Also Seen – Greek Milton? Milton’s Greek?
The Seattle p-i has a reviewish sort of thing of an exhibition at Princeton of images various authors, including this one of Milton: William Marshall’s 1645 Engraving Of John Milton. This portrait, produced for John Milton’s first published book of verse, includes the writer’s opinion of his likeness in the caption. Written in ancient Greek–which [...]
Abstract – Arethusa – Plagiarism or Imitation?: The Case of Abronius Silo in Seneca the Elder’s Suasoriae 2.19–20
Scott McGill Plagiarism or Imitation?: The Case of Abronius Silo in Seneca the Elder’s Suasoriae 2.19–20 Arethusa – Volume 43, Number 1, Winter 2010, pp. 113-131 The Johns Hopkins University Press Abstract: Disagreements over whether an author imitated or plagiarized a predecessor are a part of Latin literary history, with Virgil’s ancient reception providing striking [...]
Abstract – Arethusa – The Scent of a Woman
Shane Butler The Scent of a Woman Arethusa – Volume 43, Number 1, Winter 2010, pp. 87-112 The Johns Hopkins University Press Abstract: At Aeneid 1.691-94, Venus sets Ascanius down to sleep on a bed of aromatic marjoram; Servius seizes the opportunity to recount the origins of perfume. Revealing that the note is no antiquarian [...]
Abstract – Arethusa – Making History Mythical: The Golden Age of Peisistratus
Claudia Zatta Making History Mythical: The Golden Age of Peisistratus Arethusa – Volume 43, Number 1, Winter 2010, pp. 21-62 The Johns Hopkins University Press Abstract: This paper examines the association in Aristotle (Ath. Pol. 16.7) of the mythical Golden Age with the tyranny of Peisistratus and, by means of an array of both iconographic [...]
Abstract – Arethusa – Helen’s “Judgment of Paris” and Greek Marriage Ritual in Sappho 16
Eric Dodson-Robinson Helen’s “Judgment of Paris” and Greek Marriage Ritual in Sappho 16 Arethusa – Volume 43, Number 1, Winter 2010, pp. 1-20 The Johns Hopkins University Press Abstract: The evaluation and judgment of what is most beautiful (κάλλιστον) in Sappho 16 is what John Foley calls a “traditional reference” to the judgment of Paris. [...]
Abstract – Arethusa – Roman Spectacle Entertainments and the Technology of Reality
Dean Hammer Roman Spectacle Entertainments and the Technology of Reality Arethusa – Volume 43, Number 1, Winter 2010, pp. 63-86 The Johns Hopkins University Press Abstract: Roman spectacle entertainment has attracted substantial scholarly interest because of renewed ways in which politics is seen as culturally enacted. Less attention has been paid to the technologies associated [...]
Vespasian’s Birthplace Redux
The incipit of a recently-dated piece from AdnKronos which seems to be being picked up by some other papers: An international team of archaeologists claims to have unearthed the 2000-year-old birthplace of the Roman emperor, Vespasian, north of the Italian capital. Vespasian ruled the Roman empire in the first century A.D. and was behind the [...]
Citanda – Lecture on Hadrian
Hadrian, the man who built the wall | Morpeth Herald.
The Roman Swiss Army Knife
The Fitzwilliam is certainly getting a lot of press attention, and each item revealed seems for interesting than the next. The Daily Mail, ferinstance, is highlighting the exhibition of a Roman precursor to the Swiss Army Knife: The world’s first Swiss Army knife’ has been revealed – made 1,800 years before its modern counterpart. An [...]
Citanda: Spartacus’ Amphitheatre
Brief item on the amphitheatre at Caserta and its links to Spartacus: Anfiteatro secondo solo al Colosseo – Corriere del Mezzogiorno.
Theatre of Nero at Naples
Interesting item from Il Mattino … essentially detailing the revelation (if that’s the right word; this doesn’t seem to be a ‘discovery’, but rather a recognition that there was archaeotouristy value in a site which apparently was a theatre built by Nero (in Naples): Vicolo Cinque Santi, cuore del centro storico: bassi, immondizia, degrado. E [...]
Citanda: Desert Island Discs, Mary Beard
Sue Day sent this one in … Mary Beard is going to be on BBC Radio 4′s Desert Island Disks tomorrow (Sunday) and repeated the following Friday … click the link for more details. BBC Radio 4 Programmes – Desert Island Discs, Mary Beard.
Those Who Don’t Remember ‘History’, Well … You Know
A TACTIC borrowed from an episode in Ancient Greek mythology helped police take on and win a battle against a plague of modern Britain. Taking inspiration from the Trojan Horse that helped the Greeks enter Troy after a decade of deadlock, officers in the Welsh capital came up with a disguise that allowed them to [...]
Source please: Aristotle on Redheads
Anyone recognize the source of this one? In Ancient Egypt, the tables were turned and it was the redheads who were sacrificed, which, let’s face it, is hardly a good start, but does leave room for improvement. The Ancient Greeks didn’t quite consider it a death sentence, but Aristotle considered them to be “emotionally un-house [...]
