d.m. Pierre Hadot
Professeur émérite au Collège de France, historien et spécialiste de la philosophie antique, Pierre Hadot est mort dans la nuit du 24 au 25 avril. Il était âgé de 88 ans. Pierre Hadot, philosophe et historien mondialement reconnu pour ses nombreux travaux sur les écoles de pensées antiques, notamment le stoïcisme et le néoplatonisme, vient [...]
d.m. Traianos Gagos
Traianos Gagos, colleague, friend, and archivist for the University Library’s papyrus collection, passed away suddenly last week at the age of 49. “Traianos Gagos was an extraordinary scholar who helped to develop extraordinary resources both at Michigan and around the world. He was also a warm and enthusiastic friend and colleague, and we will miss [...]
d.m. David Furley
David Furley was one of the 20th century’s outstanding scholars of Greco-Roman philosophy. The quantity of Furley’s published output is perhaps modest by today’s standards. But virtually every item is a gem, and many have become classics. He was educated at Nottingham High School and at Jesus College Cambridge, where he became an Honorary Fellow. [...]
This Day in Ancient History: pridie kalendas maias
pridie kalendas maias ludi Florae (day 4) 65 A.D. — death of Marcus Annaeus Lucanus … a.k.a. Lucan (by one reckoning) 304 A.D. — beginning of Diocletianic persecutions under Galerius 311 A.D. – Edict of Toleration of Galerius 1936 — death of A. E. Housman
Stephen G. Miller on Nemea
He arrived in Greece in the ’70s as a young archaeologist aspiring to bring to light the kingdom of legendary Ulysses or, at least, the palaces of King Phillip of Macedon. Destiny, however, and the University of California at Berkeley, led Dr. Stephen G. Miller to Nemea in the Peloponnese, southern Greece, where he unearthed [...]
Boudicca at Calleva Atrebatum?
Calleva seems to be an awfully interesting dig … last time we heard about it, it was about the ‘puppy skin’ trade. Now we hear of Boudicca’s possible involvement there: Professor Michael Fulford said that 13 years of excavations at Calleva had revealed evidence of the first gridded Iron Age town in Britain. The site [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii kalendas maias
ante diem iii kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 3) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who [...]
Tom Sienkewicz and CAMWS
Image via Wikipedia Tom Sienkewicz, Capron Professor of Classics at Monmouth College, was named secretary-treasurer elect of The Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) during its 106th annual meeting, held recently in Oklahoma City. “We are planning on a two-year transition period, with phasing out of the office at St. Olaf College [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iv kalendas maias
Image by ortygia via Flickr ante diem iv kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 2) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment [...]
Citanda: “The Internet Will Fail”
There’s an article at Asylum going around all about assorted ‘bad predictions’ … one has a bit o’ classcon: “Using Twitter for literate communication is about as likely as firing up a CB radio and hearing some guy recite ‘The Iliad.’” — Bruce Sterling, a science-fiction writer and journalist, told The New York Times. via [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v kalendas maias
ante diem v kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 1) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who presided [...]
Finds from Strumica in Eastern Macedonia
No relevant photos, alas: A unique lamp from the fourth century with the image of Alexander the Great and gold jewellery from the second century BC were discovered by archaeologists in the Tsarevi Kuli area over the town of Strumica in eastern Macedonia. The new finds discovered at the necropolis of the southern wall of [...]
Bust in Sparta
Vague details, as often: Two local men were arrested on antiquities smuggling charges on Monday in the southern Peloponnese town of Sparta, after authorities discovered a cache of particular valuable objects in the pair’s possession, including a bronze Kouros-like statuette. Four ancient coins and precious stone weighing in at more than 500 grams were also [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi kalendas maias
ante diem vi kalendas maias ca. 89 A.D. — martyrdom of Cletus 121 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Marcus Aurelius
CONF: Liverpool SACE Seminars
Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): University of Liverpool SACE Seminar Series The School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology is pleased to announce its research seminar programme for the summer term 2009/10. Seminars take place at 5 – 6.30 pm in either the [...]
JOB: Hellenist @ Brown University
Seen on various lists (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): THE DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICS at Brown University has been authorized to announce a search for one-year visiting appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, to begin July, 2010. This is a non tenure-track position. Full time [...]
Akropolis World News
… in Classical Greek: Egyptian senator proposes shootong at demonstrators / Polish citizens to choose new president / Iceland closes its airports / Saint George: roses and books
Citanda: Ssssssssserpent Tree
Tip o’ the pileus (maybe) to Diana Wright for this modern take on the Minoan Snake lady … or maybe it’s a hydra … or something: Ssssssssserpent Tree: Niki de Saint Phalle’s Modern Take on Ancient Myth « Broad Strokes: The National Museum of Women in the Arts’ Blog.
JOB: Generalist @ Rutgers (one year)
Seen on Classics (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ The Department of Classics of Rutgers University-New Brunswick is seeking to fill a one-year (possibly renewable for an additional year) position for the 2010-2011 academic year, pending final budgetary approval. The area of [...]
Corpus Medicorum Graecorum/Latinorum Online
Plenty of potentially useful texts here … a quick scan suggests they’re all Teubner texts: CORPVS MEDICORVM GRAECORVM / LATINORVM.
On the Popularity of Sword and Sandal Flicks
Some observations from an item in the Telegraph: “Clash of the Titans and How to Train Your Dragon represent worlds that are far from our own and an escape from job insecurity, debates about health care and worrying about paying the bills,” he said. “What better way to do this than to take yourself off [...]
Bonham’s Upcoming Auction
Bonham’s also has some interesting items in its upcoming antiquities auction … first thing which caught my eye was this portrait bust of Menander: An interesting togatus … clearly not a garment I’d be comfortable wearing: An anadyomene Aphrodite: Not sure how this is identified as a female athlete (4th/3rd century Etruscan): A Roman Janus [...]
Christie’s Upcoming Auction
Some of the interesting items in Christie’s upcoming antiquities auction include this torso of Aphrodite (from a 19th century Swiss collection) (the inline links will take you to the ‘official page’): A very interesting ‘young satyr’ with a panther at his feet (acquired pre-1970): A bone figure of Aphrodite (left) and a doll (right) (acquired [...]
Citanda: American Journal of Philology 131.1 (Spring 2010)
Middle Comedy and the “Satyric” Style – Carl A. Shaw Menander’s Theophoroumene between Greece and Rome – Sebastiana Nervegna The Tyrant Lists: Tacitus’ Obituary of Petronius – Holly Haynes Unseemly Professions and Recruitment in Late Antiquity: Piscatores and Vegetius Epitoma 1.7.1-2 – Michael B. Charles Reconsidering the History of Latin and Sabellic Adpositional Morphosyntax – [...]
CFP: Commentary Writers’ Workshop
Seen on CJ Online (please send any responses to the folks mentioned in the quoted text, not to rogueclassicism!): Call for Proposals: Classical Commentary Writers’ Workshop Georgetown University, October 14–16, 2010: Latin Texts Proposals are solicited for participation in the sixth annual Classical Commentary Writers’ Workshop, to be held on October 14–16, 2010 at Georgetown [...]
