CONF: Lucretius in the European Enlightenment
… seen on the Classicist list: Lucretius in the European Enlightenment A Conference hosted by the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology The University of Edinburgh 3 – 4 September 2009 For more information and registration details, see http://www.shca.ed.ac.uk/conferences/lucretius09/index.html Programme: David Butterfield (W.H.D. Rouse Research Fellow, Christ’s College, Cambridge): ‘Lucretius’ De rerum natura and classical [...]
From Sword to Asp
One of the ongoing problems I have with this whole ‘tomb of Cleopatra’ thing is the assumption — it appears — that not just Cleopatra but also Antony will be found in Egyptian-style sarcophagi, all mummied up. But as with Arsinoe, I’m still not sure of what the burial practices of the Ptolemies were. Consider [...]
Cleopatra’s Tomb Update (sort of)
That dig purportedly into the tomb of Cleopatra and Marcus Antonius is currently on hold, but there’s still some news kicking around. Dominican Today had this a few days ago: The attorney-turned-archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, who’s proud to proclaim that her work is part of a larger effort by a Dominican-Egyptian team, today said that her [...]
d.m. Edith Kovach
From the Detroit Free Press: Thousands of Latin students around the country learned the language from the voice of someone they never met: former educator Edith Kovach. Her enthusiasm and dedication in her Latin and Greek teachings endeared her in the hearts and minds of students and faculty alike. A onetime chairwoman of the University [...]
CFP: Family As Strategy =10th Unisa Classics Colloquium
… seen on the Classicists list SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS: 10TH UNISA CLASSICS COLLOQUIUM University of South Africa, Pretoria THEME: ‘Family as Strategy in the Roman Empire’ DATE: October 15 – 17, 2009 Papers are hereby invited on any aspect of the family in Greco-Roman antiquity and early Christianity that may be seen to further [...]
CONF: Irony and the Ironic in Classical Literature
… seen on the Classicists list: IRONY AND THE IRONIC IN CLASSICAL LITERATURE A conference at the University of Exeter 1-4 September 2009 Booking is now open for this exciting conference. For more details, including registration forms, costs and a full conference programme, visit http://huss.exeter.ac.uk/classics/conferences or contact either of the conference organizers, Dr Matthew Wright [...]
This Day in Ancient History
nonae iuliae ludi Apollinares (day 2)– games instituted in 212 B.C. after consulting the Sybilline books during a particularly bad stretch in the Punic Wars; four years later they became an annual festival in honour of Apollo feriae Ancillarum — a festival in honour of the “maids” who helped save Rome from a Latin attack [...]
