November 18, 2012
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A very interesting article in New Scientist (although somewhat oddly illustrated with a scene from a Japanese drama): Over 2000 years may have elapsed since masked Greek tragedies had their heyday on stage in Athens, but some of the most modern neuroscience may be able to give classicists a better understanding of how the ancients…
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Part of an interesting discussion of metrical mnemonics on the Classicists list led Olympian-ode author Armand D’Angour to alert us to a very useful page he has put together: Mnemonics for Greek metres
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I have definitely been remiss in covering all the assorted goings-on with proposed restoration of the Colosseum by the Tod shoe folks and bits falling off and the whole thing sloping, so in anticipation of better coverage from me on this sort of thing, here’s a brief item on where we’re at in terms of…
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This is definitely in the FWIW category, but there is some wheat among the chaff … from the Tribune (Pakistan): There is, in rural Mandi Bahauddin district, a few kilometres from Phalia town, a village marked as Helan in the Atlas of Pakistan. The ‘a’ is pronounced as in ‘father’ and the ending is nasal…
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seen on the Classicists list: Call for Papers: Public and Private in the Roman House and Society Conference April 18-20, 2013, University of Helsinki, Finland Abstract deadline: December 15, 2012 E-mail: romanhouse2013 AT gmail.com Ancient Roman houses were designed to suit both the private life of its occupants and the demands of public life. As…
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