IG – SEG Concordance
This one’s been making the rounds of various lists, but in case you missed it … it’s a useful little tool for getting those Inscriptiones Graecae and Sylloge numbers in line (anyone else refer to them as ‘iggy’ and ‘ziggy’?)… Konkordanz IG – SEG
Citanda: Mary Beard on Civilian Casualties Etc.
Interesting parallels to the column of Marcus Aurelius and ‘triumph investigations’: Civilian casualties, leaks and the ancient view | Times .
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas sextilias
ante diem vii kalendas sextilias ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 7) 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome continues (day 9) 110 A.D. — martyrdom of Hyacinthus 1893 — birth of E.R. Dodds (The Greeks and the Irrational)
Classical Ink
So there was a bit of twitter chatter about the Daily Mail’s claims about celebrity tattoos ‘causing’ a revival of interest in Latin, and it was decided that we’d start a new feature here which possibly is a bit more realistic in regards to Latin and tattoos by showcasing the Latin/Classical ink festooning the dermises [...]
Roman Shipwrecks off Zannone
This one just started filtering in this a.m. … here’s the Reuters coverage: A team of marine archaeologists using sonar scanners have discovered four ancient shipwrecks off the tiny Italian island of Zannone, with intact cargoes of wine and oil. The remains of the trading vessels, dating from the first century BC to the 5th-7th [...]
What To Do With a Classics Degree
The incipit and a bit of an item in the Guardian: As experts warn the ongoing cuts in the public sector could result in record levels of graduate unemployment; despondent graduate jobseekers may find comfort in the words of Friedrich Nietzsche: “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” Of course, Nietzsche was a [...]
Saving Latin in Scotland – Followup
In today’s Scotsman: IT IS the dead language of ancient Rome, the Declaration of Arbroath, law books and medical terminology. But a new campaign is using that most modern of inventions – Facebook – to wage a battle to save Latin in Scottish schools. An online bid to protect qualifications in the study of the [...]
Latin Tattoos Causing Revival in Latin?
Image via Wikipedia Tip o’ the pileus to Dorothy King for alerting us to this somewhat strange connection being made by the Daily Mail: Celebrity Latin tattoos may be fuelling a revival of the ancient language in schools, it emerged today. Pupils are increasingly demanding to study the subject, according to an exam board, as [...]
A Museum for Plato?
From the BBC comes a video report summarizing the recent renovations on the Acropolis and plans to cash in on Plato: A Museum for Plato?, posted with vodpod
Cleopatra’s Pearl
Image via Wikipedia A very interesting item in USA Today (ultimately deriving from an article in Classical World!) is bouncing around the interwebs … we’ll preface it with this excerpt from Philemon Holland’s 1847 translation of Pliny’s Natural History (9.119-121) via Archive.org. The Latin is available, as always, via Lacus Curtius: There were two Pearls, [...]
Metis: a Wesleyan Undergraduate Journal
Image via Wikipedia One from deep, deep inside my mail folder (from over a month ago): The Greek Titan Metis was considered the goddess of wisdom and deep thought. Her name in Greek also means “wisdom combined with cunning,” a highly desirable personality trait to the ancient Athenians. This year, a group of Wesleyan students [...]
Statue of Artemis from Zajecar?
Tip o’ the pileus to Adrian Murdoch for this one: At the site of the ‘Felix Romuliana’, an imperial palace near the Town of Zajecar, German experts of the Archeology Institute in Frankfurt, together with the colleagues of the Archeology Institute in Belgrade have discovered a sensational sculpture, unique in this area of the Balkans. [...]
Odrysian Site from Bulgaria
Image via Wikipedia Ivan Hristov is characterizing this as a ‘Bulgarian Machu Picchu’ … interesting how they get a dig in at Philip II in this one: Bulgarian rchaeologists have uncovered a unique residence of the rulers of the Odrysian Kingdom, the state of the most powerful tribe of Ancient Thrace. The residence is located [...]
d.m. Mabel Lang
Image via Wikipedia It is with great sadness that I share the news that Mabel Louise Lang, Katharine E. McBride Professor Emeritus and Paul Shorey Professor Emeritus of Greek, passed away at home on Wednesday, 21 July at the age of 92. Professor Lang’s chief academic interests were Greek history and epigraphy, and she left [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem x kalendas sextilias
Image via Wikipedia ante diem x kalendas sextilias Neptunalia — an obscure festival (obscure in the sense that we really don’t know what went on) in honour of Neptune ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 4) 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome (day 6) 79 A.D. — martyrdom of Apollinaris 303 A.D. — martyrdom of [...]
Diogenes’ Wit
The folks at Mental Floss tell us Diogenes was the “Henny Youngman of philosophers” … Teachings of Diogenes.
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xii kalendas sextilias
ante diem xii kalendas sextilias Lucaria (day 2) — the followup to a similar festival on the 19th commemorating the Sack of Rome by the Gauls; this day marked Rome’s subsquent victory ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 2) — games instituted by/adjusted by Octavian to honour his adoptive father shortly after the latter’s death (possibly moving [...]
Pompeii Poop
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 [...]
Amphora 9.1
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 [...]
JOB: APA Job Listings
… at the APA site, of course …
Classical Words on Youtube
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 [...]
CFP: Gods in Ruins
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. [...]
CONF: Second Qumran Institute Symposium
Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!) Second Qumran Institute Symposium, 21-22 October 2010 Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen, the Netherlands The Jewish War against Rome (66-70/74): Interdisciplinary Perspectives For more information on the conference, short abstracts and to register, please [...]
Scythian Burial from Kazakhstan
From Eurasianet: Archeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered the grave of a gold-clad ancient Scythian warrior who has already earned himself a nickname: “The Sun Lord.” Researchers uncovered the find in a Scythian grave consisting of seven burial mounds in Karaganda Region east of the capital, Astana. The opulence of the warrior’s burial indicates that he [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem xiii kalendas sextilias
Image by wallyg via Flickr ante diem xiii kalendas sextilias ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 1) 1262 B.C. — based on the ‘Canicular Cycle’ (a.k.a. the Sothic cycle) of the Egyptians, this day is suggested for the foundation of the Pythian Games and the embarkation of Jason and the Argonauts (!) 356 B.C. — birth of [...]
