Blogosphere ~ Coriolanus dir. Ralph Fiennes, 2011
Pop Classics: Coriolanus dir. Ralph Fiennes, 2011.
Blogosphere ~ Ancient World Breakfast Club AWBC
salve magistra: Ancient World Breakfast Club AWBC.
Blogosphere ~ My Big Fat Greek Wedding dir. Joel Zwick, 2002
Pop Classics: My Big Fat Greek Wedding dir. Joel Zwick, 2002.
CJ Review: Rhodes on Shear, Polis and Revolution
posted with permission: Julia L. Shear, Polis and Revolution: Responding to Oligarchy in Classical Athens. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. xv + 368. Hardcover, £60.00/$99.00. ISBN 978-0-521-76044-7. Reviewed by P. J. Rhodes, University of Durham Julia Shear was one of a group of scholars assembled by Robin Osborne to work on “The Anatomy of [...]
CJ Review: Murphy on Adluri, Parmenides, Plato and Mortal Philosophy
posted with permission: Vishwa Adluri, Parmenides, Plato, and Mortal Philosophy: Return from Transcendence. Continuum Studies in Ancient Philosophy. London and New York: Continuum Books. Pp. xv + 212. Hardback, £65.00/$120.00. ISBN 978-0-8264-5753-0. Reviewed by David J. Murphy, The Nightingale-Bamford School In this highly original study of Parmenides’ poem and Plato’s response in the Phaedrus, Vishwa [...]
CONF: Ancient Stars in Byzantium
Seen on the Classicists list: [it's being streamed and skyped too ... I hope other conferences are paying attention!!!!!] The Illuminated Astronomical Manuscripts research group at the Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa (http://www.sns.it/en/ricerca/lettere/manoscrittiastronomici) is delighted to announce its first meeting: Ancient Stars in Byzantium: The Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1087 Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore, February 8th, 2012 [...]
CJ Review: Kyle on Meijer, Chariot Racing in the Roman Empire
posted with permission: Fik Meijer, Chariot Racing in the Roman Empire. Translated by Liz Waters. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. Pp. xiv + 185. Hardcover, $29.95. ISBN 978-0-8018-9697-2. Reviewed by Donald G. Kyle, University of Texas at Arlington Professor of ancient history at the University of Amsterdam, Meijer has authored various works that [...]
CJ Review: Dewald on Grethlein, Greeks and their Past
Posted with permission: Jonas Grethlein, The Greeks and Their Past: Poetry, Oratory and History in the Fifth Century BCE. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xii + 350. Hardcover, £58.00/$99.00. ISBN 978-0-521-11077-8. Reviewed by Carolyn Dewald, Bard College This is an ambitious, lucid, well-researched and well-organized book. Jonas Grethlein explores a variety [...]
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem viii kalendas februarias
ante diem viii kalendas februarias Sementivae or Paganalia (day 2) — Sementivae was a festival of sowing which was actually a moveable feast (although I’m not sure of the moveability criteria; I’m guessing that the first day falls between January 24 and 26). By Ovid’s time it appears to have been coincident with Paganalia, which [...]
