Roman Remains in Denmark?
From the Copenhagen Post: What was supposed to be a simple three week long research exercise for archaeology students at the University of Aarhus developed into a unique excavation project. Remains of more than 200 bodies have been found at the dig site near Skanderborg in Jutland dating from around 2,000 years ago. The Illerup [...]
Roman Tunnel in Plovdiv
Another brief item from SNA: Municipal employees discovered a well-preserved ancient Roman tunnel in the southern Bulgarian city of Plovdiv. The workers were clearing up the Nebet Tepe (“Guards’ Hill”) fortress in order to turn into a tourist attraction when they came across the tunnel near the Maritsa River. The tunnel has a fully preserved [...]
When Classics Go Bad
… or something like that. TMZ alerts us to someone claiming to be the reincarnated goddess Venus de Milo who has brought a lawsuit against Hugh Hefner for something. As you can tell, this one’s really bizarre (and if someone had emailed it to me, I’d be checking Snopes and other sources; it might eventually [...]
Another Comic: Athena
Dynamite Entertainment has a new mini-series based on the goddess of Wisdom: The incipit of a review at Comic Book Resources: Though they originated thousands of years ago, the myths and legends of ancient Greece still serve as the gateway drug for fledgling fans of all kinds of adventure fiction in the modern day. In [...]
Also Seen: Classics in Vanderbilt Magazine
Lengthy and interesting article by Taylor Holliday on Classics — past and present: Janus Rising (reprinted at Clarksville Online as well)
rogueclassicism Review: Mythsongs CD
As most readers of rogueclassicism are aware, all those wonderful stories which are embraced under the category of ‘myth’ were often told in poem — or more accurately — song form. With Myth Songs, the multi-talented Nick Humez has put together a CD version of songs he originally wrote to be sung to his myth [...]
Pompeiiana Newsletter
Not sure if folks have noticed in the Classical Blogosphere sidebar that Andrew Reinhard has been posting back issues of the pioneering Pompeiiana newsletter … if not (or if so), folks will be interested in this missive AR sent out yesterday: This is a quick note to say that 100 issues of Pompeiiana Newsletter are [...]
Lyceum Opening Next Month
Brief item from ANA: The archaeological site of the 4th century BC Lyceum of Aristotle, in downtown Athens, will open to the public in late July. The Lyceum, named after its 6th century BC sanctuary to Apollo Lyceus (the “wolf-god”, from the word “lykos”, or wolf), had long been a place of philosophical discussion and [...]
This Day in Ancient History
ante diem vii idus quinctilias ludi Apollinares (day 4) 597 B.C. — date for Thales’ eclipse (or so it was thought in several 19th century (and earlier) sources 118 A.D. — Hadrian finally arrives in Rome as emperor
