January 16, 2011
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Got a few weeks’ worth of items here … things that caught my eye in the Classical Blogosphere (and elsewhere … I’m kind of getting cranky/annoyed that various ‘History’ carnivals and ‘umbrella sites’ routinely ignore most of the Classical Blogosphere): Matters mostly historical: Alexander’s Hair-raising Fight with the Oracle at Delphi [History With a Twist]…
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Excerpts of interest: ================================================================ ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND EGYPT ================================================================ Byzantine burials from Jabal al-Sin (Syria): http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201101088571/Travel/archaeologists-byza\ ntine-cemeteries-unearthed-in-north-eastern-syria.html Assorted Byzantine finds from Apamea: http://www.english.globalarabnetwork.com/201101138634/Related-news-from-Syria/sy\ ria-byzantine-coins-and-water-tank-unearthed-in-archaeological-city-of-apamea.ht\ ml ================================================================ ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME (AND CLASSICS) ================================================================ Roman remains found during renovaitons of a Grouville church: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/jersey/hi/people_and_places/arts_and_culture/newsid_\ 9359000/9359277.stm Another feature on the younger set learning Greek: http://www.thisisoxfordshire.co.uk/news/8790488.It_s_all_Greek_to_these_North_Ox\ ford_pupils…
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Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): The first London Roman Art Seminar will take place this coming Monday (17th January) at 530pm. Cristina Boschetti will be giving a talk entitled, "An interdisciplinary study of the mosaics from the House of the…
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Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): Sympotic Poetry. A Colloquium Christ Church, Oxford. March 31st-April 2nd 2011 The symposiast’s couch is a key vantage-point from which to survey Greek poetry. Poetry was performed at the symposium from the beginnings of Greek…
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Seen on the Classicists list (please direct any queries to the folks mentioned in the item and not to rogueclassicism): A CELEBRATION OF CLASSICS: 2011 TRIENNIAL CONFERENCE IN CAMBRIDGE From Monday 25 July to Thursday 28 July 2011 the Faculty of Classics in the University of Cambridge will once again host the Triennial Conference of…
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