August 15, 2012
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posted with permission: Simon Goldhill, Sophocles and the Language of Tragedy. Onassis Series in Classical Culture. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. 296. $35.00/£22.50. ISBN: 978-0-199-79627-4. Reviewed by Michael Shaw, University of Kansas The title of this book, as befits its interest in the slipperiness of words, uses the word “language” in…
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… and it has wine in it! From Typically Spanish: Archaeologists in Vélez-Málaga Town Hall have discovered a Roman Amphora, dating from the first century. What’s more the experts say it’s still full of wine which they think is in ‘perfect conditions’ because the vessel is hermetically sealed. The Councillor for Culture and Heritage in…
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So Diana Spencer was talking about apotheosis of assorted Virgins and emperors on twitter and I was reminded of one of those things which, when it pops into your head, is forever there. Everyone, I’m sure, is familiar with the base of the Column of Antoninus Pius: … so anyway, one day my brain processed…
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At the National Geographic: Roman Walls
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This just in from the BBC … the salient bits: A “curse tablet” made of lead and buried in a Roman farmstead has been unearthed in East Farleigh. Inscribed in capital letters are the names of 14 people, which experts believe were intended to have bad spells cast upon them. The tablet is being examined…
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