Video of the Moment: Oedipus Rex
So my kid has a test in Oedipus Rex tomorrow and they haven’t watched a movie version yet (ran out of time), so naturally I go looking for one and came up with this gem from 1968 … Christopher Plummer as Oedipus! Orson Welles as Teiresias! Donald Sutherland is in the chorus!!! The picture quality is iffy at times (especially at the beginning), but it’s pretty good …
… and the listing from IMDB
Classical Words of the Day
- incognito (Wordsmith)
- capitulate (OED)
- organoleptic (Worthless Word for the Day)
Latinitweets:
verb 2: doceo , docere, docui, doctus => teach bit.ly/IKAclf #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab—
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noun 1: domina , dominae, f => mistress bit.ly/IKAclf #Latin #Vocab #LatinVocab—
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incipere: to begin: verb. Example sentence:Semper magno cum timore incipio dicere.Translation:Always with great … bit.ly/NQWS1u—
Latin Language (@latinlanguage) July 24, 2012
This Day in Ancient History: ante diem ix kalendas sextilias
¶ ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day 5)
¶ 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome continues (day 7)
¶ 69 A.D. — sacking of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (?)
¶ 133 A.D. — the last holdout of the Bar Kochba Revolt — Betar – fell to the Romans (?)
¶ 1895 — Birth of Robert Graves (author of I, Claudius, among others)
¶ 1978 — death of Dame Kathleen Kenyon (excavatrix of Jericho)
Podcast: The First Olympics, Revisited
Stuff You Missed in History Class: The First Olympics, Revisited.
[I haven't had a chance to listen to this one yet; quality of these varies from episode to episode]
Blogosphere ~ Olympic renascences: how democratic were the Ancient Olympics?
History of the Ancient World: Olympic renascences: how democratic were the Ancient Olympics?.
Blogosphere ~ Sorting out the Agrippinas
A Don’s Life by Mary Beard: Sorting out the Agrippinas.
Blogosphere ~ On This Day in History – Robert Graves’ Birthday
About.com Ancient / Classical History: On This Day in History – Robert Graves’ Birthday.
