April 24, 2010
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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.
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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…
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Plenty of potentially useful texts here … a quick scan suggests they’re all Teubner texts: CORPVS MEDICORVM GRAECORVM / LATINORVM.
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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…
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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…
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