January 28, 2013

  • seen on the Classicists list: The UCL Classical Drama Society and the Department of Greek and Latin, in association with the Bloomsbury Theatre, present the 2013 Classical Play: Euripides’ Trojan Women Directed by Rebecca Speller Translation by Alan Shapiro Tues 5th February at 7.30pm 
 Wed 6th February at 2.30pm and 7.30pm 
 Thu 7th…

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  • posted with permission: Justin: Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompieus Trogus. Volume II: Books 13–15: The Successors to Alexander the Great. Translation and Appendices by J. C. Yardley, Commentary by Pat Wheatley and Waldemar Heckel. Clarendon Ancient History Series. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. Pp. xxx + 342. Hardcover, £75.00/$135.00. ISBN…

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  • Another one found during subway construction … a very brief item from A.P. via PhysOrg: Subway work in Greece unearths ancient gold wreath

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  • It isn’t often that archaeologists get more than ten times the funding they asked for … from the Sofia News Agency: Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Simeon Djankov, has pledged the significant amount of BGN 3 M for restoration and conservation of the historical Roman Baths in the Black Sea city of Varna.…

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  • Rome Reports has a nice video of the restoration: … they don’t seem to mention the Mithraeum that was hyped a couple of months ago (Mithraeum Reopening to the Public)

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