Temple of Nemesis Found
From Thaindian: Archaeologists have found traces of a temple built for the Greek goddess of divine retribution, Nemesis, during excavations in the ancient city of Agora in the Aegean port city of Izmir in Turkey. According to a report in Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review, Akin Ersoy of Dokuz Eylul University’s archaeology department and [...]
Asterix at 50
The incipit of a piece in the Independent A map of France is cracked by a Roman standard driven into the ground. To one side a magnifying glass focuses on a “Gaulish village” surrounded by four Roman outposts: Aquarium, Totorum, Laudanum and Compendium. Who would have thought – given such adverse circumstances – that one [...]
Alexander Statue from Alexandria?
The Egyptian State Information Service reports: A statue of Alexander the Great has been discovered in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria, Governor Adel Labib said on Wednesday 7/10/2009. Archeologists have suggested the statue was of Alexander the Great and it was uncovered during excavations at el-Shalalat Park in the city, he said. The discovery [...]
Priapus on Krk?
From something called Croatian Villas: Tourism on Krk Island, Croatia, could receive a boost after the discovery of a 2,000-year-old statue, reports the Croatian Times. A figure of Priapos, a fertility god and protector of livestock and nature in ancient Greece, was found by two fishermen off the island’s southern coast. Ivan Barbalic Gunga and [...]
2010 Medusa Mythology Exam
2010 theme: “Olympians 2.0” Medusa Mythology Exam
Rival to Portland Vase at Bonham’s?
The incipit of an item in the Antiques Trade Gazette: SPECIALISTS at Bonhams have just announced that they have identified a magnificent Roman cameo glass vase, which may be the most important of its kind in the world. Strikingly similar to the Portland Vase, one of the British Museum’s greatest treasures, it is larger, in [...]
CFP: Windsor Classics Undergraduate Conference
5th ANNUAL WINDSOR CLASSICS UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE The Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures in conjunction with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Humanities Research Group of the University of Windsor is pleased to sponsor its fifth annual Classics Undergraduate Conference to be held on Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6, 2010. [...]
CONF: Oxford Ancient History Seminar Series
seen on the Classicists list: The programme for this term’s ancient history seminar series at Oxford is as follows: Centre and Region in the Hellenistic Mediterranean 13 Oct. Dr Jonathan Prag (Oxford) Epigraphic habits in the hellenistic western Mediterranean 20 Oct. Dr Alex Mullen (Cambridge) ‘La Provence grecque’. Regional identities and language in Southern Gaul [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii idus octobres
ante diem iii idus octobres Fontinalia — a festival in honour of the divinity Fons, who presided over springs and wells; such sources of water were festooned with garlands for the occasion 54 A.D. — death of the emperor Claudius, purportedly succumbing to a plate of poisoned mushrooms dished up by his niece/wife Agrippina; dies [...]
