July 2009
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The incipit of an item from Ceske Noviny: Czech archaeologists are excavating the foundations of an ancient Roman lazaretto (hospital) in Pasohlavky, which is the largest facility of its kind from this period preserved north of the Danube River, archaeologist Balazs Komoroczy told CTK today. The hospital was part of an extensive fortified complex that…
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seen on the Classicists list a while ago … We are pleased to announce that Issue 4 of the online journal NewVoices in Classical Reception Studies is now available at: http://www2.open.ac.uk/newvoices Issue 4, 2009 Editor: Prof. Lorna Hardwick, Associate Editors: Dr. Anastasia Bakogianni, Dr. Shelley Hales Contents Recent Theatrical and Musical Adaptations of Apuleius’ Metamorphoses…
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The News-Journal actually has a feature on chiasmus: When chiasmus is outlawed, only outlaws will use chiasmus! What do the following expressions have in common? “Who sheds the blood of a man, by man shall his blood be shed.” “But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.” “I wasted…
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seen on the Classicists list … "Girls in Antiquity" Interdisciplinary Conference at the DAI Berlin 8th – 10th October 2010 This conference is about girls, from early Neolithic times to Late Antiquity, within the geographical limits of Europe, Egypt, and the Ancient Near East. The following range of topics will be adressed: Definition. "Girls" are…
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ante diem vi kalendas sextilias ludi Victoriae Caesaris (day eight) 64 A.D. — the Great Fire of Rome (day 10) ca 250 A.D. — martyrdom of the Seven Sleepers ca 305 A.D. — martyrdom of Panteleon
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