October 2010
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Mentioned this on facebook last week … forgot to post it here. Here’s the incipit: Even though Homer’s Iliad was written approximately three thousand years ago, the character of Achilles is still alive and well. He is forty one years old, lives in Mississippi, and spends his autumns and winters in Minnesota. Minnesota Vikings quarterback…
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Aesop seems to be a theme today for some reason … here’s the end of an item from the Huffington Post commenting on the Florida senate elections debates: Thankfully, a commercial break intervened, but immediately afterwards, moderator Antonio Mora, news anchor for host station WFOR-TV, returned to the theme. That’s when Aesop made his cameo…
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Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!): The Royal Irish Academy Committee for Classical and Near Eastern Studies cordially invites you to a colloquium on “Visions of Leadership in the Ancient World”, which will be held on the 4th and 5th of November in the…
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This was mentioned on the Classicists list a while ago … here’s a bit from the info page: The purpose of this website is to exchange knowledge amongst scholars interested in the Roman Republic. It aims to provide a forum for scholars working in all fields of historical, literary, linguistic or achaeological research involving the…
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Image via Wikipedia Seen on Classicists (please send any responses to the people/institution mentioned in the post, not to rogueclassicism!): ‘From the Cradle to the Grave’: Reciprocity & Exchange in Medicine and the Making of the Modern Arts Date: 14th April 2011, University of Exeter Conference website: http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/medhist/conferences/cradle/index.html Keynote Speakers: Professor Brian Hurwitz (King’s College…
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