August 8, 2012
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T’other day, Steven Saylor drew our attention to a very interesting sculpture: It’s entitled ‘Saturnalia’ and is by Ernesto Biondi … I suspect you may have seen it at some point in your life in a textbook or internet site explaining what the Roman festival was all about (more photos here). If you look at…
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2012.08.13: Benjamin Acosta-Hughes, Christophe Cusset, Euphorion. Oeuvre poétique et autres fragments. Fragments, 14. 2012.08.12: Philip Freeman, Quintus Tullius Cicero. How To Win an Election: an Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians. 2012.08.11: Gianpaolo Urso, Dicere laudes: elogio, comunicazione, creazione del consenso. Atti del convegno internazionale, Cividale del Friuli, 23-25 settembre 2010. I convegni della Fondazione Niccolò…
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No, not the movie … the original meaning of ‘pulp fiction’ as in cheaply/mass-produced fiction which was most likely what protogeeks spent time reading after they had read Lord of the Rings but before the internet was invented. Anyhoo, Roman piracy was apparently a popular theme in many such novels and Golden Gazette News has…
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A couple of weeks ago, Australia’s Radio National marked the death of Alan Saunders by replaying an interview on the spread of ancient knowledge to the Arab world: From Athens to Baghdad: Greek meets Arabic philosophy
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I don’t think we’ve ever posted this one here before and a tip o’ the pileus to Joanne Conman for reminding us of its existence … goes to some Gilbert and Sullivan tune, of course … here’s the first verse: I am the very model of a staunch Roman Republican I like to read from…
rogue classicism 