February 1, 2010
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Today I received a very interesting email from Ted O’Neill, who is one of the principals involved in the recent (re)discovery of what seems to be the source of the Aqua Traiana. Mr. O’Neill sent along a pile of interesting materials for me to share with y’all (thanks very much!||), so here goes … we’ll…
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The incipit of a bit in the Coventry Telegraph last week: CLASH OF THE TITANS director Louis Leterrier says he is hoping the film will be the start of a franchise and has mapped out a possible trilogy centring on ancient Greek mythology. He said: “We’ve talked about it loosely. Any movie of this size,…
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): Department of Classics, University of Nottingham Research Workshops, Spring semester 2010 2 February Dr Roger Rees (St Andrews): The artful text of Pacatus 9 February Dr Gesine Manuwald (UCL): Terences Eunuchus and the conventions of Roman comedy…
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): Dressing the Dead. Clothing, Textiles and Bodily Adornment from Funerary Contexts in the Graeco-Roman World. http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/archaeology/conferences/dressing-dead.html This conference is organised by the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield and will be held in Sheffield, on…
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): Democratic Inflections: Modern Performance of Ancient Drama The Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance announces a call for papers for APA 2011 (San Antonio) exploring the relationship between democratic ideology and classical tradition in modern performance. We…