Professor of Classics, St Anselm College) David George (Director, Institute [...]
