July 20, 2010
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Tip o’ the pileus to the fine folks over at Blogging Pompeii for bringing our attention to an article in the Discovery Channel Magazine highlighting the work of Dr Andy Fairbairn and crew who have been poking around the potties of Pompeii to learn more about what the folks were eating etc. … very interesting…
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In addition to the job listings (see below), new at the APA site today is the latest edition of Amphora, which appears to be the only one we’ll be seeing this year, alas, due to financial constraints … I’m still trying to decide whether it is reasonable to expect folks to pay 10.00 for two…
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… at the APA site, of course …
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Well, today my twitterfeed and Facebook feed has been inundated with this video on the plural of octopus (tip o’ the pileus to Terrence Lockyer, Francesca Tronchin, and a few others): … fwiw, being a Classicist, rogue or otherwise, using octopodes is one of the few times you get to use your Greek plural endings…
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) Gods in Ruins: The archaeology of religious activity in Protohistoric, Archaic, and Republican central Italy FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS Gods in Ruins is a two-day conference to be held over March 20-22, 2011 at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.…
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