June 2, 2011
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I’d probably apply for this if I were in London (although I’m not qualified on the sailing and musical side of things) … from the Evening Standard: Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin are advertising for a private tutor to teach their children ancient Greek, Latin, French and Spanish. The American actress and the…
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An item making the rounds and filling my mailbox: Nature reports on an article in the International Journal of Nautical Archaeology: A Roman ship found with a lead pipe piercing its hull has mystified archaeologists. Italian researchers now suggest that the pipe was part of an ingenious pumping system, designed to feed on-board fish tanks…
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Folks might be interested in a new blog started up by Greg Schwendner in which he is thinking out loud, as it were, in developing an ‘Active Learning’ workbook for use with Powell’s Classical Myth. If you are new to the concept of active learning (which is probably known by other names as well), you…
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ante diem iv nonas junias Saecular Games continue (day 2) — the celebration of Rome’s anniversary continues 261 B.C. — death of Antiochus I Soter (I have not been able to confirm this date) 177 A.D. — martyrdom of Blandina, Alexander (and others) at Lyons (a.k.a. the Martyrs of Lyons) 193 A.D. — recently-deposed emperor-for-a-little-while…
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