CFP: Sarkophage
Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): 1. International Symposium Call for papers From Oct. 2 – 8, 2010 (with papers to be read Oct. 3 – 7) we are planning to hold the first symposium of the International Association "Roman Sarcophagi", to be [...]
CFP: What Became of Lily Ross Taylor?
Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): *CALL FOR PAPERS What Became of Lily Ross Taylor? Women and Ancient History in North America* organized by Celia E. Schultz and Michele R. Salzman The APA’s Committee for Ancient History and the Women’s Classical Caucus together [...]
Source of the Aqua Traiana Found?
A very interesting find by some clumsy amateurs, apparently (when will the media stop having folks ‘stumble’ on things???) … this seems to be hype for a documentary, but that’s not a bad thing. Here’s the incipit of the Telegraph coverage: The underground spring lies behind a concealed door beneath an abandoned 13th century church [...]
CONF: APA 2011 Panel on Greek Prosody
Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): A New Look at Greek Prosody Organized by David Goldstein (University of California, Berkeley) and Dieter Gunkel (University of California, Los Angeles) With the 1994 publication of The Prosody of Greek Speech, Devine and Stephens achieved insights [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii kalendas februarias
ante diem viii kalendas februarias Sementivae or Paganalia (day 2) — Sementivae was a festival of sowing which was actually a moveable feast (although I’m not sure of the moveability criteria; I’m guessing that the first day falls between January 24 and 26). By Ovid’s time it appears to have been coincident with Paganalia, which [...]
