Also Seen: Classical Legal Opinion?
The incipit of a legal opinion my siders dragged back from the Leagle: “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres . . . .”1 As the tribes of the three parts of ancient Gaul presented unique problems for Julius Caesar, an owner and a tenant, among the three parcels comprising the subject real property of [...]
Homerathon @ UT Arlington
From the Shorthorn: The University Classics Club is hosting Homerathon, an all-day recital of Homer’s The Odyssey. The recitation will begin at 7 a.m. Tuesday on the University Center mall and end at 10:30 p.m. Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, was written in 59 segments, and each individual speaker will be allotted 15 minutes to recite [...]
Historical Tour Writers Needed for iPhone
Via the Past Preservers/Ancient World Bloggers Group … an interesting iPhone app project type thing which a Classics type could probably do a really good job with: Ancient World Bloggers Group (AWBG): Historical tours writers needed for the iPhone.
On the Value of Latin
From a Penn State press release sort of thing: Yale University’s famous motto is Lux et Veritas, Latin for “light and truth” while Princeton’s crest reads Dei Sub Numine Viget (“Under God’s power she flourishes”). The University of Pennsylvania based its cautionary motto — Sine Moribus Vanae or “Letters without morals are useless” — on [...]
Looting at Elefsina
Brief/vague item from eKathimerini: Ancient artifacts have been stolen from the Elefsina archaeological site west of Athens, the Culture Ministry said on Friday. The theft took place on the night of April 15, according to the ministry. No further details were given on the orders of the police. The site is one of Greece’s most [...]
Roman Ship From Ostia
Tip o’ the pileus to Francesca Tronchin for finding this one … from ANSA: An ancient ship has emerged from the ground at the Imperial Roman port of Ostia in a find Culture Minister Giancarlo Galan said “gives you goose bumps”. An 11-metre section of one of the ship’s sides has so far been discovered, [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii kalendas maias
ante diem iii kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 3) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem iii kalendas maias
ante diem iii kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 3) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v kalendas maias
ante diem v kalendas maias ludi Florales … a.k.a. Floralia (day 1) — a festival originally ordered in response to an interpretation of the Sybilline books in 238 B.C., it fell into desuetude only to be revived in 173 B.C.; it was a general festival of drinking and other merriment in honour of Flora, who [...]
An Ovatio for Keely Lake
From the Hot Springs Star: HSHS graduate Dr. Keely Lake, who currently teaches at Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wisc., has been recognized with a meritorious service award, an Ovatio, by the Classical Association of the Middle, West, and South CAMWS.CAMWS includes 32 states and three Canadian provinces.The award is given for outstanding service to [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vi kalendas maias
ante diem vi kalendas maias ca. 89 A.D. — martyrdom of Cletus 121 A.D. — birth of the future emperor Marcus Aurelius
Emperors of Rome: Commodus
Adrian Murdoch continues the series with someone I always considered rather *in*commodious: #17 Commodus: Emperors of Rome
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem vii kalendas maias
ante diem vii kalendas maias Robigalia — an ancient agricultural festival designed to appease the numen Robigo/Robigus who caused mildew 404 B.C. — Athens surrenders to Sparta, bringing the Peloponnesian War to an end (by one reckoning) 68 A.D. — martyrdom of Mark the Evangelist 1940 — death of Wilhelm Dorpfeld (excavator of Tiryns)
Paul Maier Puts Down the Chalk
From the Kalamazoo Gazette … another classicist-novelist I was unaware of: A group of admirers sat in the back of Paul Maier’s classroom Thursday, soaking up the Western Michigan University professor of ancient history’s lesson on the last part of the Roman empire and marveling at his knowledge of the ancient world. They weren’t his [...]
Also Seen: Giants in Ancient Warfare
Interesting paper by Adrienne Mayor: Giants in Ancient Warfare (Adrienne Mayor) | Academia.edu.
Teaching Classical Languages
Seen on the Latin Teach list: The Classical Association of the Middle West and South is pleased to announce the most recent issue of Teaching Classical Languages (www.tcl.camws.org). In this issue are three articles. The first describes more than 20 field tested exercises to help beginning and intermediate students become more efficient readers of Latin. [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem x kalendas maias
ante diem x kalendas maias 178 A.D. — martyrdom of Epipodias at Lyons 202 A.D. — martyrdom of Leonidas in Alexandria 248 A.D. — second day of celebrations for Rome’s 1000th anniversary ca 250 A.D. — martyrdom of Helimenas at Babylon
Also Seen: Hellenistic Art at the Met
The Smarthistory folks look at a couple of items at the Metropolitan Museum (a sleeping Eros and a realistic Old Market Woman): Hellenistic Art at the Metropolitan: Eros Sleeping and An Old Market Woman
Pozzuoli Dump Tomb Update
Not sure how long this will be available, but Corriere del Mezzogiorno’s coverage includes a video (without sound?), the last minute of which looks around inside that tomb which was found in a Pozzuoli dump the other day … doesn’t look like there’s much there …
VotD: Les Dieux de l’Olympe
Tip o’ the pileus to the historyteachers lady for drawing our attention to this item put together by a class at Sherbrooke College (I think … please correct me if I’m wrong) … it’s in French: Everybody sing along: On est les plus forts On est immortels Au sommet du monde C’est nous qui dirigeons [...]
