January 31, 2011
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http://twitter.com/#!/TLockyer/status/31829236041912320 … very nice; they’re done the preSocratics (14 podcasts), the Sophists, and Socrates and are just getting into that Plato guy …
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Tom Payne gives the big contest a Classics spin over at ESPN: via Super Bowl XLV: Fame, celebrity and precedents from ancient Greece and Rome | ESPN. Here’s a brief excerpt: The ancient Greeks set the precedent. Admittedly, a mini-season of tragic plays in the fifth century BC didn’t attracted 153 million viewers, but we…
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Interesting item: http://twitter.com/#!/GettyMuseum/status/32153060117585920
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Image by jimmywayne via Flickr Not sure how I missed any previous coverage of this … from the Maine Campus: A Jan. 24 letter from University of Maine President Robert Kennedy to Faculty Senate President Michael Grillo indicates that three majors — Latin, German and women’s studies — are a step closer to the chopping…
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Image via Wikipedia There are various versions of this one bouncing around, but my innate Canadianess almost forces me to use this version from Kathimerini: Trireme in New York City Inc, a US-based group of history buffs, is trying to raise the $3 million it will take to get an ancient Greek warship sailing in…
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