August 10, 2012

  • Another thing my email box has been filling up with over the past while are articles and blog posts dealing with the ancient Olympics in some capacity, so just in case you’re trapped inside on a rainy day like I am today, here are a few things to occupy your time: The newest item is…

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  • While I was poking around at Wonders and Marvels, I notice Helen King has written about a painting by Titian (Diana and Callisto) which has been popping up in the news for the past little while: Diana, Callisto and Philip II

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  • Adrienne Mayor’s latest over at Wonders and Marvels: Treating Snake Bite in Antiquity

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  • Also Seen: Greek Roots

    We don’t often see newspaper articles acknowledge the contribution of ancient Greek to the English language — especially in a Canadian newspaper … a taste in medias res of an item in the Globe and Mail: […] In the unlikely event that you are asked to strip naked in a gym by a philologist, don’t…

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  • I’ve been meaning to blog about some of the online, free courses (I’m not concentrating here on individual lectures, although there are a couple below; I might do more individual lectures some other time … I’m trying to figure out the best way to present them) which are proliferating at iTunes U which should be…

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