Daily Archives: July 24th, 2012

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

Latinitweets:

This Day in Ancient History: ante diem ix kalendas sextilias

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 ~ Looting at Palmyra?

PhDiva: Looting at Palmyra?.

Blogosphere ~ On This Day in History – Robert Graves’ Birthday

About.com Ancient / Classical History: On This Day in History – Robert Graves’ Birthday.

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