Taliban Targetting ‘Alexander’s Descendents’
Excerpts from an item in the Telegraph: The group, believed to be descendants of Alexander the Great’s invading army, were shielded from conservative Islam by the steep slopes of their remote valleys. While Sikhs, Hindus, and Christians were slowly driven out of Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province by Muslim militants, the Kalash were free to [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem ix kalendas octobres
ante diem ix kalendas octobres rites in honour of Latona at the Theatre of Marcellus Mercatus — those cupboards must have been really empty! 484 B.C. — Birth of Euripides (?) 480 B.C. — Athenian naval forces under Themistocles defeat Xerxes’ Persian force in the narrows of Salamis (one reckoning) 63 B.C. — birth of [...]
CONF: Bristol Research Seminar, Autumn 2009
Seen on the Classicists list: Department of Classics & Ancient History Research Seminar Seminars are held in the Classics Seminar Room, G37, 11 Woodland Road, and start at 4.10 p.m. except where noted. All welcome, especially postgraduate students; any queries, please contact n.d.g.morley AT bris.ac.uk. 6th October: Neville Morley (Bristol): ‘Thucydides and the Idea of [...]
CFP: All Roads Lead From Rome
All Roads Lead From Rome : The Classical (non)Tradition in Popular Culture 9th April 2010 Department of Classics at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick. Keynote speaker: Sheila Murnaghan, University of Pennsylvania. The aim of this conference is to bring together papers that consider the many ways that classics informs the world [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem x kalendas octobres
ante diem x kalendas octobres Mercatus — the Romans continue the shopping spree 479 B.C. — the Persian general Mardonius is killed in the Battle of Plataea (source? … seems a little late) 36 B.C. — the triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus agrees to retire after losing all his military support to Octavian 19 B.C. — [...]
CONF: London Ancient History/Roman Art Seminars
Seen on various lists: In autumn of 2009 the London Roman Art and Ancient History Seminars are joining forces to host the following seminars (there will be no Roman art seminars in the spring). If you have any queries, please feel free to get in touch with Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe or myself. I can provide illustrated [...]
Edinburgh Classics Research Seminars 2009-2010
Seen on the Classicists list: University of Edinburgh Classics Research Seminar Series 2009/2010 All meetings in Faculty Room North, David Hume Tower (ground floor), unless otherwise stated. For further information please contact Ursula Rothe (ursula.rothe AT ed.ac.uk) or Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (l.llewellyn-jones At ed.ac.uk). Semester 1 23 Sep 09 7pm: CAS Meeting – DHT Faculty Room [...]
CONF: Dublin Classics Seminars 2009-2010
Seen on the Classicists list: All seminars are held in K217, Newman Building, Belfield, UCD, Dublin, on Tuesdays at 5.30pm. 29 September 2009 Dr Kathryn Welch, University of Sydney Dealing with Caesar: Augustus and the Republicans 6 October 2009 Dr. Anthony Harvey, Royal Irish Academy Frankenstein in the scriptorium: bringing Latin to life in early [...]
I, Claudius Remake
From the incipit of a movie column in the Times: William Graves, son of the writer and poet Robert Graves, has sold the rights of his father’s I, Claudius for a big-screen feature, to be directed by Jim Sheridan. Leonardo DiCaprio, whose production company is appropriately called Appian Way, has expressed interest in the project [...]
Double Take Headline
Just saw this: Second Congregational Church acquires labyrinth … hopefully there aren’t fundraising efforts for a Minotaur …
CONF: Apuleius and Africa
From the Ancient Narrative folks: APULEIUS AND AFRICA An International Classics Conference April 29-May 2, 2010 Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, U.S.A. From April 29 to May 2, 2010, Oberlin College will host a major international Classics symposium entitled “Apuleius and Africa.” The conference is being organized by Ellen Finkelpearl (Scripps College), Luca Graverini (Università di [...]
We Are Sparta! And Athens!
A piece in Metro Santa Cruz begins with this interesting quote: “We are the modern equivalent of the ancient city-states of Athens and Sparta. California has the ideas of Athens and the power of Sparta.” –Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger I guess you can take the man out of the sword-and-sandal, but you can’t take the sword-and-sandal [...]
CONF: Institute of Classical Studies Greek Literature Seminar– Autumn 2009
Seen on the Classicists list: INSTITUTE OF CLASSICAL STUDIES GREEK LITERATURE SEMINAR Mondays throughout the autumn term at 5 pm Senate House South Block Room ground floor room G37 Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Organizer: Giambattista D’Alessio Contact: giambattista.d’alessio AT kcl.ac.uk PROGRAMME AUTUMN 2009 BEYOND THE LIBRARY: HELLENISTIC LITERATURE AND ITS CONTEXTS 5 October M. [...]
New Issue of Iris
A note from Lorna Robinson is making the round: Dear Classicists, The Autumn 09 issue of Iris magazine looks at the influences and interpretations of epic, and includes: Iris chat: Margaret George, author of Helen of Troy Home Thoughts from Abroad: Virgil’s Aeneid 1000 Years Before Homer: The epic of Gilgamesh Masters of War: Epic [...]
That Translation …
Interesting intro to a religion column in the Marion Star: In 1979, I sat in Dr. Richard Cutter’s early morning Greek class at Baylor University praying my professor would call on someone else to translate the homework passage from Plato. Advertisement My prayers were answered when he called on John. John was more clueless than [...]
CONF:Legitimating Violence – In honor of Larissa Bonfante
seen on various lists: The NYU Center for Ancient Studies presents the annual Ranieri Colloquium on Ancient Studies, “LEGITIMATING VIOLENCE: EXECUTION, HUMAN SACRIFICE, ASSASSINATION,” Thursday, September 24th and Friday, September 25th. A colloquium in honor of Larissa Bonfante. The conference will take place in Hemmerdinger Hall, Room 102, Silver Center for Arts and Science, 32 [...]
JOB: Greek Language and Lit @ Penn State
Seen on various lists: The Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at The Pennsylvania State University seeks applicants for a tenure-track appointment in Greek language and literature at the assistant professor level, beginning August 2010. Applications are welcome from candidates with active research interests in any area or period of ancient Greek poetry or [...]
CFP: From Ancient to Modern
Seen on AegeaNet: SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION 7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON History: From Ancient to Modern 28-31 December 2009 ATHENS, GREECE The History Research Unit of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) will organize its 7th International Conference on History in Athens, Greece on 28-31 of December 2009. The conference will [...]
This Day in Ancient History: pridie nonas septembres
pridie nonas septembres 518 B.C. — birth of Pindar (by one reckoning) ca 117 — martyrdom of Hermione 1989 — death of Sir Ronald Syme (The Roman Revolution)
Women’s Rights in Italy
Commenting on the ‘glass ceiling’ and other matters in regards to modern women’s rights in Italy, here’s the conclusion to a letter to the editor in the New York Times: Ironically, in “The Emancipation of Women in Ancient Rome,” Roger Vigneron and Jean-François Gerkens explain how the Italians of antiquity forged a polity where “the [...]
