August 14, 2012
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I’m trying to track down assorted things at Australia’s ABC Radio and came across this (which, among other things, suggests I’ve been mispronouncing the name for quite a while): Poetry Pentathlon: when verse was an Olympic sport
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I’ve been trying to find out a bit more about this Roman shipwreck find which seems to be an ‘exclusive’ of the Past Horizons folks (A Roman shipwreck in the ancient port of Antibes). To supplement that, I’ve come across a podcast with an interview with a couple of the archaeologists involved (in French): Découverte…
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From the Cyprus Mail (tip o’ the pileus to our long-time Explorator source Dave Sowdon for this): ARCHEOLOGISTS digging a small island off Cyprus’ western coast have discovered amulets bearing male names, believed to have been worn by male toddlers over 2,000 years ago, it was announced yesterday. The artefacts were found on the island…
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posted with permission: Wolfgang de Melo, editor and translator, Plautus, vol. I: Amphitryon; The Comedy of Asses; The Pot of Gold; The Two Bacchises; The Captives. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Mass. and London: Harvard University Press, 2011. Pp. cxxxiii + 628. Hardcover, $24.00/£15.95. ISBN 978-0-674-99653-3. Wolfgang de Melo, editor and translator, Plautus, vol. II: Casina;…
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In Didaskalia 9: Imagining and Imaging the Chorus: A Study of the Physicality, Movement, and Composition of the Chorus in A.R.T.’s Ajax
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