From the Telegraph: Professor Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones, the former Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University, who died on October 5 aged 87, was a gatekeeper for a particular style of traditional scholarship and one of the foremost classical scholars of his generation; his imposing output of scholarly works ranged across the fields of Greek [...]
Archive for October 5, 2009
Interesting item in the Daily Star: A burial cave dating back to the Roman and Byzantine eras has been discovered in the southern town of Burj al-Shamali near Tyre, the Lebanese Directorate General of Antiquities announced Monday. A team of seven Japanese archaeologists led by the head of the Preservation of Cultural Properties Department at [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv nonas octobres
Posted: October 5, 2009 by rogueclassicist in TDIAHante diem iv nonas octobres fast in honour of Ceres — in 191 B.C., consultation of the Sybilline books ordered a fast to be held every five years in honour of the Roman goddess Ceres, who presided over grain and harvesting. By Augustus’ day, the fast was an annual event which curiously coincides fairly closely [...]
