May 14, 2011
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The incipit of a review of (Classicist) Peter Toohey, Boredom: A Lively History: In the late third century, the Roman city of Beneventum inscribed the following message of thanks: For Tanonius Marcellinus, a most distinguished man of the consular rank and a most worthy patron as well, because of the good deeds by which he…
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Nice bit of comparanda from the New York Times: LAST month, a Cairo court ordered that images of the ousted Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, and his wife, Suzanne, as well as their names, be removed from all “public squares, streets, libraries and other public institutions around the country.” Posters and portraits of the Mubaraks are…
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Tip o’ the pileus to Terrence Lockyer for pointing this one out on Twitter a while back … currently there are four podcasts available, all about the Aeneid (specifically, an introduction, and one for books I, IV, and VII respectively). Bristol University | Department of Classics and Ancient History | Bristol Classical Podcasts.
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Seen on the Classicist list: Death of Drama or Birth of an Industry? the Greek Theatre in the Fourth Century BC Conference 19-20 July, 2011 The Centre for Classical & Near Eastern Studies of Australia (CCANESA) University of Sydney, Australia Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Some limited financial assistance in the form of bursaries…
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Tip ‘ the pileus to Diana Wright, who sent in this tantalizingly brief item from Athens News (and it’s a month old … not sure why it hasn’t really spread outside of a handful of newspapers): Researcher Minas Tsikritsis who hails from Crete — where the Bronze Age Minoan civilization flourished from approximately 2700 BC…
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