March 7, 2009
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One of the reason I have been skeptical of efforts to return assorted items to Greece is the fact that access to such items always seems to be affected by strikes (heck, on our honeymoon, a trip to Corinth was bypassed because of a ferry strike) … this week, e.g., folks couldn’t visit the Acropolis:…
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I’m trying out some new ‘organizational principles’ for certain types of post … one category will be devoted to items where a particular Classicist and/or their work is the focus, to wit: Paul Cartledge: The myths of ‘ancient Greece’ dispelled (Charlotte Higgins in the Guardian) Robert Graves: From Meccania to Atlantis – Part 9: Goodbye…
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A piece from the L.A. Times features an interviewish thing with soon-to-retire NHL referee Ron Schick … inter alia: Among his fondest memories, he said, is working the outdoor game between the Kings and New York Rangers in 1991 in the parking lot outside Casears Palace in Las Vegas. “Kelly Hrudey wore the Hrudey-cam, Caesar…
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According to the World Weekly News (which seems to still exist online), Poseidon is taking credit for the fires in Australia … hmmmmm THE RETURN OF POSEIDON
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The incipit of a piece in the Los Angeles Times: The gladiators charge each other with a great clashing and crashing of arms and armor. It’s hard to say who looks more fearsome: Atropo or Taurus. Atropo, the towering Germanic barbarian, wears a mask of black war paint, a headband over her blond hair and…
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