February 27, 2012
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Tip o’ the pileus to Christopher Brunelle for sharing this item from the St Olaf College News: In the final week of Interim, students in Classics 129, The Neverending Myth, worked until the wee hours of the morning studying 15 different translations of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. They were not cramming for a final exam, but instead…
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Check this out (Kent German/CNet photo): It’s hype for a new smartphone from Huawei and is on display at the Mobile World Congress. CNet has the story behind the sculpture (including a video) and more photos at: Pegasus statue fashioned from 3,500 phones
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Posted with permission J. C. McKeown, Classical Latin: An Introductory Course. Indianapolis and Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, 2010. Pp. xx + 421. Paper, $39.95. 978-0-87220-851-3. Classical Latin: An Introductory Course Workbook. Paper, $19.95. ISBN 978-1-60384-206-8. Two-volume set: Paper, $53.95. ISBN 978-1-60384-207-5. Reviewed by Alden Smith, Baylor University Nowadays it is not uncommon to find a…
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2012.02.50: Chantal Martin Pruvot, Karl Reber, Thierry Theurillat, Ausgegraben!:Schweizer Archäologen erforschen die griechische Stadt Eretria. Eine Ausstellung der Schweizerischen Archäologischen Schule in Griechenland in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig. 2012.02.49: Maria Caccamo Caltabiano, Carmela Raccuia, Elena Santagati, Tyrannis, Basileia, Imperium: forme, prassi e simboli del potere politico nel mondo greco e romano…
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If this wasn’t in Arutz Sheva, I might not even bother posting this: Antiquities Authority officials over the weekend arrested a gang of Arabs who were using an ancient manuscript as a “treasure map,” as they proceeded to dig up a well-know archaeological site in the Modi’in area. The site, Khurbat Kharuvta, has been raided…
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