Breviaria

Cleaning out the rest of the inbox …

A new roof for Newport Roman Villa:

• Roofing work starts at Roman villa (County Press)

Coverage of Richard Seaford’s thoughts about Greek money at the Classical Association:

• Ancient Greeks could throw light on financial crisis, says professor

Coverage of the “Subversive Classics” session at Princeton:

• Down on the Farm (tip o’ the pileus to Tim Parkin)

Latin in a Nottingham primary school:

• Latin classes for Arnold youngsters (tip o’ the pileus to Cressida Ryan)

Ancient Greek in a Lexington grade school (!):

• It’s All Greek for Grade Schoolers Learning the Language in Lexington

Coverage of the Caesar: the man, the deeds, the myth exhibition (I haven’t found much more on the web yet for this exhibition, which is almost over!):

• Tracing a Roman Ruler’s Life and Legacy (NY Times)

Another exhibition with a bit of ClassCon is Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the National Museum:

• Afghanistan’s past related through art (Chronicle)

New at Project Muse:

• American Journal of Philology Volume 130, Number 1 (Whole Number 517), Spring 2009

• Studies in Philology Volume 106, Number 2, Spring 2009

Interesting article by Amelia Sparavigna:

• Digital Restoration of Ancient Papyri (click on the download pdf button on the right when you get there … tip o’ the pileus to Mata Kimasatayo)

Larry Hurtado in Slate:

• Why Was Jesus Crucified?

Brief feature on the tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos:

• The Unsigned Survey (the original Tunnel of Eupalinos story) (American Surveyor)

The Classics Online Gateway is a UK outreach effort that looks emulatable …