November 22, 2012
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Kind of surprised this item from the Telegraph didn’t get more attention: The Cloaca Maxima (The Giant Sewer), which burrows beneath the Roman Forum and the site of an ancient livestock market before emptying into the Tiber River, predates the Roman Empire. The mile-long tunnel is believed to have been constructed in the fifth century…
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Some theatre reviews of note: 48th Season of Classical Plays at the Greek Theatre in Syracuse: Aeschylus’s Prometheus, Euripides’ Bacchae, and Aristophanes’ The Birds Euripides’ Bacchae at the Greek Theatre in Syracuse
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posted with permission: A Seneca Reader: Selections from Prose and Tragedy. By James Ker. Mundelein, Illinois: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc., 2011. Pp. lvi + 166. Paper, $19.00. ISBN 978-0-86516-758-2. Reviewed by Christopher Trinacty, Oberlin College (ctrinact AT oberlin.edu). This articulate and helpful book offers four Senecan “scenarios” for students to get a taste of Seneca’s Latin…
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CONF: Living Latin Workshop in NYC Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, McMahon Hall 109 February 16-17, 2013 The NY Classical Club and the Paideia Institute for Humanistic Study are pleased to collaborate on a two-day workshop on Spoken Latin for teachers and students of Latin in the New York City area. This conference will include…
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Julius Caesar in History and in the Classroom NEW YORK UNIVERSITY January 26, 2013, 11am-6pm The NY Classical Club is pleased to announce a conference on Julius Caesar, including a review of the new Advanced Placement curriculum, to be held on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, 11am-6pm, at New York University, Jurow Hall, Silver Center. The…
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