September 13, 2012
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From Adnkronos comes this item on the discovery of a Mycenean necropolis with a pile of pottery and bronze items near a sixth century temple at the ancient site of Rhypes: Una necropoli micenea utilizzata a partire dal XV secolo a.C. circa e’ stata scoperta da un gruppo di archeologi dell’Universita’ di Udine nei pressi…
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This is yet another one which I could have sworn I had posted, but which I can’t find when I look for it. A very interesting article by Adrienne Mayor (and several others … it’s a pdf): Making Sense of “Nonsense” Inscriptions: Non-Greek Words Associated with Amazons and Scythians on Ancient Greek Vases … to…
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It’s been a slow couple of days for news, so I’m starting to find things in my mailbox again … I don’t think I mentioned the Lexicity site, which was making the rounds of various media a few weeks ago. It gathers together a pile of language resources (including Greek and Latin … Sanskrit too)…
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posted with permission: Homer Between History and Fiction in Imperial Greek Literature. By Lawrence Kim. Greek Culture in the Roman World. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Pp. xi + 246. £58.00/$99.00. ISBN 978-0-521-19449-5. Reviewed by Robert Lamberton, Washington University in St. Louis It is rather surprising that the project of a history…
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idus septembres ludi Romani (day 9) epulum in honour of Minerva and others (connected to the ludi Romani) ritual of the ‘driving of a nail’ by the Pontifex Maximus/Rex Sacrorum into the Temple of Jupiter (likely connected to the above and below entries) 509 B.C. — dedication of the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus (and…
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