Interview with Matthew Dennison
Lindsay Powell interviews Matthew Dennison, author of the recently reviewed book, Livia, Empress of Rome: A Biography for the folks at UNRV. via Interview with Matthew Dennison. The review (also by Lindsay Powell) can be read here, in case you miss the link: Livia, Empress of Rome: A Biography by Matthew Dennison
Better Book Titles: Aeschylus’ Oresteia
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Also Seen: Life Magazine Slideshow of Liz Taylor
… as Cleopatra. Very nice: Liz Taylor: Making ‘Cleopatra’ – Photo Gallery – LIFE.
CONF: Ancient Philosophy Conference
Seen on the Classicists list: Myth and Literature in Ancient Philosophy Faculty of Classics, University of Cambridge 15-16 April 2011 For more details or to register please visit the conference website. Programme Friday, 15 April 1330-1500 Keynote: Prof Catherine Osborne (University of East Anglia), ‘Literary Genres and Judgements of Taste: Aristotle on Empedocles and Plato [...]
CONF: New Discoveries in Greek Epigraphy
Seen on the Classicists list: The British Epigraphy Society Spring Colloquium: ‘New Discoveries in Greek Epigraphy’ Saturday 7 May 2011, Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester Programme 10.30 -11 am: Coffee and Registration 11 am-12 noon: P. Thonemann (Wadham, Oxford), ‘Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua XI: New Monuments from Roman Asia Minor?’ 12 noon -1 p.m.: [...]
What James Pfundstein is Up To
I’ve known James Pfundstein for years on the Classics list and didn’t know he did this sort of thing … from the BG News: Professor James Pfundstein not only lectures on the classics to University students, but he also finds time to be a writer. “Well, let’s say I have to [write], so I sneak [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem ix kalendas apriles
ante diem ix kalendas apriles Festival of Mars (day 24) Quando Rex Comitavit Fas — a somewhat obscure entry in the Roman calendar which seems to hearken back to the days of the monarchy. A plausible explanation connects this with the fact that this was one of the days when the ancient Comitia Calata would [...]
