Daily Archives: April 9th, 2012

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 ~ Review: Caligula by Douglas Jackson

Roman Times: Review: Caligula by Douglas Jackson.

Blogosphere ~ Medea Sarcophagus, 140 – 150 C.E.

Smarthistory: Medea Sarcophagus, 140 – 150 C.E..

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 ~ Talpiot B Fish – With Handles?

PaleoBabble: Talpiot B Fish – With 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
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