July 19, 2012
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posted with permission: Jonathan L. Ready, Character, Narrator, and Simile in the Iliad. New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Pp. x + 323. Hardcover, $93.00/£55.00. ISBN 978-0-521-19064-0 Reviewed by Rebecca M. Muich, Xavier University In this thoroughly-researched, stimulating work, Jonathan Ready argues that similes can function as mechanisms of competition within the Iliadic…
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I watched the Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome (see next post) in the hopes that it might go into some detail about chariot racing … it does, but doesn’t mention what I hoped it would as a sort of introduction to this piece. Ages ago (indeed, I’m sure she’s given up on me) Dorothy King…
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As always, not sure how long this one will stay up: Seven Wonders of Ancient Rome (IMDB) This documentary is not bad/pretty good and looks at the Circus Maximus, Trajan’s Forum and Market, Aqueducts, the Baths of Caracalla, Roman Roads, the Pantheon, and the Colosseum. When it is just talking about the buildings and their…
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The Getty Iris: What Did Ancient Music Sound Like? [a very interesting post!]
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Tip o’ the pileus to our friends at Scoop.it for picking this one up … it’s a nice little site where you can make your own Roman (geometric) mosaic; teachers might find this a useful way to use a period (I certainly plan to use it in my Math class): Make a Roman mosaic online
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