January 28, 2012
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I meant to post a link to this very useful pdf a while ago when it was making the rounds … here’s some background from the intro: This collection is based on presentations given at a half-day workshop held at the Institute of Classical Studies in May 2011. It is aimed at those approaching the…
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A couple of items of interest which coincidentaly passed under my caerulean gaze this week … first, one of the Discover Magazine blogs confirmed (based on GRE matters) what we all know (but which appears to be a surprise to some): Classicists are Smart! … inter alia: I looked at the average verbal and mathematical…
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Seen on the Classicists list: CONFERENCE 2012 Friday, 29 June to Sunday, 1 July Ivy House, Warminster, Wiltshire, UK Logos, Mythos, Sophos : Reason and Myth in the Search for Wisdom The Platonic tradition has always embraced both reason and myth in its cultivation of wisdom – but what is their relationship? Are they in…
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It’s really depressing working through the backlog of Italian press articles tonight … Beyond the attention being paid to the Colosseum and its plight (which I’ll blog about soon … I promise) it’s clear that something is not right with Italian antiquities right now … this Repubblica article details the theft of an amphora and…
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I doubt this will make it to the English press, but it should … Corriere del Mezzogiorno relates how vandals/tombaroli broke into the archaeological zone at Santa Maria Capua Vetere — the ancient city of Capua — and trashed a number of the Samnite Tombs there. These tombs, among other things, were notable for frescoes…
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