December 19, 2010
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From Le Monde (tip o’ the pileus to Dorothy King): L’académicienne Jacqueline de Romilly, spécialiste de la civilisation et de la langue grecques, est morte samedi à l’âge de 97 ans, indique, dimanche, son éditeur Bernard de Fallois. Née le 26 mars 1913 à Chartres (Eure-et-Loir) d’un père professeur de philosophie et d’une mère romancière,…
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Selections from my weekly newsletter … some I’ve blogged, some have many additional links, some I hope to get to eventually (and blog about): ================================================================ ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================ They’ve buried Allianoi: http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=allianoi-completely-burried-in-sand-201\ 0-12-13 More opeddish things about Pompeii (these vary): http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2010/dec/13/ovid-roman-\ sex-pompeii http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/arts/design/14pompeii.html http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/international/4466245/Crumbling-Pompeii-needs-urge\ nt-attention http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1965417/pompeii_collapses_spark_criticism/i\ ndex.html?source=r_science http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hLZVR4IQeaIpn07gPCzjecQ-RjqA?\ docId=CNG.d17e4b4251cf887af9f26758f0b95e46.131 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BC1NT20101213?feedType=RSS&feedName=scien\ ceNews…
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