June 2009
-
I’ve got a major backlog of items from Italian sources, so I’ve decided to break them up a bit and treat all the ‘busts’ in a single post — besides being an organizational principle, it does highlight how the marketing of illicit antiquities continues to be a major problem in Italy, despite recent successes (some…
-
… or at least that’s what Paul Cartledge asserts in his most recent tome (and I tend to agree with him), which is beginning to get some media attention (although the various news outlets seem unsure whether to consider this news or a review). Here’s a bit from the Independent: In his new book, Ancient…
-
… seen on various lists THE GENIUS OF ARCHIMEDES 23 Centuries of Influence on Mathematics, Science, and Engineering Syracuse (Sicily) Italy 8-10 June 2010 (From official website, 23/06/09) This World Conference will celebrate the extraordinary achievements and enduring influence of Archimedes, and it will take place in the ancient City of Syracuse where Archimedes lived…
-
… seen on the Classicists list The Olympian Gods: Local Representations, Universal Principles Department of Classics & Ancient History, Durham University 5th – 7th July 2009 This interdisciplinary workshop investigates how the local characteristics with which the Greeks invested their gods related to the view that they operated as universal principles within the cosmic economy.…
-
pridie kalendas quinctilis Outside of the wedding anniversary of the rogueclassicist, the closest thing to anything ‘Classical’ for this date is the commemoration of the Protomartyrs of Rome (given a date of 64 A.D.) who were the Christians scapegoated by Nero for the big fire …
rogue classicism 