Also Seen: Ben Hur bloopers
Must be a very slow news day for the Mirror, FWIW:
I’m sure plenty of Classicists can come up with a list of Classical ‘bloopers’ (heck, when I taught ‘The Ancient World in Film’ we spent a whole class dissecting this one race …). The most obvious (to me) was that Judah Ben Hur doesn’t wrap the reins around his body (as is attested in myriad images of ancient chariot racing) … stuffing the knife into his belt (as he does in the preliminaries) doesn’t make any sense otherwise either. Feel free to continue the list in the comments …
Blogosphere ~ More from Bauckham on the Talpiot Tomb inscription
PaleoJudaica.com: More from Bauckham on the Talpiot Tomb inscription.
Blogosphere ~ The Pergamon Altar
Smarthistory: The Pergamon Altar.
[these are new items recently put up at Smarthistory to coincide with the Google Art thing which I'll mention in a separate post in the near future]
Blogosphere ~ Simcha Jacobovici’s Circular Responses During Interview with Canada’s Drew Marshall
XKV8R: The Official Blog of Dr. Robert R. Cargill: Simcha Jacobovici’s Circular Responses During Interview with Canada’s Drew Marshall.
Blogosphere ~ Sappho and the World of Lesbian Poetry
History of the Ancient World: Sappho and the World of Lesbian Poetry.
Blogopsphere ~ Reasons for the Fall of the Roman Empire – Gibbon
Mike Andersons Ancient History: Reasons for the Fall of the Roman Empire – Gibbon.
Emperors of Valentinian III
Adrian Murdoch continues the series with yet another emperor I knew/know little about:
Blogosphere ~ When is a fish not a fish? When it has handles
Mark Goodacre: When is a fish not a fish? When it has handles.
Blogosphere ~ The Germans – Rome Greatest Adversary
Mike Andersons Ancient History: The Germans – Rome Greatest Adversary.
Blogosphere ~ My Trip to Troy
Madeline Miller: My Trip to Troy.
[includes photos!]
Blogosphere ~ Frustrations about the fish
The Forbidden Gospels Blog: Frustrations about the fish.
Blogosphere ~ CFP: Pagans and Christians in Late antique Rome: Interpreting the Evidence, Rome, 20-21 September 2012
Research News in Late Antiquity: CFP: Pagans and Christians in Late antique Rome: Interpreting the Evidence, Rome, 20-21 September 2012.
Blogosphere ~ Roman Numerals
Latin Maxims: Roman Numerals.
Blogosphere ~ Inventive spellings of classical names
Classics Daily: Inventive spellings of classical names.
Blogosphere ~ A Poem by Agathias Scholasticus
Laudator Temporis Acti: A Poem by Agathias Scholasticus.
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem v idus apriles
ante diem v idus apriles
- ludi Megalesia continue (day 6)
- 193 A.D. – Septimius Severus given the rank of Augustus
