April 22, 2010
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In case you’re at Cambridge a few hours from now: Professor Kathleen Coleman, Professor of Latin at Harvard University and renowned author on Latin literature and history will give Newnham’s biennial Jane Harrison Memorial Lecture on Friday, 23 April 2010. She’ll argue that pushy parents and a competitive society driving youngsters to extremes to succeed…
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Most of the interesting stuff is in the first couple sentences of this one … a sixth-century female burial along with an iron fibula and amber necklace … Una tomba a tumulo di eta’ preromana e’ stata rinvenuta a Foligno nel corso dei lavori di realizzazione della Variante Nord della citta’; all’interno della tomba e’…
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Interesting incipit from the UDallas University paper: On Thursday, at 7:30 p.m. in the Art History Auditorium, the Rome office gave the third installment of the Rome Walking Tour in Irving, a series of lectures designed to both prepare future Romers for their semester abroad and enhance the Rome experience for past Romers, as well…
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Article in Canada’s Maclean’s magazine … nothing really new here for most of us, but a good little summary: The truth about Cleopatra.
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The incipit of Mary Beard’s latest: One of the smart ideas of the ancient Athenian democracy was the system of ostracism. If the people wanted to decide between the policies of two different politicians, and they were deadlocked — they had a vote and simply exiled one of them… More: A Dons Life by Mary Beard…
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