May 11, 2011
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Interesting item from Greek Reporter: What is considered to be a unique discovery has been made in Taman, South Russia, at the Black Sea. The ruins of an ancient Greek city, dated around the 6th century BC, came to light. Archeologists are stunned both by the number of the findings and the condition they were…
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Something called Flavorwire has a ‘top ten’ feature on writers with “unruly, manly manes” and Homer makes the, er, cut: Though an imagined bust of the blind poet, many believe he had an alarming mass of curls framing his face. In the Iliad, Homer vividly describes soldiers offering their hair to Patroclus during his funeral…
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Not sure about this one … from Sky News: Greek nationals have discovered that the doctor’s of their ancient ancestors prescribed a cup of wine for breakfast. Reuters reports a Greek ‘symposium’ held in the outskirts of Athens provided an opportunity for guests to prepare and sample ancient Greek cuisine. The word symposium originally referred…
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… the Guardian shows some rather uncommon journalistic skepticism: Well, so much for the Eternal city. On Wednesday, Rome will be razed to the ground by an earthquake that will shatter more than 2,000 years’ worth of monumental architecture including the Colosseum, the Pantheon and St Peter’s. That, at least, is the fear of hundreds…
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ante diem v idus maias Lemuria (day 2) — a private and public appeasement of the dead; the Roman paterfamilias would rise at midnight to conduct a ritual involving beans and bronze rites in honour of Mania — a Roman divinity who was considered the goddess of the dead; she was also the mother of…
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